| Calaxin drives sperm chemotaxis by Ca2+-mediated direct modulation of a dynein motor K Mizuno, K Shiba, M Okai, Y Takahashi, Y Shitaka, K Oiwa, M Tanokura, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (50), 20497-20502, 2012 | 99 | 2012 |
| A new target region for changing the substrate specificity of amine transaminases LJ Guan, J Ohtsuka, M Okai, T Miyakawa, T Mase, Y Zhi, F Hou, N Ito, ... Scientific reports 5 (1), 1-11, 2015 | 66 | 2015 |
| Crystal structure of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase LinA from Sphingobium japonicum UT26 M Okai, K Kubota, M Fukuda, Y Nagata, K Nagata, M Tanokura Journal of molecular biology 403 (2), 260-269, 2010 | 52 | 2010 |
| Crystal structures of the short-chain flavin reductase HpaC from Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7 in its three states: NAD (P)+-free, NAD+-bound, and NADP+-bound M Okai, N Kudo, WC Lee, M Kamo, K Nagata, M Tanokura Biochemistry 45 (16), 5103-5110, 2006 | 41 | 2006 |
| Isolation and characterization of benzo[a]pyrene-degrading bacteria from the Tokyo Bay area and Tama River in Japan M Okai, I Kihara, Y Yokoyama, M Ishida, N Urano FEMS Microbiology Letters 362 (18), fnv143, 2015 | 33 | 2015 |
| Crystal structure and site-directed mutagenesis analyses of haloalkane dehalogenase LinB from Sphingobium sp. strain MI1205 M Okai, J Ohtsuka, LF Imai, T Mase, R Moriuchi, M Tsuda, K Nagata, ... Journal of bacteriology 195 (11), 2642-2651, 2013 | 30 | 2013 |
| L-allo-threonine aldolase with an H128Y/S292R mutation from Aeromonas jandaei DK-39 reveals the structural basis of changes in substrate stereoselectivity HM Qin, FL Imai, T Miyakawa, M Kataoka, N Kitamura, N Urano, K Mori, ... Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography 70 (6), 1695-1703, 2014 | 23 | 2014 |
| Molecular mechanism of distinct salt-dependent enzyme activity of two halophilic nucleoside diphosphate kinases A Yamamura, T Ichimura, M Kamekura, T Mizuki, R Usami, T Makino, ... Biophysical journal 96 (11), 4692-4700, 2009 | 21 | 2009 |
| The crystal structure of L-sorbose reductase from gluconobacter frateurii complexed with NADPH and L-sorbose K Kubota, K Nagata, M Okai, K Miyazono, W Soemphol, J Ohtsuka, ... Journal of molecular biology 407 (4), 543-555, 2011 | 20 | 2011 |
| Crystal structure of the novel haloalkane dehalogenase DatA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 reveals a special halide-stabilizing pair and enantioselectivity mechanism L Guan, H Yabuki, M Okai, J Ohtsuka, M Tanokura Applied microbiology and biotechnology 98 (20), 8573-8582, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| Crystal structure of dibenzothiophene sulfone monooxygenase BdsA from Bacillus subtilis WU‐S2B M Okai, WC Lee, LJ Guan, T Ohshiro, Y Izumi, M Tanokura Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 85 (6), 1171-1177, 2017 | 16 | 2017 |
| Citeromyces matritensis M37 is a salt-tolerant yeast that produces ethanol from salted algae M Okai, A Betsuno, A Shirao, N Obara, K Suzuki, T Takei, M Takashio, ... Canadian journal of microbiology 63 (1), 20-26, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
| Bioethanol production from mixed biomass (waste of Undaria pinnatifida processing and paper shredding) by fermentation with marine-derived Saccharomyces cerevisiae N Obara, M Okai, M Ishida, N Urano Fisheries science 81 (4), 771-776, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| High pressure refolding, purification, and crystallization of flavin reductase from Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7 M Okai, J Ohtsuka, A Asano, L Guo, T Miyakawa, K Miyazono, ... Protein expression and purification 84 (2), 214-218, 2012 | 13 | 2012 |
| Crystal structure of monomeric sarcosine oxidase from Bacillus sp. NS-129 reveals multiple conformations at the active-site loop K Nagata, H Sasaki, M Hua, M Okai, K Kubota, M Kamo, K Ito, T Ichikawa, ... Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B 81 (6), 220-224, 2005 | 13 | 2005 |
| Enzymatic properties and the gene structure of a cold-adapted laminarinase from Pseudoalteromonas species LA D Mitsuya, T Sugiyama, S Zhang, Y Takeuchi, M Okai, N Urano, M Ishida Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 126 (2), 169-175, 2018 | 10 | 2018 |
| Isolation of aquatic yeasts with the ability to neutralize acidic media, from an extremely acidic river near Japan's Kusatsu-Shirane Volcano D Mitsuya, T Hayashi, Y Wang, M Tanaka, M Okai, M Ishida, N Urano Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 124 (1), 43-46, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Antibiotic-resistance of fecal coliforms at the bottom of the Tama River, Tokyo M Okai, H Aoki, M Ishida, N Urano Biocontrol science 24 (3), 173-178, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
| Continuous saccharification of laminarin by immobilized laminarinase ulam111 followed by ethanol fermentation with a marine-derived yeast D Mitsuya, M Yamamoto, M Okai, A Inoue, T Suzuki, T Ojima, N Urano Advances in Microbiology 7 (5), 387-403, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| Comamonas sp. 3ah48 is a dibenz[a,h]anthracene‐degrading bacterium that is tolerant to heavy metals M Okai, Y Ohki, S Yamamoto, M Takashio, M Ishida, N Urano Letters in applied microbiology 68 (6), 589-596, 2019 | 8 | 2019 |
