Sakae Kitada
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science
Kyushu University
Fukuoka 812-8581
Japan
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- A protein from a parasitic microorganism, Rickettsia prowazekii, can cleave the signal sequences of proteins targeting mitochondria. Kitada, S., Uchiyama, T., Funatsu, T., Kitada, Y., Ogishima, T., Ito, A. J. Bacteriol. (2007)
- Cytocidal actions of parasporin-2, an anti-tumor crystal toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis. Kitada, S., Abe, Y., Shimada, H., Kusaka, Y., Matsuo, Y., Katayama, H., Okumura, S., Akao, T., Mizuki, E., Kuge, O., Sasaguri, Y., Ohba, M., Ito, A. J. Biol. Chem. (2006)
- Determination of the cleavage site of the presequence by mitochondrial processing peptidase on the substrate binding scaffold and the multiple subsites inside a molecular cavity. Kitada, S., Yamasaki, E., Kojima, K., Ito, A. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)
- Electrostatic recognition of matrix targeting signal by mitochondrial processing peptidase. Kitada, S., Ito, A. J. Biochem. (2001)
- Glu(191) and Asp(195) in rat mitochondrial processing peptidase beta subunit are involved in effective cleavage of precursor protein through interaction with the proximal arginine. Kitada, S., Kojima, K., Ito, A. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (2001)
