Artificial DNA cutters for DNA manipulation and genome engineering

Y Aiba, J Sumaoka, M Komiyama - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review provides recent developments in artificial cutters for site-selective scission
of DNA with the focus on chemistry-based DNA cutters. They are useful tools for molecular …

Hoodwinking cytochrome P450BM3 into hydroxylating non-native substrates by exploiting its substrate misrecognition

O Shoji, Y Aiba, Y Watanabe - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Bacterial cytochrome P450s (P450s) are at the focus of attention as potential
biocatalysts for applications in green synthetic chemistry, as they possess high activity for the …

Expanding the applicability of cytochrome P450s and other haemoproteins

S Ariyasu, JK Stanfield, Y Aiba, O Shoji - Current Opinion in Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cytochrome P450BM3 has long been regarded as a promising candidate for use as a
biocatalyst, owing to its excellent efficiency for the hydroxylation of unactivated C–H bonds. …

[HTML][HTML] C9orf72-derived arginine-rich poly-dipeptides impede phase modifiers

…, H Kawamukai, A Fujiwara, T Uehara, Y Aiba… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nuclear import receptors (NIRs) not only transport RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) but also
modify phase transitions of RBPs by recognizing nuclear localization signals (NLSs). Toxic …

Catalytic oxidation of methane by wild-type cytochrome P450BM3 with chemically evolved decoy molecules

S Ariyasu, K Yonemura, C Kasai, Y Aiba, H Onoda… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biological methane oxidation is a highly desirable method for the conversion of natural gas
into a liquid to meet the increasing demand for fuel and chemical feedstock as well as …

Artificial restriction DNA cutter for site-selective scission of double-stranded DNA with tunable scission site and specificity

M Komiyama, Y Aiba, Y Yamamoto, J Sumaoka - Nature Protocols, 2008 - nature.com
The artificial restriction DNA cutter (ARCUT) method to cut double-stranded DNA at designated
sites has been developed. The strategy at the base of this approach, which does not rely …

Solid-phase synthesis of pseudo-complementary peptide nucleic acids

M Komiyama, Y Aiba, T Ishizuka, J Sumaoka - Nature Protocols, 2008 - nature.com
Pseudo-complementary peptide nucleic acid (pcPNA) is a DNA analog in which modified
DNA bases 2,6-diaminopurine (D) and 2-thiouracil (U s ) 'decorate' a poly[N-(2-aminoethyl)…

Systematic evolution of decoy molecules for the highly efficient hydroxylation of benzene and small alkanes catalyzed by wild-type cytochrome P450BM3

…, K Suzuki, H Onoda, C Kasai, H Sugimoto, Y Aiba… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Highly effective dipeptidic decoy molecules, which stimulate the direct hydroxylation of
benzene by wild-type cytochrome P450BM3, were successfully developed through a rationally …

A P450 Harboring Manganese Protoporphyrin IX Generates a Manganese Analogue of Compound I by Activating Dioxygen

K Omura, Y Aiba, K Suzuki, S Ariyasu, H Sugimoto… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The self-sufficient cytochrome P450 102A1 (P450BM3), known for its highly efficient activation
of molecular oxygen, was reconstituted with manganese protoporphyrin IX. This artificial …

A Compound I Mimic Reveals the Transient Active Species of a Cytochrome P450 Enzyme: Insight into the Stereoselectivity of P450‐Catalysed Oxidations

…, Y Shisaka, S Ariyasu, C Kasai, Y Aiba… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Catching the structure of cytochrome P450 enzymes in flagrante is crucial for the development
of P450 biocatalysts, as most structures collected are found trapped in a precatalytic …