Mechanisms of deamidation of asparagine residues and effects of main-chain conformation on activation energy

K Kato, T Nakayoshi, E Kurimoto, A Oda - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Deamidation of asparagine (Asn) residues is a nonenzymatic post-translational modification
of proteins. Asn deamidation is associated with pathogenesis of age-related diseases and …

Computational studies on the nonenzymatic deamidation mechanisms of glutamine residues

K Kato, T Nakayoshi, E Kurimoto, A Oda - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
The nonenzymatic deamidation reactions of asparagine (Asn) and glutamine (Gln) residues
in proteins are associated with protein turnover and age-related diseases. The reactions are …

Computational studies on nonenzymatic succinimide-formation mechanisms of the aspartic acid residues catalyzed by two water molecules

T Nakayoshi, K Kato, S Fukuyoshi, H Takahashi… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the biological proteins, aspartic acid (Asp) residues are prone to nonenzymatic
isomerization via a succinimide (Suc) intermediate. Asp-residue isomerization causes the …

Real-Time 1H NMR reveals position and sequence dependences of amino acid isomerization in amyloid beta fragments in situ

K Aki, E Okamura - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Amino acid isomers and their biologically relevant functions have been found in a variety of
peptides and proteins in a living system. It is challenging, however, to specify how such …

Computational studies on water-catalyzed mechanisms for stereoinversion of glutarimide intermediates formed from glutamic acid residues in aqueous phase

T Nakayoshi, S Fukuyoshi, K Kato, E Kurimoto… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aspartic acid (Asp) residues are prone to non-enzymatic stereoinversion, and Asp-residue
stereoinversion is believed to be mediated via a succinimide (SI) intermediate. The …