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"Mechanism of chiral-selective aminoacylation of an RNA minihelix explored by QM/MM free-energy simulations" Ando, T. and Tamura, K. Life, 13, 722 (2023).
"Acquisition of dual ribozyme-functions in nonfunctional short hairpin RNAs through kissing-loop interactions" Mutsuro-Aoki, H. and Tamura, K. Life, 12, 1561 (2022).
"Peptide bond formation between aminoacyl-minihelices by a scaffold derived from the peptidyl transferase center" Kawabata, M., Kawashima, K., Mutsuro-Aoki, H., Ando, T., Umehara, T. and Tamura, K. Life, 12, 573 (2022).
"Amino acid activation analysis of primitive aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases encoded by both strands of a single gene using the malachite green assay" Onodera, K., Suganuma, N., Takano, H., Sugita, Y., Shoji, T., Minobe, A., Yamaki, N., Otsuka, R., Mutsuro-Aoki, H., Umehara, T. and Tamura, K. BioSystems, 208, 104481 (2021).
"Crystal structure of Nanoarchaeum equitans tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase and its aminoacylation activity toward tRNATyr with an extra guanosine residue at the 5ʹ-terminus" Horikoshi, T., Noguchi, H., Umehara, T., Mutsuro-Aoki, H., Kurihara, R., Noguchi, R., Hashimoto, T., Watanabe, Y., Ando, T., Kamata, K., Park, S.-Y. and Tamura, K. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 575, 90-95 (2021).
"Aminoacylation of short hairpin RNAs through kissing-loop interactions indicates evolutionary trend of RNA molecules" Mutsuro-Aoki, H., Hamachi, K., Kurihara, R. and Tamura, K. BioSystems, 197, 104206 (2020).
"G:U-independent RNA minihelix aminoacylation by Nanoarchaeum equitans alanyl-tRNA synthetase: An insight into the evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases" Arutaki, M., Kurihara, R., Matsuoka, T., Inami, A., Tokunaga, K., Ohno, T., Takahashi, H., Takano, H., Ando, T., Mutsuro-Aoki, H., Umehara, T. and Tamura, K. J. Mol. Evol., 88, 501-509 (2020).
"RNA aptamers for a tRNA-binding protein from Aeropyrum pernix with homologous counterparts distributed throughout evolution" Ohmori, S., Wani, M., Kitabatake, S., Nakatsugawa, Y., Ando, T., Umehara, T. and Tamura, K. Life, 10, 11 (2020).
"Perspectives on the origin of biological homochirality on Earth" Tamura, K. J. Mol. Evol., 87, 143-146 (2019).
"Glycyl-tRNA synthetase from Nanoarchaeum equitans: The first crystal structure of archaeal GlyRS and analysis of its tRNA glycylation" Fujisawa, A., Toki, R., Miyake, H., Shoji, T., Doi, H., Hayashi, H., Hanabusa, R., Mutsuro-Aoki, H., Umehara, T., Ando, T., Noguchi, H., Voet, A., Park, S.-Y. and Tamura, K. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 511, 228-233 (2019).
"Effects of complementary loop composition in truncated R3C ligase ribozymes on kiss switch activation" Hamachi, K., Mutsuro-Aoki, H., Tanizawa, K., Hirasawa, I., Umehara, T. and Tamura, K. BioSystems, 177, 9-15 (2019).
"Principles of chemical geometry underlying chiral selectivity in RNA minihelix aminoacylation" Ando, T., Takahashi, S. and Tamura, K. Nucleic Acids Res., 46, 11144-11152 (2018).
"Lysine acetylation regulates alanyl-tRNA synthetase activity in Escherichia coli" Umehara, T., Kosono, S., Söll, D. and Tamura, K. Genes, 9, 473 (2018).
"The kiss switch brings inactive R3C ligase ribozyme back to life" Tanizawa, K., Uchida, S., Kurihara, E., Umehara, T. and Tamura, K. Biology, 7, 7 (2018).
"A step into the RNA world: Conditional analysis of hydrogel formationof adenosine 5'-monophosphate induced by cyanuric acid" Yokosawa, T., Enomoto, R., Uchino, S., Hirasawa, I., Umehara, T. and Tamura, K. BioSystems, 162, 53-58 (2017).
"Binding properties of split tRNA to the C-terminal domain of methionyl-tRNA synthetase of Nanoarchaeum equitans" Suzuki, H., Kaneko, A., Yamamoto, T., Nambo, M., Hirasawa, I., Umehara, T., Yoshida, H., Park, S.-Y. and Tamura, K. J. Mol. Evol., 84, 267-278 (2017).
"The Genetic Code: Francis Crick's Legacy and Beyond" Tamura, K. Life, 6, 36 (2016).
"Toward the 'new century' of handedness in biology: In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Francis Crick" Tamura, K. J. Biosci., 41, 169-170 (2016).
"Origins and early evolution of the tRNA molecule" Tamura, K. Life, 5, 1687-1699 (2015).
"Beyond the frozen accident: Glycine assignment in the genetic code" Tamura, K. J. Mol. Evol., 81, 69-71 (2015).
"RNA evolution conjectured from tRNA and riboswitches" Tamura, K. Hypothesis, 13, e3 (2015).
"Development of a functionally minimized mutant of the R3C ligase ribozyme offers insight into the plausibility of the RNA world hypothesis" Kurihara, E., Uchida, S., Umehara, T. and Tamura, K. Biology, 3, 452-465 (2014).
"Proline might have been the first amino acid in the primitive genetic code" Komatsu, R., Sawada, R., Umehara, T. and Tamura, K. J. Mol. Evol., 78, 310-312 (2014).
"Glycols modulate terminator stem stability and ligand-dependency of a glycine riboswitch" Hamachi, K., Hayashi, H., Shimamura, M., Yamaji, Y., Kaneko, A., Fujisawa, A., Umehara, T. and Tamura, K. BioSystems, 113, 59-65 (2013).
"RNA tetraplex as a primordial peptide synthesis scaffold" Umehara, T., Kitagawa, T., Nakazawa, Y., Yoshino, H., Nemoto, R. and Tamura, K. BioSystems, 109, 145-150 (2012).
"Ribosome evolution: Emergence of peptide synthesis machinery" Tamura, K. J. Biosci., 36, 921-928 (2011).
"Mechanistic features of RNA-directed molecular asymmetry of amino acids" Tamura, K. Viva Origino, 39, 39-44 (2011).
"Origin of the peptide-forming function in the ribosome" Tamura, K. Viva Origino, 39, 31-37 (2011).
"Molecular basis for chiral selection in RNA aminoacylation" Tamura, K. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 12, 4745-4757 (2011).
"Peptide Bond Formation: RNA's Big Bang" Tamura, K. J. Cosmol., 13, 3800-3810 (2011).
"RNA-directed molecular asymmetry of amino acids" Tamura, K. Viva Origino, 38, 18-22 (2010).
"Origin of Asymmetry of Amino Acids: Relationship to the RNA World" Tamura, K. Biophysics, 50, 180-181 (2010).
"Amino Acid Homochirality and the RNA World: Necessities for Life on Earth" Tamura, K. J. Cosmol., 5, 883-889 (2010).
"Molecular handedness of life: significance of RNA aminoacylation" Tamura, K. J. Biosci., 34, 991-994 (2009).
"Mechanism of chiral-selective tRNA aminoacylation and the origin of amino acid homochirality" Tamura, K. Nucleic Acids Symp. Ser., 52, 415-416 (2008).
"Origin of amino acid homochirality: Relationship with the RNA world and origin of tRNA aminoacylation" Tamura, K. BioSystems, 92, 91-98 (2008).
"Chiral-selective aminoacylation of an RNA minihelix: Mechanistic features and chiral suppression" Tamura, K. and Schimmel, P. R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103, 13750-13752 (2006).
"Molecular recognition and evolution of Escherichia coli tyrosine tRNA by tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase" Asahara, H., Iwaki, J., Yokozawa, J., Tamura, K., Nameki, N. and Hasegawa, T. Viva Origino, 33, 194-207 (2005).
"Solution structure of the C-terminal transcriptional activator domain of FixJ from Sinorhizobium meliloti and its recognition of the fixK promoter" Kurashima-Ito, K., Kasai, Y., Hosono, K., Tamura, K., Oue, S., Isogai, M., Ito, Y., Nakamura, H. and Shiro, Y. Biochemistry, 44, 14835-14844 (2005).
"Non-enzymatic aminoacylation of an RNA minihelix with an aminoacyl phosphate oligonucleotide" Tamura, K. and Schimmel, P. Nucleic Acids Symp. Ser., 48, 269-270 (2004).
"Chiral-selective aminoacylation of an RNA minihelix" Tamura, K. and Schimmel, P. Science, 305, 1253 (2004).
"Peptide synthesis through evolution" Tamura, K. and Alexander, R. W. Cell. Mol. Life Sci., 61, 1317-1330 (2004).
"Peptide synthesis with a template-like RNA guide and aminoacyl phosphate adaptors" Tamura, K. and Schimmel, P. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100, 8666-8669 (2003).
"tRNA structure goes from L to λ" Schimmel, P. and Tamura, K. Cell, 113, 276-278 (2003).
"Ribozyme programming extends the protein code" Tamura, K. and Schimmel, P. Nature Biotechnology, 20, 669-670 (2002).
"Oligonucleotide-directed peptide synthesis in a ribosome- and ribozyme-free system" Tamura, K. and Schimmel, P. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98, 1393-1397 (2001).
"Trial for peptide bond formation using model molecules based on the interactions between the CCA sequence of tRNA and 23S rRNA" Tamura, K. and Schimmel, P. Nucleic Acids Symp. Ser., 44, 251-252 (2000).
"Sensory mechanism of oxygen sensor FixL from Rhizobium meliloti: crystallographic, mutagenesis and resonance Raman spectroscopic studies" Miyatake, H., Mukai, M., Park, S-Y., Adachi, S., Tamura, K., Nakamura, H., Nakamura, K., Tsuchiya, T., Iizuka, T. and Shiro, Y. J. Mol. Biol., 301, 415-431 (2000).
"The 3'-terminal adenosine of tRNA and its relationship with the evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases" Tamura, K. and Hasegawa, T. Viva Origino, 28, 97-110 (2000).
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