Tomokazu Ito   Natsuki Hamauchi   Taisuke Hagi   Naoya Morohashi   Hisashi Hemmi   Yukie G. Sato   Tamao Saito   Tohru Yoshimura   
Frontiers in Microbiology 9(784) 2018年4月 [査読有り]
In mammals, D-Ser is synthesized by serine racemase (SR) and degraded by D-amino acid oxidase (DAO). D-Ser acts as an endogenous ligand for N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)- and d2 glutamate receptors, and is involved in brain functions such as learnin...
Takaaki B. Narita   Pauline Schaap   Tamao Saito   
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS 364(4) 2017年 [査読有り]
The polyketide MPBD (4-methyl-5-pentylbenzene-1, 3-diol) is produced by the polyketide synthase SteelyA (StlA) in Dictyostelium discoideum. MPBD is required for appropriate expression of cAMP signalling genes involved in cell aggregation and addit...