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Yasu Morita to Mycobacterium smegmatis

This is a "connection" page, showing publications Yasu Morita has written about Mycobacterium smegmatis.
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6.930
  1. Prithviraj M, Freundlich JS, Morita YS. Proton gradient controls the lateral rearrangement of inner membrane domains in response to membrane fluidizer stress in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Biol Chem. 2025 Jul; 301(7):110361.
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    Score: 0.897
  2. Kitzmiller CE, Cheng TY, Prandi J, Sparks IL, Moody DB, Morita YS. Detergent-induced quantitatively limited formation of diacyl phosphatidylinositol dimannoside in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Lipid Res. 2024 07; 65(7):100533.
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    Score: 0.825
  3. Rokicki CAZ, Brenner JR, Dills AH, Judd JJ, Kester JC, Puffal J, Sparks IL, Prithviraj M, Anderson BR, Wade JT, Gray TA, Derbyshire KM, Fortune SM, Morita YS. Fluorescence Imaging-Based Discovery of Membrane Domain-Associated Proteins in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Bacteriol. 2021 10 25; 203(22):e0041921.
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    Score: 0.692
  4. Rahlwes KC, Osman SH, Morita YS. Role of LmeA, a Mycobacterial Periplasmic Protein, in Maintaining the Mannosyltransferase MptA and Its Product Lipomannan under Stress. mSphere. 2020 11 04; 5(6).
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    Score: 0.652
  5. Eagen WJ, Baumoel LR, Osman SH, Rahlwes KC, Morita YS. Deletion of PimE mannosyltransferase results in increased copper sensitivity in Mycobacterium smegmatis. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2018 03 01; 365(6).
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    Score: 0.542
  6. Rahlwes KC, Ha SA, Motooka D, Mayfield JA, Baumoel LR, Strickland JN, Torres-Ocampo AP, Nakamura S, Morita YS. The cell envelope-associated phospholipid-binding protein LmeA is required for mannan polymerization in mycobacteria. J Biol Chem. 2017 10 20; 292(42):17407-17417.
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    Score: 0.523
  7. Fukuda T, Matsumura T, Ato M, Hamasaki M, Nishiuchi Y, Murakami Y, Maeda Y, Yoshimori T, Matsumoto S, Kobayashi K, Kinoshita T, Morita YS. Critical roles for lipomannan and lipoarabinomannan in cell wall integrity of mycobacteria and pathogenesis of tuberculosis. mBio. 2013 Feb 19; 4(1):e00472-12.
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    Score: 0.382
  8. Morita YS, Yamaryo-Botte Y, Miyanagi K, Callaghan JM, Patterson JH, Crellin PK, Coppel RL, Billman-Jacobe H, Kinoshita T, McConville MJ. Stress-induced synthesis of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in mycobacteria. J Biol Chem. 2010 May 28; 285(22):16643-50.
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    Score: 0.313
  9. Sena CB, Fukuda T, Miyanagi K, Matsumoto S, Kobayashi K, Murakami Y, Maeda Y, Kinoshita T, Morita YS. Controlled expression of branch-forming mannosyltransferase is critical for mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis. J Biol Chem. 2010 Apr 30; 285(18):13326-36.
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    Score: 0.312
  10. Morita YS, Velasquez R, Taig E, Waller RF, Patterson JH, Tull D, Williams SJ, Billman-Jacobe H, McConville MJ. Compartmentalization of lipid biosynthesis in mycobacteria. J Biol Chem. 2005 Jun 03; 280(22):21645-52.
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    Score: 0.221
  11. Sparks IL, Kado T, Prithviraj M, Nijjer J, Yan J, Morita YS. Lipoarabinomannan mediates localized cell wall integrity during division in mycobacteria. Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 11; 15(1):2191.
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    Score: 0.206
  12. Morita YS, Patterson JH, Billman-Jacobe H, McConville MJ. Biosynthesis of mycobacterial phosphatidylinositol mannosides. Biochem J. 2004 Mar 01; 378(Pt 2):589-97.
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    Score: 0.205
  13. Sparks IL, Derbyshire KM, Jacobs WR, Morita YS. Mycobacterium smegmatis: The Vanguard of Mycobacterial Research. J Bacteriol. 2023 01 26; 205(1):e0033722.
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    Score: 0.190
  14. Freeman AH, Tembiwa K, Brenner JR, Chase MR, Fortune SM, Morita YS, Boutte CC. Arginine methylation sites on SepIVA help balance elongation and septation in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Mol Microbiol. 2023 02; 119(2):208-223.
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    Score: 0.188
  15. Garc?a-Heredia A, Kado T, Sein CE, Puffal J, Osman SH, Judd J, Gray TA, Morita YS, Siegrist MS. Membrane-partitioned cell wall synthesis in mycobacteria. Elife. 2021 02 05; 10.
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    Score: 0.166
  16. Rahlwes KC, Puffal J, Morita YS. Purification and Analysis of Mycobacterial Phosphatidylinositol Mannosides, Lipomannan, and Lipoarabinomannan. Methods Mol Biol. 2019; 1954:59-75.
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    Score: 0.144
  17. Wu KJ, Zhang J, Baranowski C, Leung V, Rego EH, Morita YS, Rubin EJ, Boutte CC. Characterization of Conserved and Novel Septal Factors in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Bacteriol. 2018 03 15; 200(6).
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    Score: 0.135
  18. Crellin PK, Kovacevic S, Martin KL, Brammananth R, Morita YS, Billman-Jacobe H, McConville MJ, Coppel RL. Mutations in pimE restore lipoarabinomannan synthesis and growth in a Mycobacterium smegmatis lpqW mutant. J Bacteriol. 2008 May; 190(10):3690-9.
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    Score: 0.068
  19. Morita YS, Sena CB, Waller RF, Kurokawa K, Sernee MF, Nakatani F, Haites RE, Billman-Jacobe H, McConville MJ, Maeda Y, Kinoshita T. PimE is a polyprenol-phosphate-mannose-dependent mannosyltransferase that transfers the fifth mannose of phosphatidylinositol mannoside in mycobacteria. J Biol Chem. 2006 Sep 01; 281(35):25143-55.
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    Score: 0.060
  20. Kovacevic S, Anderson D, Morita YS, Patterson J, Haites R, McMillan BN, Coppel R, McConville MJ, Billman-Jacobe H. Identification of a novel protein with a role in lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis in mycobacteria. J Biol Chem. 2006 Apr 07; 281(14):9011-7.
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    Score: 0.059
  21. Haites RE, Morita YS, McConville MJ, Billman-Jacobe H. Function of phosphatidylinositol in mycobacteria. J Biol Chem. 2005 Mar 25; 280(12):10981-7.
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    Score: 0.054
  22. Kado T, Akbary Z, Motooka D, Sparks IL, Melzer ES, Nakamura S, Rojas ER, Morita YS, Siegrist MS. A cell wall synthase accelerates plasma membrane partitioning in mycobacteria. Elife. 2023 09 04; 12.
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    Score: 0.050
  23. Melzer ES, Kado T, Garc?a-Heredia A, Gupta KR, Meniche X, Morita YS, Sassetti CM, Rego EH, Siegrist MS. Cell Wall Damage Reveals Spatial Flexibility in Peptidoglycan Synthesis and a Nonredundant Role for RodA in Mycobacteria. J Bacteriol. 2022 06 21; 204(6):e0054021.
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    Score: 0.045
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