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    The heavy chain of 4F2 antigen promote prostate cancer progression via SKP-2

    The 4F2 cell-surface antigen heavy chain (4F2hc) forms a heterodimeric complex with L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1) and transports large neutral essential amino acids. However, in contrast to the tradit...

    Maihulan Maimaiti, Shinichi Sakamoto, Masahiro Sugiura in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Structural insights into the mechanism of rhodopsin phosphodiesterase

    Rhodopsin phosphodiesterase (Rh-PDE) is an enzyme rhodopsin belonging to a recently discovered class of microbial rhodopsins with light-dependent enzymatic activity. Rh-PDE consists of the N-terminal rhodopsin...

    Tatsuya Ikuta, Wataru Shihoya, Masahiro Sugiura, Kazuho Yoshida in Nature Communications (2020)

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    Expression of L-type amino acid transporter 1 as a molecular target for prognostic and therapeutic indicators in bladder carcinoma

    L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1) plays a role in transporting essential amino acids including leucine, which regulates the mTOR signaling pathway. Here, we studied the expression profile and functional r...

    Maihulan Maimaiti, Shinichi Sakamoto, Yasutaka Yamada in Scientific Reports (2020)