OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Biochemistry is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
SI-MOIRAI: a new method to identify and quantify the metabolic fate of nucleotides	45
Dermatan sulphate is an activating ligand of anaplastic lymphoma kinase	29
The action of coenzyme B12-dependent diol dehydratase on 3,3,3-trifluoro-1,2-propanediol results in elimination of all the fluorides with formation of acetaldehyde	25
Effects of genetic polymorphisms on the sulfation of doxorubicin by human SULT1C4 allozymes	22
BACH to the ferroptosis	20
Erratum to: Structural insights into the enhanced thermostability of cysteine substitution mutants of L-histidine decarboxylase from Photobacterium phosphoreum	19
Putrescine Biosynthesis from Agmatine by Arginase (TtARG) in Thermus thermophilus	17
Microglia regulate neuronal and behavioural functions under physiological and pathological conditions	16
Identification of the active site and characterization of a novel sporulation-specific cysteine protease YabG fromBacillus subtilis	16
Cellular senescence in the cancer microenvironment	16
Production and characterization of an Fv-clasp of rheumatoid factor, a low-affinity human autoantibody	15
Transcriptomic characterization of Lonrf1 at the single-cell level under pathophysiological conditions	15
CdbC: a disulfide bond isomerase involved in the refolding of mycoloyltransferases in Corynebacterium glutamicum cells exposed to oxidative conditions	15
Variations associated with neurodevelopmental disorders affect ARF1 function and cortical development	14
Land-breaking publications and the impact of these publications in several research areas: commentary for the 100th anniversary of Journal of Biochemistry	14
RMST: a long noncoding RNA involved in cancer and disease	14
Phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of PTP-PEST at Serine 39 is crucial for cell migration	14
Interaction between a fluoroquinolone derivative and RNAs with a single bulge	14
Calpain-3 not only proteolyzes calpain-1 and -2 but also is a substrate for calpain-1 and -2	13
Effects of cryptochrome-modulating compounds on circadian behavioural rhythms in zebrafish	13
PLAAT1 expression triggers fragmentation of mitochondria in an enzyme activity-dependent manner	13
The Journal of Biochemistry: 100 years of excellence in scientific publishing	13
A leaderless mRNA including tRNA-like sequence encodes a small peptide that regulates the expression of GcvB small RNA inEscherichia coli	13
Molecular connections between circadian clock and health/ageing	12
Direct binding of calmodulin to the cytosolic C-terminal regions of sweet/umami taste receptors	11

Characterization of recombinant murine GDE4 and GDE7, enzymes producing lysophosphatidic acid and/or cyclic phosphatidic acid	11
Formation of hierarchical assemblies by collagen peptides derived from fish skin and bladder and their subsequent application as antiperoxide agents in lipid-rich food	11
SSB promotes DnaB helicase passage through DnaA complexes at the replication origin oriC for bidirectional replication	11
Intracellular biliverdin dynamics during ferroptosis	10
Collagen isolated from human adipose tissue and its cellular affinity	10
Method for isolation and quantification of inositol glycan produced by glycosylinositol phosphoceramide-hydrolysing phospholipase D in plants	10
SdrR, a LysR-type regulator, responds to the mycobacterial antioxidant defense	10
A refined method for high-purity isolation of uterine glandular epithelial cells in mouse	10
Genome-wide distribution of 5hmC in the dental pulp of mouse molars and incisors	10
Perturbed collagen metabolism underlies lymphatic recanalization failure in Gata2 heterozygous deficient mice	10
Forty years of the structure of plant-type ferredoxin	10
Mitochondria-targeting siRNA screening identifies mitochondrial calcium uniporter as a factor involved in nucleoid morphology	10
Suicide substrate reaction-like modification of mouse serine racemase with L-serine	10
Identification of unannotated coding sequences and their physiological functions	9
The potential of erythrocyte α-synuclein to differentiate dementia with Lewy bodies from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases	9
Chondroitin sulfate liposome: clustering toward high functional efficiency	9
Cytoplasmic zoning in membrane blebs	9
Neutral selection and clonal expansion during the development of colon cancer metastasis	9
Sensitive immunoassay ofLegionellausing multivalent conjugates of engineered VHHs	9
Commentary for: a lipid scramblase TMEM41B is involved in the processing and transport of GPI-anchored proteins	9
ETV4 mediates the Wnt/β-catenin pathway through transcriptional activation of ANXA2 to promote hepatitis B virus-associated liver hepatocellular carcinoma progression	9
Onnamide A suppresses the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 infection without inhibiting 3-chymotrypsin-like cysteine protease	9
Heme oxygenase-1 induction by heat shock in rat hepatoma cell line is regulated by the coordinated function of HSF1, NRF2 and BACH1	9
Exploring the roles of Lem2 and Bqt4 in lipid metabolism for nuclear envelope maintenance: a novel perspective	9
Correction to: The Hox-based positional memory in muscle stem cells	8
Correction to: Molecular Mechanism of Autophagy, Cytoplasmic Zoning by Lipid Membranes	8
Upregulated mGluR5 induces ER stress and DNA damage by regulating the NMDA receptor subunit NR2B	8
CRABP2 promotes cell migration and invasion by activating PI3K/AKT and MAPK signalling pathways via upregulating LAMB3 in prostate cancer	8
Sialyl-Tn antigen facilitates extracellular vesicle-mediated transfer of FAK and enhances motility of recipient cells	8
Regulation of polyphosphate glucokinase gene expression through cotranscriptional processing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv	8
CDC42 missense mutations and human diseases: from neurodevelopmental disorders to autoinflammation	8
Erratum to: Structural insights into the enhanced thermostability of cysteine substitution mutants of L-histidine decarboxylase from Photobacterium phosphoreum	7
Mitochondria–giant lipid droplet proximity and autophagy suppression in nitrogen-depleted oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi cells	7
The 2024 JB Award	7
Multiple interfaces to recognize nucleosomal targets	7
Notch signaling pathway induces expression of type IV collagen in angiogenesis	7
vp1524, a Vibrio parahaemolyticus NAD +-dependent deacetylase, regulates host response during infection by induction of host histone deacetylation	7
Profiling translation in the nervous system	7
Molecular mechanisms of mechanosensing and plasticity of tendons and ligaments	7
A retrospect of the structure determination of Taka-amylase A	7
Characterization of recombinant photoconverting green fluorescent Akanes	7
Trehalose decreases mRNA and protein expressions of c-Jun and JunB in human cervical cancer HeLa cells	7
Post-translational modification of lysine residues in erythrocyte α-synuclein	7
Visualization of Reelin Secretion from Primary Cultured Neurons by Bioluminescence Imaging	7
Autophagy-independent cytoprotection by optineurin from toxicity of aggregates formed by mutant huntingtin and mutant ataxin-3	6
Effective plasmid delivery to a plasmid-free Bacillus natto strain by a conjugational transfer system	6
Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases of Escherichia coli highlighting their involvement in the generation of membrane phospholipid dive	6
Hoop-like role of the cytosolic interface helix in Vibrio PomA, an ion-conducting membrane protein, in the bacterial flagellar motor	6
Biochemical characterization of medaka (Oryzias latipes) fibrinogen gamma and its gene disruption resulting in anemia as a model fish	6
Thanking All Peer Reviewers	6

Analysis of ribonucleotide content in the genomic DNA of ribonuclease H2 A subunit (RH2A)-knockout NIH3T3 cells after transient expression of wild-type RH2A or RH2A variants with an Aicardi–Goutières	6
Oligomeric state of the aspartate:alanine transporter from Tetragenococcus halophilus	6
Inner nuclear membrane proteins Lem2 and Bqt4 interact with different lipid synthesis enzymes in fission yeast	6
The NRF2 inducer CDDO-2P-Im provokes a reduction in amyloid β levels in Alzheimer’s disease model mice	6
Corrigendum to: BaeR participates in cephalosporins susceptibility by regulating the expression level of outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli	6
Development of supercooling preservation method of adherent cultured human cells	6
A slight bending of an α-helix in FliM creates a counterclockwise-locked structure of the flagellar motor in Vibrio	6
γ-Secretase structure and activity are modified by alterations in its membrane localization and ambient environment	6
Direct visualization of ribosomes in the cell-free system revealed the functional evolution of aminoglycoside	6
PCYT2 synthesizes CDP-glycerol in mammals and reduced PCYT2 enhances the expression of functionally glycosylated α-dystroglycan	6
Phosphorylated SARM1 is involved in the pathological process of rotenone-induced neurodegeneration	6
Evolution and properties of alanine racemase from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803	5
Novel synthetic biological study on intracellular distribution of human GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase expressed in insect cells	5
GlcNAc-Asn is a biomarker for NGLY1 deficiency	5
Kolaflavanone, a biflavonoid derived from medicinal plantGarcinia, is an inhibitor of mitotic kinesin Eg5	5
Recent topics regarding macrophage in the central nervous system	5
Investigation of serum markers of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma based on machine learning methods	5
Branched ubiquitin code: from basic biology to targeted protein degradation	5
Morphinan Evolution: The Impact of Advances in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	5
NGLY1: insights from Caenorhabditis elegans	5
Correction to: Branched ubiquitin code: from basic biology to targeted protein degradation	5
Merlin/NF2 regulates SLC7A11/xCT expression and cell viability under glucose deprivation at high cell density in glioblastoma cells	5
Cellular senescence: mechanisms and relevance to cancer and aging	5
Binding profile of quinonoid-dihydrobiopterin to quinonoid-dihydropteridine reductase examined by in silico and in vitro analyses	5
A lipid scramblase TMEM41B is involved in the processing and transport of GPI-anchored proteins	5
Structural basis for molecular interactions on the eukaryotic DNA sliding clamps PCNA and RAD9-RAD1-HUS1	5
Supplementation of essential amino acids suppresses age-associated sleep loss and sleep fragmentation but not loss of rhythm strength under yeast-restricted malnutrition in Drosophila	5
Ubiquitin-mediated mitochondrial regulation by MITOL/MARCHF5 at a glance	5
CEBPB is required for NRF2-mediated drug resistance in NRF2-activated non-small cell lung cancer cells	5
Long noncoding RNAs transcribed downstream of the human β-globin locus regulate β-globin gene expression	5
Ever-expanding NGLY1 biology	5
Protein homeostasis and degradation in quiescent neural stem cells	5
Long non-coding RNA AFAP1-AS1 promotes thyroid cancer progression by sponging miR-204-3p and upregulating DUSP4	5
Effect of an intermolecular disulfide bond introduced into the first loop of CH1 domain of Adalimumab Fab on thermal stability and antigen-binding activity	5
Development of a liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric method for the simultaneous analysis of free fatty acids	4
Expression of Concern: Circ_0000190 sponges miR-382-5p to suppress cell proliferation and motility and promote cell death by targeting ZNRF3 in gastric cancer	4
Karyopherin-βs play a key role as a phase separation regulator	4
Essential dextrin structure as donor substrate for 4-α-glucanotransferase in glycogen debranching enzyme	4
Chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans function as extra/pericellular ligands for cell surface receptors	4
Cryo-electron microscopy reveals the impact of the nucleosome dynamics on transcription activity	4
Photocontrol of small GTPase Ras fused with a photoresponsive protein	4
Spatial heterogeneity and functional zonation of living tissues and organs in situ	4
The cofactors and domains of a staphylococcal capsule-producing enzyme preserve its structure, stability, shape and dimerization ability	4
Cellular senescence and its impact on the circadian clock	4
The molecular mechanisms of mammalian sperm maturation regulated by NELL2-ROS1 lumicrine signaling	4
Identification of two critical amino acid residues in short-chain aldehyde-responsive odorant receptors	4
Formation of the NLRP3 inflammasome inhibits stress granule assembly by multiple mechanisms	4
Lidocaine relieves spinal cord ischemia–reperfusion injury via long non-coding RNA MIAT-mediated Notch1 downregulation	4
Human TRPV1 and TRPA1 are receptors for bacterial quorum sensing molecules	4
JB: A cradle for young Japanese biochemists	4
Targeting senescent cells for the treatment of age-associated diseases	4
Dissection of an ABC transporter LolCDE function analyzed by photo-crosslinking	4
Patient-derived gene and protein expression signatures of NGLY1 deficiency	4
Hydrogen bonds connecting the N-terminal region and the DE loop stabilize the monomeric structure of transthyretin	4
Structural insights into the enhanced thermostability of cysteine substitution mutants of L-histidine decarboxylase from Photobacterium phosphoreum	4
Inhibition of Sirt2 Decreases ApoE Secretion in Astrocytes and Microglial Cells	4
Analysis of thermostability for seven Phe to Ala and six Pro to Gly mutants in the Fab constant region of adalimumab	4
Differential use of p24 family members as cargo receptors for the transport of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins and Wnt1	4
A mutant equipped with a regenerated disulphide for the missing His loop of a serine protease zymogen in the horseshoe crab coagulation cascade	4
Crystallographic studies of cytochrome c and cytochrome c oxidase	4
Structural insight into the recognition of the linear ubiquitin assembly complex by Shigella E3 ligase IpaH1.4/2.5	4
Maintenance of the Golgi ribbon structure by the KASH protein Jaw1	4
MiR-133a-3p inhibits the malignant progression of oesophageal cancer by targeting CDCA8	4
Efficient induction of proximity-dependent labelling by biotin feeding in BMAL1-BioID knock-in mice	4