OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Biochemistry is 5. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Erratum to: Structural insights into the enhanced thermostability of cysteine substitution mutants of L-histidine decarboxylase from Photobacterium phosphoreum	25
Production and characterization of an Fv-clasp of rheumatoid factor, a low-affinity human autoantibody	22
CdbC: a disulfide bond isomerase involved in the refolding of mycoloyltransferases in Corynebacterium glutamicum cells exposed to oxidative conditions	22
FRET-based biosensor moxCRONOS enables quantitative monitoring of macromolecular crowding in organelles and protein aggregates	21
Transcriptomic characterization of Lonrf1 at the single-cell level under pathophysiological conditions	19
RMST: a long noncoding RNA involved in cancer and disease	19
ZNRF1-dependent regulation of AKT activity modulates Nav subcellular localization and AIS position in neurons to regulate fear-related behaviour	19
BACH to the ferroptosis	18
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	18
Cellular senescence in the cancer microenvironment	17
Variations associated with neurodevelopmental disorders affect ARF1 function and cortical development	17
Identification of the active site and characterization of a novel sporulation-specific cysteine protease YabG fromBacillus subtilis	17
Microglia regulate neuronal and behavioural functions under physiological and pathological conditions	17
Phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of PTP-PEST at Serine 39 is crucial for cell migration	16
Interaction between a fluoroquinolone derivative and RNAs with a single bulge	16
Putrescine Biosynthesis from Agmatine by Arginase (TtARG) in Thermus thermophilus	16
The Journal of Biochemistry: 100 years of excellence in scientific publishing	16
A leaderless mRNA including tRNA-like sequence encodes a small peptide that regulates the expression of GcvB small RNA inEscherichia coli	16
Land-breaking publications and the impact of these publications in several research areas: commentary for the 100th anniversary of Journal of Biochemistry	16
Perturbed collagen metabolism underlies lymphatic recanalization failure in Gata2 heterozygous deficient mice	15
PLAAT1 expression triggers fragmentation of mitochondria in an enzyme activity-dependent manner	14
A refined method for high-purity isolation of uterine glandular epithelial cells in mouse	14
Calpain-3 not only proteolyzes calpain-1 and -2 but also is a substrate for calpain-1 and -2	14
Formation of hierarchical assemblies by collagen peptides derived from fish skin and bladder and their subsequent application as antiperoxide agents in lipid-rich food	13
Direct binding of calmodulin to the cytosolic C-terminal regions of sweet/umami taste receptors	13

Intracellular biliverdin dynamics during ferroptosis	13
Molecular connections between circadian clock and health/ageing	13
SdrR, a LysR-type regulator, responds to the mycobacterial antioxidant defense	13
Suicide substrate reaction-like modification of mouse serine racemase with L-serine	12
SSB promotes DnaB helicase passage through DnaA complexes at the replication origin oriC for bidirectional replication	12
Mitochondria-targeting siRNA screening identifies mitochondrial calcium uniporter as a factor involved in nucleoid morphology	11
Neutral selection and clonal expansion during the development of colon cancer metastasis	11
The potential of erythrocyte α-synuclein to differentiate dementia with Lewy bodies from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases	11
The crystal structure of the small zinc-finger protein ZifS from Thermus thermophilus HB8	11
Identification of unannotated coding sequences and their physiological functions	11
Acquisition mechanism of heme oxygenase-1 induction by heat shock in human monocytic cell line THP-1 after differentiation to macrophage-like cells	11
Collagen isolated from human adipose tissue and its cellular affinity	11
Method for isolation and quantification of inositol glycan produced by glycosylinositol phosphoceramide-hydrolysing phospholipase D in plants	10
Commentary for: a lipid scramblase TMEM41B is involved in the processing and transport of GPI-anchored proteins	10
Upregulated mGluR5 induces ER stress and DNA damage by regulating the NMDA receptor subunit NR2B	10
Onnamide A suppresses the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 infection without inhibiting 3-chymotrypsin-like cysteine protease	10
Sensitive immunoassay ofLegionellausing multivalent conjugates of engineered VHHs	10
Chondroitin sulfate liposome: clustering toward high functional efficiency	10
Correction to: The Hox-based positional memory in muscle stem cells	10
CRABP2 promotes cell migration and invasion by activating PI3K/AKT and MAPK signalling pathways via upregulating LAMB3 in prostate cancer	10
Exploring the roles of Lem2 and Bqt4 in lipid metabolism for nuclear envelope maintenance: a novel perspective	10
Histone H2B isoform H2bc27 is expressed in the developing brain of mouse embryos	9
Comprehensive identification of proteins interacting with long non-coding RNA TUG1 in R-loop regulation	9
Erratum to: Structural insights into the enhanced thermostability of cysteine substitution mutants of L-histidine decarboxylase from Photobacterium phosphoreum	9
Characterization of recombinant photoconverting green fluorescent Akanes	9
Post-translational modification of lysine residues in erythrocyte α-synuclein	9
Notch signaling pathway induces expression of type IV collagen in angiogenesis	9
Cytoplasmic zoning in membrane blebs	9
Correction to: Molecular Mechanism of Autophagy, Cytoplasmic Zoning by Lipid Membranes	9
Trehalose decreases mRNA and protein expressions of c-Jun and JunB in human cervical cancer HeLa cells	9
Profiling translation in the nervous system	9
Mitochondria–giant lipid droplet proximity and autophagy suppression in nitrogen-depleted oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi cells	9
CDC42 missense mutations and human diseases: from neurodevelopmental disorders to autoinflammation	9
Sialyl-Tn antigen facilitates extracellular vesicle-mediated transfer of FAK and enhances motility of recipient cells	9
The 2024 JB Award	9
Molecular mechanisms of mechanosensing and plasticity of tendons and ligaments	9
Multiple interfaces to recognize nucleosomal targets	8
Effective plasmid delivery to a plasmid-free Bacillus natto strain by a conjugational transfer system	8
Bisecting GlcNAc modification of angiotensin-related glycoproteins in mouse kidney	8
Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C across biological kingdoms: domain organization, functions and regulation	8
A retrospect of the structure determination of Taka-amylase A	8
vp1524, a Vibrio parahaemolyticus NAD +-dependent deacetylase, regulates host response during infection by induction of host histone deacetylation	8
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	8
Inhibition of autophagy by Atg7 knockdown enhances chemosensitivity in gemcitabine/paclitaxel-resistant pancreatic cancer MIAPaCa2 cells	7
Oligomeric state of the aspartate:alanine transporter from Tetragenococcus halophilus	7
Corrigendum to: BaeR participates in cephalosporins susceptibility by regulating the expression level of outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli	7
γ-Secretase structure and activity are modified by alterations in its membrane localization and ambient environment	7
Autophagy-independent cytoprotection by optineurin from toxicity of aggregates formed by mutant huntingtin and mutant ataxin-3	7
Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases of Escherichia coli highlighting their involvement in the generation of membrane phospholipid dive	7
Biochemical characterization of medaka (Oryzias latipes) fibrinogen gamma and its gene disruption resulting in anemia as a model fish	7

Visualization of Reelin Secretion from Primary Cultured Neurons by Bioluminescence Imaging	7
Inner nuclear membrane proteins Lem2 and Bqt4 interact with different lipid synthesis enzymes in fission yeast	7
Direct visualization of ribosomes in the cell-free system revealed the functional evolution of aminoglycoside	7
Hoop-like role of the cytosolic interface helix in Vibrio PomA, an ion-conducting membrane protein, in the bacterial flagellar motor	7
Cellular senescence: mechanisms and relevance to cancer and aging	6
Merlin/NF2 regulates SLC7A11/xCT expression and cell viability under glucose deprivation at high cell density in glioblastoma cells	6
Correction to: Innate immune signals triggered on organelle membranes	6
The NRF2 inducer CDDO-2P-Im provokes a reduction in amyloid β levels in Alzheimer’s disease model mice	6
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	6
Recent topics regarding macrophage in the central nervous system	6
Long noncoding RNAs transcribed downstream of the human β-globin locus regulate β-globin gene expression	6
Thanking All Peer Reviewers	6
Phosphorylated SARM1 is involved in the pathological process of rotenone-induced neurodegeneration	6
Ever-expanding NGLY1 biology	6
Development of supercooling preservation method of adherent cultured human cells	6
Evolution and properties of alanine racemase from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803	6
Binding profile of quinonoid-dihydrobiopterin to quinonoid-dihydropteridine reductase examined by in silico and in vitro analyses	6
Morphinan Evolution: The Impact of Advances in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	6
Novel synthetic biological study on intracellular distribution of human GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase expressed in insect cells	6
CEBPB is required for NRF2-mediated drug resistance in NRF2-activated non-small cell lung cancer cells	6
Correction to: Branched ubiquitin code: from basic biology to targeted protein degradation	6
Patient-derived gene and protein expression signatures of NGLY1 deficiency	5
Branched ubiquitin code: from basic biology to targeted protein degradation	5
Ubiquitin-mediated mitochondrial regulation by MITOL/MARCHF5 at a glance	5
Targeting senescent cells for the treatment of age-associated diseases	5
Mechanistic Study on the Peripheral Cannabinoid-1 Receptor Blockers Based on the Tricyclic Scaffolds	5
Structural basis for molecular interactions on the eukaryotic DNA sliding clamps PCNA and RAD9-RAD1-HUS1	5
Structural insight into the recognition of the linear ubiquitin assembly complex by Shigella E3 ligase IpaH1.4/2.5	5
Investigation of serum markers of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma based on machine learning methods	5
The cofactors and domains of a staphylococcal capsule-producing enzyme preserve its structure, stability, shape and dimerization ability	5
Spatial heterogeneity and functional zonation of living tissues and organs in situ	5
A lipid scramblase TMEM41B is involved in the processing and transport of GPI-anchored proteins	5
Cryo-electron microscopy reveals the impact of the nucleosome dynamics on transcription activity	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
Chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans function as extra/pericellular ligands for cell surface receptors	5
Protein homeostasis and degradation in quiescent neural stem cells	5
Maintenance of the Golgi ribbon structure by the KASH protein Jaw1	5
Dissection of an ABC transporter LolCDE function analyzed by photo-crosslinking	5
Photocontrol of small GTPase Ras fused with a photoresponsive protein	5
JB: A cradle for young Japanese biochemists	5