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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Erratum to: Structural insights into the enhanced thermostability of cysteine substitution mutants of L-histidine decarboxylase from Photobacterium phosphoreum	25
RMST: a long noncoding RNA involved in cancer and disease	21
Interaction between a fluoroquinolone derivative and RNAs with a single bulge	19
CdbC: a disulfide bond isomerase involved in the refolding of mycoloyltransferases in Corynebacterium glutamicum cells exposed to oxidative conditions	19
Production and characterization of an Fv-clasp of rheumatoid factor, a low-affinity human autoantibody	19
Microglia regulate neuronal and behavioural functions under physiological and pathological conditions	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
Variations associated with neurodevelopmental disorders affect ARF1 function and cortical development	17
Transcriptomic characterization of Lonrf1 at the single-cell level under pathophysiological conditions	17
Cellular senescence in the cancer microenvironment	16
ZNRF1-dependent regulation of AKT activity modulates Nav subcellular localization and AIS position in neurons to regulate fear-related behaviour	16
Putrescine Biosynthesis from Agmatine by Arginase (TtARG) in Thermus thermophilus	16
Identification of the active site and characterization of a novel sporulation-specific cysteine protease YabG fromBacillus subtilis	15
BACH to the ferroptosis	14
The Journal of Biochemistry: 100 years of excellence in scientific publishing	14
A refined method for high-purity isolation of uterine glandular epithelial cells in mouse	14
Phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of PTP-PEST at Serine 39 is crucial for cell migration	14
Molecular connections between circadian clock and health/ageing	14
Land-breaking publications and the impact of these publications in several research areas: commentary for the 100th anniversary of Journal of Biochemistry	14
PLAAT1 expression triggers fragmentation of mitochondria in an enzyme activity-dependent manner	14
SdrR, a LysR-type regulator, responds to the mycobacterial antioxidant defense	13
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
Intracellular biliverdin dynamics during ferroptosis	13
Perturbed collagen metabolism underlies lymphatic recanalization failure in Gata2 heterozygous deficient mice	13
Direct binding of calmodulin to the cytosolic C-terminal regions of sweet/umami taste receptors	13

Effects of cryptochrome-modulating compounds on circadian behavioural rhythms in zebrafish	13
Characterization of recombinant murine GDE4 and GDE7, enzymes producing lysophosphatidic acid and/or cyclic phosphatidic acid	12
Calpain-3 not only proteolyzes calpain-1 and -2 but also is a substrate for calpain-1 and -2	12
A leaderless mRNA including tRNA-like sequence encodes a small peptide that regulates the expression of GcvB small RNA inEscherichia coli	12
SSB promotes DnaB helicase passage through DnaA complexes at the replication origin oriC for bidirectional replication	12
Forty years of the structure of plant-type ferredoxin	11
The potential of erythrocyte α-synuclein to differentiate dementia with Lewy bodies from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases	11
Genome-wide distribution of 5hmC in the dental pulp of mouse molars and incisors	11
Suicide substrate reaction-like modification of mouse serine racemase with L-serine	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	11
Neutral selection and clonal expansion during the development of colon cancer metastasis	10
Mitochondria-targeting siRNA screening identifies mitochondrial calcium uniporter as a factor involved in nucleoid morphology	10
Exploring the roles of Lem2 and Bqt4 in lipid metabolism for nuclear envelope maintenance: a novel perspective	10
Sensitive immunoassay ofLegionellausing multivalent conjugates of engineered VHHs	10
The crystal structure of the small zinc-finger protein ZifS from Thermus thermophilus HB8	10
Onnamide A suppresses the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 infection without inhibiting 3-chymotrypsin-like cysteine protease	10
CRABP2 promotes cell migration and invasion by activating PI3K/AKT and MAPK signalling pathways via upregulating LAMB3 in prostate cancer	10
Upregulated mGluR5 induces ER stress and DNA damage by regulating the NMDA receptor subunit NR2B	10
Identification of unannotated coding sequences and their physiological functions	10
Acquisition mechanism of heme oxygenase-1 induction by heat shock in human monocytic cell line THP-1 after differentiation to macrophage-like cells	10
Commentary for: a lipid scramblase TMEM41B is involved in the processing and transport of GPI-anchored proteins	10
Correction to: The Hox-based positional memory in muscle stem cells	10
Comprehensive identification of proteins interacting with long non-coding RNA TUG1 in R-loop regulation	9
Cytoplasmic zoning in membrane blebs	9
Sialyl-Tn antigen facilitates extracellular vesicle-mediated transfer of FAK and enhances motility of recipient cells	9
Profiling translation in the nervous system	9
Characterization of recombinant photoconverting green fluorescent Akanes	9
Chondroitin sulfate liposome: clustering toward high functional efficiency	9
Correction to: Molecular Mechanism of Autophagy, Cytoplasmic Zoning by Lipid Membranes	9
Mitochondria–giant lipid droplet proximity and autophagy suppression in nitrogen-depleted oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi cells	9
Trehalose decreases mRNA and protein expressions of c-Jun and JunB in human cervical cancer HeLa cells	9
CDC42 missense mutations and human diseases: from neurodevelopmental disorders to autoinflammation	9
Erratum to: Structural insights into the enhanced thermostability of cysteine substitution mutants of L-histidine decarboxylase from Photobacterium phosphoreum	9
The 2024 JB Award	9
Post-translational modification of lysine residues in erythrocyte α-synuclein	9
Bisecting GlcNAc modification of angiotensin-related glycoproteins in mouse kidney	8
Phosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase C Across Biological Kingdoms: Domain Organization, Functions, and Regulation	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
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
Molecular mechanisms of mechanosensing and plasticity of tendons and ligaments	8
γ-Secretase structure and activity are modified by alterations in its membrane localization and ambient environment	8
Effective plasmid delivery to a plasmid-free Bacillus natto strain by a conjugational transfer system	8
Notch signaling pathway induces expression of type IV collagen in angiogenesis	8
Histone H2B isoform H2bc27 is expressed in the developing brain of mouse embryos	8
Multiple interfaces to recognize nucleosomal targets	8
Oligomeric state of the aspartate:alanine transporter from Tetragenococcus halophilus	8
Visualization of Reelin Secretion from Primary Cultured Neurons by Bioluminescence Imaging	7
Development of supercooling preservation method of adherent cultured human cells	7

Biochemical characterization of medaka (Oryzias latipes) fibrinogen gamma and its gene disruption resulting in anemia as a model fish	7
Inhibition of autophagy by Atg7 knockdown enhances chemosensitivity in gemcitabine/paclitaxel-resistant pancreatic cancer MIAPaCa2 cells	7
Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases of Escherichia coli highlighting their involvement in the generation of membrane phospholipid dive	7
Hoop-like role of the cytosolic interface helix in Vibrio PomA, an ion-conducting membrane protein, in the bacterial flagellar motor	7
Direct visualization of ribosomes in the cell-free system revealed the functional evolution of aminoglycoside	7
Autophagy-independent cytoprotection by optineurin from toxicity of aggregates formed by mutant huntingtin and mutant ataxin-3	7
Inner nuclear membrane proteins Lem2 and Bqt4 interact with different lipid synthesis enzymes in fission yeast	7
The NRF2 inducer CDDO-2P-Im provokes a reduction in amyloid β levels in Alzheimer’s disease model mice	7
Merlin/NF2 regulates SLC7A11/xCT expression and cell viability under glucose deprivation at high cell density in glioblastoma cells	6
GlcNAc-Asn is a biomarker for NGLY1 deficiency	6
NGLY1: insights from Caenorhabditis elegans	6
Evolution and properties of alanine racemase from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803	6
Thanking All Peer Reviewers	6
Ever-expanding NGLY1 biology	6
Novel synthetic biological study on intracellular distribution of human GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase expressed in insect cells	6
Recent topics regarding macrophage in the central nervous system	6
Protein homeostasis and degradation in quiescent neural stem cells	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
Morphinan Evolution: The Impact of Advances in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	6
Corrigendum to: BaeR participates in cephalosporins susceptibility by regulating the expression level of outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli	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
Branched ubiquitin code: from basic biology to targeted protein degradation	6
Binding profile of quinonoid-dihydrobiopterin to quinonoid-dihydropteridine reductase examined by in silico and in vitro analyses	6
Correction to: Innate immune signals triggered on organelle membranes	6
Long noncoding RNAs transcribed downstream of the human β-globin locus regulate β-globin gene expression	6
Phosphorylated SARM1 is involved in the pathological process of rotenone-induced neurodegeneration	6
A lipid scramblase TMEM41B is involved in the processing and transport of GPI-anchored proteins	5
Maintenance of the Golgi ribbon structure by the KASH protein Jaw1	5
Investigation of serum markers of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma based on machine learning methods	5
Photocontrol of small GTPase Ras fused with a photoresponsive protein	5
Crystallographic studies of cytochrome c and cytochrome c oxidase	5
JB: A cradle for young Japanese biochemists	5
Long non-coding RNA AFAP1-AS1 promotes thyroid cancer progression by sponging miR-204-3p and upregulating DUSP4	5
Structural basis for molecular interactions on the eukaryotic DNA sliding clamps PCNA and RAD9-RAD1-HUS1	5
Spatial heterogeneity and functional zonation of living tissues and organs in situ	5
Dissection of an ABC transporter LolCDE function analyzed by photo-crosslinking	5
Chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans function as extra/pericellular ligands for cell surface receptors	5
Cellular senescence and its impact on the circadian clock	5
Human TRPV1 and TRPA1 are receptors for bacterial quorum sensing molecules	5
Ubiquitin-mediated mitochondrial regulation by MITOL/MARCHF5 at a glance	5
Cellular senescence: mechanisms and relevance to cancer and aging	5
The cofactors and domains of a staphylococcal capsule-producing enzyme preserve its structure, stability, shape and dimerization ability	5
Patient-derived gene and protein expression signatures of NGLY1 deficiency	5
Structural insight into the recognition of the linear ubiquitin assembly complex by Shigella E3 ligase IpaH1.4/2.5	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
Cryo-electron microscopy reveals the impact of the nucleosome dynamics on transcription activity	5
Targeting senescent cells for the treatment of age-associated diseases	5