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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
SI-MOIRAI: a new method to identify and quantify the metabolic fate of nucleotides	45
BACH to the ferroptosis	29
Erratum to: Structural insights into the enhanced thermostability of cysteine substitution mutants of L-histidine decarboxylase from Photobacterium phosphoreum	22
Putrescine Biosynthesis from Agmatine by Arginase (TtARG) in Thermus thermophilus	20
Identification of the active site and characterization of a novel sporulation-specific cysteine protease YabG fromBacillus subtilis	19
Cellular senescence in the cancer microenvironment	18
Production and characterization of an Fv-clasp of rheumatoid factor, a low-affinity human autoantibody	17
Transcriptomic characterization of Lonrf1 at the single-cell level under pathophysiological conditions	17
CdbC: a disulfide bond isomerase involved in the refolding of mycoloyltransferases in Corynebacterium glutamicum cells exposed to oxidative conditions	17
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	16
RMST: a long noncoding RNA involved in cancer and disease	15
Microglia regulate neuronal and behavioural functions under physiological and pathological conditions	15
Variations associated with neurodevelopmental disorders affect ARF1 function and cortical development	15
ZNRF1-dependent regulation of AKT activity modulates Nav subcellular localization and AIS position in neurons to regulate fear-related behaviour	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
Dermatan sulphate is an activating ligand of anaplastic lymphoma kinase	14
A leaderless mRNA including tRNA-like sequence encodes a small peptide that regulates the expression of GcvB small RNA inEscherichia coli	13
Land-breaking publications and the impact of these publications in several research areas: commentary for the 100th anniversary of Journal of Biochemistry	13
Calpain-3 not only proteolyzes calpain-1 and -2 but also is a substrate for calpain-1 and -2	13
A refined method for high-purity isolation of uterine glandular epithelial cells in mouse	13
The Journal of Biochemistry: 100 years of excellence in scientific publishing	13
PLAAT1 expression triggers fragmentation of mitochondria in an enzyme activity-dependent manner	12
Effects of cryptochrome-modulating compounds on circadian behavioural rhythms in zebrafish	12
SSB promotes DnaB helicase passage through DnaA complexes at the replication origin oriC for bidirectional replication	12

Molecular connections between circadian clock and health/ageing	12
Intracellular biliverdin dynamics during ferroptosis	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
Perturbed collagen metabolism underlies lymphatic recanalization failure in Gata2 heterozygous deficient mice	11
Direct binding of calmodulin to the cytosolic C-terminal regions of sweet/umami taste receptors	11
Forty years of the structure of plant-type ferredoxin	10
Genome-wide distribution of 5hmC in the dental pulp of mouse molars and incisors	10
Neutral selection and clonal expansion during the development of colon cancer metastasis	10
SdrR, a LysR-type regulator, responds to the mycobacterial antioxidant defense	10
Collagen isolated from human adipose tissue and its cellular affinity	10
Suicide substrate reaction-like modification of mouse serine racemase with L-serine	10
Onnamide A suppresses the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 infection without inhibiting 3-chymotrypsin-like cysteine protease	10
Characterization of recombinant murine GDE4 and GDE7, enzymes producing lysophosphatidic acid and/or cyclic phosphatidic acid	10
Method for isolation and quantification of inositol glycan produced by glycosylinositol phosphoceramide-hydrolysing phospholipase D in plants	10
Identification of unannotated coding sequences and their physiological functions	10
The potential of erythrocyte α-synuclein to differentiate dementia with Lewy bodies from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases	10
Acquisition mechanism of heme oxygenase-1 induction by heat shock in human monocytic cell line THP-1 after differentiation to macrophage-like cells	9
Sensitive immunoassay ofLegionellausing multivalent conjugates of engineered VHHs	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
Sialyl-Tn antigen facilitates extracellular vesicle-mediated transfer of FAK and enhances motility of recipient cells	9
Cytoplasmic zoning in membrane blebs	9
Mitochondria-targeting siRNA screening identifies mitochondrial calcium uniporter as a factor involved in nucleoid morphology	9
Commentary for: a lipid scramblase TMEM41B is involved in the processing and transport of GPI-anchored proteins	9
Upregulated mGluR5 induces ER stress and DNA damage by regulating the NMDA receptor subunit NR2B	9
Chondroitin sulfate liposome: clustering toward high functional efficiency	9
The crystal structure of the small zinc-finger protein ZifS from Thermus thermophilus HB8	9
ETV4 mediates the Wnt/β-catenin pathway through transcriptional activation of ANXA2 to promote hepatitis B virus-associated liver hepatocellular carcinoma progression	9
Correction to: The Hox-based positional memory in muscle stem cells	9
Regulation of polyphosphate glucokinase gene expression through cotranscriptional processing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv	9
Exploring the roles of Lem2 and Bqt4 in lipid metabolism for nuclear envelope maintenance: a novel perspective	9
CRABP2 promotes cell migration and invasion by activating PI3K/AKT and MAPK signalling pathways via upregulating LAMB3 in prostate cancer	8
Erratum to: Structural insights into the enhanced thermostability of cysteine substitution mutants of L-histidine decarboxylase from Photobacterium phosphoreum	8
Correction to: Molecular Mechanism of Autophagy, Cytoplasmic Zoning by Lipid Membranes	8
CDC42 missense mutations and human diseases: from neurodevelopmental disorders to autoinflammation	8
vp1524, a Vibrio parahaemolyticus NAD +-dependent deacetylase, regulates host response during infection by induction of host histone deacetylation	8
Trehalose decreases mRNA and protein expressions of c-Jun and JunB in human cervical cancer HeLa cells	7
Molecular mechanisms of mechanosensing and plasticity of tendons and ligaments	7
Visualization of Reelin Secretion from Primary Cultured Neurons by Bioluminescence Imaging	7
Effective plasmid delivery to a plasmid-free Bacillus natto strain by a conjugational transfer system	7
The 2024 JB Award	7
Post-translational modification of lysine residues in erythrocyte α-synuclein	7
Multiple interfaces to recognize nucleosomal targets	7
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	7
Notch signaling pathway induces expression of type IV collagen in angiogenesis	7
Characterization of recombinant photoconverting green fluorescent Akanes	7
Profiling translation in the nervous system	7
Histone H2B isoform H2bc27 is expressed in the developing brain of mouse embryos	7
A retrospect of the structure determination of Taka-amylase A	7
A slight bending of an α-helix in FliM creates a counterclockwise-locked structure of the flagellar motor in Vibrio	7
Mitochondria–giant lipid droplet proximity and autophagy suppression in nitrogen-depleted oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi cells	7

Inner nuclear membrane proteins Lem2 and Bqt4 interact with different lipid synthesis enzymes in fission yeast	6
Hoop-like role of the cytosolic interface helix in Vibrio PomA, an ion-conducting membrane protein, in the bacterial flagellar motor	6
Corrigendum to: BaeR participates in cephalosporins susceptibility by regulating the expression level of outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli	6
Oligomeric state of the aspartate:alanine transporter from Tetragenococcus halophilus	6
Long noncoding RNAs transcribed downstream of the human β-globin locus regulate β-globin gene expression	6
The NRF2 inducer CDDO-2P-Im provokes a reduction in amyloid β levels in Alzheimer’s disease model mice	6
Direct visualization of ribosomes in the cell-free system revealed the functional evolution of aminoglycoside	6
γ-Secretase structure and activity are modified by alterations in its membrane localization and ambient environment	6
Thanking All Peer Reviewers	6
Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases of Escherichia coli highlighting their involvement in the generation of membrane phospholipid dive	6
CEBPB is required for NRF2-mediated drug resistance in NRF2-activated non-small cell lung cancer cells	6
Inhibition of autophagy by Atg7 knockdown enhances chemosensitivity in gemcitabine/paclitaxel-resistant pancreatic cancer MIAPaCa2 cells	6
Biochemical characterization of medaka (Oryzias latipes) fibrinogen gamma and its gene disruption resulting in anemia as a model fish	6
Development of supercooling preservation method of adherent cultured human cells	6
Morphinan Evolution: The Impact of Advances in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	6
Autophagy-independent cytoprotection by optineurin from toxicity of aggregates formed by mutant huntingtin and mutant ataxin-3	6
Ever-expanding NGLY1 biology	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	5
GlcNAc-Asn is a biomarker for NGLY1 deficiency	5
NGLY1: insights from Caenorhabditis elegans	5
Binding profile of quinonoid-dihydrobiopterin to quinonoid-dihydropteridine reductase examined by in silico and in vitro analyses	5
Targeting senescent cells for the treatment of age-associated diseases	5
Spatial heterogeneity and functional zonation of living tissues and organs in situ	5
The cofactors and domains of a staphylococcal capsule-producing enzyme preserve its structure, stability, shape and dimerization ability	5
Long non-coding RNA AFAP1-AS1 promotes thyroid cancer progression by sponging miR-204-3p and upregulating DUSP4	5
Recent topics regarding macrophage in the central nervous system	5
Evolution and properties of alanine racemase from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803	5
PCYT2 synthesizes CDP-glycerol in mammals and reduced PCYT2 enhances the expression of functionally glycosylated α-dystroglycan	5
Correction to: Branched ubiquitin code: from basic biology to targeted protein degradation	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
Dissection of an ABC transporter LolCDE function analyzed by photo-crosslinking	5
Structural basis for molecular interactions on the eukaryotic DNA sliding clamps PCNA and RAD9-RAD1-HUS1	5
Maintenance of the Golgi ribbon structure by the KASH protein Jaw1	5
Protein homeostasis and degradation in quiescent neural stem cells	5
Kolaflavanone, a biflavonoid derived from medicinal plantGarcinia, is an inhibitor of mitotic kinesin Eg5	5
Merlin/NF2 regulates SLC7A11/xCT expression and cell viability under glucose deprivation at high cell density in glioblastoma cells	5
Novel synthetic biological study on intracellular distribution of human GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase expressed in insect cells	5
Branched ubiquitin code: from basic biology to targeted protein degradation	5
Cellular senescence: mechanisms and relevance to cancer and aging	5
Patient-derived gene and protein expression signatures of NGLY1 deficiency	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
A lipid scramblase TMEM41B is involved in the processing and transport of GPI-anchored proteins	5
Phosphorylated SARM1 is involved in the pathological process of rotenone-induced neurodegeneration	5