Representative Papers
A. Arai, R. Watanabe, A. Hattori, K. Iio, Y. Hu, K. Yoneda, H. Kigoshi, and M. Kita
N,N-Dimethylaminopyrene as a fluorescent affinity mass tag for ligand-binding mode analysis.
Sci. Rep. 10, 7311 (2020).
M. Zhang, T. Sunaba, Y. Sun, K. Sasaki, H. Isoda, H. Kigoshi, and M. Kita
Anti-inflammatory marine cyclic peptide stylissatin A and its derivatives inhibit differentiation of murine preadipocytes.
Chem. Commun. 55, 5471–5474 (2019).
R. Watanabe, Y. Hu, K. Iio, K. Yoneda, A. Hattori, A. Arai, H. Kigoshi, and M. Kita
Specific protein-labeling and ligand-binding position analysis with amidopyrene probes as LDI MS tags.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 16, 7883–7890 (2018).
K. Yoneda, Y. Hu, R. Watanabe, M. Kita, and H. Kigoshi
Binding position analysis of target proteins with the use of amidopyrene probes as LA-LDI enhancing tags.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 14, 8564–8569 (2016).
J. J. Sato, S. D. Ohdachi, L. M. Echenique–Diaz, R. Borroto–Páez, G. Begué–Quiala, J. L. Delgado–Labañino, J. Gámez–Díez, J. Alvarez–Lemus, S. T. Nguyen, N. Yamaguchi, and M. Kita
Molecular phylogenetic analysis of nuclear genes suggests a Cenozoic over-water dispersal origin for the Cuban solenodon.
Sci. Rep. 6, 31173 (2016).
A. Kawamura, M. Kita, and H. Kigoshi
Aplysiasecosterol A: a 9,11-secosteroid with an unprecedented tricyclic γ-diketone structure from the sea hare Aplysia kurodai.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 7073–7076 (2015).
M. Kita and H. Kigoshi
Marine natural products that regulate multiple cytoskeletal protein interactions.
Nat. Prod. Rep. 32, 534–542 (2015).
M. Kita, Y. Hirayama, K. Yoneda, K. Yamagishi, T. Chinen, T. Usui, E. Sumiya, M. Uesugi, and H. Kigoshi
Inhibition of microtubule assembly by a complex of actin and antitumor macrolide aplyronine A.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 18089–18095 (2013).
M. Kita, Y. Hirayama, K. Yamagishi, K. Yoneda, R. Fujisawa, and H. Kigoshi
Interactions of the antitumor macrolide aplyronine A with actin and actin-related proteins established by its versatile photoaffinity derivatives.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 20314–20317 (2012).
M. Kita, Y. Hirayama, M. Sugiyama, and H. Kigoshi
Development of highly cytotoxic and actin-depolymerizing biotin derivatives of aplyronine A, an antitumor macrolide of marine origin.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 9871–9874 (2011).
M. Kita, D. StC. Black, O. Ohno, K. Yamada, H. Kigoshi, and D. Uemura
Duck-billed platypus venom peptides induce Ca2+ influx in neuroblastoma cells.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 18038–18039 (2009).
J. Hao, F. Matsuura, Y. Kishi, M. Kita, D. Uemura, N. Asai, and T. Iwashita
Stereochemistry of pteriatoxins A, B, and C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 7742–7743 (2006).
M. Kita, Y. Nakamura, Y. Okumura, S. D. Ohdachi, Y. Oba, M. Yoshikuni, H. Kido, and D. Uemura
Blarina toxin, a mammalian lethal venom from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: isolation and characterization.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101, 7542–7547 (2004).
M. Kita, M. Kondo, T. Koyama, K. Yamada, T. Matsumoto, K. –H. Lee, J. –T. Woo, and D. Uemura
Symbioimine exhibiting inhibitory effect of osteoclast differentiation, from the symbiotic marine dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 4794–4795 (2004).