
OHKANDA Junko
Academic Assembly School of Science and Technology Institute of Agriculture
Faculty of Agriculture Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences Division of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Professor
Research Keyword
- protein-protein interactions, 14-3-3 proteins, Antitumor agents, fusicoccin, intrinsically disordered proteins and regions, Natural products, Peptides, Pharmaceutical and plant hormones, Posttranslational modification, Signaling pathways
Mail Address
- johkanda★shinshu-u.ac.jp
Career
- 2022
Chemistry A European Journal, Editorial board member (Wiley-VCH) - 2017
Bioorganic Chemistry Editorial board member (Elsevier) - 2016
Professor, Shinshu University - 2013 - 2016
Associate Professor, ICR, Kyoto University - 2005 - 2013
Associate Professor, ISIR, Osaka University - 2004 - 2005
Lecturer, Tokyo Gakugei University - 2003 - 2003
Researcher, Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Connecticut, USA) - 1998 - 2003
Postdoctral Associate, Department of Chemistry, Yale University - 1991 - 1997
Assistant Professor, Seikei University - 1990 - 1991
Researcher, Ricoh Co. Ltd.
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Paper
- Expression and purification of DYRK1A kinase domain in complex with its folding intermediate-selective inhibitor FINDY
Ninako Kimura, Kanako Saito, Takashi Niwa, Masato Yamakawa, Shota Igaue, Junko Ohkanda, Takamitsu Hosoya, Isao Kii
Protein Expr. Purif., 196-196, 106089, 18 Mar. 2022 - A Guanidyl-Based Bivalent Peptidomimetic Inhibits K-Ras Prenylation and Association with c-Raf
Tsubamoto, Mai; Toan Khanh Le; Li, Minghua; Watanabe, Taku; Matsumi, Chiemi; Parvatkar, Prakash; Fujii, Hiroshi; Kato, Nobuo; Sun, Jiazhi; Ohkanda, Junko;
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 25(59), 13531-13536, 2019 - Structural Effects of Fusicoccin upon Upregulation of 14-3-3-Phospholigand Interaction and Cytotoxic Activity
Ohkanda, Junko; Kusumoto, Atsushi; Punzalan, Louvy; Masuda, Ryoma; Wang, Chenyu; Parvatkar, Prakash; Akase, Dai; Aida, Misako; Uesugi, Motonari; Higuchi, Yusuke; Kato, Nobuo;
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 24(60), 16066-16071, 2018 - Protein-guided self-assembly for controlling protein-protein interactions
Junko Ohkanda
Journal of the Society of Japanese Women Scientists, 17, 1-7, 2017 - Stabilization of Physical RAF/14-3-3 Interaction by Cotylenin A as Treatment Strategy for RAS Mutant Cancers
Molzan, Manuela; Kasper, Stefan; Roeglin, Lars; Skwarczynska, Malgorzata; Sassa, Takeshi; Inoue, Takatsugu; Breitenbuecher, Frank; Ohkanda, Junko; Kato, Nobuo; Schuler, Martin; Ottmann, Christian;
ACS Chemical Biology, 8(9), 1869-1875, Sep. 2013 - A Semisynthetic Fusicoccane Stabilizes a Protein-Protein Interaction and Enhances the Expression of K+ Channels at the Cell Surface
Anders, Carolin; Higuchi, Yusuke; Koschinsky, Kristin; Bartel, Maria; Schumacher, Benjamin; Thiel, Philipp; Nitta, Hajime; Preisig-Mueller, Regina; Schlichthoerl, Guenter; Renigunta, Vijay; Ohkanda, Junko; Daut, Juergen; Kato, Nobuo; Ottmann, Christian;
CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY, 20(4), 583-593, 2013 - A Novel Fusicoccin Derivative Preferentially Targets Hypoxic Tumor Cells and Inhibits Tumor Growth in Xenografts
Kawakami, Koshi; Hattori, Miho; Inoue, Takatsugu; Maruyama, Yuriko; Ohkanda, Junko; Kato, Nobuo; Tongu, Miki; Yamada, Takaya; Akimoto, Miho; Takenaga, Keizo; Sassa, Takeshi; Suzumiy, Junji; Honma, Yoshio;
ANTI-CANCER AGENTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 12(7), 791-800, Sep. 2012 - Transannular Proton Transfer in the Cyclization of Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate to Fusicoccadiene, a Biosynthetic Intermediate of Fusicoccins
Toyomasu, Tomonobu; Tsukahara, Mai; Kenmoku, Hiromichi; Anada, Masahide; Nitta, Hajime; Ohkanda, Junko; Mitsuhashi, Wataru; Sassa, Takeshi; Kato, Nobuo;
ORGANIC LETTERS, 11(14), 3044-3047, 2009 - Structurally Simple Inhibitors of Lanosterol 14 alpha-Demethylase Are Efficacious In a Rodent Model of Acute Chagas Disease
Suryadevara, Praveen Kumar; Olepu, Srinivas; Lockman, Jeffrey W.; Ohkanda, Junko; Karimi, Mandana; Verlinde, Christophe L. M. J.; Kraus, James M.; Schoepe, Jan; Van Voorhis, Wesley C.; Hamilton, Andrew D.; Buckner, Frederick S.; Gelb, Michael H.;
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 52(12), 3703-3715, 2009 - Module assembly for protein-surface recognition: Geranylgeranyltransferase I bivalent inhibitors for simultaneous targeting of interior and exterior protein surfaces
Machida, Shinnosuke; Usuba, Kakeru; Blaskovich, Michelle A.; Yano, Akiko; Harada, Kazuo; Sebti, Said M.; Kato, Nobuo; Ohkanda, Junko;
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 14(5), 1392-1401, 2008 - Farnesyltransferase and geranylgeranyltransferase I inhibitors upregulate RhoB expression by HDAC1 dissociation, HAT association and histone acetylation of the RhoB promoter
Delarue, F. L.; Adnane, J.; Joshi, B.; Blaskovich, M. A.; Wang, D-A; Hawker, J.; Bizouarn, F.; Ohkanda, J.; Zhu, K.; Hamilton, A. D.; Chellappan, S.; Sebti, S. M.;
Oncogene, 26(5), 633-640, Feb. 2007 - ORGN 129-Bivalent inhibitors of Type-I geranylgeranyltransferase for simultaneous recognition of interior and exterior protein surfaces
Ohkanda, Junko; Machida, Shinnosuke; Kato, Nobuo; Blaskovich, Michelle A.; Sebti, Saied M.; Harada, Kazuo;
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 234, 2007 - Structure-based design of imidazole-containing peptidomimetic inhibitors of protein farnesyltransferase
Ohkanda, J; Strickland, CL; Blaskovich, MA; Carrico, D; Lockman, JW; Vogt, A; Bucher, CJ; Sun, JZ; Qian, YM; Knowles, D; Pusateri, EE; Sebti, SM; Hamilton, AD;
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 4(3), 482-492, 2006 - In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity of peptidomimetic protein farnesyltransferase inhibitors with improved membrane permeability
Carrico, D; Ohkanda, J; Kendrick, H; Yokoyama, K; Blaskovich, MA; Bucher, CJ; Buckner, FS; Van Voorhis, WC; Chakrabarti, D; Croft, SL; Gelb, MH; Sebti, SM; Hamilton, AD;
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 12(24), 6517-6526, 2004 - Design and synthesis of peptidomimetic protein farnesyltransferase inhibitors as anti-Trypanosoma brucei agents
Ohkanda, J; Buckner, FS; Lockman, JW; Yokoyama, K; Carrico, D; Eastman, R; de Luca-Fradley, K; Davies, W; Croft, SL; Van Voorhis, WC; Gelb, MH; Sebti, SM; Hamilton, AD;
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 47(2), 432-445, 2004 - A class of sterol 14-demethylase inhibitors as anti-Trypanosoma cruzi agents
Buckner, F; Yokoyama, K; Lockman, J; Aikenhead, K; Ohkanda, J; Sadilek, M; Sebti, S; Van Voorhis, W; Hamilton, A; Gelb, MH;
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100(25), 15149-15153, 2003 - Prenyltransferase inhibitors as antitumor and antiparasitic agents: Rational design based on CAAX peptide and solution phase combinatorial approaches.
Ohkanda, J; Lockman, JW; Carrico, D; Strickland, CL; Sebti, SM; Gelb, MH; Hamilton, AD;
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 224, U30-U30, 2002 - Antitumor efficacy of a novel class of non-thiol-containing peptidomimetic inhibitors of farnesyltransferase and geranylgeranyltransferase I: Combination therapy with the cytotoxic agents cisplatin, taxol, and gemcitabine
Sun, JZ; Blaskovich, MA; Knowles, D; Qian, YM; Ohkanda, J; Bailey, RD; Hamilton, AD; Sebti, SM;
CANCER RESEARCH, 59(19), 4919-4926, 1999 - New hexadentate ligands composed of 1-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyrimidinone, alpha,omega-diamine and 1,1,1-tris(carboxyethoxymethyl)-ethane or tri(carboxybutyl)isocyanurate. Synthesis and characterization of their iron(III) complexes
Katoh, A; Hida, Y; Kamitani, J; Ohkanda, J;
JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS, (22), 3859-3864, 1998 - Requirement for geranylgeranyl transferase I and acyl transferase in the TGF-beta-stimulated pathway leading to elastin mRNA stabilization
Kucich, U; Rosenbloom, JC; Shen, G; Abrams, WR; Blaskovich, MA; Hamilton, AD; Ohkanda, J; Sebti, SM; Rosenbloom, J;
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 252(1), 111-116, 1998 - Novel iron sequestering agents: Synthesis and iron-chelating properties of hexadentate ligands composed of 1-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyrimidinone, omega-amino carboxylic acid, and tris(2-aminoethyl)amine
Ohkanda, J; Kamitani, J; Tokumitsu, T; Hida, Y; Konakahara, T; Katoh, A;
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 62(11), 3618-3624, 1997
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