Publications of Setsuko Fujita-Becker

Fujita-Becker, S.; Tsiavaliaris, G.; Ohkura, R.; Shimada, T.; Manstein, D. J.; Sutoh, K.: Functional characterization of the N-terminal region of myosin-2. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 281 (47), pp. 36102 - 36109 (2006)

Dürrwang, U.; Fujita-Becker, S.; Erent, M.; Kull, F. J.; Tsiavaliaris, G.; Geeves, M. A.; Manstein, D. J.: Dictyostelium myosin-IE is a fast molecular motor involved in phagocytosis. Journal of Cell Science 119, pp. 550 - 558 (2006)

Fujita-Becker, S.; Reubold, T.; Holmes, K. C.: The actin-binding cleft: functional characterisation of myosin II with a strut mutation. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility 27 (2), pp. 115 - 123 (2006)

Fujita-Becker, S.; Dürrwang, U.; Erent, M.; Clark, R.; Geeves, M. A.; Manstein, D. J.: Changes in Mg²⁺ ion concentration and heavy chain phosphorylation regulate the motor activity of class I myosin. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 280 (7), pp. 6064 - 6071 (2005)

Tsiavaliaris, G.; Fujita-Becker, S.; Manstein, D. J.: Molecular engineering of a backwards-moving myosin motor. Nature 427 (6974), pp. 558 - 561 (2004)

Tsiavaliaris, G.; Fujita-Becker, S.; Batra, R.; Levitsky, D. I.; Kull, F. J.; Geeves, M. A.; Manstein, D. J.: Mutations in the relay loop region result in dominant-negative inhibition of myosin II function in Dictyostelium. EMBO Reports 3 (11), pp. 1099 - 1105 (2002)

Herm-Götz, A.; Weiss, S.; Stratmann, R.; Fujita-Becker, S.; Ruff, C.; Meyhöfer, E.; Soldati, T.; Manstein, D. J.; Geeves, M. A.; Soldati, D.: Toxoplasma gondii myosin A and its light chain: a fast, single‐headed, plus‐end‐directed motor. The EMBO Journal 21 (9), pp. 2149 - 2158 (2002)

Linke, W. A.; Kulke, M.; Li, H.; Fujita-Becker, S.; Neagoe, C.; Manstein, D. J.; Gautel, M.; Fernandez, J. M.: PEVK domain of titin: an entropic spring with actin-binding properties. Journal of Structural Biology 137 (1), pp. 194 - 205 (2002)

Kulke, M.; Fujita-Becker, S.; Rostkova, E.; Neagoe, C.; Labeit, D.; Manstein, D. J.; Gautel, M.; Linke, W. A.: Interaction between PEVK-titin and actin filaments: origin of a viscous force component in cardiac myofibrils. Circulation Research 89, pp. 874 - 881 (2001)

Kliche, W.; Fujita-Becker, S.; Kollmar, M.; Manstein, D. J.; Kull, F. J.: Structure of a genetically engineered molecular motor. EMBO Journal 20 (1), pp. 40 - 46 (2001)

Furch, M.; Fujita-Becker, S.; Geeves, M. A.; Holmes, K. C.; Manstein, D. J.: Role of the salt-bridge between switch-1 and switch-2 of Dictyostelium myosin. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 290 (3), pp. 797 - 809 (1999)