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Peer-Reviewed Papers

73. Kazuya Yamanaka, Yoshihisa Inoue, Miki Imanishi, Junko Ohkanda*
"Functional evaluation of an electrophilic focused library to identify a covalent inhibitor against intrinsically disordered circadian clock transcription factors"
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2023, in press.
72. Kenta Tanaka, Yoshiya Hatano, Junko Ohkanda*
"Isoform-selective fluorescent labeling of 14-3-3sigma by acrylamide-containing fusicoccins"
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e20231059. (Hot Paper)
71. Nanami Ogino, Ryoma Masuda, Louvy L. Punzalan, Emi Yamashita, Shota Igaue, Yoshihisa Inoue, Junko Ohkanda*
"Structure-activity-relationship study of semi-synthetically modified fusicoccins on their stabilization effect for 14-3-3-phospholigand interactions"
Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2022, 73, 117020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2022.117020.
70. Ninako Kimura, Kanako Saito, Takashi Niwa, Masato Yamakawa, Shota Igaue, Junko Ohkanda, Takamitsu Hosoya, Isao Kii*
"Expression and purification of DYRK1A kinase domain in complex with its folding intermediate-selective inhibitor FINDY"
Protein Expr. Purif. 2022, 195-196, 106089. doi:10.1016/j.pep.2022.106089.

69. Yosei Nagaoka, Prakash Parvatkar, Go Hirai, Junko Ohkanda*
"Design, synthesis, and functional evaluation of triazine-based bivalent agents that simultaneously target the active site and hot spot of phosphatase Cdc25B"
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2021, 48, 128265. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.128265.

68. Yusuke Hosoya, Junko Ohkanda*
"Intrinsically disordered proteins as regulators of transient biological processes and as untapped drug targets" (Review)
Molecules 2021, 26, 2118. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26082118
67. Junko Ohkanda*
"Fusicoccin: A chemical modulator for 14-3-3 proteins" (Review)
Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 57-67. DOI: 10.1246cl.200670
66. Yusuke Hosoya, Wataru Nojo, Isao Kii, Takanori Suzuki, Miki Imanishi, Junko Ohkanda*
"Identification of synthetic inhibitors for the DNA binding of intrinsically disordered circadian clock transcription factors"
Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 11203-11206. DOI: 10.1039/D0CC04861E
65.Ryoma Masuda, Yuuya Kawasaki, Kazunobu Igawa, Yoshiyuki Manabe, Hiroshi Fujii, Nobuo Kato, Katsuhiko Tomooka, Junko Ohkanda*
"Copper-free Huisgen cycloaddition for the 14-3-3-templated synthesis of fusicoccin-peptide conjugates"
Chem. Asian J. 2020,15, 742-747. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asia.202000042
This article was selected for the special issue of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. in memory of Rolf Huisgen. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1521-3773.In-memory-Rolf-Huisgen
64. Kazuma Sugawara, Wataru Nojo, Yusuke Ishigaki, Junko Ohkanda, Takanori Suzuki*
"A novel condensed heterocyclic quinone with a dibenzofuranobisthiadiazole skeleton"
Heterocycles 2020,101,99-103.
63. Mai Tsubamoto, Toan Khanh Le, Minghua Li, Taku Watanabe, Chiemi Matsumi, Prakash Parvatkar, Hiroshi Fujii, Nobuo Kato, Jiazhi Sun, Junko Ohkanda*
"A guanidyl-based bivalent peptidomimetic inhibits K-Ras prenylation and association with c-Raf"
Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 13531-13536. (selected as a "Hot Paper", highlighting in the Cover). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201903129
62. Yoshimasa Kawaguchi, Shoko Ise, Yusuke Azuma, Toshihide Takeuchi, Kenichi Kawano, Toan Le, Junko Ohkanda, Shiroh Futaki*
"Dipicolylamine/metal complexes that promotes direct cell-membrane penetration of octaarginine"
Bioconjugate Chem., 2019, 30, 454-460.
61. Junko Ohkanda,* Atsushi Kusumoto, Louvy Punzalan, Ryoma Masuda, Chenyu Wang, Prakash Parvatkar, Dai Akase, Misako Aida, Motonari Uesugi, Yusuke Higuchi, Nobuo Kato
"Structural effect of fusicoccin upon upregulation of 14-3-3-phospholigand interaction and cytotoxic activity"
Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24,16066-16071 (Selected as a "VIP paper", Highlighted in the Cover).
60. Prakash Parvatkar, Nobuo Kato, Motonari Uesugi, Shin-ichi Sato, Junko Ohkanda*
"Intracellular generation of a diterpene-peptide conjugate that inhibits 14-3-3-mediated interactions"
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 15624-15627 (Communication).
59. Kazuo Harada*, Shoko Aoyama, Akimasa Matsugami, Penmetcha K. R. Kumar, Masato Katahira, Nobuo Kato, Junko Ohkanda
"RNA-directed amino acid coupling as a model reaction for primitive coded translation"
ChemBioChem., 2014, 15,794-798.
58.Junko Ohkanda
"Module assembly for designing multivalent mid-sized inhibitors of protein-protein interactions"
The Chemical Record, 2013, 13, 561-575.
57.Manuela Molzan, Stefan Kasper, Lars Röglin, Malgorzata Skwarczynska, Takeshi Sassa, Takatsugu Inoue, Frank Breitenbuecher, Junko Ohkanda, Nobuo Kato, Martin Schuler, Christian Ottmann
"Stabilization of physical RAF/14-3-3 interaction by cotylenin A as treatment strategy for Ras mutant cancers"
ACS Chem. Biol., 2013, 8, 1869-1875.
56.Daisuke Hayashi, Nobuo Kato, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Yasuo Sato, Junko Ohkanda*
"Antimicrobial N-(2-chlorobenzyl)-substituted hydroxamate is an inhibitor of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase"
Chem. Commun., 2013, 49,5535-5537.
55.Carolin Anders, Yusuke Higuchi, Kristin Koschinsky, Maria Bartel, Benjamin Schumacher, Philipp Thiel, Hajime Nitta, Regina Preisig-Müller, Günter Schlichthörl, Vijay Renigunta, Junko Ohkanda, Jürgen Daut, Nobuo Kato, Christian Ottmann
A semi-synthetic fusicoccane stabilizes a protein-protein interaction and enhances the expression of K+ channels at the cell surface"
Chem. Biol., 2013, 20, 583-593.
54.Toshio Maki, Akie Kawamura, Nobuo Kato, Junko Ohkanda*
"Chemical ligation of epoxide-containing fusicoccins and peptide fragments guided by 14-3-3 protein"
Mol. BioSyst., 2013, 9,940-943.
53.Shinnosuke Machida, Mai Tsubamoto, Nobuo Kato, Kazuo Harada, Junko Ohkanda*
"Peptidomimetic modification improves cell permeation of bivalent farnesyltransferase inhibitors"
Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2013, 21,4004-4010.
52. Koshi Kawakami, Miho Hattori, Takatsugu Inoue, Yuriko Maruyama, Junko Ohkanda, Nobuo Kato, Miki Tongu, Takaya Yamada, Miho Akimoto, Keizo Takenaga, Takeshi Sassa, Junji Szumiya, Yoshio Honma
"A novel fusicoccin derivative preferentially targets hypoxic tumor cells and inhibits tumor growth in xenografts"
Anticancer Agents Med. Chem., 2012, 12,791-800.
51. Yoshinobu Yamaguchi, Nobuo Kato, Hideki Azuma, Takeshi Nagasaki, Junko Ohkanda*
"Protein recognition of hetero-/homoleptic ruthenium (II) tris(bipyridine)s for alpha-chymotrypsin and cytochrome c"
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2012, 22, 2354-2358.
50. Michiko Takahashi, Akie Kawamura, Nobuo Kato, Tsuyoshi Nishi, Itaru Hamachi, Junko Ohkanda*
"Phosphopeptide-dependent labeling of 14-3-3zeta proteins by fusicoccin-based fluorescent probes"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 509-512.
49. Shinnosuke Machida, Nobuo Kato, Kazuo Harada, Junko Ohkanda*
"Bivalent inhibitors for disrupting protein surface-substrate interactions and for dual inhibition of protein prenyltransferases"
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011,133, 958-963.
48. Junko Ohkanda*, Ritsuko Satoh, Nobuo Kato
"Protein surface recognition by dendritic ruthenium(II) tris(bipyridine) complexes"
Chem. Commun., 2009, 6949-6951.
47. Tomonobu Toyomasu, Mai Tsukahara, Hiromichi Kenmoku, Masahide Anada, Hajime Nitta, Junko Ohkanda, Wataru Mitsuhashi, Takeshi Sassa, Nobuo Kato*
"Transannular proton transfer in the cyclization of geranylgeranyl diphosphate to fusicoccadiene, a biosynthetic intermediate of fusicoccins" Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 3044-3047.
46. Praveen Kumar Suryadevara, Srinivas Olepu, Jeffrey W. Lockman, Junko Ohkanda, Mandana Karimi, Christophe L. M. J. Verlinde, James M. Kraus, Jan Schoepe, Wesley C. Van Voorhis, Andrew D. Hamilton, Frederick S. Buckner, Michael H. Gelb
"Structurally simple inhibitors of lanosterol 14a-demethylase are efficacious in a rodent model of acute Chagas disease"
J. Med. Chem., 2009, 52, 3703-3715.
45. Shinnosuke Machida, Kakeru Usuba, Michelle A. Blaskovich, Akiko Yano, Kazuo Harada, Saïd M. Sebti, Nobuo Kato, Junko Ohkanda*
"Module assembly for protein-surface recognition: Geranylgeranyltransferase I bivalent inhibitors for simultaneous targeting of interior and exterior protein surfaces."
Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 1392-1401.
44. Frederik L. Delarue, Jalila Adnane, B. Joshi, Michelle A. Blaskovich, De-an Wang, James Hawker, Frank Bizouarn, Junko Ohkanda, Kuichun Zhu, Andrew D. Hamilton, Srikumar Chellappan, Saïd M. Sebti
"Farnesyltransferase and geranylgeranyltransferase I inhibitors upregulate RhoB expression by HDAC1 dissociation, HAT association and histone acetylation of the RhoB promoter."
Oncogene, 2007, 26, 633-640.
43. Junko Ohkanda, Corey L. Strickland, Michelle A. Blaskovich, Dora Carrico, Jeffrey W. Lockman, Andreas Vogt, Cynthia J. Bucher, Jiazhi Sun, Yimin Qian, David Knowles, Erin E. Pusateri, Saïd M. Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton.
"Structure-based design of imidazole-containing peptidomimetic inhibitors of protein farnesyltransferase."
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2006, 4, 482-492.
42. Dora Carrico, Junko Ohkanda, Howard Kendrick, Kohei Yokoyama, Michelle A.Blaskovich, Cynthia J. Bucher, Frederick S. Buckner,Wesley C. Van Voorhis, Simon L.Croft, Michael H. Gelb, Saïd M. Sebti, and Andrew D. Hamilton
"In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity of peptidomimetic protein farnesyltransferase inhibitors with improved membrane permeability."
Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2004, 12, 6517-6526.
41. Junko Ohkanda, Frederick S. Buckner, Jeffrey W. Lockman, Kohei Yokoyama, Dora Carrico, Richard Eastman, Kate de Luca-Fradley, Wendy Davies, Simon L. Croft, Wesley C. Van Voorhis, Michael H. Gelb, Saïd M. Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton
"Design and synthesis of peptidomimetics protein farnesyltransferase inhibitors as anti-Trypanosoma brucei agents"
J. Med. Chem., 2004, 47, 432-445.
40. Frederick Buckner, Kohei Yokoyama, Jeffrey Lockman, Kendra Aikenhead, Junko Ohkanda, Martin Sadilek, Wesley Van Voorhis, Andrew D. Hamilton, Michael H. Gelb
"A class of sterol 14-demethylase inhibitors as anti-Trypanosoma cruzi agents"
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2003, 100, 15149-15153.
39. Jiazhi Sun, Junko Ohkanda, Domenico Coppola, Hang Yin, Mohit Kothare, Brian Busiglio, Andrew D. Hamilton, Saïd M. Sebti
"Geranylgeranyltransferase I inhibitor, GGTI-2154, induces breast carcinoma apoptosis and tumor regression in H-Ras transgenic mice."
Cancer Res., 2003,63, 8922-8929.
38. Bruno B. Bordier, Junko Ohkanda, Ping Liu, So-Young Lee, F. H. Salazar, Patricia L. Marion, Kazuo Ohashi, Leonard Meuse, Mark A. Kay, John L. Casey, Saïd M. Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton, Jeffrey S. Glenn
"In vivo antiviral efficacy of prenylation inhibitors against hepatitis delta virus (HDV)."
J. Clinic. Invest., 2003, 112(3), 407-414.
37. S. C. E. Bolick, T. H. Landowski, D. Boulware, M. M. Oshiro, J. Ohkanda, A. D. Hamilton, S. M. Sebti, W. S. Dalton
"The farnesyl transferase inhibitor, FTI-277, inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in drug-resistant myeloma tumor cells."
Leukemia, 2003, 17, 451-457.
36. Akira Katoh, Yuichi Inoue, Hitoshi Nagashima, Yasushi Hikita, Junko Ohkanda, Ryota Saito.
"Synthesis of linear and cyclic hexapeptides with N-(1,2-dihydro-1-hydroxy-2-oxopyrimidin-4-yl)-L-lysyl-b-alanyl as the repeating unit and properties of their iron(III) complexes."
Heterocycles, 2002, 58, 371-381.
35. Nichole C. Crespo, Frederic Delarue, Junko Ohkanda, Dora Carrico, Andrew D. Hamilton, Saïd M. Sebti
"The farnesyltransferase inhibitor, FTI-2153, inhibits bipolar spindle formation during mitosis independently of transformation and Ras and p53 mutation status."
Cell Death and Differentiation, 2002, 9, 702-709.
34. Junko Ohkanda, Jeffrey W. Lockman, Mohit A. Kothare, Yimin Qian, Michelle A. Blaskovich, Saïd M. Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton
“Design and synthesis of potent non-peptidic farnesyltransferase inhibitors based on a terphenyl scaffold."
J. Med. Chem., 2002, 45, 177-188.
33. Akira Katoh, Yasushi Hikita, Manabu Harata, Junko Ohkanda, Taro Tsubomura, Akon Higuchi, Ryota Saito, Kazuo Harada
"3-Hydroxy-4(1H)-pyridinone-containing linear and cyclic hexapeptides and their Iron(III) complexes-synthesis, property, and the growth-promotion activity-"
Heterocycles, 2001, 55, 2171-2187.
32. Junko Ohkanda, Jeffrey W. Lockman, Kohei Yokoyama, Michael H. Gelb, Simon L. Croft, Howard Kendrick, Maria Isabel Harrell, Jean E. Feagin, Michelle A. Blaskovich, Saïd M. Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton
"Peptidomimetic inhibitors of protein farnesyltransferase show potent antimalarial activity”
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2001, 11, 761-764.
31. Nichole Crespo, Junko Ohkanda, Timothy Yen, Andrew D. Hamilton, Saïd M. Sebti
"The farnesyltransferase inhibitor, FTI-2153, blocks bipolar spindle formation and chromosome alignment and causes prometaphase accumulation during mitosis of human lung cancer cells"
J. Biol. Chem., 2001, 276, 16161-16167.
30. Jalila Adnane, Francisco A. Bizouarn, Zhi Chen, Junko Ohkanda, Andrew D. Hamilton, Teresita Munoz-Antonia, Saïd M. Sebti.
"Inhibition of Farnesyltransferase Increases TGFb type II Receptor Expression and Enhances the Responsiveness of Human Cancer Cells to TGFb"
Oncogene, 2000, 19, 5525-5533.
29. Mohit A. Kothare, Junko Ohkanda, Jeffrey W. Lockman, Yimin Qian, Michelle A. Blaskovich, Saïd M. Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton
"Development of a tripeptide mimetic strategy for the inhibition of protein farnesyltransferase"
Tetrahedron, 2000, 56, 9833-9841.
28. Akira Katoh, Tohru Yoshida, Junko Ohkanda
"Synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives bearing the styryl and phenylethynyl groups and application to a fluorescence derivatization reagent."
Heterocycles, 2000, 52, 911-920.
27. Laura E. Lantry, Zhongqiu Zhang, Rusheng Yao, Keith A. Crist, Yian Wang, Junko Ohkanda, Andrew D. Hamilton, Saïd M. Sebti, Ronald A. Lubet, Ming You
"Effect of farnesyltransferase inhibitor FTI-276 on established lung adenomas from A/J mice induced by 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone."
Carcinogenesis, 2000, 21, 113-116.
26. Jiazhi Sun, Michelle A. Blaskovich, David Knowles, Yimin Qian, Junko Ohkanda, Ratna D. Balley, Andrew D. Hamilton, and Saïd M. Sebti
"Antitumor efficacy of a novel class of non-rhiol-containing peptidomimetic inhibitors of farnesyltransferase and geranylgeranyltransferase I: Combination therapy with the cytotoxic agents Cisplatin, Taxol, and Gemcitabine."
Cancer Res., 1999, 59, 4919-4926.
25. Anil Vasudevan, Yimin Qian, Andreas Vogt, Michelle Blaskovich, Junko Ohkanda, Saïd M. Sebti, and Andrew D. Hamilton
“Potent, highly selective and non-thiol inhibitors of protein geranylgeranyltransferase-I."
J. Med. Chem., 1999, 42, 1333-1340.
24. Akira Katoh, Takeshi Fujimoto, Motoki Takahashi, and Junko Ohkanda
“Synthesis of 6-(bromoacetyl)amino-2,3-dimorpholinoquinoxaline and application to new fluorescence derivatization reaction of fatty acids for the high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis."
Heterocycles, 1999, 50, 299-308.
23. Umberto Kucich, Joan C. Rosenbloom, Gloria Shen, William R. Abrams, Michelle A. Blaskovich, Andrew D. Hamilton, Junko Ohkanda, Saïd M. Sebti, and Joel Rosenbloom
“Requirement for geranylgeranyl transferase I and acyl transferase in the TGF-b-stimulated pathway leading to elastin mRNA stabilization"
Biol. Phys. Res. Commun, 1998, 252, 111-116.
22. Akira Katoh, Yoshihiko Kitamura, Hideyuki Fujii, Yumi Horie, Tetsuji Satoh, and Junko Ohkanda
"Synthesis of new 2,2’- bipyridines bearing amino or carboxyl group at the side chain and physical properties of their ruthenium(II) complexes"
Heterocycles, 1998, 49, 281-296.
21. Akira Katoh, Yoko Hida, Jun Kamitani, and Junko Ohkanda
“New hexadentate ligands composed of 1-Hydroxy-2(1H)-pyrimidinone,a,w-diamine, and tris-(carboxybutyl)isocyanurate. Synthesis and characterization of their iron(III) complexes."
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1998, 3859-3864.
20. Junko Ohkanda, Hiroyuki Shibui, Akira Katoh
“N-Hydroxypyrazinone bearing homotrioxacalix[3]arene: Its cooperative molecular recognition by metal complexation."
Chem. Commun., 1998, 375-376.
19. Akira Katoh, Shoichiro Naruse, Junko Ohkanda, Hiroshi Yamamoto
"Synthesis of 1,3-linked 1,4-dihydropyridines containing the L-tyrosine residue and the Influence of their structures upon the enantioselective reduction."
Heterocycles, 1997, 45, 1441-1446.
18. Junko Ohkanda, Jun Kamitani, Takeshi Tokumitsu, Yoko Hida, Takeo Konakahara, Akira Katoh
"Novel iron sequestering agents: Synthesis and iron-chelating properties of hexadentate ligands composed of 1-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyrimidinone, w-aminocarboxylic acid, and tris(2-aminoethyl)amine"
J. Org. Chem., 1997, 62, 3618-3624.
17. Akira Katoh, Tohru Yoshida, Junko Ohkanda, Takehiko Nishio
"Structural analysis of N-(w-phenylalkyl)substituted quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones and -tiones."
Heterocycles, 1997, 44, 357-366.
16. Akira Katoh, Motoki Takahashi, Junko Ohkanda
"Synthesis of 2,3-substituted 6-aminoquinoxalines and their application to new fluorescence derivatization reagents for carboxylic acids."
Chem. Lett., 1996, 369-370.
15. Akira Katoh, Shin-ichi Ishida, Junko Ohkanda, Masao Washizu
“Synthesis of novel amphiphilic compounds containing aza-12-crown-4 or D-glucosamine and their ion permeability."
Heterocycles, 1996,43, 589-599.
14. Junko Ohkanda and Akira Katoh
"The influence of the chirality of synthetic iron chelators bearing N-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyrazinones and amino acid residues upon iron removal from human transferrin."
Chem. Lett.,1996, 423-424.
13. Junko Ohkanda, Toshihiko Kumasaka, Aki Takasu, Tadashi Hasegawa, Akira Katoh
"N-Hydroxyamide-containing heterocycles. Part 7. Preparation and photochemical behavior of 1-benzyloxy-2(1H)-pyrazinones."
Heterocycles, 1996, 43, 883-889.
12. Akira Katoh, Syoichi Kondoh, Junko Ohkanda
"N-Hydroxyamide-containing heterocycles. Part 6. Application of 1-hydroxy-4,6-dimethyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone to a new benzyloxy-carbonylating agent."
Heterocyclic Commun., 1996, 2, 141-144.
11. Junko Ohkanda and Akira Katoh
“N-Hydroxyamide-containing heterocycles. Part 5. Synthesis of novel hexadentate ligands composed of N-hydroxypyrazinone, aliphatic diamine, and 1,1,1-tris(carboxyethoxymethyl)ethane and spectroscopic study of their ferric complexes."
Tetrahedron, 1995, 51, 12995-13002.
10. Junko Ohkanda and Akira Katoh
"N-Hydroxyamide-containing heterocycles. Part 4. Synthesis and Fe(III)-chelating properties of novel hexadentate ligands composed of N-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyrazinone, amino acid residues, and tris(2-aminoethyl)amine."
J. Org. Chem., 1995, 60, 1583-1589.
9. Akira Katoh, Mika Inokawa, Junko Ohkanda, Keiryo Mitsuhashi
"Synthesis of 2(1H)-pyrimidinone-containing a-amino acid derivatives by chemical modification of L-glutamic acid."
Chem. Pharm. Bull.,1994, 42, 1514-1517.
8. Akira Katoh, Junko Ohkanda, Atsushi Tamura, Yuji Yoshiike, Keiryo Mitsuhashi
"N-Hydroxyamide-containing heterocycles. Part 3. The ring transformation of 1-benzyloxy-2(1H)-pyrimidinone into 2-isoxazolines with hydroxylamine."
Heterocycles, 1994, 37, 1141-1146.
7. Akira Katoh, Junko Ohkanda, Hiroshi Sato, Tsuyoshi Sakamoto, Keiryo Mitsuhashi
"A convenient synthesis of 3-(aryl)substituted 2,4(1H, 3H)-pteridinediones and their absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic characteristics."
Heterocycles, 1993, 35, 949-954.
6. Junko Ohkanda, Takeshi Tokumitsu, Keiryo Mitsuhashi, Akira Katoh
"N-Hydroxyamide-containing heterocycles. Part 2. Synthesis and iron(III) complex-forming tendency of 1-Hydroxy-2(1H)-pyrimidinone and -pyrazinone."
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1993, 66, 841-847.
5. Akira Katoh, Junko Ohkanda, Yoshifumi Itoh, Keiryo Mitsuhashi
"N-Hydroxyamide-containing heterocycles. New effective additives for peptide synthesis by the dicyclohexylcarbodiimide method."
Chem. Lett., 1992, 2009-2012.
4. Akira Katoh, Shuhei Ueda, Junko Ohkanda, Mutsumi Hirota, Motohiro Komine, Keiryo Mitsuhashi
"Isolation of the intermediates and improved synthesis of pyrido [1',2':1,2]imidazo[4,5-b]pyrazines and quinoxalines."
Heterocycles, 1992, 34,1965-1972.
3. Junko Ohkanda, Yukie Mori, Koko Maeda, Eiji Osawa
"Structural aspects of the mechanical and thermal dissociation of the central bond in 2,2'-bis(2,3,4-triarylchromenyl)s."
J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2,1992, 59-63.
2. Tadashi Hasegawa, Junko Ohkanda, Mariko Kobayashi, Michikazu Yoshioka
"Unusual substituent effect by the a-acetyl group on the type II photoreaction of valerophenones: Strong wavelength dependence of quantum yields."
J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 1992, 64, 299-306.
1. Tadashi Hasegawa, Junko Ohkanda, Toyokazu Usui
"Cis-trans isomerization of stilbene by illumination of sun-light-teaching material for photochemical experiment in high school."
Kagaku to Kyoiku, 1990, 38, 448-451.

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Reviews

8. Junko Ohkanda
"Intracellular synthesis of bioactive molecules induced by a targeted protein"
Kagaku to Seibutsu, 2017, 55, 724-726.
7. Junko Ohkanda
"Molecules that recognize interfaces onf protein protein interactions"
Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2017, 75, 735-745.
6. Junko Ohkanda
"Protein-guided self-assembly for controlling protein-protein interactions"
Journal of the Society of Japanese Women Scientists, 2017, 17, 1-7.
5. Junko Ohkanda
"Synthetic inhibitors targeting protein surfaces." (Perspective)
SAR News, 2007, 13, 2-7.
4. Junko Ohkanda, David B. Knowles, Michelle A. Blaskovich, Saïd M. Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton
"Inhibitors of protein farnesyltransferase as novel anticancer agents."
Curr.Top. Med. Chem., 2002, 2, 303-323.
3. Junko Ohkanda
"CAAX peptidomimetics: Their farnesyltransferase inhibition activity and antitumor effect."
Seikagaku, 2002, 74, 46-50.
2. Junko Ohkanda and Akira Katoh
"N-Hydroxyamide-containing heterocycles. -Synthesis, reactivities, and iron(III)-chelating properties-."
Rev. Heteroatom Chem., 1998, 18, 87-118.
1. Junko Ohkanda, Akira Katoh
"Synthesis, reactivities, and metal-chelating properties of functionalized N-hydroxyamide-containing heterocycles"
Yuukigousei Kagaku Kyoukai Shi, 1997, 55, 524-534.

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Books

4. Junko Ohkanda
"Chemical approach toward controlling of transient protein interactions"
Middle Molecular Strategy,Fukase, K.; Doi, T. (Eds.), pp 77-96, Springer, Singapore, 2021.
3. Junko Ohkanda
"Self-assembled receptors for protein surface recognition"
Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II, Atwookd, J. L. (ed.), Vol. 4, pp 351-368, Elsevier, Oxford, 2017.
2. Junko Ohkanda, Michelle A. Blaskovich, Saïd M. Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton
"The development of protein farnesyltransferase inhibitors as signaling-based anticancer agents."
Progress in Cell Cycle Research, Vol. 5, Eds. Meijer, L., Jezequel, A., Roberge, M., 2003, 211-213.
1. M. Gelb, F. S. Buckner, K. Yokoyama, J. Ohkanda, A. D. Hamilton, L. Nguyen, S. M. Sebti, W. C. Van Voorhis
"Protein prenylation in Trypanosomatids: A new Piggy-Back medicinal chemistry target for the development of agents against tropical diseases"
Cancer Drug Discovery and Development, 221-232. : Farnesyltransferase Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy, Ed. Saïd M. Sebti and Andrew D. Hamilton, Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ. 2000.

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Patents

6. Nobuo Kato, Masamitsu Hiraoka, Junko Ohkanda, Tomikazu Kono, Akito Yamaguchi, Takahiro Hirata, Kunihiko Nishino, Shigeyuki Ebisu, Bonnie L. Bassler.
"3,6-Dioxa-1-azaspiro[4.4]nonan-2-ones and their use for autoinducer 2 receptor antagonists, biofilm formation inhibitors, and dental plaque formation inhibitors, and biofilm formation-inhibiting method"
Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho, 2008, 53 pp. JP2008214296
5. Phadke, Avinashi; Chen, Dawei; Deshpande, Milind; Thurkauf, Andrew; Wang, Xiangzhu; Shen, Yiping; Liu, Cuixian; Quinn, Jesse; Okanda, Junko; Lee, Shouming.
"Aryl acyl thioharnstoff and the related chemical compound which are substituted; inhibitor of virus duplication."
Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho, 2005, 186 pp. JP2005330284
4. Phadke, Avinash; Quinn, Jesse; Ohkanda, Junko; Thurkauf, Andrew; Shen, Yiping; Liu, Cuixian; Chen, Dawei; Li, Shouming
"Preparation of substituted arylthioureas as inhibitors of viral replication.".
PCT Int. Appl., 2005, 80 pp. WO 2005007601
3. Chen, Dawei; Deshpande, Milind; Thurkauf, Andrew; Phadke, Avinash; Wang, Xiangzhu; Shen Yiping; Liu, Cuixian; Quinn, Jesse; Ohkanda, Junko; Li, Shouming.
"Substituted aryl thioureas and related compounds; Inhibitors of viral replication."
PCT Int. Appl., 2004, 218pp.WO2004046095
2. Hamilton, Andrew D.; Van Voorhis, Wesley C.; Yokoyama, Kohei; Buckner, Frederick S.; Ohkanda, Junko; Gelb, Michael.
"Preparation of imidazolemethanamines and methods for the inhibition of protozoal, fungal and/or bacterial agents such as Trypanosoma cruzi."
PCT Int. Appl., 2003, 59 pp. WO2003006012
1. Takahashi, Junichi; Horiguchi, Hiroyuki; Ozaki, Motomi; Watanabe, Yoshio; Suzuki, Eiko; Okanda, Junko.
"Manufacture of shape-monitoring stylus for scanning-force microscopy."
Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho, 1992, 5 pp, JP04353712

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Academic Achievements 2010-2011, 100 papers selection, Annual Report of Osaka University, 2012, 42.
8. Junko Ohkanda
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"Design of organic agents for disrupting protein-protein interactions"
Bulletin of Naito Memorial Foundation 2009, 84, 55.
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"Module assembly: Design of protein surface-directed inhibitors"
Peptide NewsLetter Japan 2009, 72, 1-3.
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"Design, synthesis, and functional evaluation of inhibitors for protein-protein interaction: From peptidomimetics to module assembly"
Letters of Forum on Biomolecular Chemistry 2008, 27, 4-9.
4. Junko Ohkanda
"Rational design and functional evaluation of antitumor activity of peptidomimetic prenyltransferase inhibitors "
News Letter of Division of Biofunctional Chemistry, The Chemical Society of Japan, 2007, 21, 25-28.
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Letters of Forum on Biomolecular Chemistry 2004, 16, 26-29. [PDF]
2. Junko Ohkanda.
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"Final stage of the lab.work. -Cleaning a lab. up-"
Kagaku to Kyoiku, 1993, 41, 526-528.

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