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  1. Gaining insights into MmpL3: combining structural and computational approaches to unlock transport and inhibitor-binding mechanisms

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, April 2026, International Union of Crystallography

    Ui Okada

  2. Crystallographic Studies of RND- and ABC-Type Tripartite Multidrug Transporters

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ui Okada

  3. Substrate specificity of Burkholderia pseudomallei multidrug transporters is influenced by the hydrophilic patch in the substrate‐binding pocket

    Article • FEBS Letters, December 2025, Wiley

    Ui Okada

  4. Conformational plasticity across phylogenetic clusters of RND multidrug efflux pumps and its impact on substrate specificity

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ui Okada

  5. Structural interactions of BWC0977 with Klebsiella pneumoniae topoisomerase IV and biochemical basis of its broad-spectrum activity

    Article • Communications Biology, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ui Okada

  6. Conformational plasticity across phylogenetic clusters of RND multidrug efflux pumps and its impact on substrate specificity

    Article • November 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Ui Okada

  7. Crystal structure of topoisomerase IV from Klebsiella pneumoniae in complex with DNA and BWC0977, a dual-targeting broad-spectrum novel bacterial topoisomerase inhibitor.

    Article • November 2024, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  8. Crystal structure of mycolic acid transporter MmpL3 from Mycobacterium smegmatis complexed with indolcarboxamide

    Article • October 2024, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  9. Crystal structure of multidrug efflux transporter OqxB from Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Article • June 2024, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  10. Crystal structure of aminoglycoside efflux transporter MexY from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • April 2024, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  11. Structure-function Study of RND-type Multidrug Efflux Transporter: A New Intermediate on Its Transport Cycle

    Article • Seibutsu Butsuri, January 2024, Biophysical Society of Japan

    Ui Okada

  12. Dissection of an ABC transporter LolCDE function analyzed by photo-crosslinking

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, December 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ui Okada

  13. Crystal structure of the multidrug efflux transporter BpeB from Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Article • July 2023, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  14. Crystal Structure of the Multidrug effulx transporter BpeF from Burkholderia pseudomallei.

    Article • July 2023, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  15. Crystal structures of multidrug efflux transporters from Burkholderia pseudomallei suggest details of transport mechanism

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ui Okada

  16. Structural and functional characteristics of the tripartite ABC transporter

    Article • Microbiology, November 2022, Society for General Microbiology

    Ui Okada

  17. Crystal structure of multidrug efflux transporter OqxB from Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Article • September 2021, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  18. Structure and function relationship of OqxB efflux pump from Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ui Okada

  19. Tripartite transporters as mechanotransmitters in periplasmic alternating‐access mechanisms

    Article • FEBS Letters, October 2020, Wiley

    Ui Okada

  20. BpeB, a major resistance-nodulation-cell division transporter from Burkholderia cenocepacia: construct design, crystallization and preliminary structural analysis

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, October 2018, International Union of Crystallography

    Ui Okada

  21. Crystal structure of tripartite-type ABC transporter, MacB from Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • November 2017, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  22. Crystal structure of tripartite-type ABC transporter MacB from Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • November 2017, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  23. Crystal structure of tripartite-type ABC transporter MacB from Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ui Okada

  24. Structure of the MacAB-TolC ABC-type tripartite multidrug efflux pump

    Article • May 2017, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  25. Structure of the MacAB-TolC ABC-type tripartite multidrug efflux pump-MacB section

    Article • May 2017, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  26. Structure of the MacAB–TolC ABC-type tripartite multidrug efflux pump

    Article • Nature Microbiology, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ui Okada

  27. Structural and genomic DNA analysis of the putative TetR transcriptional repressor SCO7518 from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

    Article • FEBS Letters, October 2014, Wiley

    Professor Nobuhisa Watanabe, Ui Okada

  28. SCO4008, a Putative TetR Transcriptional Repressor from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), Regulates Transcription of sco4007 by Multidrug Recognition

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Nobuhisa Watanabe, Ui Okada

  29. Crystal structure of TetR family transcriptional regulator SCO7815

    Article • November 2008, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  30. Crystal structure of TetR family transcription regulator SCO0332

    Article • January 2008, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada

  31. Structural and functional analysis of the TetR-family transcriptional regulator SCO0332 fromStreptomyces coelicolor

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, January 2008, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Nobuhisa Watanabe, Ui Okada

  32. Structural analysis of the transcriptional regulator homolog protein from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, February 2006, Wiley

    Professor Nobuhisa Watanabe, Ui Okada

  33. The CGL2612 Protein from Corynebacterium glutamicum Is a Drug Resistance-related Transcriptional Repressor

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2005, Elsevier

    Ui Okada

  34. Comprehensive structure-based functional analysis on transcription factors

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography, August 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Ui Okada

  35. Structure of the transcriptional regulator homologue protein from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

    Article • May 2004, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Ui Okada