Adenosine Triphosphate and Maintenance of Shape of the Human Red Cells
- M. Nakao, T. Nakao, S. Yamazoe
- BiologyNature
- 10 September 1960
It is suggested that the red cell envelope might possess certain contractile properties dependent upon a continuous regeneration of adenosine triphosphate, according to the evidence that incorporation of phosphorus-32 is low in the esters of the stroma obtained from those species with spheroidal red cells or from patients with hereditary spherocytosis.
The Sodium- and Potassium-Activated Adenosinetriphosphatase System
- A. Schwartz, K. Nagano, M. Nakao, G. Lindenmayer, Julius C. Allen, H. Matsui
- Chemistry
- 1971
Adenosine triphosphate and shape of erythrocytes.
- M. Nakao, T. Nakao, S. Yamazoe, H. Yoshikawa
- BiologyJournal of Biochemistry (Tokyo)
- 1 June 1961
Characterization of human erythrocyte cytoskeletal ATPase.
Human erythrocyte cytoskeletal ATPase was extracted with 0.2 mM ATP from Triton X-100 treated ghosts and the results suggest that the cytoskeleton ATPase is actin ATPase and the actin ATMase is activated by spectrin and band 4.1.
New insights into regulation of erythrocyte shape
- M. Nakao
- BiologyCurrent opinion in hematology
- 1 March 2002
Two ideas explain the mechanism of shape regulation: the lipid bilayer coupled theory and the protein network scaffold theory, but the author's own ideas still lack decisive evidence.
Function and Structure of the Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton
- M. Nakao
- Biology
- 1990
Mature red blood cells of mammals consist only of cytoplasm and a cell membrane: they lack nucleus, mitochondria, and all other organelles. Cytoplasm contains all enzymes of glycolysis and the hexose…
Effect of inosine and adenine on adenosine triphosphate regeneration and shape transformation in long-stored erythrocyts.
- M. Nakao, T. Nakao, M. Tatibana, H. Yoshikawa, T. Abe
- Biology, MedicineBiochimica et Biophysica Acta
- 1959
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