Phosphorylation of the N-terminal portion of tyrosine hydroxylase triggers proteasomal digestion of the enzymeAkira Nakashima, Akira Ota, Keiji Mori et al.|Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications|2011Cited by 68
A possible pathophysiological role of tyrosine hydroxylase in Parkinson’s disease suggested by postmortem brain biochemistry: a contribution for the special 70th birthday symposium in honor of Prof. Peter RiedererAkira Nakashima, Toshiharu Nagatsu, Akira Ota et al.|Journal of Neural Transmission|2012Cited by 64
Role of N-terminus of tyrosine hydroxylase in the biosynthesis of catecholaminesAkira Nakashima, Akira Ota, Nobuhiro Hayashi et al.|Journal of Neural Transmission|2009Cited by 63
Effect of peripherally administered lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on GTP cyclohydrolase I, tetrahydrobiopterin and norepinephrine in the locus coeruleus in miceAkira Ota, Toshiharu Nagatsu, Yoko Kaneko et al.|Stress|2007Cited by 25
The mutation of two amino acid residues in the N‐terminus of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) dramatically enhances the catalytic activity in neuroendocrine AtT‐20 cellsAkira Nakashima, Akira Ota, Yoko Kaneko et al.|Journal of Neurochemistry|2002Cited by 24