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2024

Okuno, Y., Quantitative Interpretation of Transverse Spin Relaxation by Translational Diffusion in Liquids. Biorxiv

2023

Okuno, Y. and Clore, G.M., Extending the Experimentally Accessible Range of Spin Dipole-Dipole Spectral Densities for Protein-Cosolute Interactions by Temperature-Dependent Solvent Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement MeasurementsThe Journal of Physical Chemistry B 

2022

Tugarinov, V., Okuno, Y., Torricella, F., Karamanos, K. T., Clore, G. M., A “Steady-State” Relaxation Dispersion Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Experiment for Studies of Chemical Exchange in Degenerate 1H Transitions of Methyl GroupsThe Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 13 (48), 11271-11279. 

Okuno, Y., Schwieters, C.D., Yang, Z., Clore, G.M. Theory and Applications of Nitroxide-based Paramagnetic Cosolutes for Probing Intermolecular and Electrostatic Interactions on Protein SurfacesJ. Am. Chem. Soc, 144 (46), 21371-21388  

2021

Okuno, Y., Yoo, J., Schwieters, C.D., Best, R.B., Chung, H.S. & Clore, G.M. Atomic view of cosolute-induced protein denaturation probed by NMR solvent paramagnetic relaxation enhancementProc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 118, e211202118

2020

Schmidts, T., Jeon, J., Okuno, Y., Chilveri, S.C., Clore, G. M. Submillisecond Freezing Permits Cryoprotectant‐Free EPR Double Electron− Electron Resonance SpectroscopyChem. Phys. Chem2020, 21(12) 1224-1229

Okuno, Y., Szabo, A., Clore, G. M. Quantitative interpretation of solvent paramagnetic relaxation for probing protein–cosolute interactionsJ. Am. Chem. Soc2020, 142 (18) 8181-8290

2019

Okuno, Y., Mecha, M. F., Cavagnero, S. Laser-and cryogenic probe-assisted NMR enables hypersensitive analysis of biomolecules at submicromolar concentrationProc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 116 (24), 11602-11611 

2018

Varela, A. E., Lang, J. F., Wu, Y., Dalphin M.D. , Stangl, A. J., Okuno, Y., Cavagnero, S., Kinetic trapping of folded proteins relative to aggregates under physiologically relevant conditionsJ. Phys. Chem. B. 2018, 122, 7682-7698

Okuno. Y., Cavagnero, S.,Effect of heavy atoms on photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization in liquidsJ. Magn. Reson2018, 286, 172-187

2017

Okuno, Y., Cavagnero, S., Photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization: Basic principles and applicationseMagRes2017, 283-314

2016

Okuno, Y., Cavagnero, S., Fluorescein: A photo-CIDNP sensitizer enabling hypersensitive NMR data collection in liquids at low micromolar concentrationJ. Phys. Chem. B 2016, 120 (4), 715–723

2015

Lee, J. H., Zhang, D., Hughes, C., Okuno, Y., Sekhar, A., Cavagnero, S. Heterogeneous binding of the SH3 client protein to the DnaK molecular chaperoneProc. Natl. Acad. SciUSA 2015, 112 (31), E4206-E4215

2014

Lee, J. H., Okuno, Y., Cavagnero, S. Sensitivity enhancement in solution NMR: Emerging ideas and new frontiersJ. Magn. Reson2014, 241, 18-31

Honda, M.; Okuno, Y., Hengel, S. R., Martín-López, J. V., Cook, C. P., Amunugama, R., Soukup, R. J., Subramanyam, S., Fishel, R., Spies, M. Mismatch repair protein hMSH2–hMSH6 recognizes mismatches and forms sliding clamps within a D-loop recombination intermediateProc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2014, 111 (3), E316-E325

2011

Honda, M., Okuno, Y., Yoo, J., Ha, T., Spies, M. Tyrosine phosphorylation enhances RAD52‐mediated annealing by modulating its DNA bindingEMBO J. 2011, 30 (16), 3368-3382

2010

Grimme, J. M., Honda, M., Wright, R., Okuno, Y., Rothenberg, E., Mazin, A. V., Ha, T., Spies, M. Human Rad52 binds and wraps single-stranded DNA and mediates annealing via two hRad52–ssDNA complexesNucleic Acids Res2010, 38 (9), 2917-2930