Miki Yoshida   Hiroko Matsuda   Hitomi Kubo   Takashi Nishimura   
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 6(30582) 1-12 2016年7月 [査読有り]
In insects, trehalose serves as the main sugar component of haemolymph. Trehalose is also recognized as a mediator of desiccation survival due to its proposed ability to stabilize membranes and proteins. Although the physiological role of trehalos...
Hiroko Matsuda   Takayuki Yamada   Miki Yoshida   Takashi Nishimura   
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 290(2) 1244-1255 2015年1月 [査読有り]
Living organisms adapt to environmental changes through metabolic homeostasis. Sugars are used primarily for the metabolic production of ATP energy and carbon sources. Trehalose is a nonreducing disaccharide that is present in many organisms. In i...