About the Authors

Wakako Shinahara

Affiliation Division of Enzyme Chemistry, Institute for Enzyme Research, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Etsuhisa Takahashi

Affiliation Division of Enzyme Chemistry, Institute for Enzyme Research, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Takako Sawabuchi

Affiliation Division of Enzyme Chemistry, Institute for Enzyme Research, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Masaru Arai

Affiliation Arai Clinic, Chichibu, Japan

Nobuo Hirotsu

Affiliation Hirotsu Clinic, Kawasaki, Japan

Yoshio Takasaki

Affiliation Takasaki Children's Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan

Shizuo Shindo

Affiliation Shindo Children's Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan

Kyoko Shibao

Affiliation Shibao Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan

Takashi Yokoyama

Affiliation Yokoyama Children's Clinic, Kasuga, Japan

Kiyoshi Nishikawa

Affiliation Nishikawa Clinic, Zentsuji, Japan

Masahiro Mino

Affiliation Mino Children's Clinic, Kannonji, Japan

Minako Iwaya

Affiliation Iwaya Children's Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan

Yuji Yamashita

Affiliation Yamashita Children's Clinic, Maebaru, Japan

Satoshi Suzuki

Affiliation Nagoya City Jouhoku Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Dai Mizuno

Affiliation Division of Enzyme Chemistry, Institute for Enzyme Research, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Hiroshi Kido

kido@ier.tokushima-u.ac.jp.

Affiliation Division of Enzyme Chemistry, Institute for Enzyme Research, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK WS. Performed the experiments: MA NH YT SS KS TY KN MM MI YY SS. Analyzed the data: WS ET TS DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WS ET TS DM. Wrote the paper: HK WS.