論文出版

List of publications

2020

 

Molecular mechanisms of natural rubber biosynthesis
[Annual Review of Biochemistry 89 in press (2020)]
Seiji Takahashi

 

A conserved strategy of chalcone isomerase-like protein to rectify promiscuous chalcone synthase specificity.
[Nature communications 11(1) 870 - 870 (2020)]
Toshiyuki Waki, Ryo Mameda, Takuya Nakano, Sayumi Yamada, Miho Terashita, Keisuke Ito, Natsuki Tenma, Yanbing Li, Naoto Fujino, Kaichi Uno, Satoshi Yamashita, Yuichi Aoki, Konstantin Denessiouk, Yosuke Kawai, Satoko Sugawara, Kazuki Saito, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Yasumasa Morita, Atsushi Hoshino, Seiji Takahashi, Toru Nakayama

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14558-9

 

2019

 

Glycoside-specific glycosyltransferases catalyze regio-selective sequential glucosylations for a sesame lignan, sesaminol triglucoside.
[The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology (2019)]
Ono E, Waki T, Oikawa D, Murata J, Shiraishi A, Toyonaga H, Kato M, Ogata N, Takahashi S, Yamaguchi MA, Horikawa M, Nakayama T
https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14586

 

ダイズの5‐デオキシ型イソフラボノイド生合成におけるメタボロン形成の役割 細胞内フラボノイド代謝の高効率化
[化学と生物 57(10) 593‐595 (2019)]
和氣駿之, 高橋征司, 中山亨

 

Formation of Flavonoid Metabolons: Functional Significance of Protein-Protein Interactions and Impact on Flavonoid Chemodiversity.
[Frontiers in plant science 10 821 (2019)]
Nakayama T, Takahashi S, Waki T
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00821

 

Distinctive structural motifs co‐ordinate the catalytic nucleophile and the residues of the oxyanion hole in the alpha/beta‐hydrolase fold enzymes.
[Protein Science, 28(2) 344-364 (2019)]
Polytimi S. Dimitriou, Alexander I. Denesyuk, Toru Nakayama, Mark S. Johnson, Konstantin Denessiouk
https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.3527

 

2018

 

Identification and characterization of a novel bacterial β-glucosidase that is highly specific for the β-1,2-glucosidic linkage of sesaminol triglucoside.
[Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 82(9) 1518 - 1521 (2018)]
Sakurai A, Hongo S, Nair A, Waki T, Oikawa D, Nishio T, Shimoyama T, Takahashi S, Yamashita S, Nakayama T
https://doi.org/10.1080/09168451.2018.1476123

 

フラボノイド代謝酵素複合体:フラボノイドメタボロン
[バイオサイエンスとインダストリー 76(5) 390 - 394 (2018)]
和氣 駿之, 高橋 征司, 中山 亨

天然ゴム生合成機構の解明と試験管内ゴム合成
[バイオサイエンスとインダストリー 76(4) 328 - 329 (2018)]
高橋 征司

 

Involvement of chalcone reductase (CHR) in the soybean isoflavone metabolon: Identification of GmCHR5 that interacts with 2-hydroxyisoflavanone synthase. [The Plant journal, 96(1) 56 - 74 (2018)] Ryo Mameda, Toshiyuki Waki, Yosuke Kawai, Seiji Takahashi, Toru Nakayama

Abstract

 

Identification and characterization of a novel bacterial β-glucosidase that is highly specific for the β-1,2-glucosidic linkage of sesaminol triglucoside. [Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, (2018)] Akinori Sakurai, Shuntaro Hongo, Arun Nair, Toshiyuki Waki, Daiki Oikawa, Takuma Nishio, Takefumi Shimoyama, Seiji Takahashi, Satoshi Yamashita, Toru Nakayama

Abstract

 

Physical interactions among flavonoid enzymes in snapdragon and torenia reveal the diversity in the flavonoid metabolon organization of different plant species. [The Plant Journal, 94, (2018), 372-392] Naoto Fujino, Natsuki Tenma, Toshiyuki Waki, Keisuke Ito, Yuki Komatsuzaki, Keigo Sugiyama, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Saori Yoshida, Masayoshi Hatayama, Satoshi Yamashita, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Reiko Motohashi, Konstantin Denessiouk, Seiji Takahashi, Toru Nakayama

Abstract

 

 

 

2017

 

Purification and characterization of small and large rubber particles from Hevea brasiliensis. [Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 82(6), (2017), 1011-1020] Satoshi Yamashita, Makie Mizuno, Hidehiko Hayashi, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Yukino Miyagi-inoue, Kazuhisa Fushihara, Tanetoshi Koyama, Toru Nakayama, Seiji Takahashi

Abstract

 

バイオ工学を駆使した天然ゴムの合成:生合成機構の解明と安定供給に大きく前進. [化学, 72(8), (2017), 12-16] 和氣 駿之, 山下 哲, 中山 亨, 高橋 征司

 

Alpha/beta-hydrolases: A unique structural motif coordinates catalytic acid residue in 40 protein fold families. [Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 85(10), (2017), 1845-1855] Polytimi S. Dimitriou, Alexander Denesyuk, Seiji Takahashi, Satoshi Yamashita, Mark S. Johnson, Toru Nakayama, Konstantin Denessiouk

Abstract

 

バイオ資源の探索研究. [化学と教育, 65(1), (2017), 12-15] 中山 亨, 和氣 駿之, 高橋 征司

 

明らかになりつつある天然ゴム生合成の分子機構
[バイオサイエンスとインダストリー 75(4) 292 - 298 (2017)]
高橋征司, 山下哲

 

2016

 

Identification and reconstitution of the rubber biosynthetic machinery on rubber particles from Hevea brasiliensis.[eLife 5,e19022(2016)]Satoshi Yamashita, Haruhiro Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki Waki, Yuichi Aoki, Makie Mizuno, Fumihiro Yanbe, Tomoki Ishii, Ayuta Funaki, Yuzuru Tozawa, Yukino Miyagi-Inoue, Kazuhisa Fushihara, Toru Nakayama, Seiji Takahashi

Abstract   

 

Ecophysiological consequences of alcoholism on human gut microbiota: implications for ethanol-related pathogenesis of colon cancer.[ Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 27923 (2016)] Atsuki Tsuruya, Akika Kuwahara, Yuta Saito, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Takahisa Tsubo, Shogo Suga, Makoto Inai, Yuichi Aoki, Seiji Takahashi, Eri Tsutsumi, Yoshihide Suwa, Hidetoshi Morita, Kenji Kinoshita, Yukari Totsuka, Wataru Suda, Kenshiro Oshima, Masahira Hattori, Takeshi Mizukami, Akira Yokoyama, Takefumi Shimoyama & Toru Nakayama

Abstract   

 

Major Anaerobic Bacteria Responsible for the Production of Carcinogenic Acetaldehyde from Ethanol in the Colon and Rectum.[ Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2016, 51(4) 395-401]

Atsuki Tsuruya, Akika Kuwahara, Yuta Saito, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Natsuki Tenma, Makoto Inai, Seiji Takahashi, Eri Tsutsumi, Yoshihide Suwa, Yukari Totsuka, Wataru Suda, Kenshiro Oshima, Masahira Hattori, Takeshi Mizukami, Akira Yokoyama, Takefumi Shimoyama, and Toru Nakayama

Abstract   

 

Identification of protein-protein interactions of isoflavonoid biosynthetic enzymes with 2-hydroxyisoflavanone synthase in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.).[ Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 469 (2016) 546e551]Toshiyuki Waki, DongChan Yoo, Naoto Fujino, Ryo Mameda, Konstantin Denessiouk, Satoshi Yamashita, Reiko Motohashi, Tomoyoshi Akashi, Toshio Aoki, Shin-ichi Ayabe, Seiji Takahashi, Toru Nakayama

Abstract    

 

Transformation and isoflavonoid analyses of suspension-cultured cells of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr. cv. Enrei].[ Plant Biotechnology 33, 137-141 (2016)]Toshiyuki Waki, Seiji Takahashi, Toru Nakayama

Abstract   

 

 

2015

Achievements and Perspectives in Biochemistry Concerning Anthocyanin Modification for Blue Flower Coloration.[Plant & Cell Physiology,56(1),(2015),28-40]Nobuhiro Sasaki and Toru Nakayama

Abstract   

 

Identification of a highly specific isoflavone 7-O-glucosyltransferase in the soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.).[ Plant & Cell Physiology, 56(8), (2015), 1512-1520]Ayuta Funaki, Toshiyuki Waki, Akio Noguchi, Yosuke Kawai, Satoshi Yamashita, Seiji Takahashi and Toru Nakayama

Abstract   

 

Developmental and nutritional regulation of isoflavone secretion from soybean roots.[Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry,(2015)]Akifumi Sugiyama, Yumi Yamazaki, Kazuaki Yamashita, Seiji Takahashi, Toru Nakayama and Kazufumi Yazaki
10.1080/09168451.2015.1062714

Abstract   

 

 

2014

Structural Insights into the Low pH Adaptation of a Unique Carboxylesterase from Ferroplasma: ALTERING THE pH OPTIMA OF TWO CARBOXYLESTERASES.[The Journal of Biological Chemistry,289,(2014),24499-24510]Kazuhiro Ohara, Hideaki Unno, Yasuhiro Oshima, Miho Hosoya, Naoto Fujino, Kazutake Hirooka, Seiji Takahashi, Satoshi Yamashita, Masami Kusunoki, and Toru Nakayama

Abstract    

 

触媒機能を指標にした自然界からの酵素探索研究: セサミノール配糖体分解酵素の探索を例として.[生物工学,92, (2014), 411-414]山下 哲, 下山 武文, 高橋 征司, 山口 雅篤, 中山 亨

 

Achievements and Perspectives in Biochemistry Concerning Anthocyanin Modification for Blue Flower Coloration.[Plant and Cell Physiology, (2014)]Nobuhiro Sasaki, Toru Nakayama

Abstract 

 

Identification of laticifer-specific genes and their promoter regions from a natural rubber producing plant Hevea brasiliensis.[Plant Sci.,225,(2014),1-8]Yuichi Aoki, Seiji Takahashi, Daisuke Takayama, Yoshiyuki Ogata, Nozomu Sakurai, Hideyuki Suzuki, Kasem Asawatreratanakul, Dhirayos Wititsuwannakul, Rapepun Wititsuwannakul, Daisuke Shibata, Tanetoshi Koyama, Toru Nakayama

Abstract    

 

cDNA cloning and characterization of chalcone isomerase-fold proteins from snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.) flowers.[Plant Biotechnology,31,(2014),105-114]Naoto Fujino1, Tatsuya Yamazaki1, Yanbing Li, Kota Kera, Erika Furuhashi, Satoshi Yamashita, Yasumasa Morita, Masayoshi Nakayama, Seiji Takahashi, Toru Nakayama

Absract    

 

Paenibacillus relictisesami sp. nov., isolated from sesame oil cake.[International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology,64,(2014),1534-1539]Takefumi Shimoyama, Nurziha Binti Johari, Atsuki Tsuruya, Arun Nair, and Toru Nakayama

Abstract   

 

 

2013

Coordinated transcriptional regulation of isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic pathway enzymes in plastids by phytochrome-interacting factor 5.[Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications,443,(2013),768-774]Kazuto Mannen, Takuro Matsumoto, Seiji Takahashi, Yuta Yamaguchi, Masanori Tsukagoshi, Ryosuke Sano, Hideyuki Suzuki, Nozomu Sakurai, Daisuke Shibata, Tanetoshi Koyama, Toru Nakayama

Abstract 

 

ゴマリグナン「セサミノール」と微生物のセサミノール配糖体分解酵素.[BIO INDUSTRY,30(11), (2013), 56-63]中山 亨・下山 武文・山下 哲・高橋 征司

 

セサミノール配糖体分解酵素の発見.[一般財団法人 バイオインダストリー協会 バイオサイエンスとインダストリー,71(5), (2013), 436-437]下山 武文・高橋 征司・中山 亨

 

ゴマの健康成分の生産につながる新しい酵素の発見.[化学,68(6), (2013), 73]中山 亨・下山 武文・山下 哲・高橋 征司

 

Purification, gene cloning, and biochemical characterization of a β-glucosidase capable of hydrolyzing sesaminol triglucoside from Paenibacillus sp. KB0549.[PLOS ONE,8(4),(2013),e60538-]Arun Nair, Akika Kuwahara, Akihiro Nagase, Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Miho Hosoya, Ayano Omura, Kunio Kiyomoto, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Takefumi Shimoyama, Seiji Takahashi, Toru Nakayama

Abstract    

 

UDP-glucuronic acid:flavonol-3-O-glucuronosyltransferase (VvGT5) from the grapevine Vitis vinifera.[Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun.,69,(2013),65-68]Mizohata E, Okuda T, Hatanaka S, Nakayama T, Horikawa M, Nakayama T, Ono E, Inoue T

Abstract 

 

Transcription analyses of GmICHG, a gene coding for a β-glucosidase that catalyzes the specific hydrolysis of isoflavone conjugates in Glycine max (L.) Merr.[Plant Sci.,208,(2013),10-19]DongChan Yoo, Takayuki Hara, Naoki Fujita, Toshiyuki Waki, Akio Noguchi, Seiji Takahashi, Toru Nakayama

 

Glucosylation of hydroxyflavones by glucosyltransferases from Phytolacca americana.[J. Mol. Cat. B: Enzymatic,90,(2013),61-63]Tomoya Iwakiri, Shogo Mase, Tomonori Murakami, Masahiro Matsumoto, Hiroki Hamada, Toru Nakayama, Shin-ichi Ozaki

 

Synthesis of 3,5,3',4'-tetrahydroxy-trans-stilbene-4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside by glucosyltransferases from Phytolacca americana.[Natural Product Communications,8(1),(2013),119-120]Tomoya Iwakiri, Hiroya Imai, Hiroki Hamada, Toru Nakayama, Shin-ichi Ozaki

 

飲酒習慣にともなう上部消化管の発がんリスク増大と口腔内アセトアルデヒド除去技術.[ILSI Japan,(113), (2013), 16-23]下山 武文,鈴木 幸雄,中山 亨

 

Kumamolisin-As.[Academic Press In: Neil D. Rawlings and Guy S. Salvesen, eds, Handbook of proteolytic enzymes 3rd edition,1, (2013), 3344-3347]Toru Nakayama

 

 

2012

Purification, characterization, and primary structure of a novel N-acyl-D-amino acid amidohydrolase from Microbacterium natoriense TNJL143-2.[J. Biosci. Bioengin.,114,(2012),391-397]Jian Liu, Yu Asano, Keiko Ikoma, Satoshi Yamashita, Yoshihiko Hirose, Takefumi Shimoyama, Seiji Takahashi, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Abstract  

 

メタボロン…植物二次代謝工学におけるインパクト.[生物工学会誌,(9), (2012), 15-20]中山 亨,兪 東燦,高橋 征司

 

植物フラボノイドグリコシルトランスフェラーゼ:分子系統学と特異性発現機構.[酵素工学ニュース,(67), (2012), 6-10]中山 亨,小埜 栄一郎,堀川 学

 

Catalytic removal of acetaldehyde in saliva by a Gluconobacter strain.[J. Biosci. Bioengin.,114,(2012),268-274]Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Miho Hosoya, Takefumi Shimoyama, Seiji Takahashi, Jian Feng Zhang, Eri Tsutsumi, Yukio Suzuki, Yoshihide Suwa, and Toru Nakayama

Abstract   

 

Regioselective glucosidation of trans-resveratrol in Escherichia coli expressing glucosyltransferase from Phytolacca americana.[Biotechnol. Lett.,34,(2012),475-481]Shin-ichi Ozaki, Hiroya Imai, Tomoya Iwakiri, Takehiro Sato, Kei Shimoda, Toru Nakayama, Hiroki Hamada

Abstract 

 

Quantitative analyses of the behavior of exogenously added bacteria during an acidulocomposting process.[J. Biosci. Bioengin.,114,(2012),70-72]Takatoshi Suematsu, Satoshi Yamashita, Hisashi Hemmi, Ayaka Yoshinari, Takefumi Shimoyama, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Abstract    

 

平行進化する基質特異性.[化学と生物,50(1), (2012), 16-22]小埜 栄一郎,堀川 学,中山 亨

 

Identification and characterization of a cis,trans-mixed heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Arabidopsis thaliana.[FEBS Journal,279,(2012),3813-3827]Kota Kera, Seiji Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Suto, Tanetoshi Koyama, Toru Nakayama

Abstract    

 

2011

Gene cloning and biochemical characterization of a catalase from Gluconobacter oxydans.[J. Biosci. Bioengin.,111,(2011),522-527]Haruhiko Yamaguchi, Keigo Sugiyama, Miho Hosoya, Seiji Takahashi, and Toru Nakayama

 

包括的転写制御による植物イソプレノイドの代謝工学.[生物工学,89, (2011), 649-652]高橋 征司,古山 種俊,中山 亨

 

2010

Functional Differentiation of the Glycosyltransferases That Contribute to the Chemical Diversity of Bioactive Flavonol Glycosides in Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.

Plant Cell First published on August 6, 2010;

Eiichiro Ono, Yu Homma, Manabu Horikawa, Satoshi Kunikane-Doi, Haruna Imai, Seiji Takahashi, Yosuke Kawai, Masaji Ishiguro, Yuko Fukui, and Toru Nakayama

[Abstract]

Production of tetraketide lactones by mutated Antirrhinum majus chalcone synthases (AmCHS1)

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 110 (2010) 158-164

Masayoshi Hatayama, Hideaki Unno, Masami Kusunoki, Seiji Takahashi, Tokuzo Nishino and Toru Nakayama

 

2009

New role of flavin as a general acid-base catalyst with no dedox function in type 2 isopentenyl-diphosphate isomerase

The Journal of Biological Chemistry 284 (2009) 9160-9167

Hideaki Unno, Satoshi Yamashita, Yosuke Ikeda, Shin-ya Sekiguchi, Norie Yoshida, Tohru Yoshimura, Masami Kusunoki, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Hisashi Hemmi

Effect of mutagenesis at the region upstream from the G(Q/E) motif of three types of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase on product chain-length

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 107 (2009) 235-239

Motoyoshi Noike, Takashi Katagiri, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Hisashi Hemmi

Polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of microbial community structure in landoll leachate

J. Hazard. Mater. 164 (2009) 1503-1508

Miho Uchida, Haruna Hatayoshi, Aoi Syuku-nobe, Takefumi Shimoyama, Toru Nakayama, Akitsugu Okuwaki, Tokuzo Nishino, Hisashi Hemmi

Local differentiation of sugar donor speciocity of flavonoid glycosyltransferase in Lamiales

Plant Cell 21 (2009) 1556-1572

Akio Noguchi, Manabu Horikawa, Yuko Fukui, Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani, Asako Iuchi-Okada, Masaji Ishiguro, Yoshinobu Kiso, Toru Nakayama, Eiichiro Ono

Identification of an inducible glucosyltransferase from Phytolacca americana L. cells that are capable of glucosylating capsaicin

Plant Biotechnol. 26 (2009) 285-292

Akio Nogichi, Satoshi Kunikane, Hiroaki Homma, Wenhai Liu, Takashi Sekiya, Miho Hosoya, Soonil Kwon, Shingo Ohiwa, Hisashi Katsuragi, Tokuzo Nishino, Seiji Takahashi, Hiroaki Hamada, Toru Nakayama

Kinetic and thermodynamic characterization of the cold activity acquired upon single amino-acid substitution near the active site of a thermostable α-glucosidase

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 56 (2009) 300-306

Akio Noguchi, Tokuzo Nishino, Toru Nakayama

マメ科植物におけるイソフラボンの修飾 . 脱修飾を介した代謝調節 単離が進む関連酵素遺伝子群とその機能解明

化学と生物 47 (2009) 160-162

高橋 征司, 中山 亨

 

2008

A novel glucosylation enzyme: molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of Trichoderma viride JCM22452 alpha-Amylase and enzymatic synthesis of some flavonoid monoglucosides and oligoglucosides

J. Agric. Food Chem. 56 (2008) 12016-12024

Noguchi A., Inohara-Ochiai M., Ishibashi N., Fukami H., Nakayama T., Nakao M.

花色調節技術への期待 アントシアニンアシル基転移酵素の機能と構造.

生物工学会誌 86(2008)171-173

中山 亨

The product chain length determination mechanism of type II geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase requires subunit interaction

The FEBS Journal 275 (2008) 3921-3933

Motoyoshi Noike, Takashi Katagiri, Toru Nakayama, Tanetoshi Koyama, Tokuzo Nishino and Hisashi Hemmi

 

cDNA cloning of glycosyltransferases from Chinese wolfberry (Lycium barbarum L.) fruits and enzymatic synthesis of a catechin glucoside using a recombinant enzyme (UGT73A10)

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 55 (2008) 84-92

Akio Noguchi, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Masahiro Nakaoa, Harukazu Fukami, Seiji Takahashi, Tokuzo Nishino, Toru Nakayama

好熱性コラーゲン分解酵素生産菌 Thermobifida sp. 4-2-1 株の分離とキャラクタリゼーション

環境バイオテクノロジー学会誌 80 (2008) 99-103

大野 正博, 山口 晴彦, 高橋 征司, 中山 亨

植物二次代謝産物グリコシルトランスフェラーゼの構造と機能

生化学 80 (2008) 1033-1038

國兼 聡, 中山 亨

植物二次代謝産物グリコシルトランスフェラーゼによる脂溶性有用物質のグリコシル化

生物工学 86 (2008) 4

中山 亨

黄色フラボノイド色素, オーロンによる黄色花の分子育種

化学と生物 46 (2008) 62-69

小埜 栄一郎, 福井 祐子, 中山 亨

 

2007

A UDP-glucose:isoflavone 7-O-glucosyltransferase from the roots of soybean (Glycine max) seedlings:? PURIFICATION, GENECLONING, PHYLOGENETICS, AND AN IMPLICASTION FOR AN ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY OF ENZYME CATALYSIS

The Journal of Biological Chemistry 282 (2007) 23581-23590

Akio Noguchi, Atsushi Saito, Yu Homma, Masahiro Nakao, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Tokuzo Nishino, Seiji Takahashi, and Toru Nakayama

cDNA cloning of a BAHD acyltransferase from soybean (Glycine max): Isoflavone 7-O-glucoside-6’-O-malonyltransferase

Phytochemistry 68 (2007) 2035-2042

Hirokazu Suzuki, Tokuzo Nishino, Toru Nakayama

 

Geranylgeranyl reductase involved in the biosynthesis of archaeal membrane lipids in the hyperthermiphilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus

The FEBS Journal 274 (2007) 805-814

Motomichi Murakami, Kyohei Shibuya, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Tohru Yoshimura and Hisashi Hemmi

Structural and Mutational Studies of Anthocyanin Malonyltransferases Establish the Features of BAHD Enzyme Catalysis

The Journal of Biological Chemistry 282 (2007) 15812-15822

Hideaki Unno, Fumiko Ichimaida, Hirokazu Suzuki, Seiji Takahashi, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Atsushi Saito, Tokuzo Nishino, Masami Kusunoki, and Toru Nakayama

The QM/MM Molecular Dynamics and Free Energy Simulations of the Acylation Reaction Catalyzed by the Serine-Carboxyl Peptidase Kumamolisin-As. Biochemistry 46 (2007) 3784-3792

Qin Xu, Hao-Bo Guo, Alexander Wlodawer, Toru Nakayama, and Hong Guo

Anthocyanin acyltransferase engineered for the synthesis of a novel polyacylated anthocyanin

Plant Biotechnology 24 (2007) 495-501

Hirokazu Suzuki, Tokuzo Nishino, Toru Nakayama

Molecular Breeding of Novel Yellow Flowers by Engineering the Aurone Biosynthetic Pathway

Transgenic Plant Journal 1 (2007) 66-80

Eiichiro Ono, Toru Nakayama

植物フラボノイド, オーロンによる黄色花の分子育種

ブレインテクノニュース 119 (2007) 19-25

小埜 栄一郎, 中山 亨

Classical なアプローチ

バイオサイエンスとインダストリー 65 (2007) 33

中山 亨

 

 

2006

Localization of a flavonoid biosynthetic polyphenol oxidase in vacuoles
The Plant Journal, 45 (2006) 133-143.
Eiichiro Ono, Masayoshi Hatayama, Yuri Isono, Takuya Sato, Ryoko Watanabe, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi, Tokuzo Nishino and Toru Nakayama

Biochemical characterrization and mutational studies of a chalcone synthase from yellow snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) flowers

Plant Biotechnology, 23 (2006) 373-378.

Masayoshi Hatayama, Eiichiro Ono, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Yoshikazu Tanaka,

Tokuzo Nishino, Toru Nakayama

Catalytic Role of Proton Transfers in the Formation of a Tetrahedral Adduct in a Serine Carboxyl Peptidase
Biochemistry, 45 (2006) 9129-9137.
Haobo Guo, Alexander Wlodawer, Toru Nakayama, Qin Xu, and Hong Guo

Processing, catalytic activity and crystal structures of kumamolisin-As with an engineered active site
The FEBS Journal, 273, (2006) 2563-2576.
Ayumi Okubo, Mi Li, Masako Ashida, Hiroshi Oyama, Alla Gustchina, Kohei Oda, Ben M. Dunn, Alexander Wlodawer and Toru Nakayama

Yellow flowers generated by expression of the aurone biosynthetic pathway
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103 (2006) 11075-11080.
Eiichiro Ono, Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani, Noriko Nakamura, Yuko Fukui, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Masaatsu Yamaguchi, Toru Nakayama, Takaharu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi, and Yoshikazu Tanaka

An Isoflavone Conjugate-hydrolyzing β-Glucosidase from the Roots of Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings: PURIFICATION, GENE CLONING, PHYLOGENETICS, AND CELLULAR LOCALIZATION
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (2006) 30251-30259.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Seiji Takahashi, Ryoko Watanabe, Yusuke Fukushima, Naoki Fujita, Akio Noguchi, Ryusuke Yokoyama, Kazuhiko Nishitani, Tokuzo Nishino, and Toru Nakayama

Manipulation of prenyl chain length determination mechanism of cis-prenyltransferases
FEBS Journal, 273 (2006) 647-657.
Yugesh Kharel, Seiji Takahashi, Satoshi Yamashita, and Tanetoshi Koyama

The Regulatory Domain of SRK2E/OST1/SnRK2.6 Interacts with ABI1 and Integrates Abscisic Acid (ABA) and Osmotic Stress Signals Controlling Stomatal Closure in Arabidopsis.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (2006) 5310-5318.
Riichiro Yoshida, Taishi Umezawa, Tsuyoshi Mizoguchi, Seiji Takahashi, Fuminori Takahashi, and Kazuo Shinozaki

Structure and Function of cis-Prenyl Chain Elongating Enzymes
The Chemical Record 6 (2006) 194-205.
Seiji Takahashi, Tanetoshi Koyama

Inositol and their metabolites in abiotic and biotic stress responses
In Subcellular Biochemistry Volume 39: Biology of Inositols and Phosphoinositides (Edited by Lahiri Majumder, A. and Biswas, B.B) (2006) 239-264.
Teruaki Taji, Seiji Takahashi and .Kazuo Shinozaki

天然ゴム生合成機構の解明と高生産系構築への展望
”ファイバー”スーパーバイオミメティックス−新未来の新技術創成− (株式会社エヌ・ティー・エス 刊、本宮 達也 監修) (2006) pp.147-153
高橋 征司、古山 種俊

2005

UDP-Glucuronic Acid:Anthocyanin Glucuronosyltransferase from Red Daisy (Bellis perennis) Flowers:ENZYMOLOGY AND PHYLOGENETICS OF A NOVEL GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE INVOLVED IN FLOWER PIGMENT BIOSYNTHESIS
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (2005), 899-906.
Shin'ya Sawada, Hirokazu Suzuki, Fumiko Ichimaida, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Takashi Iwashita, Yuko Fukui, Hisashi Hemmi, Tokuzo Nishino, and Toru Nakayama

Microbacterium natoriense sp. nov., a novel D-aminoacylase-producing bacterium isolated from soil in Natori, Japan
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology,55 (2005), 661-665.
Jian Liu, Toru Nakayama, Hisashi Hemmi, Yu Asano, Naoki Tsuruoka, Kengo Shimomura, Miyuki Nishijima and Tokuzo Nishino

Amperometric detection of the bacterial metabolic regulation with a microbial array chip
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 21 (2005) 145-151.
Kuniaki Nagamine, Nobuto Matsui, Takatoshi Kaya, Tomoyuki Yasukawa, Hitoshi Shiku, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Tomokazu Matsue

Menaquinone-specific prenyl reductase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus
Journal of Bacteriology, 187 (2005) 1937-1944.
Hisashi Hemmi, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Kyohei Shibuya, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Microbial Diversity in Bio-Degradation and Re-utilization Processes of Garbage
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 99 (2005) 1-11.
SHIN HARUTA, TORU NAKAYAMA, KOHEI NAKAMURA, HISASHI HEMMI, MASAHARU ISHII, YASUO IGARASHI, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

植物アシル基転移酵素ファミリー
生化学, 77(2005)343-347.
中山 亨

アントシアニングリコシル基転移酵素の進化と機能 特異性と普遍性
化学と生物, 43 (2005) 142-145.
中山 亨

イソプレノイド生合成酵素の分子解析
化学と生物, 43 (2005) 296-304.
高橋 征司、古山 種俊

2004

Cold-active esterase from Psychrobacter sp. Ant300: gene cloning, characterization, and the effects of Gly->Pro substitution near the active site on its catalytic activity and stability
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1696 (2004), 59-65
Ljudmila Kulakova, Andrey Galkin, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Nobuyoshi Esaki

cDNA cloning and characterization of two Dendranthema x morifolium anthocyanin malonyltransferases with different functional activities
Plant Science, 166 (2004), 89-96.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Tokuzo Nishino

Molecular Biological Analysis of Microflora in a Garbage Treatment Process under Thermoacidophilic Conditions
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 97 (2004), 119-126.
HISASHI HEMMI, TAKEFUMI SHIMOYAMA, TORU NAKAYAMA, KATSUJI HOSHI AND TOKUZO NISHINO

cDNA cloning and functional characterization of flavonol 3-O-glucoside-6''-O-malonyltransferases from flowers of Verbena hybrida and Lamium purpureum
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 28 (2004), 87-93.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Shiro Nagae, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Takashi Iwashita, Yuko Fukui, Tokuzo Nishino

Type 2 isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase from a thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae
European Journal of Biochemistry, 271 (2004), 1087-1093.
Satoshi Yamashita, Hisashi Hemmi, Yosuke Ikeda, Toru Nakayama and Tokuzo Nishino

Crystallographic and Biochemical Investigations of Kumamolisin-As, a Serine-Carboxyl Peptidase with Collagenase Activity
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (2004), 21500-21510.
Alexander Wlodawer, Mi Li, Alla Gustchina, Naoki Tsuruoka, Masako Ashida, Hiroyuki Minakata, Hiroshi Oyama, Kohei Oda, Tokuzo Nishino, and Toru Nakayama

Identification and characterization of a novel anthocyanin malonyltransferase from scarlet sage (Salvia splendens) flowers: an enzyme that is phylogenetically separated from other anthocyanin acyltransferases
The Plant Journal, 38 (2004), 994-1003.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Shin’ya Sawada, Kazufumi Watanabe, Shiro Nagae, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Catalytic mechanism of type 2 isopentenyl diphosphate: dimethylallyl diphosphate isomerase: verification of a redox role of the flavin cofactor in a reaction with no net redox change
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 322 (2004), 905-910.
Hisashi Hemmi, Yosuke Ikeda, Satoshi Yamashita, Toru Nakayama and Tokuzo Nishino

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Thermostable Carboxylesterase from an Archaeon, Sulfolobus shibatae DSM5389: Non-Linear Kinetic Behavior of a Hormone-Sensitive Lipase Family Enzyme
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 98 (2004), 445-451.
KOKI EJIMA, JIAN LIU, YASUHIRO OSHIMA, KAZUTAKE HIROOKA, SHOKO SHIMANUKI, YUKAKO YOKOTA, HISASHI HEMMI, TORU NAKAYAMA, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

(S)-2,3-Di-O-geranylgeranylglyceryl Phosphate Synthase from the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus: Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Membrane-intrinsic Prenyltransferase Involved in the Biosynthesis of Archaeal Ether-linked Membrane Lipids
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (2004), 50197-50203.
Hisashi Hemmi, Kyohei Shibuya, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

身近な酵素の新しい素顔 次々と明らかにされるポリフェノールオキシダーゼの新しい役割
化学, 59 (2004), 55-56
中山 亨

Monitoring the expression profiles of genes induced by hyperosmotic, high salinity, and oxidative stress and abscisic acid treatment in Arabidopsis cell culture using a full-length cDNA microarray
Plant Molecular Biology, 56 (2004) 29-55.
Seiji Takahashi, Motoaki Seki, Junko Ishida, Masakazu Satou, Tetsuya Sakurai, Mari Narusaka, Asako Kamiya, Maiko Nakajima, Akiko Enju, Kenji Akiyama, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, and Kazuo Shinozaki

In vitro interaction between the human dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase and the Nieman-Pick C2 protein revealed by a yeast two-hybrid system
Biochemical and Biophysical research Communications, 318 (2004) 198-203.
Yugesh Kharel, Seiji Takahashi, Satoshi Yamashita, Tanetoshi Koyama

2003

Collagenolytic Serine-Carboxyl Proteinase from Alicyclobacillus sendaiensis Strain NTAP-1: Purification, Characterization, Gene Cloning, and Heterologous Expression
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 69 (2003), 162-169.
Naoki Tsuruoka, Toru Nakayama, Masako Ashida, Hisashi Hemmi, Masahiro Nakao, Hiroyuki Minakata, Hiroshi Oyama, Kohei Oda, and Tokuzo Nishino

Proposed Mechanism and Functional Amino Acid Residues of Malonyl-CoA:Anthocyanin 5-O-Glucoside-6''-O-Malonyltransferase from Flowers of Salvia Splendens, a Member of the Versatile Plant Acyltransferase Family
Biochemistry, 42 (2003), 1764-1771.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Alicyclobacillus sendaiensis sp. nov., a novel acidophilic, slightly thermophilic species isolated from soil in Sendai, Japan
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 53 (2003), 1081-1084.
Naoki Tsuruoka, Yuri Isono, Osamu Shida, Hisashi Hemmi, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Improvement of thermostability of cold-active serine alkaline protease from the psychrotrophic bacterium Shewanella sp. strain Ac10 by rational mutagenesis
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 22 (2003), 113-117.
Ljudmila Kulakova, Andrey Galkin, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Nobuyoshi Esaki

Cloning, heterologous expression, renaturation, and characterization of a cold-adapted esterase with unique primary structure from a psychrotroph Pseudomonas sp. strain B11-1
Protein Expression and Purification, 30 (2003), 171-178.
Takeshi Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Dong Wong Choo, Yuriko Hirano, Tatsuo Kurihara, Tokuzo Nishino, and Nobuyoshi Esaki

Fusion-type lycopene β-cyclase from a thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 305 (2003), 586-591.
Hisashi Hemmi, Satoru Ikejiri, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Altering the substrate chain-length specificity of an α-glucosidase
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 304 (2003), 684-690.
Akio Noguchi, Toru Nakayama, Hisashi Hemmi, and Tokuzo Nishino

An alternative mechanism of product chain-length determination in type III geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase
European Journal of Biochemistry, 270 (2003), 2186-2194.
Hisashi Hemmi, Motoyoshi Noike, Toru Nakayama and Tokuzo Nishino

Identification of a cDNA Encoding Malonyl-Coenzyme A:Anthocyanidin 3-O-Glucoside 6”-O-Malonyltransferase from Cineraria (Senecio cruentus) Flowers
Plant Biotechnology, 20 (2003), 229-234.
Hirokazu SUZUKI, Shin-ya SAWADA, Keiko YONEKURA-SAKAKIBARA, Toru NAKAYAMA, Masa-atsu YAMAGUCHI, and Tokuzo NISHINO

Deciphering the Molecular Basis of the Broad Substrate Specificity of α-Glucosidase from Bacillus sp. SAM1606
Journal of Biochemistry, 134 (2003), 543-550.
Akio Noguchi, Masayasu Yano, Yasuhiro Ohshima, Hisashi Hemmi,
Misa Inohara-Ochiai, Maki Okada, Kyong-Son Min, Toru Nakayama and Tokuzo Nishino

Acidulocomposting, an Accelerated Composting Process of Garbage under Thermoacidophilic Conditions for Prolonged Periods
Journal of Environmental Biotechnology (環境バイオテクノロジー学会誌), 3 (2003), 33-36.
TOKUZO NISHINO, TORU NAKAYAMA, HISASHI HEMMI, TAKEFUMI SHIMOYAMA, SATOSHI YAMASHITA, MINORU AKAI, TAKAHIRO KANAGAWA and KATSUJI HOSHI

花色発現をつかさどるポリフェノールオキシダーゼの酵素科学
日本農芸化学会誌 77, (2003), 421-424.
中山 亨


Anthocyanin acyltransferases: specificities, mechanism, phylogenetics, and applications
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 23 (2003), 117-132.
Toru Nakayama, Hirokazu Suzuki, Tokuzo Nishino

Molecular Cloning, Expression and Characterization of cDNA Encoding cis-Prenyltransferases from Hevea brasiliensis - A key factor participating in natural rubber biosynthesis
European Journal of Biochemistry, 270 (2003) 4671-4680.
Kasem Asawatreratanakul, Yuan-Wei Zhang, Dhirayos Wititsuwannakul, Rapepun Wititsuwannakul, Seiji Takahashi, Atiya Rattanapittayaporn, Tanetoshi Koyama

Isolation and expression of Paracoccus denitrificans decaprenyl diphosphate synthase gene for production of ubiquinone-10 in Escherichia coli
Biochemical Engineering Journal, 16 (2003) 183-190.
Seiji Takahashi, Tokuzo Nishino, Tanetoshi Koyama

Identification of human dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase gene
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1625 (2003) 291-295.
Shota Endo, Yuan-Wei Zhang, Seiji Takahashi, Tanetoshi Koyama

Cloning, expression and characterization of a functional cDNA clone encoding geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase of Hevea brasiliensis
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1625 (2003) 214-220.
Akiyuki Takaya, Yuan-Wei Zhang, Kasem Asawatreratanakul, Dhirayos Wititsuwannakul, Rapepun Wititsuwannakul, Seiji Takahashi, Tanetoshi Koyama

プレニル鎖延長酵素の遺伝子解明研究からみた天然ゴム生合成の分子解析
日本ゴム協会誌, 76(2003)446-452
高橋 征司、古山 種俊

2002

cDNA Cloning, Heterologous Expressions, and Functional Characterization of Malonyl-CoA:Anthocyanidin 3-O-Glucoside-6"-O-Malonyltransferase from Dahlia variabilis Flowers
Plant Physiology, 130 (2002), 2142-2151.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Yuko Fukui, Noriko Nakamura, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi, and Tokuzo Nishino

Site-specific mutagenesis at positions 272 and 273 of the Bacillus sp. SAM1606 α-glucosidase to screen mutants with altered specificity for oligosaccharide production by transglucosylation
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 16 (2002), 265-274.
Maki Okada, Toru Nakayama, Akio Noguchi, Masayasu Yano, Hisashi Hemmi, Tokuzo Nishino, Takashi Ueda

A cold-active esterase with a substrate preference for vinyl esters from a psychrotroph, Acinetobacter sp. strain No.6: gene cloning, purification, and characterization
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 16 (2002), 255-263.
Takeshi Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Tatsuo Kurihara, Tokuzo Nishino, Nobuyoshi Esaki

Primary Structure and Catalytic Properties of a Cold-active Esterase from a Psychrotroph, Acinetobacter sp. Strain No.6 Isolated from Siberian Soil
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 66 (2002), 1682-1690.
Takeshi SUZUKI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Tatsuo KURIHARA, Tokuzo NISHINO, and Nobuyoshi ESAKI

Deletion and Insertion of a 192-Residue Peptide in the Active-Site Domain of Glycosyl Hydrolase Family-2 β-Galactosidases
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 93 (2002), 575-583.
MISA INOHARA-OCHIAI, SATOSHI HASEGAWA, SOTA IGUCHI, TOSHIHIKO ASHIKARI, YUJI SHIBANO, HISASHI HEMMI, TORU NAKAYAMA, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Novel Sugar Phosphotransferase System Applicable to the Efficient Labeling of the Compounds Synthesized via the Non-Mevalonate Pathway in Escherichia coli
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 93 (2002), 515-518.
HISASHI HEMMI, SATOSHI YAMASHITA, TORU NAKAYAMA, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Hsc62, Hsc56, and GrpE, the third Hsp70 chaperone system of Escherichia coli
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 293 (2002), 1389-1385.
Kazuaki Yoshimune, Tohru Yoshimura, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, and Nobuyoshi Esaki

Change of product specificity of hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Sulfolobus solfataricus by introducing mimetic mutations
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 297 (2002), 1096-1101.
Hisashi Hemmi, Motoyoshi Noike, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Synthesis of Glucosyltrehaloses by a Thermostable α-Glucosidase with Broad Substrate Specificity and High Transglucosylation Activity: Assessment Using Wild-Type Enzyme and Mutants with Amino Acid Substitution near Active Site
Journal of Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science, 55 (2002), 19-25.
Maki Okada, Toru Nakayama, Akio Noguchi, Tokuzo Nishino, Yukiko Kan, Takashi Iwashita, and Takashi Ueda

生体触媒の新しい機能・特性の探索と解析
生物工学会誌, 80 (2002), 111-117.
中山 亨

Enzymology of Aurone Biosynthesis
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 94 (2002), 487-491.
TORU NAKAYAMA

2001

Malonyl-CoA:Anthocyanin 5-O-Glucoside-6'''-O-Malonyltransferase from Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens) Flowers ENZYME PURIFICATION, GENE CLONING, EXPRESSION, AND CHARACTERIZATION
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276 (2001), 49013-49019.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Yuko Fukui, Noriko Nakamura, Masahiro Nakao, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Takaaki Kusumi, and Tokuzo Nishino

Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of cis-Polyprenyl Diphosphate Synthase from the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 183 (2001), 401-404.
HISASHI HEMMI, SATOSHI YAMASHITA, TAKEFUMI SHIMOYAMA, TORU NAKAYAMA, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Enzymatic formation of aurones in the extracts of yellow snapdragon flowers
Plant Science, 160 (2001), 229-236.
Takuya Sato, Toru Nakayama, Sanae Kikuchi, Yuko Fukui, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Takashi Ueda, Tokuzo Nishino, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi

Cloning and rational mutagenesis of kexstatin I, a potent proteinaceous inhibitor of Kex2 proteinase
Biochemical Journal, 355 (2001), 339-346.
Kohei ODA, Hiroshi OYAMA, Satoshi ITO, Momoko FUKIHARU, Yu MIYAGAWA, Saori TAKAHASHI, Mika HIROSE, Norihisa KIKUCHI, Toru NAKAYAMA and Yuji SHIBANO

Specificity analysis and mechanism of aurone synthesis catalyzed by aureusidin synthase, a polyphenol oxidase homolog responsible for flower coloration
FEBS Letters, 499 (2001), 107-111.
Toru Nakayama, Takuya Sato, Yuko Fukui, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Hideyuki Hayashi, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi, Tokuzo Nishino

Cold-Active Lipolytic Activity of Psychrotrophic Acinetobacter sp. Strain No. 6
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 92 (2001), 144-148.
TAKESHI SUZUKI, TORU NAKAYAMA, TATSUO KURIHARA, TOKUZO NISHINO, AND NOBUYOSHI ESAKI

生ごみのアシドロコンポスト化と酵素による支援
バイオサイエンスとインダストリー, 59 (2001), 98-101.
中山 亨 西野 徳三

アシドロコンポスト化:臭気発生のほとんどない新しいコンポスト化プロセス
臭気の研究, 32 (2001), 210-216.
中山 亨 西野 徳三

「黄色い」花を作る第一歩 明らかになったオーロン生合成経路と植物ポリフェノールオキシダーゼの新しい役割
化学と生物, 39 (2001), 564-565.
中山 亨,田中 良和

An essential role of a TatC homologue of a pH-dependent protein transporter in thylakoid membrane formation during chloroplast development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98 (2001) 10499-10504.
Reiko Motohashi, Noriko Nagata, Takuya Ito, Seiji Takahashi, Tokunori Hobo, Shigeo Yoshida, and Kazuo Shinozaki

Involvement of a novel Arabidopsis phospholipase D, AtPLD, in dehydration-inducible accumulation of phosphatidic acid in stress signaling
The Plant Journal, 26 (2001) 595-605.
Takeshi Katagiri, Seiji Takahashi, and Kazuo Shinozaki

Hyperosmotic stress induces a rapid and transient increase in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate independent of abscisic acid in Arabidopsis cell culture
Plant and Cell Physiology, 42 (2001) 214-222.
Seiji Takahashi, Takeshi Katagiri, Takashi Hirayama, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki and Kazuo Shinozaki

2000

Aureusidin Synthase: A Polyphenol Oxidase Homolog Responsible for Flower Coloration
Science, 290 (2000), 1163-1166.
T. Nakayama, K. Yonekura-Sakakibara, T. Sato, S. Kikuchi, Y. Fukui, M. Fukuchi-Mizutani, T. Ueda, M. Nakao, Y. Tanaka, T. Kusumi, T. Nishino

Purification and inactivation by substrate of an allene oxide synthase (CYP74) from corn (Zea mays L.) seeds
Phytochemistry, 53 (2000), 319-323.
Yukiko Utsunomiya, Toru Nakayama, Hideo Oohira, Rie Hirota, Terutoshi Mori, Fusako Kawai, Takashi Ueda

HPLC Analysis and Optimization of Enzymatic Synthesis of 4'-O-(β-D-Glucopyranosyl)-D-Pantothenic Acid
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 46 (2000), 101-104.
Maki OKADA, Miho KYOGUCHI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Rie HIROTA, Teruo AMACHI and Takashi UEDA

Thermostable Collagenolytic Activity of a Novel Thermophilic Isolate, Bacillus sp. Strain NTAP-1
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 89 (2000), 612-614.
TORU NAKAYAMA, NAOKI TSURUOKA, MINORU AKAI, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Zinc biosorption by a zinc-resistant bacterium, Brevibacterium sp. strain HZM-1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 54 (2000), 581-588.
J. Taniguchi ・ H. Hemmi ・ K. Tanahashi ・ N. Amano ・ T. Nakayama ・ T. Nishino

An Active-Site Mutation Causes Enhanced Reactivity and Altered Regiospecificity of Transglucosylation Catalyzed by the Bacillus sp. SAM1606 α-Glucosidase
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 89 (2000), 431-437.
MISA INOHARA-OCHIAI, MAKI OKADA, TORU NAKAYAMA, HISASHI HEMMI, TAKASHI UEDA, TAKASHI IWASHITA, YUKIKO KAN, YUJI SHIBANO, TOSHIHIKO ASHIKARI, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Mutational Analysis of the Role of His452 of Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula β-Galactosidase
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 90 (2000), 535-539.
TORU NAKAYAMA, YUKA GOTO, SATOSHI HASEGAWA, MISA INOHARA-OCHIAI, YUJI SHIBANO, TOSHIHIKO ASHIKARI, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Molecular and functional characterization of a rose lipoxygenase cDNA related to flower senescence
Plant Science, 160 (2000), 129-137.
Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani, Kanako Ishiguro, Toru Nakayama, Yukiko Utsunomiya, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi, Takashi Ueda

An Arabidopsis gene encoding a Ca2+-binding protein is induced by abscisic acid during dehydration
Plant and Cell Physiology, 41 (2000) 898-903.
Seiji Takahashi, Takeshi Katagiri, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki and Kazuo Shinozaki

1999

Purification, characterization, and application of an acid urease from Arthrobacter mobilis
Journal of Biotechnology, 68 (1999), 227-236.
Katsuro Miyagawa, Motoo Sumida, Masahiro Nakao, Masami Harada, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Takaaki Kusumi, Kiyoshi Yoshizawa, Teruo Amachi, Toru Nakayama

Fungal peroxidase: its structure, function, and application
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 6 (1999), 185-198.
Toru Nakayama, Teruo Amachi

微生物β-ガラクトシダーゼの分子酵素学とその応用
TOBIN, No. 18 (1999), 37-41.
中山 亨

Isolation of an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA encoding a pleckstrin homology domain protein, a putative homologue of human plackstrin
Journal of Experimental Botany, 50 (1999) 729-730.
Koji Mikami, Seiji Takahashi, Takeshi Katagiri, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki and Kazuo Shinozaki

1998

Unique primary structure of a thermostable multimetal β-galactosidase from Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1388 (1998), 77-83.
Misa Inohara-Ochiai, Toru Nakayama, Masahiro Nakao, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Takashi Ueda, Toshihiko Ashikari, Tokuzo Nishino, Yuji Shibano

広範な基質特異性を有するα-グルコシダーゼとそのトレハロース認識に関わるアミノ酸残基
応用糖質科学 (Oyo Toshitsu Kagaku: J. Appl. Glycosci.), 45 (1998), 185-197.
中山 亨,落合 美佐,中尾 正宏,後藤 理枝子,上田 隆史,柴野 裕次

1997

Altering Substrate Specificity of Bacillus sp. SAM1606 α-Glucosidase by Comparative Site-specific Mutagenesis
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 272 (1997), 1601-1607.
Misa Inohara-Ochiai, Toru Nakayama, Rieko Goto, Masahiro Nakao, Takashi Ueda, and Yuji Shibano

微生物β-ガラクトシダーゼ:その酵素学と食品工学的利用
New Food Industry, 39 (1997), 58-64.
中山 亨 上田 隆史

1996

好熱性放線菌Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula の耐熱性マルチメタルβ-ガラクトシダーゼの機能と構造
応用糖質科学 (Oyo Toshitsu Kagaku: J. Appl. Glycosci.), 43 (1996), 237-245.
中山 亨, 落合 美佐, 中尾 正宏, 原田 雅己, 上田 隆史, 柴野 裕次

β-ガラクトシダーゼ研究の進展
生物工学会誌, 74 (1996), 135.
中山 亨

1995

Visible Light-Sensitized Oxidation of Arachidonic Acid in the Presence of Inperatorin
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 41 (1995), 387-393.
Yuka FUKUI, Mayumi MORITA, Kazuko OSAKADA, Toru NAKAYAMA, Masakazu MATSUOKA, Rie HIROTA, Hisako IIZUMI, and Takashi UEDA

Visible Spectrophotometric Assay, Purification, and Molecular Properties of a Lipoxygenase from Eggplant (Solanum melongena Linne) Fruits
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 214 (1995), 1067-1072.
Toru Nakayama, Yuriko Takeura, and Takashi Ueda

Structures of genomic and complementary DNAs coding for Pleurotus ostreatus manganese (II) peroxidase
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1251 (1995), 205-209.
Yasuhiko Asada, Akira Watanabe, Toshikazu Irie, Toru Nakayama, Masaaki Kuwahara

Cloning, Sequencing, and Heterologous Expression of a Gene Coding for Arthromyces ramosus Peroxidase
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 59 (1995), 1221-1228.
Haruyo SAWAI-HATANAKA, Toshihiko ASHIKARI, Yoshikazu TANAKA, Yasuhiko ASADA, Toru NAKAYAMA, Hiroyuki MINAKATA, Naoki KUNISHIMA, Keiichi FUKUYAMA, Hideaki YAMADA, Yuji SHIBANO, and Teruo AMACHI

1994

Purification and characterization of a thermostable β-galactosidase with high transgalactosylation activity from Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 40 (1994), 657-663.
Masahiro Nakao, Masami Harada, Yukiko Kodama, Toru Nakayama, Yuji Shibano, Teruo Amachi

Purification and characterization of a Bacillus sp. SAM1606 thermostable α-glucosidase with high transglucosylation activity
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 40 (1994), 337-343.
M. Nakao ・ T. Nakayama ・ M. Harada ・ A. Kakudo ・ H. Ikemoto ・ S. Kobayashi ・ Y. Shibano

Structure and expression of a gene coding for thermostable α-glucosidase with a broad substrate specificity from Bacillus sp. SAM1606
European Journal of Biochemistry, 220 (1994), 293-300.
Masahiro NAKAO, Toru NAKAYAMA, Akemi KAKUDO, Misa INOHARA, Masami HARADA, Fumihiko OMURA, and Yuji SHIBANO

Oxidation-Reduction Properties of Compounds I and II of Arthromyces ramosus Peroxidase
Biochemistry, 33 (1994), 5647-5652.
Z. Shadi Farhangrazi, Bruce R. Copeland, Toru Nakayama, Teruo Amachi, Isao Yamazaki, and L. S. Powers

Divalent Metal Ion Requirements of a Thermostable Multimetal β-Galactosidase from Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 269 (1994), 22021-22026.
Masami Harada, Misa Inohara, Masahiro Nakao, Toru Nakayama, Akemi Kakudo, Yuji Shibano, and Teruo Amachi

1983-1993

Purification and Characterization of Endogeneous Protein Activator of Human Platelet Proteasome
Journal of Biochemistry, 114 (1993), 317-323.
Masao Yukawa, Masato Sakon, Jun-ichi Kambayashi, Ei-ichi Shiba, Tomio Kawasaki, Yoshio Uemura, Kohei Murata, Takaharu Tanaka, Toru Nakayama, Hiroshi Shibata, and Takesada Mori

目で見るバイオ 微生物ペルオキシダーゼと化学発光
バイオサイエンスとバイオインダストリー, 50 (1992), 7-8.
中山 亨・天知 輝夫

微生物ペルオキシダーゼの性質とその応用
バイオサイエンスとインダストリー, 50 (1992), 442-444.
中山 亨・天知 輝夫

A Novel Trehalase Inhibitor, Trehalostatin, Produced by Amycolatopsis trehalostatica HG-25
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 55 (1991), 895-897.
Sawao MURAO, Takafumi SAKAI, Hideki GIBO, Toru NAKAYAMA and Takashi SHIN

Structure of Trehalostatin: A Potent and Specific Inhibitor of Trehalase
Journal of Chemical Society Chemical Communications, Issue 14 (1991), 919-921.
Toru Nakayama, Teruo Amachi, Sawao Murao, Takafumi Sakai, Takashi Shin, Peter T. M. Kenny, Takashi Iwashita, Michael Zagorski, Hajime Komura and Kyosuke Nomoto

トレハロース,トレハラーゼ,トレハラーゼ阻害剤
醗酵工学, 69 (1991), 273-247.
中山 亨

Specific Labeling of the Essential Cysteine Residue of L-Methionine γ-Lyase with a Cofactor Analogue, N-(Bromoacetyl)pyridoxamine Phosphate
Biochemistry, 27 (1988), 1587-1591.
Toru Nakayama, Nobuyoshi Esaki, Hidehiko Tanaka, and Kenji Soda

Chemical Modification of Cysteine Residues of L-Methionine γ-Lyase
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 52 (1988), 177-183.
Toru NAKAYAMA, Nobuyoshi ESAKI, Hidehiko TANAKA and Kenji SODA

Catalytic Action of L-Methionine γ-Lyase on 4-Azaleucine
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 51 (1987), 3159-3160.
Setsuo FURUYOSHI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Nobuyoshi ESAKI, Hidehiko TANAKA and Kenji SODA

Synthesis of Labeled (±)-2-Amino-3-butenoic Acids
Journal of Organic Chemistry, 51 (1986), 3384-3386.
Seiji Sawada, Thoru Nakayama, Nobuyoshi Esaki, Hidehiko Tanaka, Kenji Soda, and Richard K. Hill

L-Methionine gγ-lyaseの酵素自殺基質反応:S-(N-methylthio carbamoyl)-L-cysteineによる不活性化とその機構
含硫アミノ酸 (Sulfur Amino Acids), 9 (1986), 281-283.
江崎 信芳, 木村 富美夫, 後藤 譲治, 中山 亨, 田中 英彦, 左右田 健次

1H NMR Studies of Substrate Hydrogen Exchange Reactions Catalyzed by L-Methionine γ-Lyase
Biochemistry, 24 (1985), 3857-3862.
Nobuyoshi Esaki, Toru Nakayama, Seiji Sawada, Hidehiko Tanaka, and Kenji Soda

Purification of Bacterial L-Methionine γ-Lyase
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, 138 (1984), 421-424.
TORU NAKAYAMA, NOBUYOSHI ESAKI, KUNIO SUGIE, TEMIR T. BERESOV, HIDEHIKO TANAKA, AND KENJI SODA

S-(N-METHYLTHIOCARBAMOYL)-L-CYSTEINE, A SUICIDE SUBSTRATE OF L-METHIONINE γ-LYASE
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 785 (1984), 54-60.
NOBUYOSHI ESAKI, TOMIO KIMURA, JOJI GOTO, TORU NAKAYAMA, HIDEHIKO TANAKA and KENJI SODA

Reactions of O-Substituted L-Homoserines Catalyzed by L-Methionine γ-Lyase and Their Mechanism
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 48 (1984), 1991-1996.
Nobuyoshi ESAKI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Seiji SAWADA, Hidehiko TANAKA and Kenji SODA

Purification and Properties of L-Methionine g-Lyase from Aeromonas sp.
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 48 (1984), 2367-2369.
Toru NAKAYAMA, Nobuyoshi ESAKI, Woon-Joo LEE, Izumi TANAKA,
Hidehiko TANAKA and Kenji SODA

光学活性含セレンアミノ酸の合成
含硫アミノ酸 (Sulfur Amino Acids), 7 (1984), 221-224.
PATRIC CHOCAT, 中山 亨, 江崎 信芳, 田中 英彦, 左右田 健次

L-Methionine γ-Lyase: 精製方法の改良とサブユニット構造
含硫アミノ酸 (Sulfur Amino Acids), 6 (1983), 175-178.
中山 亨, 江崎 信芳, 与那覇 和雄, 田中 英彦, 左右田 健次

Eiichiro Ono, Yu Homma, Manabu Horikawa, Satoshi Kunikane-Doi, Haruna Imai, Seiji Takahashi, Yosuke Kawai, Masaji Ishiguro, Yuko Fukui, and Toru Nakayama
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2009

New role of flavin as a general acid-base catalyst with no dedox function in type 2 isopentenyl-diphosphate isomerase

The Journal of Biological Chemistry 284 (2009) 9160-9167

Hideaki Unno, Satoshi Yamashita, Yosuke Ikeda, Shin-ya Sekiguchi, Norie Yoshida, Tohru Yoshimura, Masami Kusunoki, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Hisashi Hemmi

Effect of mutagenesis at the region upstream from the G(Q/E) motif of three types of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase on product chain-length

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 107 (2009) 235-239

Motoyoshi Noike, Takashi Katagiri, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Hisashi Hemmi

Polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of microbial community structure in landoll leachate

J. Hazard. Mater. 164 (2009) 1503-1508

Miho Uchida, Haruna Hatayoshi, Aoi Syuku-nobe, Takefumi Shimoyama, Toru Nakayama, Akitsugu Okuwaki, Tokuzo Nishino, Hisashi Hemmi

Local differentiation of sugar donor speciocity of flavonoid glycosyltransferase in Lamiales

Plant Cell 21 (2009) 1556-1572

Akio Noguchi, Manabu Horikawa, Yuko Fukui, Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani, Asako Iuchi-Okada, Masaji Ishiguro, Yoshinobu Kiso, Toru Nakayama, Eiichiro Ono

Identification of an inducible glucosyltransferase from Phytolacca americana L. cells that are capable of glucosylating capsaicin

Plant Biotechnol. 26 (2009) 285-292

Akio Nogichi, Satoshi Kunikane, Hiroaki Homma, Wenhai Liu, Takashi Sekiya, Miho Hosoya, Soonil Kwon, Shingo Ohiwa, Hisashi Katsuragi, Tokuzo Nishino, Seiji Takahashi, Hiroaki Hamada, Toru Nakayama

Kinetic and thermodynamic characterization of the cold activity acquired upon single amino-acid substitution near the active site of a thermostable α-glucosidase

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 56 (2009) 300-306

Akio Noguchi, Tokuzo Nishino, Toru Nakayama

マメ科植物におけるイソフラボンの修飾 . 脱修飾を介した代謝調節 単離が進む関連酵素遺伝子群とその機能解明

化学と生物 47 (2009) 160-162

高橋征司, 中山 亨

 

2008

A novel glucosylation enzyme: molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of Trichoderma viride JCM22452 alpha-Amylase and enzymatic synthesis of some flavonoid monoglucosides and oligoglucosides

J. Agric. Food Chem. 56 (2008) 12016-12024

Noguchi A., Inohara-Ochiai M., Ishibashi N., Fukami H., Nakayama T., Nakao M.

花色調節技術への期待 アントシアニンアシル基転移酵素の機能と構造.

生物工学会誌 86(2008)171-173

中山 亨

The product chain length determination mechanism of type II geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase requires subunit interaction

The FEBS Journal 275 (2008) 3921-3933

Motoyoshi Noike, Takashi Katagiri, Toru Nakayama, Tanetoshi Koyama, Tokuzo Nishino and Hisashi Hemmi

 

cDNA cloning of glycosyltransferases from Chinese wolfberry (Lycium barbarum L.) fruits and enzymatic synthesis of a catechin glucoside using a recombinant enzyme (UGT73A10)

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 55 (2008) 84-92

Akio Noguchi, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Masahiro Nakaoa, Harukazu Fukami, Seiji Takahashi, Tokuzo Nishino, Toru Nakayama

好熱性コラーゲン分解酵素生産菌 Thermobifida sp. 4-2-1 株の分離とキャラクタリゼーション

環境バイオテクノロジー学会誌 80 (2008) 99-103

大野正博, 山口晴彦, 高橋征司, 中山 亨

植物二次代謝産物グリコシルトランスフェラーゼの構造と機能

生化学 80 (2008) 1033-1038

國兼 聡, 中山 亨

植物二次代謝産物グリコシルトランスフェラーゼによる脂溶性有用物質のグリコシル化

生物工学 86 (2008) 4

中山 亨

黄色フラボノイド色素, オーロンによる黄色花の分子育種

化学と生物 46 (2008) 62-69

小埜栄一郎, 福井祐子, 中山 亨

 

2007

A UDP-glucose:isoflavone 7-O-glucosyltransferase from the roots of soybean (Glycine max) seedlings:? PURIFICATION, GENECLONING, PHYLOGENETICS, AND AN IMPLICASTION FOR AN ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY OF ENZYME CATALYSIS

The Journal of Biological Chemistry 282 (2007) 23581-23590

Akio Noguchi, Atsushi Saito, Yu Homma, Masahiro Nakao, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Tokuzo Nishino, Seiji Takahashi, and Toru Nakayama

cDNA cloning of a BAHD acyltransferase from soybean (Glycine max): Isoflavone 7-O-glucoside-6’-O-malonyltransferase

Phytochemistry 68 (2007) 2035-2042

Hirokazu Suzuki, Tokuzo Nishino, Toru Nakayama

 

Geranylgeranyl reductase involved in the biosynthesis of archaeal membrane lipids in the hyperthermiphilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus

The FEBS Journal 274 (2007) 805-814

Motomichi Murakami, Kyohei Shibuya, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Tohru Yoshimura and Hisashi Hemmi

Structural and Mutational Studies of Anthocyanin Malonyltransferases Establish the Features of BAHD Enzyme Catalysis

The Journal of Biological Chemistry 282 (2007) 15812-15822

Hideaki Unno, Fumiko Ichimaida, Hirokazu Suzuki, Seiji Takahashi, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Atsushi Saito, Tokuzo Nishino, Masami Kusunoki, and Toru Nakayama

The QM/MM Molecular Dynamics and Free Energy Simulations of the Acylation Reaction Catalyzed by the Serine-Carboxyl Peptidase Kumamolisin-As. Biochemistry 46 (2007) 3784-3792

Qin Xu, Hao-Bo Guo, Alexander Wlodawer, Toru Nakayama, and Hong Guo

Anthocyanin acyltransferase engineered for the synthesis of a novel polyacylated anthocyanin

Plant Biotechnology 24 (2007) 495-501

Hirokazu Suzuki, Tokuzo Nishino, Toru Nakayama

Molecular Breeding of Novel Yellow Flowers by Engineering the Aurone Biosynthetic Pathway

Transgenic Plant Journal 1 (2007) 66-80

Eiichiro Ono, Toru Nakayama

植物フラボノイド, オーロンによる黄色花の分子育種

ブレインテクノニュース 119 (2007) 19-25

小埜栄一郎, 中山 亨

Classical なアプローチ

バイオサイエンスとインダストリー 65 (2007) 33

中山 亨

 

 

2006

Localization of a flavonoid biosynthetic polyphenol oxidase in vacuoles
The Plant Journal, 45 (2006) 133-143.
Eiichiro Ono, Masayoshi Hatayama, Yuri Isono, Takuya Sato, Ryoko Watanabe, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi, Tokuzo Nishino and Toru Nakayama

Biochemical characterrization and mutational studies of a chalcone synthase from yellow snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) flowers

Plant Biotechnology, 23 (2006) 373-378.

Masayoshi Hatayama, Eiichiro Ono, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Yoshikazu Tanaka,

Tokuzo Nishino, Toru Nakayama

Catalytic Role of Proton Transfers in the Formation of a Tetrahedral Adduct in a Serine Carboxyl Peptidase
Biochemistry, 45 (2006) 9129-9137.
Haobo Guo, Alexander Wlodawer, Toru Nakayama, Qin Xu, and Hong Guo

Processing, catalytic activity and crystal structures of kumamolisin-As with an engineered active site
The FEBS Journal, 273, (2006) 2563-2576.
Ayumi Okubo, Mi Li, Masako Ashida, Hiroshi Oyama, Alla Gustchina, Kohei Oda, Ben M. Dunn, Alexander Wlodawer and Toru Nakayama

Yellow flowers generated by expression of the aurone biosynthetic pathway
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103 (2006) 11075-11080.
Eiichiro Ono, Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani, Noriko Nakamura, Yuko Fukui, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Masaatsu Yamaguchi, Toru Nakayama, Takaharu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi, and Yoshikazu Tanaka

An Isoflavone Conjugate-hydrolyzing β-Glucosidase from the Roots of Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings: PURIFICATION, GENE CLONING, PHYLOGENETICS, AND CELLULAR LOCALIZATION
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (2006) 30251-30259.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Seiji Takahashi, Ryoko Watanabe, Yusuke Fukushima, Naoki Fujita, Akio Noguchi, Ryusuke Yokoyama, Kazuhiko Nishitani, Tokuzo Nishino, and Toru Nakayama

Manipulation of prenyl chain length determination mechanism of cis-prenyltransferases
FEBS Journal, 273 (2006) 647-657.
Yugesh Kharel, Seiji Takahashi, Satoshi Yamashita, and Tanetoshi Koyama

The Regulatory Domain of SRK2E/OST1/SnRK2.6 Interacts with ABI1 and Integrates Abscisic Acid (ABA) and Osmotic Stress Signals Controlling Stomatal Closure in Arabidopsis.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (2006) 5310-5318.
Riichiro Yoshida, Taishi Umezawa, Tsuyoshi Mizoguchi, Seiji Takahashi, Fuminori Takahashi, and Kazuo Shinozaki

Structure and Function of cis-Prenyl Chain Elongating Enzymes
The Chemical Record 6 (2006) 194-205.
Seiji Takahashi, Tanetoshi Koyama

Inositol and their metabolites in abiotic and biotic stress responses
In Subcellular Biochemistry Volume 39: Biology of Inositols and Phosphoinositides (Edited by Lahiri Majumder, A. and Biswas, B.B) (2006) 239-264.
Teruaki Taji, Seiji Takahashi and .Kazuo Shinozaki

天然ゴム生合成機構の解明と高生産系構築への展望
”ファイバー”スーパーバイオミメティックス−新未来の新技術創成− (株式会社エヌ・ティー・エス 刊、本宮 達也 監修) (2006) pp.147-153
高橋征司、古山種俊

2005

UDP-Glucuronic Acid:Anthocyanin Glucuronosyltransferase from Red Daisy (Bellis perennis) Flowers:ENZYMOLOGY AND PHYLOGENETICS OF A NOVEL GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE INVOLVED IN FLOWER PIGMENT BIOSYNTHESIS
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (2005), 899-906.
Shin'ya Sawada, Hirokazu Suzuki, Fumiko Ichimaida, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Takashi Iwashita, Yuko Fukui, Hisashi Hemmi, Tokuzo Nishino, and Toru Nakayama

Microbacterium natoriense sp. nov., a novel D-aminoacylase-producing bacterium isolated from soil in Natori, Japan
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology,55 (2005), 661-665.
Jian Liu, Toru Nakayama, Hisashi Hemmi, Yu Asano, Naoki Tsuruoka, Kengo Shimomura, Miyuki Nishijima and Tokuzo Nishino

Amperometric detection of the bacterial metabolic regulation with a microbial array chip
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 21 (2005) 145-151.
Kuniaki Nagamine, Nobuto Matsui, Takatoshi Kaya, Tomoyuki Yasukawa, Hitoshi Shiku, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Tomokazu Matsue

Menaquinone-specific prenyl reductase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus
Journal of Bacteriology, 187 (2005) 1937-1944.
Hisashi Hemmi, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Kyohei Shibuya, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Microbial Diversity in Bio-Degradation and Re-utilization Processes of Garbage
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 99 (2005) 1-11.
SHIN HARUTA, TORU NAKAYAMA, KOHEI NAKAMURA, HISASHI HEMMI, MASAHARU ISHII, YASUO IGARASHI, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

植物アシル基転移酵素ファミリー
生化学, 77(2005)343-347.
中山 亨

アントシアニングリコシル基転移酵素の進化と機能 特異性と普遍性
化学と生物, 43 (2005) 142-145.
中山 亨

イソプレノイド生合成酵素の分子解析
化学と生物, 43 (2005) 296-304.
高橋征司、古山種俊

2004

Cold-active esterase from Psychrobacter sp. Ant300: gene cloning, characterization, and the effects of Gly->Pro substitution near the active site on its catalytic activity and stability
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1696 (2004), 59-65
Ljudmila Kulakova, Andrey Galkin, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Nobuyoshi Esaki

cDNA cloning and characterization of two Dendranthema x morifolium anthocyanin malonyltransferases with different functional activities
Plant Science, 166 (2004), 89-96.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Tokuzo Nishino

Molecular Biological Analysis of Microflora in a Garbage Treatment Process under Thermoacidophilic Conditions
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 97 (2004), 119-126.
HISASHI HEMMI, TAKEFUMI SHIMOYAMA, TORU NAKAYAMA, KATSUJI HOSHI AND TOKUZO NISHINO

cDNA cloning and functional characterization of flavonol 3-O-glucoside-6''-O-malonyltransferases from flowers of Verbena hybrida and Lamium purpureum
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 28 (2004), 87-93.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Shiro Nagae, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Takashi Iwashita, Yuko Fukui, Tokuzo Nishino

Type 2 isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase from a thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae
European Journal of Biochemistry, 271 (2004), 1087-1093.
Satoshi Yamashita, Hisashi Hemmi, Yosuke Ikeda, Toru Nakayama and Tokuzo Nishino

Crystallographic and Biochemical Investigations of Kumamolisin-As, a Serine-Carboxyl Peptidase with Collagenase Activity
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (2004), 21500-21510.
Alexander Wlodawer, Mi Li, Alla Gustchina, Naoki Tsuruoka, Masako Ashida, Hiroyuki Minakata, Hiroshi Oyama, Kohei Oda, Tokuzo Nishino, and Toru Nakayama

Identification and characterization of a novel anthocyanin malonyltransferase from scarlet sage (Salvia splendens) flowers: an enzyme that is phylogenetically separated from other anthocyanin acyltransferases
The Plant Journal, 38 (2004), 994-1003.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Shin’ya Sawada, Kazufumi Watanabe, Shiro Nagae, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Catalytic mechanism of type 2 isopentenyl diphosphate: dimethylallyl diphosphate isomerase: verification of a redox role of the flavin cofactor in a reaction with no net redox change
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 322 (2004), 905-910.
Hisashi Hemmi, Yosuke Ikeda, Satoshi Yamashita, Toru Nakayama and Tokuzo Nishino

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Thermostable Carboxylesterase from an Archaeon, Sulfolobus shibatae DSM5389: Non-Linear Kinetic Behavior of a Hormone-Sensitive Lipase Family Enzyme
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 98 (2004), 445-451.
KOKI EJIMA, JIAN LIU, YASUHIRO OSHIMA, KAZUTAKE HIROOKA, SHOKO SHIMANUKI, YUKAKO YOKOTA, HISASHI HEMMI, TORU NAKAYAMA, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

(S)-2,3-Di-O-geranylgeranylglyceryl Phosphate Synthase from the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus: Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Membrane-intrinsic Prenyltransferase Involved in the Biosynthesis of Archaeal Ether-linked Membrane Lipids
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (2004), 50197-50203.
Hisashi Hemmi, Kyohei Shibuya, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

身近な酵素の新しい素顔 次々と明らかにされるポリフェノールオキシダーゼの新しい役割
化学, 59 (2004), 55-56
中山 亨

Monitoring the expression profiles of genes induced by hyperosmotic, high salinity, and oxidative stress and abscisic acid treatment in Arabidopsis cell culture using a full-length cDNA microarray
Plant Molecular Biology, 56 (2004) 29-55.
Seiji Takahashi, Motoaki Seki, Junko Ishida, Masakazu Satou, Tetsuya Sakurai, Mari Narusaka, Asako Kamiya, Maiko Nakajima, Akiko Enju, Kenji Akiyama, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, and Kazuo Shinozaki

In vitro interaction between the human dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase and the Nieman-Pick C2 protein revealed by a yeast two-hybrid system
Biochemical and Biophysical research Communications, 318 (2004) 198-203.
Yugesh Kharel, Seiji Takahashi, Satoshi Yamashita, Tanetoshi Koyama

2003

Collagenolytic Serine-Carboxyl Proteinase from Alicyclobacillus sendaiensis Strain NTAP-1: Purification, Characterization, Gene Cloning, and Heterologous Expression
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 69 (2003), 162-169.
Naoki Tsuruoka, Toru Nakayama, Masako Ashida, Hisashi Hemmi, Masahiro Nakao, Hiroyuki Minakata, Hiroshi Oyama, Kohei Oda, and Tokuzo Nishino

Proposed Mechanism and Functional Amino Acid Residues of Malonyl-CoA:Anthocyanin 5-O-Glucoside-6''-O-Malonyltransferase from Flowers of Salvia Splendens, a Member of the Versatile Plant Acyltransferase Family
Biochemistry, 42 (2003), 1764-1771.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Alicyclobacillus sendaiensis sp. nov., a novel acidophilic, slightly thermophilic species isolated from soil in Sendai, Japan
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 53 (2003), 1081-1084.
Naoki Tsuruoka, Yuri Isono, Osamu Shida, Hisashi Hemmi, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Improvement of thermostability of cold-active serine alkaline protease from the psychrotrophic bacterium Shewanella sp. strain Ac10 by rational mutagenesis
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 22 (2003), 113-117.
Ljudmila Kulakova, Andrey Galkin, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, Nobuyoshi Esaki

Cloning, heterologous expression, renaturation, and characterization of a cold-adapted esterase with unique primary structure from a psychrotroph Pseudomonas sp. strain B11-1
Protein Expression and Purification, 30 (2003), 171-178.
Takeshi Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Dong Wong Choo, Yuriko Hirano, Tatsuo Kurihara, Tokuzo Nishino, and Nobuyoshi Esaki

Fusion-type lycopene β-cyclase from a thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 305 (2003), 586-591.
Hisashi Hemmi, Satoru Ikejiri, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Altering the substrate chain-length specificity of an α-glucosidase
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 304 (2003), 684-690.
Akio Noguchi, Toru Nakayama, Hisashi Hemmi, and Tokuzo Nishino

An alternative mechanism of product chain-length determination in type III geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase
European Journal of Biochemistry, 270 (2003), 2186-2194.
Hisashi Hemmi, Motoyoshi Noike, Toru Nakayama and Tokuzo Nishino

Identification of a cDNA Encoding Malonyl-Coenzyme A:Anthocyanidin 3-O-Glucoside 6”-O-Malonyltransferase from Cineraria (Senecio cruentus) Flowers
Plant Biotechnology, 20 (2003), 229-234.
Hirokazu SUZUKI, Shin-ya SAWADA, Keiko YONEKURA-SAKAKIBARA, Toru NAKAYAMA, Masa-atsu YAMAGUCHI, and Tokuzo NISHINO

Deciphering the Molecular Basis of the Broad Substrate Specificity of α-Glucosidase from Bacillus sp. SAM1606
Journal of Biochemistry, 134 (2003), 543-550.
Akio Noguchi, Masayasu Yano, Yasuhiro Ohshima, Hisashi Hemmi,
Misa Inohara-Ochiai, Maki Okada, Kyong-Son Min, Toru Nakayama and Tokuzo Nishino

Acidulocomposting, an Accelerated Composting Process of Garbage under Thermoacidophilic Conditions for Prolonged Periods
Journal of Environmental Biotechnology (環境バイオテクノロジー学会誌), 3 (2003), 33-36.
TOKUZO NISHINO, TORU NAKAYAMA, HISASHI HEMMI, TAKEFUMI SHIMOYAMA, SATOSHI YAMASHITA, MINORU AKAI, TAKAHIRO KANAGAWA and KATSUJI HOSHI

花色発現をつかさどるポリフェノールオキシダーゼの酵素科学
日本農芸化学会誌 77, (2003), 421-424.
中山 亨


Anthocyanin acyltransferases: specificities, mechanism, phylogenetics, and applications
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 23 (2003), 117-132.
Toru Nakayama, Hirokazu Suzuki, Tokuzo Nishino

Molecular Cloning, Expression and Characterization of cDNA Encoding cis-Prenyltransferases from Hevea brasiliensis - A key factor participating in natural rubber biosynthesis
European Journal of Biochemistry, 270 (2003) 4671-4680.
Kasem Asawatreratanakul, Yuan-Wei Zhang, Dhirayos Wititsuwannakul, Rapepun Wititsuwannakul, Seiji Takahashi, Atiya Rattanapittayaporn, Tanetoshi Koyama

Isolation and expression of Paracoccus denitrificans decaprenyl diphosphate synthase gene for production of ubiquinone-10 in Escherichia coli
Biochemical Engineering Journal, 16 (2003) 183-190.
Seiji Takahashi, Tokuzo Nishino, Tanetoshi Koyama

Identification of human dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase gene
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1625 (2003) 291-295.
Shota Endo, Yuan-Wei Zhang, Seiji Takahashi, Tanetoshi Koyama

Cloning, expression and characterization of a functional cDNA clone encoding geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase of Hevea brasiliensis
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1625 (2003) 214-220.
Akiyuki Takaya, Yuan-Wei Zhang, Kasem Asawatreratanakul, Dhirayos Wititsuwannakul, Rapepun Wititsuwannakul, Seiji Takahashi, Tanetoshi Koyama

プレニル鎖延長酵素の遺伝子解明研究からみた天然ゴム生合成の分子解析
日本ゴム協会誌, 76(2003)446-452
高橋征司、古山種俊

2002

cDNA Cloning, Heterologous Expressions, and Functional Characterization of Malonyl-CoA:Anthocyanidin 3-O-Glucoside-6"-O-Malonyltransferase from Dahlia variabilis Flowers
Plant Physiology, 130 (2002), 2142-2151.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Yuko Fukui, Noriko Nakamura, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi, and Tokuzo Nishino

Site-specific mutagenesis at positions 272 and 273 of the Bacillus sp. SAM1606 α-glucosidase to screen mutants with altered specificity for oligosaccharide production by transglucosylation
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 16 (2002), 265-274.
Maki Okada, Toru Nakayama, Akio Noguchi, Masayasu Yano, Hisashi Hemmi, Tokuzo Nishino, Takashi Ueda

A cold-active esterase with a substrate preference for vinyl esters from a psychrotroph, Acinetobacter sp. strain No.6: gene cloning, purification, and characterization
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 16 (2002), 255-263.
Takeshi Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Tatsuo Kurihara, Tokuzo Nishino, Nobuyoshi Esaki

Primary Structure and Catalytic Properties of a Cold-active Esterase from a Psychrotroph, Acinetobacter sp. Strain No.6 Isolated from Siberian Soil
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 66 (2002), 1682-1690.
Takeshi SUZUKI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Tatsuo KURIHARA, Tokuzo NISHINO, and Nobuyoshi ESAKI

Deletion and Insertion of a 192-Residue Peptide in the Active-Site Domain of Glycosyl Hydrolase Family-2 β-Galactosidases
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 93 (2002), 575-583.
MISA INOHARA-OCHIAI, SATOSHI HASEGAWA, SOTA IGUCHI, TOSHIHIKO ASHIKARI, YUJI SHIBANO, HISASHI HEMMI, TORU NAKAYAMA, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Novel Sugar Phosphotransferase System Applicable to the Efficient Labeling of the Compounds Synthesized via the Non-Mevalonate Pathway in Escherichia coli
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 93 (2002), 515-518.
HISASHI HEMMI, SATOSHI YAMASHITA, TORU NAKAYAMA, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Hsc62, Hsc56, and GrpE, the third Hsp70 chaperone system of Escherichia coli
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 293 (2002), 1389-1385.
Kazuaki Yoshimune, Tohru Yoshimura, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, and Nobuyoshi Esaki

Change of product specificity of hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Sulfolobus solfataricus by introducing mimetic mutations
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 297 (2002), 1096-1101.
Hisashi Hemmi, Motoyoshi Noike, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Synthesis of Glucosyltrehaloses by a Thermostable α-Glucosidase with Broad Substrate Specificity and High Transglucosylation Activity: Assessment Using Wild-Type Enzyme and Mutants with Amino Acid Substitution near Active Site
Journal of Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science, 55 (2002), 19-25.
Maki Okada, Toru Nakayama, Akio Noguchi, Tokuzo Nishino, Yukiko Kan, Takashi Iwashita, and Takashi Ueda

生体触媒の新しい機能・特性の探索と解析
生物工学会誌, 80 (2002), 111-117.
中山 亨

Enzymology of Aurone Biosynthesis
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 94 (2002), 487-491.
TORU NAKAYAMA

2001

Malonyl-CoA:Anthocyanin 5-O-Glucoside-6'''-O-Malonyltransferase from Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens) Flowers ENZYME PURIFICATION, GENE CLONING, EXPRESSION, AND CHARACTERIZATION
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276 (2001), 49013-49019.
Hirokazu Suzuki, Toru Nakayama, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Yuko Fukui, Noriko Nakamura, Masahiro Nakao, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Masa-atsu Yamaguchi, Takaaki Kusumi, and Tokuzo Nishino

Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of cis-Polyprenyl Diphosphate Synthase from the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 183 (2001), 401-404.
HISASHI HEMMI, SATOSHI YAMASHITA, TAKEFUMI SHIMOYAMA, TORU NAKAYAMA, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Enzymatic formation of aurones in the extracts of yellow snapdragon flowers
Plant Science, 160 (2001), 229-236.
Takuya Sato, Toru Nakayama, Sanae Kikuchi, Yuko Fukui, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Takashi Ueda, Tokuzo Nishino, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi

Cloning and rational mutagenesis of kexstatin I, a potent proteinaceous inhibitor of Kex2 proteinase
Biochemical Journal, 355 (2001), 339-346.
Kohei ODA, Hiroshi OYAMA, Satoshi ITO, Momoko FUKIHARU, Yu MIYAGAWA, Saori TAKAHASHI, Mika HIROSE, Norihisa KIKUCHI, Toru NAKAYAMA and Yuji SHIBANO

Specificity analysis and mechanism of aurone synthesis catalyzed by aureusidin synthase, a polyphenol oxidase homolog responsible for flower coloration
FEBS Letters, 499 (2001), 107-111.
Toru Nakayama, Takuya Sato, Yuko Fukui, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Hideyuki Hayashi, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi, Tokuzo Nishino

Cold-Active Lipolytic Activity of Psychrotrophic Acinetobacter sp. Strain No. 6
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 92 (2001), 144-148.
TAKESHI SUZUKI, TORU NAKAYAMA, TATSUO KURIHARA, TOKUZO NISHINO, AND NOBUYOSHI ESAKI

生ごみのアシドロコンポスト化と酵素による支援
バイオサイエンスとインダストリー, 59 (2001), 98-101.
中山 亨 西野 徳三

アシドロコンポスト化:臭気発生のほとんどない新しいコンポスト化プロセス
臭気の研究, 32 (2001), 210-216.
中山 亨 西野 徳三

「黄色い」花を作る第一歩 明らかになったオーロン生合成経路と植物ポリフェノールオキシダーゼの新しい役割
化学と生物, 39 (2001), 564-565.
中山 亨,田中 良和

An essential role of a TatC homologue of a pH-dependent protein transporter in thylakoid membrane formation during chloroplast development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98 (2001) 10499-10504.
Reiko Motohashi, Noriko Nagata, Takuya Ito, Seiji Takahashi, Tokunori Hobo, Shigeo Yoshida, and Kazuo Shinozaki

Involvement of a novel Arabidopsis phospholipase D, AtPLD, in dehydration-inducible accumulation of phosphatidic acid in stress signaling
The Plant Journal, 26 (2001) 595-605.
Takeshi Katagiri, Seiji Takahashi, and Kazuo Shinozaki

Hyperosmotic stress induces a rapid and transient increase in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate independent of abscisic acid in Arabidopsis cell culture
Plant and Cell Physiology, 42 (2001) 214-222.
Seiji Takahashi, Takeshi Katagiri, Takashi Hirayama, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki and Kazuo Shinozaki

2000

Aureusidin Synthase: A Polyphenol Oxidase Homolog Responsible for Flower Coloration
Science, 290 (2000), 1163-1166.
T. Nakayama, K. Yonekura-Sakakibara, T. Sato, S. Kikuchi, Y. Fukui, M. Fukuchi-Mizutani, T. Ueda, M. Nakao, Y. Tanaka, T. Kusumi, T. Nishino

Purification and inactivation by substrate of an allene oxide synthase (CYP74) from corn (Zea mays L.) seeds
Phytochemistry, 53 (2000), 319-323.
Yukiko Utsunomiya, Toru Nakayama, Hideo Oohira, Rie Hirota, Terutoshi Mori, Fusako Kawai, Takashi Ueda

HPLC Analysis and Optimization of Enzymatic Synthesis of 4'-O-(β-D-Glucopyranosyl)-D-Pantothenic Acid
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 46 (2000), 101-104.
Maki OKADA, Miho KYOGUCHI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Rie HIROTA, Teruo AMACHI and Takashi UEDA

Thermostable Collagenolytic Activity of a Novel Thermophilic Isolate, Bacillus sp. Strain NTAP-1
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 89 (2000), 612-614.
TORU NAKAYAMA, NAOKI TSURUOKA, MINORU AKAI, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Zinc biosorption by a zinc-resistant bacterium, Brevibacterium sp. strain HZM-1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 54 (2000), 581-588.
J. Taniguchi ・ H. Hemmi ・ K. Tanahashi ・ N. Amano ・ T. Nakayama ・ T. Nishino

An Active-Site Mutation Causes Enhanced Reactivity and Altered Regiospecificity of Transglucosylation Catalyzed by the Bacillus sp. SAM1606 α-Glucosidase
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 89 (2000), 431-437.
MISA INOHARA-OCHIAI, MAKI OKADA, TORU NAKAYAMA, HISASHI HEMMI, TAKASHI UEDA, TAKASHI IWASHITA, YUKIKO KAN, YUJI SHIBANO, TOSHIHIKO ASHIKARI, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Mutational Analysis of the Role of His452 of Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula β-Galactosidase
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 90 (2000), 535-539.
TORU NAKAYAMA, YUKA GOTO, SATOSHI HASEGAWA, MISA INOHARA-OCHIAI, YUJI SHIBANO, TOSHIHIKO ASHIKARI, AND TOKUZO NISHINO

Molecular and functional characterization of a rose lipoxygenase cDNA related to flower senescence
Plant Science, 160 (2000), 129-137.
Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani, Kanako Ishiguro, Toru Nakayama, Yukiko Utsunomiya, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Takaaki Kusumi, Takashi Ueda

An Arabidopsis gene encoding a Ca2+-binding protein is induced by abscisic acid during dehydration
Plant and Cell Physiology, 41 (2000) 898-903.
Seiji Takahashi, Takeshi Katagiri, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki and Kazuo Shinozaki

1999

Purification, characterization, and application of an acid urease from Arthrobacter mobilis
Journal of Biotechnology, 68 (1999), 227-236.
Katsuro Miyagawa, Motoo Sumida, Masahiro Nakao, Masami Harada, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Takaaki Kusumi, Kiyoshi Yoshizawa, Teruo Amachi, Toru Nakayama

Fungal peroxidase: its structure, function, and application
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 6 (1999), 185-198.
Toru Nakayama, Teruo Amachi

微生物β-ガラクトシダーゼの分子酵素学とその応用
TOBIN, No. 18 (1999), 37-41.
中山 亨

Isolation of an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA encoding a pleckstrin homology domain protein, a putative homologue of human plackstrin
Journal of Experimental Botany, 50 (1999) 729-730.
Koji Mikami, Seiji Takahashi, Takeshi Katagiri, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki and Kazuo Shinozaki

1998

Unique primary structure of a thermostable multimetal β-galactosidase from Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1388 (1998), 77-83.
Misa Inohara-Ochiai, Toru Nakayama, Masahiro Nakao, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Takashi Ueda, Toshihiko Ashikari, Tokuzo Nishino, Yuji Shibano

広範な基質特異性を有するα-グルコシダーゼとそのトレハロース認識に関わるアミノ酸残基
応用糖質科学 (Oyo Toshitsu Kagaku: J. Appl. Glycosci.), 45 (1998), 185-197.
中山 亨,落合美佐,中尾正宏,後藤理枝子,上田隆史,柴野裕次

1997

Altering Substrate Specificity of Bacillus sp. SAM1606 α-Glucosidase by Comparative Site-specific Mutagenesis
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 272 (1997), 1601-1607.
Misa Inohara-Ochiai, Toru Nakayama, Rieko Goto, Masahiro Nakao, Takashi Ueda, and Yuji Shibano

微生物β-ガラクトシダーゼ:その酵素学と食品工学的利用
New Food Industry, 39 (1997), 58-64.
中山 亨 上田 隆史

1996

好熱性放線菌Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula の耐熱性マルチメタルβ-ガラクトシダーゼの機能と構造
応用糖質科学 (Oyo Toshitsu Kagaku: J. Appl. Glycosci.), 43 (1996), 237-245.
中山 亨, 落合美佐, 中尾正宏, 原田雅己, 上田隆史, 柴野裕次

β-ガラクトシダーゼ研究の進展
生物工学会誌, 74 (1996), 135.
中山 亨

1995

Visible Light-Sensitized Oxidation of Arachidonic Acid in the Presence of Inperatorin
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 41 (1995), 387-393.
Yuka FUKUI, Mayumi MORITA, Kazuko OSAKADA, Toru NAKAYAMA, Masakazu MATSUOKA, Rie HIROTA, Hisako IIZUMI, and Takashi UEDA

Visible Spectrophotometric Assay, Purification, and Molecular Properties of a Lipoxygenase from Eggplant (Solanum melongena Linne) Fruits
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 214 (1995), 1067-1072.
Toru Nakayama, Yuriko Takeura, and Takashi Ueda

Structures of genomic and complementary DNAs coding for Pleurotus ostreatus manganese (II) peroxidase
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1251 (1995), 205-209.
Yasuhiko Asada, Akira Watanabe, Toshikazu Irie, Toru Nakayama, Masaaki Kuwahara

Cloning, Sequencing, and Heterologous Expression of a Gene Coding for Arthromyces ramosus Peroxidase
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 59 (1995), 1221-1228.
Haruyo SAWAI-HATANAKA, Toshihiko ASHIKARI, Yoshikazu TANAKA, Yasuhiko ASADA, Toru NAKAYAMA, Hiroyuki MINAKATA, Naoki KUNISHIMA, Keiichi FUKUYAMA, Hideaki YAMADA, Yuji SHIBANO, and Teruo AMACHI

1994

Purification and characterization of a thermostable β-galactosidase with high transgalactosylation activity from Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 40 (1994), 657-663.
Masahiro Nakao, Masami Harada, Yukiko Kodama, Toru Nakayama, Yuji Shibano, Teruo Amachi

Purification and characterization of a Bacillus sp. SAM1606 thermostable α-glucosidase with high transglucosylation activity
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 40 (1994), 337-343.
M. Nakao ・ T. Nakayama ・ M. Harada ・ A. Kakudo ・ H. Ikemoto ・ S. Kobayashi ・ Y. Shibano

Structure and expression of a gene coding for thermostable α-glucosidase with a broad substrate specificity from Bacillus sp. SAM1606
European Journal of Biochemistry, 220 (1994), 293-300.
Masahiro NAKAO, Toru NAKAYAMA, Akemi KAKUDO, Misa INOHARA, Masami HARADA, Fumihiko OMURA, and Yuji SHIBANO

Oxidation-Reduction Properties of Compounds I and II of Arthromyces ramosus Peroxidase
Biochemistry, 33 (1994), 5647-5652.
Z. Shadi Farhangrazi, Bruce R. Copeland, Toru Nakayama, Teruo Amachi, Isao Yamazaki, and L. S. Powers

Divalent Metal Ion Requirements of a Thermostable Multimetal β-Galactosidase from Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 269 (1994), 22021-22026.
Masami Harada, Misa Inohara, Masahiro Nakao, Toru Nakayama, Akemi Kakudo, Yuji Shibano, and Teruo Amachi

1983-1993

Purification and Characterization of Endogeneous Protein Activator of Human Platelet Proteasome
Journal of Biochemistry, 114 (1993), 317-323.
Masao Yukawa, Masato Sakon, Jun-ichi Kambayashi, Ei-ichi Shiba, Tomio Kawasaki, Yoshio Uemura, Kohei Murata, Takaharu Tanaka, Toru Nakayama, Hiroshi Shibata, and Takesada Mori

目で見るバイオ 微生物ペルオキシダーゼと化学発光
バイオサイエンスとバイオインダストリー, 50 (1992), 7-8.
中山 亨・天知 輝夫

微生物ペルオキシダーゼの性質とその応用
バイオサイエンスとインダストリー, 50 (1992), 442-444.
中山 亨・天知 輝夫

A Novel Trehalase Inhibitor, Trehalostatin, Produced by Amycolatopsis trehalostatica HG-25
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 55 (1991), 895-897.
Sawao MURAO, Takafumi SAKAI, Hideki GIBO, Toru NAKAYAMA and Takashi SHIN

Structure of Trehalostatin: A Potent and Specific Inhibitor of Trehalase
Journal of Chemical Society Chemical Communications, Issue 14 (1991), 919-921.
Toru Nakayama, Teruo Amachi, Sawao Murao, Takafumi Sakai, Takashi Shin, Peter T. M. Kenny, Takashi Iwashita, Michael Zagorski, Hajime Komura and Kyosuke Nomoto

トレハロース,トレハラーゼ,トレハラーゼ阻害剤
醗酵工学, 69 (1991), 273-247.
中山 亨

Specific Labeling of the Essential Cysteine Residue of L-Methionine γ-Lyase with a Cofactor Analogue, N-(Bromoacetyl)pyridoxamine Phosphate
Biochemistry, 27 (1988), 1587-1591.
Toru Nakayama, Nobuyoshi Esaki, Hidehiko Tanaka, and Kenji Soda

Chemical Modification of Cysteine Residues of L-Methionine γ-Lyase
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 52 (1988), 177-183.
Toru NAKAYAMA, Nobuyoshi ESAKI, Hidehiko TANAKA and Kenji SODA

Catalytic Action of L-Methionine γ-Lyase on 4-Azaleucine
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 51 (1987), 3159-3160.
Setsuo FURUYOSHI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Nobuyoshi ESAKI, Hidehiko TANAKA and Kenji SODA

Synthesis of Labeled (±)-2-Amino-3-butenoic Acids
Journal of Organic Chemistry, 51 (1986), 3384-3386.
Seiji Sawada, Thoru Nakayama, Nobuyoshi Esaki, Hidehiko Tanaka, Kenji Soda, and Richard K. Hill

L-Methionine gγ-lyaseの酵素自殺基質反応:S-(N-methylthio carbamoyl)-L-cysteineによる不活性化とその機構
含硫アミノ酸 (Sulfur Amino Acids), 9 (1986), 281-283.
江崎 信芳, 木村 富美夫, 後藤 譲治, 中山 亨, 田中 英彦, 左右田健次

1H NMR Studies of Substrate Hydrogen Exchange Reactions Catalyzed by L-Methionine γ-Lyase
Biochemistry, 24 (1985), 3857-3862.
Nobuyoshi Esaki, Toru Nakayama, Seiji Sawada, Hidehiko Tanaka, and Kenji Soda

Purification of Bacterial L-Methionine γ-Lyase
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, 138 (1984), 421-424.
TORU NAKAYAMA, NOBUYOSHI ESAKI, KUNIO SUGIE, TEMIR T. BERESOV, HIDEHIKO TANAKA, AND KENJI SODA

S-(N-METHYLTHIOCARBAMOYL)-L-CYSTEINE, A SUICIDE SUBSTRATE OF L-METHIONINE γ-LYASE
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 785 (1984), 54-60.
NOBUYOSHI ESAKI, TOMIO KIMURA, JOJI GOTO, TORU NAKAYAMA, HIDEHIKO TANAKA and KENJI SODA

Reactions of O-Substituted L-Homoserines Catalyzed by L-Methionine γ-Lyase and Their Mechanism
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 48 (1984), 1991-1996.
Nobuyoshi ESAKI, Toru NAKAYAMA, Seiji SAWADA, Hidehiko TANAKA and Kenji SODA

Purification and Properties of L-Methionine g-Lyase from Aeromonas sp.
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 48 (1984), 2367-2369.
Toru NAKAYAMA, Nobuyoshi ESAKI, Woon-Joo LEE, Izumi TANAKA,
Hidehiko TANAKA and Kenji SODA

光学活性含セレンアミノ酸の合成
含硫アミノ酸 (Sulfur Amino Acids), 7 (1984), 221-224.
PATRIC CHOCAT, 中山 亨, 江崎 信芳, 田中 英彦, 左右田健次

L-Methionine γ-Lyase: 精製方法の改良とサブユニット構造
含硫アミノ酸 (Sulfur Amino Acids), 6 (1983), 175-178.
中山 亨, 江崎 信芳, 与那覇和雄, 田中 英彦, 左右田健次

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