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Kitaoka Motomitsu

キタオカ モトミツ | Kitaoka Motomitsu
Affiliation and department:
Research field  (1): Applied biochemistry
Research keywords  (3): Bifidobacteria ,  Oligosaccharides ,  Carbohydrate Active Enzymes
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (3):
  • 2021 - 2025 Comprehensive analysis and application of a bacterial Levoglucosan metabolism involving novel enzymes
  • 2021 - 2024 Investigation for unrevealed lytic pathway of polysaccharides initiated with oxidation of a hydroxyl group
  • 2021 - 2024 Enzymatic insight into the microbiota formation in infant guts
Papers (214):
  • Junichi Mano, Hirotoshi Sushida, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Ken Naito, Hiroshi Ono, Masakazu Ike, Ken Tokuyasu, Motomitsu Kitaoka. Extracellular oil production by Rhodotorula paludigena BS15 for biorefinery without complex downstream processes. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2023. 107. 22. 6799-6809
  • Xin Huang, Yue Sun, Suhong Li, Motomitsu Kitaoka, Tuoping Li. Encapsulation of Lacto-N-biose based on ovalbumin and carboxymethyl cellulose microparticles: fabrication, characterisation and thermal stability. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 2023. 58. 5. 2590-2598
  • Aina Gotoh, Masafumi Hidaka, Haruko Sakurama, Mamoru Nishimoto, Motomitsu Kitaoka, Mikiyasu Sakanaka, Shinya Fushinobu, Takane Katayama. Substrate recognition mode of a glycoside hydrolase family 42 β-galactosidase from Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis (BiBga42A) revealed by crystallographic and mutational analyses. Microbiome Research Reports. 2023. 2. 20
  • Motomitsu Kitaoka. Automatic Calculation of the Kinetic Parameters of Enzymatic Reactions with Their Standard Errors Using Microsoft Excel. Journal of applied glycoscience. 2023. 70. 1. 33-37
  • Wataru Saburi, Takanori Nihira, Hiroyuki Nakai, Motomitsu Kitaoka, Haruhide Mori. Discovery of solabiose phosphorylase and its application for enzymatic synthesis of solabiose from sucrose and lactose. Scientific Reports. 2022. 12. 1
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Patents (36):
Professional career (1):
  • Ph. D.
Work history (9):
  • 2019/04 - 現在 Niigata University Faculty of Agriculture Professor
  • 2018/04 - 2019/03 Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Division of Analytical Science Director
  • 2015/04 - 2018/03 Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Division of Food Biotechnology Head, Enzyme Research Unit
  • 2006/04 - 2015/03 National Food Research Institute, NARO Food Biotechnology Division Leader, Enzyme Laboratory
  • 2004/04 - 2006/03 National Food Research Institute Division of Biotechnology Leader, Enzyme Laboratory
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Awards (5):
  • 2017/09 - The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience Society Award Advanced utilization of carbohydrate-processing enzymes
  • 2011/03 - The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry Most Cited Paper Award doi: 10.1271/bbb.80697
  • 2009/04 - The Iijima Foundation for Food Science and Technology, Technology Award Production of lacto-N-biose I, the bifidus factor in human milk oligosaccharides
  • 2009/03 - The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry Most Cited Paper Award doi: 10.1271/bbb.70320
  • 2002/09 - The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience Society Award for the Encouragement of Young Scientists Studies on Carbohydrate-processing Phosphorolytic Enzymes
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