Lu Zhou, Takayoshi Awakawa, Richiro Ushimaru, Masahiro Kanaida, Ikuro Abe. Characterization of Aziridine-Forming α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenase in l-Isovaline Biosynthesis. Organic Letters. 2024. 26. 3. 724-727
Richiro Ushimaru, Lide Cha, Shotaro Shimo, Xiaojun Li, Jared C. Paris, Takahiro Mori, Kazunori Miyamoto, Lindsay Coffer, Masanobu Uchiyama, Yisong Guo, et al. Mechanistic Analysis of Stereodivergent Nitroalkane Cyclopropanation Catalyzed by Nonheme Iron Enzymes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2023. 145. 44. 24210-24217
Richiro Ushimaru, Yiling Ding, Takahiro Mori, Kazunori Miyamoto, Masanobu Uchiyama, Ikuro Abe. Structural and Mechanistic Insights into the C-C Bond-Forming Rearrangement Reaction Catalyzed by Heterodimeric Hinokiresinol Synthase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2023. 145. 40. 21966-21973
Richiro Ushimaru, Jiaqi Lyu, Ikuro Abe. Diverse enzymatic chemistry for propionate side chain cleavages in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis. Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology. 2023