Crofts Naoko

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Associate professor
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Research field (1)： Plants: molecular biology and physiology

Research keywords (3)： Seed storage protein , Starch , Rice

Research theme for competitive and other funds (5)：

2020 - 2023 イネ澱粉枝作り酵素アイソザイムの各組織における機能と相補作用の解析
2018 - 2022 米澱粉の分子構造と物性を制御するメカニズムの解明
2018 - 2020 Elucidating the control mechanisms of starch struture through the analyses of starch structure and protein interaction using starch branching enzyme deficient mutant rice lines.
2015 - 2019 イネ澱粉生合成関連酵素の酵素間相互作用に着目した澱粉構造制御機構の解明
2016 - 2018 Mechanisms of protein-protein interaction which govern the structure of starch.

Papers (39)：

Tsukine Nakano, Naoko Crofts, Satoko Miura, Naoko F. Oitome, Yuko Hosaka, Kyoko Ishikawa, Naoko Fujita. Three Starch Synthase IIa (SSIIa) Alleles Reveal the Effect of SSIIa on the Thermal and Rheological Properties, Viscoelasticity, and Eating Quality of Glutinous Rice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023. 24. 4. 3726-3726
Ryo Matsushima, Hiroshi Hisano, Ivan Galis, Satoko Miura, Naoko Crofts, Yuto Takenaka, Naoko F Oitome, Takeshi Ishimizu, Naoko Fujita, Kazushiro Sato. FLOURY ENDOSPERM 6 mutations enhance the sugary phenotype caused by the loss of ISOAMYLASE1 in barley. 2022
Ryutaro Morita, Naoko Crofts, Satoko Miura, Ken-Ichi Ikeda, Naohiro Aoki, Hiroshi Fukayama, Naoko Fujita. Characterization of the Functions of Starch Synthase IIIb Expressed in the Vegetative Organs of Rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant & cell physiology. 2022
Naoko Crofts, Kaito Hareyama, Satoko Miura, Yuko Hosaka, Naoko F Oitome, Naoko Fujita. Effect of Heading Date on the Starch Structure and Grain Yield of Rice Lines with Low Gelatinization Temperature. International journal of molecular sciences. 2022. 23. 18
Satoko Miura, Maiko Narita, Naoko Crofts, Yuki Itoh, Yuko Hosaka, Naoko F Oitome, Misato Abe, Rika Takahashi, Naoko Fujita. Improving Agricultural Traits While Maintaining High Resistant Starch Content in Rice. Rice (New York, N.Y.). 2022. 15. 1. 28-28

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MISC (25)：

Satoko Miura, Naoko Crofts, Ryutaro Morita, Yuko Hosaka, Naoko F Oitome, Misato Abe, Naoko Fujita. Analysis of leaf sheath starch structure in starch branching enzyme (BE) double mutant rice lines. 2023 Starch Round Table. 2023
Naoko Crofts. From combining defective starch biosynthetic enzymes to breeding for practical applications in rice. 2023 Starch Round Table. 2023
三浦聡子, 小熊七海, 森田隆太郎, クロフツ尚子, 藤田直子. ゲノム編集変異体を用いたイネスターチシンターゼ(SS)IVa の機能解明. 日本応用糖質科学会. 2023
クロフツ尚子, 渡邊洸, 三浦聡子, 保坂優子, 追留那緒子, 藤田直子. 米の澱粉構造に着目した難消化性澱粉(RS)含量の制御. 日本応用糖質科学会. 2023
藤田直子, 阿久津帆乃香, 三浦聡子, 森田隆太郎, クロフツ尚子. イネの二つのアミロース合成酵素(GBSS)を欠損させると,澱粉は完全にアミロースフリーになる?. 日本応用糖質科学会. 2023

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Education (2)：

Work history (11)：

2023/04 - 現在 National Institute of Technology, Akita College School of Creative System Engineering Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Associate professor
2010/03 - 現在 Akita International University Basic Education Adjunct lecturer
2022/05 - 2023/03 Akita Prefectural University Select assistant professor
2021/07 - 2022/04 Akita Prefectural University Faculty of Bioresource Sciences Post-doctral researcher
2018/07 - 2021/06 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science RPD research fellow

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