Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2023 - 2025 リグニン由来芳香族化合物への耐性に関わる薬剤排出ポンプの機能解析
2022 - 2025 Effect of esterified fatty acid cis,trans-isomerase on tolerance to lignin-related aromatic compounds
2022 - 2025 リグニン由来芳香族化合物アセトバニロンの新規代謝系の解明と物質生産への応用
2020 - 2022 Characterization of novel microbial strains with high metabolic function of acetovanillone
Papers (15):
Akihiro Yoshida, Irwan Kurnia, Yudai Higuchi, Yuta Osaka, Chieko Yasuta, Chiho Sakamoto, Mina Tamura, Tsubasa Takamatsu, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai, et al. Direct catalytic oxidation of rice husk lignin with hydroxide nanorod-modified copper foam and muconate production by engineered Pseudomonas sp. NGC7. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 2024
Hiroya Ishimaru, Takuya Yoshikawa, Yudai Higuchi, Yuta Nakasaka, Akihiro Yoshida, Tomonori Sonoki, Takao Masuda. Direct extraction of biphasic organosolv lignin for producing aromatic aldehydes via alkaline oxidation. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 2024. 158. 105009-105009
Mitsuru Kawazoe, Kenji Takahashi, Yosuke Tokue, Shojiro Hishiyama, Hayato Seki, Yudai Higuchi, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai. Catabolic System of 5-Formylferulic Acid, a Downstream Metabolite of a β-5-Type Lignin-Derived Dimer, in Sphingobium lignivorans SYK-6. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2023
Yudai Higuchi, Hiroya Ishimaru, Takuya Yoshikawa, Takao Masuda, Chiho Sakamoto, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai, Daisuke Takeuchi, Tomonori Sonoki. Successful selective production of vanillic acid from depolymerized sulfite lignin and its application to poly(ethylene vanillate) synthesis. Bioresource Technology. 2023. 129450-129450
Ryo Kato, Kodai Maekawa, Shota Kobayashi, Shojiro Hishiyama, Rui Katahira, Miki Nambo, Yudai Higuchi, Eugene Kuatsjah, Gregg T Beckham, Naofumi Kamimura, et al. Stereoinversion via Alcohol Dehydrogenases Enables Complete Catabolism of β-1-Type Lignin-Derived Aromatic Isomers. Applied and environmental microbiology. 2023. 89. 6. e0017123