Research theme for competitive and other funds (11):
2020 - 2023 Impacts of lignin structural variations on the functions and properties of lignocellulose as studied with lignin-modified engineered plants
2019 - 2023 Control of polymer structure by enzyme: structure-function relationship of cellulose synthase
2018 - 2022 Cell-free approach to design cellulose nanofibers
2015 - 2019 Structural determination of oligomeric cellulose synthase complex
2015 - 2017 Construction of E. coli expression system for eukaryotic membrane proteins
2013 - 2015 Exploitation of protocols for assaying cellulose synthase activity by using light-scattering and spectroscopy
2011 - 2014 Start-up study of the structural biology of cellulose synthase complex
2010 - 2011 Start-up study of functional analysis of cellulose synthase
2007 - 2009 In vitro synthesis of cell wall polysaccharides and their characterization
2002 - 2004 クライオ電子顕微鏡法によるセルロース合成酵素の立体構造解析
1998 - 1999 天然セルロースの新しいミクロフィブリルモデルの構築
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Papers (102):
Yu’na Kan, Yanqing Miao, Shengcheng Zhai, Mingzhu Pan, Enhui Sun, Changlei Xia, Jianxiong Lyu, Tomoya Imai. New insight into cell wall pore structure in brown-rotted wood and its utilization as a new low-cost, sustainable adsorbent. Industrial Crops and Products. 2024. 208. 117843-117843
2020/03 - The Japan Wood Research Society The Japan Wood Research Society Best Paper Award Selective fluorescence labeling: time-lapse enzyme visualization during sugarcane hydrolysis
2003/07 - The Cellulose Society of Japan Progress Award for 2003
Association Membership(s) (5):
THE JAPANESE BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY
, The Japanese Society of Microscopy
, The Biophysical Society of Japan
, Cellulose Society of Japan
, The Japan Wood Research Society