Research field (2):
Food sciences
, Applied biochemistry
Research keywords (3):
物質生産
, 糖質科学
, 酵素化学
Research theme for competitive and other funds (7):
2022 - 2025 糖質の構造と生理活性の相関解明に向けた機能性糖質の創生
2019 - 2022 Screening of novel carbohydrate phosphorylase using carbohydrate assimilation modified Escherichia coli
2016 - 2019 Screening of novel carbohydrate phosphorylase using metagenomics
2014 - 2017 Studies on the energetically efficient metabolic pathway of N-glycans in intestinal bacteria
2014 - 2016 Screening of carbohydrate phosphorylases enabling practical synthesis of oligosaccharides
2012 - 2014 Enzymactic synthesis of functional oligosaccharides by nocel carbohydrate phosphorylases
2011 - 2013 新規糖質加リン酸分解酵素を活用した機能性オリゴ糖のライブラリー化
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Papers (81):
Sei Motouchi, Shiro Komba, Hiroyuki Nakai, Masahiro Nakajima. Discovery of Anomer-Inverting Transglycosylase: Cyclic Glucohexadecaose-Producing Enzyme from Xanthomonas, a Phytopathogen. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2024. 146. 26. 17738-17746
Meng-Shu Hao, Scott Mazurkewich, He Li, Alma Kvammen, Srijani Saha, Salla Koskela, Annie R. Inman, Masahiro Nakajima, Nobukiyo Tanaka, Hiroyuki Nakai, et al. Structural and biochemical analysis of family 92 carbohydrate-binding modules uncovers multivalent binding to β-glucans. Nature Communications. 2024. 15. 1
Nobukiyo Tanaka, Ryotaro Saito, Kaito Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nakai, Shogo Kamo, Kouji Kuramochi, Hayao Taguchi, Masahiro Nakajima, Tomoko Masaike. Functional and structural analysis of a cyclization domain in a cyclic β-1,2-glucan synthase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2024. 108. 1
Sei Motouchi, Kaito Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nakai, Masahiro Nakajima. Identification of enzymatic functions of osmo-regulated periplasmic glucan biosynthesis proteins from Escherichia coli reveals a novel glycoside hydrolase family. Communications Biology. 2023. 6. 1
Ami Koizumi, Ken Miyazawa, Makoto Ogata, Yuzuru Takahashi, Shigekazu Yano, Akira Yoshimi, Motoaki Sano, Masafumi Hidaka, Takanori Nihira, Hiroyuki Nakai, et al. Cleavage of α-1,4-glycosidic linkages by the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored α-amylase AgtA decreases the molecular weight of cell wall α-1,3-glucan in Aspergillus oryzae. Frontiers in Fungal Biology. 2023. 3. Article 1061841
Wade Abbott, Orly Alber, Ed Bayer, Jean-Guy Berrin, Alisdair Boraston, Harry Brumer, Ryszard Brzezinski, Anthony Clarke, Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano, Darrell Cockburn, et al. Ten years of CAZypedia: a living encyclopedia of carbohydrate-active enzymes. GLYCOBIOLOGY. 2018. 28. 1. 3-8
2010/07 - Plant Polysaccharide and Applied Glycoscience Workshop 2010 Poster Award
2007/04 - 7th Carbohydrate Bioengineering Meeting 1st Poster Award
2004/07 - Plant Polysaccharide Workshop Best Poster Award
2004/03 - 日本農芸化学会 平成16年度大会記者会見報道用トピックス賞
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Association Membership(s) (3):
THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH
, JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BIOSCIENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND AGROCHEMISTRY
, THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF APPLIED GLYCOSCIENCE