総論文数 178 (2024/03/13, Scopus) 当研究室で解析を進めているSphingobium lignivorans SYK-6株(2023年12月まではSphingobium sp. SYK-6株と呼称)等の細菌を中心とした、細菌によるリグニン由来化合物の細胞内への基質輸送、代謝経路、酵素・遺伝子、遺伝子の転写制御に関するこれまでの知見をまとめた総説2編、微生物のリグニン分解能を利用したリグニンの有効利用の現状についてまとめた総説、そしてこれまでに掲載された全論文を以下に示します。 Genetic and biochemical investigations on bacterial catabolic pathways for lignin-derived aromatic compounds Masai, E., Katayama, Y., Fukuda, M. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 2007 71(1), 1-150 被引用数 374 Bacterial catabolism of lignin-derived aromatics: New findings in a recent decade: Update on bacterial lignin catabolism Kamimura, N., Takahashi, K., Mori, K., Araki, T., Fujita, M., Higuchi, Y., Masai, E. Environmental Microbiology Reports 2017 9(6), 679-705 [Open Access] 被引用数 195 Advances in microbial lignin degradation and its applications Kamimura, N., Sakamoto, S., Mitsuda, N., Masai, E., Kajita, S. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2019 56, 179-186 被引用数 133 2024年 Ionic Conductive Organogels Based on Cellulose and Lignin-Derived Metabolic Intermediates Jia H.; Jimbo K.; Mayumi K.; Oda T.; Sawada T.; Serizawa T.; Araki T.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Togawa E.; Nakamura M.; Michinobu T. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 12(1), 501-511 [Open Access] 0 Citations Degradation of DDT by γ-hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase LinA Yusuf Habibullah K.O.; Ito R.; Stari L.; Kishida K.; Ohtsubo Y.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Miyauchi K.; Nagata Y. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 88(1), 123-1300 0 Citations 2023年 Stereoinversion via Alcohol Dehydrogenases Enables Complete Catabolism of b-1-Type Lignin-Derived Aromatic Isomers Kato R.; Maekawa K.; Kobayashi S.; Hishiyama S.; Katahira R.; Nambo M.; Higuchi Y.; Kuatsjah E.; Beckham G.T.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 89(6) [Open Access] 0 Citations Click Synthesis of Triazole Polymers Based on Lignin-Derived Metabolic Intermediate and Their Strong Adhesive Properties to Cu Plate Jin Y.; Joshi M.; Araki T.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Michinobu T. Polymers 15(6), 1349 [Open Access] 0 Citations Biochemical and structural characterization of a sphingomonad diarylpropane lyase for cofactorless deformylation Kuatsjah E.; Zahn M.; Chen X.; Kato R.; Hinchen D.J.; Konev M.O.; Katahira R.; Orr C.; Wagner A.; Zou Y.; Haugen S.J.; Ramirez K.J.; Michener J.K.; Pickford A.R.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Houk K.N.; McGeehan J.E.; Beckham G.T. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120(4), e2212246120 [Open Access] 4 Citations Multiplexed fitness profiling by RB-TnSeq elucidates pathways for lignin-related aromatic catabolism in Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 Bleem A.; Kato R.; Kellermyer Z.A.; Katahira R.; Miyamoto M.; Niinuma K.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Beckham G.T. Cell Reports 42(8), 112847 [Open Access] 0 Citations Successful selective production of vanillic acid from depolymerized sulfite lignin and its application to poly(ethylene vanillate) synthesis Higuchi Y.; Ishimaru H.; Yoshikawa T.; Masuda T.; Sakamoto C.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Takeuchi D.; Sonoki T. Bioresource Technology 385, 1294500 4 Citations Catabolic System of 5-Formylferulic Acid, a Downstream Metabolite of a β-5-Type Lignin-Derived Dimer, in Sphingobium lignivorans SYK-6 Kawazoe M.; Takahashi K.; Tokue Y.; Hishiyama S.; Seki H.; Higuchi Y.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 71(49), 19663-196710 0 Citations High-level production of 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid from vanillic acid as a lignin-related aromatic compound by metabolically engineered fermentation to realize industrial valorization processes of lignin Otsuka Y.; Araki T.; Suzuki Y.; Nakamura M.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Bioresource Technology 377, 1289560 3 Citations 2022年 Polyurethanes based on lignin-derived metabolic intermediate with strong adhesion to metals Cheng Y.; Kuboyama K.; Akasaka S.; Araki T.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Michinobu T. Polymer Chemistry 13(48), 6589-65980 4 Citations Integrated process development for grass biomass utilization through enzymatic saccharification and upgrading hydroxycinnamic acids via microbial funneling Suzuki Y.; Okamura-Abe Y.; Otsuka Y.; Araki T.; Nojiri M.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Nakamura M. Bioresource Technology 363, 127836 [Open Access] 8 Citations The Catabolic System of Acetovanillone and Acetosyringone in Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6 Useful for Upgrading Aromatic Compounds Obtained through Chemical Lignin Depolymerization Higuchi Y.; Kamimura N.; Takenami H.; Kikuiri Y.; Yasuta C.; Tanatani K.; Shobuda T.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Sonoki T.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 88(16) [Open Access] 3 Citations Exploration and structure-based engineering of alkenal double bond reductases catalyzing the Cα-Cβ double bond reduction of coniferaldehyde Kamimura N.; Watanabe S.; Sugimoto K.; Senda M.; Araki T.; Yu H.Y.; Hishiyama S.; Kajita S.; Senda T.; Masai E. New Biotechnology 68, 57-670 0 Citations Rerouting of the lignin biosynthetic pathway by inhibition of cytosolic shikimate recycling in transgenic hybrid aspen Hu S.; Kamimura N.; Sakamoto S.; Nagano S.; Takata N.; Liu S.; Goeminne G.; Vanholme R.; Uesugi M.; Yamamoto M.; Hishiyama S.; Kim H.; Boerjan W.; Ralph J.; Masai E.; Mitsuda N.; Kajita S. Plant Journal 110(2), 358-376 [Open Access] 10 Citations Pseudomonas sp. NGC7 as a microbial chassis for glucose-free muconate production from a variety of lignin-derived aromatics and its application to the production from sugar cane bagasse alkaline extract Akutsu M.; Abe N.; Sakamoto C.; Kurimoto Y.; Sugita H.; Tanaka M.; Higuchi Y.; Sakamoto K.; Kamimura N.; Kurihara H.; Masai E.; Sonoki T. Bioresource Technology 359, 1274790 4 Citations 2021年 Lignin valorization through efficient microbial production of β-ketoadipate from industrial black liquor Suzuki Y.; Otsuka Y.; Araki T.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Katayama Y. Bioresource Technology 337, 125489 [Open Access] 19 Citations Functional roles of multiple Ton complex genes in a Sphingobium degrader of lignin-derived aromatic compounds Fujita M.; Yano S.; Shibata K.; Kondo M.; Hishiyama S.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Scientific Reports 11(1), 22444 [Open Access] 4 Citations LsdD has a critical role in the dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol catabolism among eight lignostilbene α,β-dioxygenase isozymes in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Kamimura N.; Hirose Y.; Masuba R.; Kato R.; Takahashi K.; Higuchi Y.; Hishiyama S.; Masai E. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 159, 105208 [Open Access] 6 Citations Characterization of aromatic acid/proton symporters in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 toward efficient microbial conversion of lignin-related aromatics Wada A.; Prates É.T.; Hirano R.; Werner A.Z.; Kamimura N.; Jacobson D.A.; Beckham G.T.; Masai E. Metabolic Engineering 64, 167-179 [Open Access] 20 Citations Protocatechuic acid fuel cell: A sustainable energy generation system based on microbial metabolism of lignin-derived aromatic compounds Homma T.; Tsurusaki Y.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Ang L.Z.P. Biomass and Bioenergy 154, 1062540 8 Citations 2020年 Roles of two glutathione S-transferases in the final step of the β-aryl ether cleavage pathway in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Higuchi Y.; Sato D.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Scientific Reports 10(1), 20614 [Open Access] 9 Citations The Syringate O-Demethylase Gene of Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6 Is Regulated by DesX, while Other Vanillate and Syringate Catabolism Genes Are Regulated by DesR Araki T.; Tanatani K.; Kamimura N.; Otsuka Y.; Yamaguchi M.; Nakamura M.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 86(22), 1-16 [Open Access] 16 Citations Identification of enzymatic genes with the potential to reduce biomass recalcitrance through lignin manipulation in Arabidopsis Sakamoto S.; Kamimura N.; Tokue Y.; Nakata M.T.; Yamamoto M.; Hu S.; Masai E.; Mitsuda N.; Kajita S. Biotechnology for Biofuels 13(1), 97, 1-16 [Open Access] 19 Citations Development of the production of 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid from lignin extracts, which are industrially formed as by-products, as raw materials Suzuki Y.; Okamura-Abe Y.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Araki T.; Otsuka H.; Navarro R.R.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Katayama Y. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 130(1), 71-750 22 Citations Author Correction: Iron acquisition system of Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6, a degrader of lignin-derived aromatic compounds (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (12177), 10.1038/s41598-020-68984-2) Fujita M.; Sakumoto T.; Tanatani K.; Yu H.Y.; Mori K.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Scientific Reports 10(1), 16731 [Open Access] 0 Citations Iron acquisition system of Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6, a degrader of lignin-derived aromatic compounds Fujita M.; Sakumoto T.; Tanatani K.; Yu H.Y.; Mori K.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Scientific Reports 10(1), 12177 [Open Access] 6 Citations 2019年 Isolation of a novel platform bacterium for lignin valorization and its application in glucose-free cis,cis-muconate production Shinoda E.; Takahashi K.; Abe N.; Kamimura N.; Sonoki T.; Masai E. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 46(8), 1071-1080 [Open Access] 18 Citations Unique Complexation Behavior of Alkali Metal Ions and 2-Pyrone-4,6-Dicarboxylic Acid (PDC) Obtained from a Metabolic Intermediate of Lignin Bito M.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Shigehara K.; Shikinaka K. Waste and Biomass Valorization 10(5), 1261-12650 6 Citations A TonB-dependent receptor constitutes the outer membrane transport system for a lignin-derived aromatic compound Fujita M.; Mori K.; Hara H.; Hishiyama S.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Communications Biology 2(1), 432 [Open Access] 36 Citations Discovery of novel enzyme genes involved in the conversion of an arylglycerol-β-aryl ether metabolite and their use in generating a metabolic pathway for lignin valorization Higuchi Y.; Kato R.; Tsubota K.; Kamimura N.; Westwood N.J.; Masai E. Metabolic Engineering 55, 258-267 [Open Access] 17 Citations Advances in microbial lignin degradation and its applications Kamimura N.; Sakamoto S.; Mitsuda N.; Masai E.; Kajita S. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 56, 179-186 [Open Access] 129 Citations Regulation of vanillate and syringate catabolism by a MarR-type transcriptional regulator DesR in Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 Araki T.; Umeda S.; Kamimura N.; Kasai D.; Kumano S.; Abe T.; Kawazu C.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Scientific Reports 9(1), 18036 [Open Access] 16 Citations Publisher Correction: A TonB-dependent receptor constitutes the outer membrane transport system for a lignin-derived aromatic compound (Communications Biology, (2019), 2, 1, (432), 10.1038/s42003-019-0676-z) Fujita M.; Mori K.; Hara H.; Hishiyama S.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Communications Biology 2(1), 476 [Open Access] 2 Citations 2018年 Identification of the protocatechuate transporter gene in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 and effects of overexpression on production of a value-added metabolite Mori K.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 102(11), 4807-48160 23 Citations Glucose-Free cis,cis-Muconic Acid Production via New Metabolic Designs Corresponding to the Heterogeneity of Lignin Sonoki T.; Takahashi K.; Sugita H.; Hatamura M.; Azuma Y.; Sato T.; Suzuki S.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 6(1), 1256-12640 106 Citations Utilization of lignocellulosic biomass via novel sustainable process Shikinaka K.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Masai E.; Katayama Y. Journal of Oleo Science 67(9), 1059-1070 [Open Access] 20 Citations Bacterial catabolism of ß-hydroxypropiovanillone and β- hydroxypropiosyringone produced in the reductive cleavage of arylglycerol-ß-aryl ether in lignin Higuchi Y.; Aoki S.; Takenami H.; Kamimura N.; Takahashi K.; Hishiyama S.; Lancefield C.S.; Ojo O.S.; Katayama Y.; Westwood N.J.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84(7), e02670-17 [Open Access] 15 Citations Chapter 9: Bacterial Enzymes for the Cleavage of Lignin β-Aryl Ether Bonds: Properties and Applications Higuchi Y.; Takahashi K.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. RSC Energy and Environment Series 2018-January(19), 226-2510 4 Citations Two novel decarboxylase genes play a key role in the stereospecific catabolism of dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Takahashi K.; Miyake K.; Hishiyama S.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Environmental Microbiology 20(5), 1739-1750 [Open Access] 10 Citations Application of microalgae hydrolysate as a fermentation medium for microbial production of 2-pyrone 4,6-dicarboxylic acid Htet A.N.; Noguchi M.; Ninomiya K.; Tsuge Y.; Kuroda K.; Kajita S.; Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Shikinaka K.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Honda R.; Takahashi K. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 125(6), 717-722 [Open Access] 13 Citations DdvK, a novel major facilitator superfamily transporter essential for 5,5'-dehydrodivanillate uptake by Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Mori K.; Niinuma K.; Fujita M.; Kamimura N.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84(20), e01314-18 [Open Access] 21 Citations 2017年 Bacterial catabolism of lignin-derived aromatics: New findings in a recent decade: Update on bacterial lignin catabolism Kamimura N.; Takahashi K.; Mori K.; Araki T.; Fujita M.; Higuchi Y.; Masai E. Environmental Microbiology Reports 9(6), 679-705 [Open Access] 194 Citations Identification of natural rubber degradation gene in Rhizobacter gummiphilus NS21 Kasai D.; Imai S.; Asano S.; Tabata M.; Iijima S.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 81(3), 614-620 [Open Access] 28 Citations Phthalates impact human health: Epidemiological evidences and plausible mechanism of action Benjamin S.; Masai E.; Kamimura N.; Takahashi K.; Anderson R.C.; Faisal P.A. Journal of Hazardous Materials 340, 360-3830 444 Citations The crystal structure of a new O-demethylase from Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Harada A.; Kamimura N.; Takeuchi K.; Yu H.Y.; Masai E.; Senda T. FEBS Journal 284(12), 1855-1867 [Open Access] 19 Citations A bacterial aromatic aldehyde dehydrogenase critical for the efficient catabolism of syringaldehyde Kamimura N.; Goto T.; Takahashi K.; Kasai D.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Scientific Reports 7, 44422 [Open Access] 38 Citations 2016年 Achromobacter denitrificans SP1 efficiently utilizes 16 phthalate diesters and their downstream products through protocatechuate 3,4-cleavage pathway Benjamin S.; Kamimura N.; Takahashi K.; Masai E. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 134, 172-1780 21 Citations Isolation and characterization of a bacterial strain that degrades cis-dichloroethene in the absence of aromatic inducers Yonezuka K.; Araki N.; Shimodaira J.; Ohji S.; Hosoyama A.; Numata M.; Yamazoe A.; Kasai D.; Masai E.; Fujita N.; Ezaki T.; Fukuda M. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 62(3), 118-125 [Open Access] 3 Citations Overcoming a hemihedral twinning problem in tetrahydrofolate-dependent O-demethylase crystals by the microseeding method Harada A.; Sato Y.; Kamimura N.; Venugopalan N.; Masai E.; Senda T. Acta Crystallographica Section:F Structural Biology Communications 72(12), 897-902 [Open Access] 0 Citations Expression and functional analyses of a putative phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase in Arabidopsis thaliana Nuoendagula; Kamimura N.; Mori T.; Nakabayashi R.; Tsuji Y.; Hishiyama S.; Saito K.; Masai E.; Kajita S. Plant Cell Reports 35(3), 513-5260 12 Citations Preferential cesium ion trapping by 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) obtained from a metabolic intermediate of lignin, a woody biomass resource Shikinaka K.; Otsuka Y.; Iguchi Y.; Nakamura M.; Itoh Y.; Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Shigehara K. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology 53(9), 1256-1259 [Open Access] 8 Citations Beta-ketoadipic acid and muconolactone production from a lignin-related aromatic compound through the protocatechuate 3,4-metabolic pathway Okamura-Abe Y.; Abe T.; Nishimura K.; Kawata Y.; Sato-Izawa K.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Kajita S.; Masai E.; Sonoki T.; Katayama Y. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 121(6), 652-6580 57 Citations 2015年 Introduction of chemically labile substructures into Arabidopsis lignin through the use of LigD, the Cα-dehydrogenase from Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Tsuji Y.; Vanholme R.; Tobimatsu Y.; Ishikawa Y.; Foster C.E.; Kamimura N.; Hishiyama S.; Hashimoto S.; Shino A.; Hara H.; Sato-Izawa K.; Oyarce P.; Goeminne G.; Morreel K.; Kikuchi J.; Takano T.; Fukuda M.; Katayama Y.; Boerjan W.; Ralph J.; Masai E.; Kajita S. Plant Biotechnology Journal 13(6), 821-832 [Open Access] 46 Citations Draft genome sequence of Comamonas sp. strain E6 (NBRC 107749), a degrader of phthalate isomers through the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway Shimodaira J.; Kamimura N.; Hosoyama A.; Yamazoe A.; Fujita N.; Masai E. Genome Announcements 3(3), e00643-15 [Open Access] 3 Citations A monograph on the remediation of hazardous phthalates Benjamin S.; Pradeep S.; Sarath Josh M.; Kumar S.; Masai E. Journal of Hazardous Materials 298, 58-720 165 Citations γ-resorcylate catabolic-pathway genes in the soil actinomycete Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 Kasai D.; Araki N.; Motoi K.; Yoshikawa S.; Iino T.; Imai S.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81(21), 7656-7665 [Open Access] 9 Citations Methanogenic degradation of lignin-derived monoaromatic compounds by microbial enrichments from rice paddy field soil Kato S.; Chino K.; Kamimura N.; Masai E.; Yumoto I.; Kamagata Y. Scientific Reports 5, 14295 [Open Access] 60 Citations Membrane-associated glucose-methanol-choline oxidoreductase family enzymes PhcC and PhcD are essential for enantioselective catabolism of dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol Takahashi K.; Hirose Y.; Kamimura N.; Hishiyama S.; Hara H.; Araki T.; Kasai D.; Kajita S.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81(23), 8022-8036 [Open Access] 18 Citations 2014年 Successful expression of a novel bacterial gene for pinoresinol reductase and its effect on lignan biosynthesis in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana Tamura M.; Tsuji Y.; Kusunose T.; Okazawa A.; Kamimura N.; Mori T.; Nakabayashi R.; Hishiyama S.; Fukuhara Y.; Hara H.; Sato-Izawa K.; Muranaka T.; Saito K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E.; Kajita S. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 98(19), 8165-81770 11 Citations Molecular mechanism of strict substrate specificity of an extradiol dioxygenase, DesB, derived from Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 Sugimoto K.; Senda M.; Kasai D.; Fukuda M.; Masai E.; Senda T. PLoS ONE 9(3), e92249 [Open Access] 17 Citations The protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway: Overview and new findings Kamimura N.; Masai E. Biodegradative Bacteria: How Bacteria Degrade, Survive, Adapt, and Evolve , 207-2260 39 Citations Synthesis of polysubstituted benzenes from 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid Okura K.; Tamura R.; Shigehara K.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Katayama Y.; Nakao Y. Chemistry Letters 43(8), 1349-13510 14 Citations Three-component O-demethylase system essential for catabolism of a lignin-derived biphenyl compound in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Yoshikata T.; Suzuki K.; Kamimura N.; Namiki M.; Hishiyama S.; Araki T.; Kasai D.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Fukuda M.; Katayama Y.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80(23), 7142-7153 [Open Access] 35 Citations [Recent advances in Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 for lignin aromatic compounds degradation--a review]. Zhang X.; Peng X.; Masai E. Wei sheng wu xue bao = Acta microbiologica Sinica 54(8), 854-8670 6 Citations Characterization of the catabolic pathway for a phenylcoumaran-type lignin-derived biaryl in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Takahashi K.; Kamimura N.; Hishiyama S.; Hara H.; Kasai D.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Kajita S.; Masai E. Biodegradation 25(5), 735-7450 26 Citations 2013年 Thermoplastic polyesters of 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) obtained from a metabolic intermediate of lignin Shikinaka K.; Hashimoto Y.; Kajita S.; Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Oftara S.; Shigehara K. Journal of Fiber Science and Technology 69(2), 39-47 [Open Access] 8 Citations Discovery of pinoresinol reductase genes in sphingomonads Fukuhara Y.; Kamimura N.; Nakajima M.; Hishiyama S.; Hara H.; Kasai D.; Tsuji Y.; Narita-Yamada S.; Nakamura S.; Katano Y.; Fujita N.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Kajita S.; Masai E. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 52(1), 38-430 31 Citations Rhizobacter gummiphilus sp. nov, a rubber-degrading bacterium isolated from the soil of a botanical garden in japan Imai S.; Yoshida R.; Endo Y.; Fukunaga Y.; Yamazoe A.; Kasai D.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 59(3), 199-205 [Open Access] 33 Citations Characterization of nitrate and nitrite utilization system in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 Iino T.; Miyauchi K.; Kasai D.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 115(6), 600-6060 7 Citations Novel tripartite aromatic acid transporter essential for terephthalate uptake in Comamonas sp. strain E6 Hosaka M.; Kamimura N.; Toribami S.; Mori K.; Kasai D.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79(19), 6148-6155 [Open Access] 57 Citations Gene cluster and regulation system for 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) degradation in Janibacter sp. TYM3221 Thi Nguyen P.A.; Thi Trinh T.H.; Fukumitsu Y.; Shimodaira J.; Miyauchi K.; Tokuda M.; Kasai D.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 116(1), 91-1000 7 Citations 2012年 Curing kinetics of lignin-based epoxy resins Hasegawa Y.; Shikinaka K.; Kajita S.; Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Nakao A.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Journal of Fiber Science and Technology 68(4), 73-78 [Open Access] 2 Citations Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 LigG involved in lignin degradation is structurally and biochemically related to the glutathione transferase omega class Meux E.; Prosper P.; Masai E.; Mulliert G.; Dumarçay S.; Morel M.; Didierjean C.; Gelhaye E.; Favier F. FEBS Letters 586(22), 3944-3950 [Open Access] 42 Citations Specific gene responses of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 during growth in soil Iino T.; Wang Y.; Miyauchi K.; Kasai D.; Masai E.; Fujii T.; Ogawa N.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78(19), 6954-6962 [Open Access] 12 Citations Complete genome sequence of Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6, a degrader of lignin-derived biaryls and monoaryls Masai E.; Kamimura N.; Kasai D.; Oguchi A.; Ankai A.; Fukui S.; Takahashi M.; Yashiro I.; Sasaki H.; Harada T.; Nakamura S.; Katano Y.; Narita-Yamada S.; Nakazawa H.; Hara H.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Yamazaki S.; Fujita N. Journal of Bacteriology 194(2), 534-535 [Open Access] 52 Citations Characterization of FerC, a MarR-type transcriptional regulator, involved in transcriptional regulation of the ferulate catabolic operon in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Kasai D.; Kamimura N.; Tani K.; Umeda S.; Abe T.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. FEMS Microbiology Letters 332(1), 68-75 [Open Access] 55 Citations Convenient synthesis of chiral lignin model compounds via optical resolution: Four stereoisomers of guaiacylglycerol-β-guaiacyl ether and both enantiomers of 3-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-(2-methoxyphenoxy) -propan-1-one (erone) Hishiyama S.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Ohara S.; Kajita S.; Masai E.; Katayama Y. Tetrahedron Letters 53(7), 842-8450 18 Citations Regulation of the isophthalate catabolic operon controlled by IphR in Comamonas sp. strain E6 Kamimura N.; Inakazu K.; Kasai D.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. FEMS Microbiology Letters 329(2), 186-192 [Open Access] 10 Citations The 24-bp consensus sequence responsible for regulation of the BphS1T1 two-component system in a hybrid promoter Shimodaira J.; Furusawa Y.; Miyazawa Y.; Kasai D.; Miyauchi K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 113(3), 279-2850 4 Citations 2011年 Identification and characterization of uptake systems for glucose and fructose in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 Araki N.; Suzuki T.; Miyauchi K.; Kasai D.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology 20(3), 125-1360 12 Citations Expression in escherichia coli of biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase genes from a gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus jostii rha1 Ohmori T.; Hirokazu M.; Tanaka M.; Tomoi M.; Miyauchi K.; Kasai D.; Furukawa K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 75(1), 26-33 [Open Access] 4 Citations Development of a strain for efficient degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls by patchwork assembly of degradation pathways Ohmori T.; Morita H.; Tanaka M.; Miyauchi K.; Kasai D.; Furukawa K.; Miyashita K.; Ogawa N.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 111(4), 437-4420 15 Citations Liquid crystallinity and organogelation behavior of lignin-derived metabolic intermediate bearing cholesterol groups Michinobu T.; Hiraki K.; Fujii N.; Shikinaka K.; Katayama Y.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 84(6), 667-6740 7 Citations Glucose-mediated transcriptional repression of PCB/biphenyl catabolic genes in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 Araki N.; Niikura Y.; Miyauchi K.; Kasai D.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology 20(1), 53-620 12 Citations Characterization of the third glutathione S-transferase gene involved in enantioselective cleavage of the β-aryl ether by Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Tanamura K.; Abe T.; Kamimura N.; Kasai D.; Hishiyama S.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Kajita S.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 75(12), 2404-24070 34 Citations Isolation and characterization of Streptomyces, Actinoplanes, and Methylibium strains that are involved in degradation of natural rubber and synthetic poly(cis-1,4-isoprene) Imai S.; Ichikawa K.; Muramatsu Y.; Kasai D.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 49(45450), 526-5310 56 Citations Click synthesis and adhesive properties of novel biomass-based polymers from lignin-derived stable metabolic intermediate Michinobu T.; Hiraki K.; Inazawa Y.; Katayama Y.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Polymer Journal 43(7), 648-653 [Open Access] 22 Citations Characterization of the 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) degradation system in Janibacter sp. TYM3221 Nguyen A.T.P.; Sato Y.; Iwasaki T.; Miyauchi K.; Tokuda M.; Kasai D.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 49(45450), 532-5390 4 Citations 2010年 Characterization of the Isophthalate Degradation Genes of Comamonas sp. Strain E6 Fukuhara Y.; Inakazu K.; Kodama N.; Kamimura N.; Kasai D.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76(2), 519-527 [Open Access] 35 Citations Organogels of lignin-derived stable metabolic intermediate, 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC), Bearing cholesteryl groups Michinobu T.; Hiraki K.; Fujii N.; Shikinaka K.; Katayama Y.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Chemistry Letters 39(4), 400-4010 8 Citations Regulatory system of the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway genes essential for lignin downstream catabolism Kamimura N.; Takamura K.; Hara H.; Kasai D.; Natsume R.; Senda T.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Journal of Bacteriology 192(13), 3394-3405 [Open Access] 29 Citations Dual two-component regulatory systems are involved in aromatic compound degradation in a polychlorinated-biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 Takeda H.; Shimodaira J.; Yukawa K.; Hara N.; Kasai D.; Miyauchi K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 192(18), 4741-4751 [Open Access] 28 Citations Characterization of the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway operon in Comamonas sp. strain E6 and discovery of a novel pathway gene Kamimura N.; Aoyama T.; Yoshida R.; Takahashi K.; Kasai D.; Abe T.; Mase K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76(24), 8093-8101 [Open Access] 47 Citations Synthesis and characterization of hybrid biopolymers of L-lactic acid and 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid Michinobu T.; Bito M.; Tanimura M.; Katayama Y.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry 47(6), 564-5700 15 Citations Transcriptional regulation of the terephthalate catabolism operon in Comamonas sp. strain E6 Kasai D.; Kitajima M.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76(18), 6047-6055 [Open Access] 19 Citations 2009年 Mechanical properties of poly(L-Lactide) films controlled by blending with polyesters of lignin-derived stable metabolic intermediate, 2-pyrone-4, 6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) Michinobu T.; Bito M.; Tanimura M.; Katayama Y.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Polymer Journal 41(10), 843-848 [Open Access] 17 Citations Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of gallate dioxygenase DesB from Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 Sugimoto K.; Yamamoto Y.; Antoni S.; Senda M.; Kasai D.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Senda T. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications 65(11), 1171-1174 [Open Access] 2 Citations Uncovering the protocatechuate 2,3-cleavage pathway genes Kasai D.; Fujinami T.; Abe T.; Mase K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Journal of Bacteriology 191(21), 6758-6768 [Open Access] 75 Citations Fusible, elastic, and biodegradable polyesters of 2-pyrone-4, 6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) Mlchinobu T.; Bito M.; Amada Y.Y.; Tanimura M.; Katayama Y.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Polymer Journal 41(12), 1111-1116 [Open Access] 30 Citations Methoxyl groups of lignin are essential carbon donors in C1 metabolism of Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 Sonoki T.; Masai E.; Sato K.; Kajita S.; Katayama Y. Journal of Basic Microbiology 49(SUPPL. 1), S98-S1020 17 Citations Conductive cements based polyesters of PDC(2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid) obtained from a metabolic intermediate of lignin Hishida M.; Shikinaka K.; Inazawa M.; Katayama Y.; Kajita S.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Otuka Y.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Kobunshi Ronbunshu 66(4), 141-146 [Open Access] 6 Citations Characterization of a transcriptional regulatory gene involved in dibenzofuran degradation by Nocardioides sp. strain DF412 Sukda P.; Gouda N.; Ito E.; Miyauchi K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 73(3), 508-516 [Open Access] 7 Citations Identification of three alcohol dehydrogenase genes involved in the stereospecific catabolism of arylglycerol-β-aryl ether by Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6 Sato Y.; Moriuchi H.; Hishiyama S.; Otsuka Y.; Oshima K.; Kasai D.; Nakamura M.; Ohara S.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(16), 5195-5201 [Open Access] 86 Citations Tenacious epoxy adhesives prepared from lignin-derived stable metabolic intermediate Hasegawa Y.; Shikinaka K.; Katayama Y.; Kajita S.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Journal of Fiber Science and Technology 65(12), 359-362 [Open Access] 31 Citations Microbial conversion of glucose to a novel chemical building block, 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid Nakajima M.; Nishino Y.; Tamura M.; Mase K.; Masai E.; Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Sato K.; Fukuda M.; Shigehara K.; Ohara S.; Katayama Y.; Kajita S. Metabolic Engineering 11(45387), 213-2200 15 Citations Polyesters of 2-Pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic Acid (PDC) as bio-based plastics exhibiting strong adhering properties Hlshida M.; Shikinaka K.; Katayama Y.; Kajlta S.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Polymer Journal 41(4), 297-302 [Open Access] 39 Citations 2008年 Isolation of dibenzofuran-degrading bacterium, Nocardioides sp. DF412, and characterization of its dibenzofuran degradation genes Miyauchi K.; Sukda P.; Nishida T.; Ito E.; Matsumoto Y.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 105(6), 628-6350 19 Citations A novel biomass-based polymer prepared from lignin-derived stable metabolic intermediate by copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne click reaction Michinobu T.; Inazawa Y.; Hiraki K.; Katayama Y.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Chemistry Letters 37(2), 154-1550 27 Citations Polyesters of 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) obtained from a metabolic intermediate of lignin Michinobu T.; Hishida M.; Sato M.; Katayama Y.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Otsuka Y.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Polymer Journal 40(1), 68-75 [Open Access] 50 Citations Enzymatic properties of terephthalate 1,2-dioxygenase of Comamonas sp. strain E6 Fukuhara Y.; Kasai D.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M.; Masai E. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 72(9), 2335-23410 18 Citations 2007年 Characterization of two biphenyl dioxygenases for biphenyl/PCB degradation in A PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Iwasaki T.; Takeda H.; Miyauchi K.; Yamada T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 71(4), 993-1002 [Open Access] 33 Citations Degradation of 3-O-methylgallate in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 by pathways involving protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase Kasai D.; Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. FEMS Microbiology Letters 274(2), 323-328 [Open Access] 31 Citations Characterization of ligV essential for catabolism of vanillin by Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Masai E.; Yamamoto Y.; Inoue T.; Takamura K.; Hara H.; Kasai D.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 71(10), 2487-2492 [Open Access] 52 Citations Molecular properties of 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) as a stable metabolic intermediate of lignin isolated by fractional precipitation with na+ Ion Michinobu T.; Bito M.; Yamada Y.; Katayama Y.; Noguchi K.; Masai E.; Nakamura M.; Ohara S.; Shigehara K. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 80(12), 2436-24420 31 Citations Genetic and biochemical investigations on bacterial catabolic pathways for lignin-derived aromatic compounds Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 71(1), 1-15 [Open Access] 371 Citations 2006年 Efficient production of 2-pyrone 4,6-dicarboxylic acid as a novel polymer-based material from protocatechuate by microbial function Otsuka Y.; Nakamura M.; Shigehara K.; Sugimura K.; Masai E.; Ohara S.; Katayama Y. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 71(5), 608-6140 98 Citations Multiple-subunit genes of the aromatic-ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase play an active role in biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Iwasaki T.; Miyauchi K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(8), 5396-5402 [Open Access] 31 Citations Characterization of the terephthalate degradation genes of Comamonas sp. strain E6 Sasoh M.; Masai E.; Ishibashi S.; Hara H.; Kamimura N.; Miyauchi K.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(3), 1825-1832 [Open Access] 85 Citations Global Gene Expression in Bradyrhizobium japonicum Cultured with Vanillin, Vanillate, 4-Hydroxybenzoate and Protocatechuate Ito N.; Itakura M.; Eda S.; Saeki K.; Oomori H.; Yokoyama T.; Kaneko T.; Tabata S.; Ohwada T.; Tajima S.; Uchiumi T.; Masai E.; Tsuda M.; Mitsui H.; Minamisawa K. Microbes and Environments 21(4), 240-250 [Open Access] 21 Citations 2005年 A tetrahydrofolate-dependent O-demethylase, LigM, is crucial for catabolism of vanillate and syringate in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Abe T.; Masai E.; Miyauchi K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 187(6), 2030-2037 [Open Access] 111 Citations A second 5-carboxyvanillate decarboxylase gene, ligW2, is important for lignin-related biphenyl catabolism in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Peng X.; Masai E.; Kasai D.; Miyauchi K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(9), 5014-5021 [Open Access] 42 Citations Characterization of the gallate dioxygenase gene: Three distinct ring cleavage dioxygenases are involved in syringate degradation by Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Kasai D.; Masai E.; Miyauchi K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 187(15), 5067-5074 [Open Access] 66 Citations PCB degradation systems in Rhodococcus bacteria: multiplex enzyme system determined by multiple isozyme genes Fukuda M.; Miyauchi K.; Masai E. Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 50(12), 1541-15470 0 Citations 2004年 Characterization of Transcriptional Regulatory Genes for Biphenyl Degradation in Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1 Takeda H.; Yamada A.; Miyauchi K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 186(7), 2134-2146 [Open Access] 56 Citations Generation of transgenic hybrid aspen that express a bacterial gene for feruloyl-CoA hydratase/lyase (ferB), which is involved in lignin degradation in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Kajita S.; Honaga F.; Uesugi M.; Iimura Y.; Masai E.; Kawai S.; Fukuda M.; Morohoshi N.; Katayama Y. Journal of Wood Science 50(3), 275-280 [Open Access] 3 Citations A Novel Tetrahydrofolate-Dependent O-Demethylase Gene Is Essential for Growth of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 with Syringate Masai E.; Sasaki M.; Minakawa Y.; Abe T.; Sonoki T.; Miyauchi K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 186(9), 2757-2765 [Open Access] 85 Citations Biphenyl-inducible promoters in a polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. RHA1 Takeda H.; Hara N.; Sakai M.; Yamada A.; Miyauchi K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 68(6), 1249-1258 [Open Access] 26 Citations Functional characterization of a catabolic plasmid from polychlorinated-biphenyl-degrading Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Warren R.; Hsiao W.W.L.; Kudo H.; Myhre M.; Dosanjh M.; Petrescu A.; Kobayashi H.; Shimizu S.; Miyauchi K.; Masai E.; Yang G.; Stott J.M.; Schein J.E.; Shin H.; Khattra J.; Smailus D.; Butterfield Y.S.; Siddiqui A.; Holt R.; Marra M.A.; Jones S.J.M.; Mohn W.W.; Brinkman F.S.L.; Fukuda M.; Davies J.; Eltis L.D. Journal of Bacteriology 186(22), 7783-7795 [Open Access] 53 Citations Crystal structure of the terminal oxygenase component of biphenyl dioxygenase derived from Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Furusawa Y.; Nagarajan V.; Tanokura M.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Senda T. Journal of Molecular Biology 342(3), 1041-10520 137 Citations Characterization of the 3-O-methylgallate dioxygenase gene and evidence of multiple 3-O-methylgallate catabolic pathways in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Kasai D.; Masai E.; Miyauchi K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 186(15), 4951-4959 [Open Access] 55 Citations 2003年 2-Hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate metabolic pathway genes in a strong polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Sakai M.; Miyauchi K.; Kato N.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69(1), 427-433 [Open Access] 42 Citations Roles of the enantioselective glutathione S-transferases in cleavage of β-aryl ether Masai E.; Ichimura A.; Sato Y.; Miyauchi K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 185(6), 1768-1775 [Open Access] 125 Citations Characterization of the 4-carboxy-4-hydroxy-2-oxoadipate aldolase gene and operon structure of the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway genes in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Hara H.; Masai E.; Miyauchi K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 185(1), 41-50 [Open Access] 49 Citations Crystallization of the terminal oxygenase component of biphenyl dioxygenase derived from Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Nagarajan V.; Sakurai N.; Kubota M.; Nonaka T.; Nagumo H.; Takeda H.; Nishizaki T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y.; Senda T. Protein and Peptide Letters 10(4), 412-4170 6 Citations 2002年 Cloning and characterization of the ferulic acid catabolic genes of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Masai E.; Harada K.; Peng X.; Kitayama H.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(9), 4416-4424 [Open Access] 91 Citations Close association between the enzymes involved in the lignin metabolic pathway of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6: Interaction of O-demethylase (LigX) and ring fission dioxygenase (LigZ) Sonoki T.; Otsuka Y.; Ikeda S.; Masai E.; Kajita S.; Katayama Y. Journal of Wood Science 48(3), 250-252 [Open Access] 2 Citations Diversity of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase genes in a strong PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Sakai M.; Masai E.; Asami H.; Sugiyama K.; Kimbara K.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 93(4), 421-4270 48 Citations Novel 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation genes from oligotrophic bradyrhizobium sp. strain HW13 isolated from a pristine environment Kitagawa W.; Takami S.; Miyauchi K.; Masai E.; Kamagata Y.; Tiedje J.M.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 184(2), 509-518 [Open Access] 102 Citations Crystal structures of the reaction intermediate and its homologue of an extradiol-cleaving catecholic dioxygenase Sato N.; Uragami Y.; Nishizaki T.; Takahashi Y.; Sazaki G.; Sugimoto K.; Nonaka T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Senda T. Journal of Molecular Biology 321(4), 621-6360 97 Citations Tetrahydrofolate-dependent vanillate and syringate O-demethylation links tightly to one-carbon metabolic pathway associated with amino acid synthesis and DNA methylation in the lignin metabolism of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Sonoki T.; Otsuka Y.; Ikeda S.; Masai E.; Kajita S.; Katayama Y. Journal of Wood Science 48(5), 434-439 [Open Access] 12 Citations Characterization of the 5-carboxyvanillate decarboxylase gene and its role in lignin-related biphenyl catabolism in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Peng X.; Masai E.; Kitayama H.; Harada K.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(9), 4407-4415 [Open Access] 56 Citations Specific degradation of β-aryl ether linkage in synthetic lignin (dehydrogenative polymerizate) by bacterial enzymes of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 produced in recombinant Escherichia coli Sonoki T.; Iimura Y.; Masai E.; Kajita S.; Katayama Y. Journal of Wood Science 48(5), 429-433 [Open Access] 15 Citations 2001年 Crystal structure of 2-hydroxyl-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid (HPDA) hydrolase (BphD enzyme) from the Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1 of the PCB degradation pathway Nandhagopal N.; Yamada A.; Hatta T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y.; Senda T. Journal of Molecular Biology 309(5), 1139-11510 49 Citations Multiplicity of aromatic ring hydroxylation dioxygenase genes in a strong PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 demonstrated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis Kitagawa W.; Suzuki A.; Hoaki T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 65(8), 1907-1911 [Open Access] 49 Citations Characterization of the 450-kb Linear Plasmid in a Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degrader, Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1 Shimizu S.; Kobayashi H.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67(5), 2021-2028 [Open Access] 71 Citations Crystal structures of substrate free and complex forms of reactivated BphC, an extradiol type ring-cleavage dioxygenase Uragami Y.; Senda T.; Sugimoto K.; Sato N.; Nagarajan V.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 83(4), 269-2790 63 Citations Cloning and characterization of benzoate catabolic genes in the gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Kitagawa W.; Miyauchi K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 183(22), 6598-6606 [Open Access] 69 Citations 2000年 Crystal structure of NADH-dependent ferredoxin reductase component in biphenyl dioxygenase Senda T.; Yamada T.; Sakurai N.; Kubota M.; Nishizaki T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y. Journal of Molecular Biology 304(3), 397-4100 83 Citations Purification and crystallization of a ferredoxin reductase component of a biphenyl dioxygenase derived from Pseudomonas sp. strain KKS102 Yamada T.; Sakurai N.; Nishizaki T.; Senda T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y. Protein and Peptide Letters 7(4), 277-2800 6 Citations Coexistence of two different O demethylation systems in lignin metabolism by Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6: Cloning and sequencing of the lignin biphenyl-specific O-demethylase (LigX) gene Sonoki T.; Obi T.; Kubota S.; Higashi M.; Masai E.; Katayama Y. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66(5), 2125-2132 [Open Access] 49 Citations The 4-oxalomesaconate hydratase gene, involved in the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway, is essential to vanillate and syringate degradation in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Hara H.; Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 182(24), 6950-6957 [Open Access] 64 Citations Molecular biology of enzymes degrading pollutants: diversity and convergent evolution observed on extradiol dioxygenases Fukuda M.; Senda T.; Masai E.; Mitsui Y. Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 45(8), 1339-13490 0 Citations Genetic and biochemical characterization of 4-carboxy-2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde dehydrogenase and its role in the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Masai E.; Momose K.; Hara H.; Nishikawa S.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 182(23), 6651-6658 [Open Access] 51 Citations 1999年 Purification and crystallization of a catechol 2,3-dioxygenase pheb from Bacillus stearothermophilus BR219 Sugimoto K.; Senda T.; Masai E.; Kimbara K.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y. Protein and Peptide Letters 6(6), 403-4060 2 Citations Characterization of the meta-cleavage compound hydrolase gene involved in degradation of the lignin-related biphenyl structure by Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Peng X.; Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65(6), 2789-2793 [Open Access] 46 Citations Crystal structure of an aromatic ring opening dioxygenase LigAB, a protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase, under aerobic conditions Sugimoto K.; Senda T.; Aoshima H.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y. Structure 7(8), 953-965 [Open Access] 152 Citations Degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls by a 'Maitake' mushroom, Grifola frondosa Seto M.; Nishibori K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Ohdaira Y. Biotechnology Letters 21(1), 27-310 12 Citations Purification and crystallization of a protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase ligab from Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Sugimoto K.; Aoshima H.; Senda T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y. Protein and Peptide Letters 6(1), 55-580 3 Citations Genetic and biochemical characterization of a 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid hydrolase involved in the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Masai E.; Shinohara S.; Hara H.; Nishikawa S.; Katayama Y.; Fukuda M. Journal of Bacteriology 181(1), 55-62 [Open Access] 95 Citations Characterization of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 genes involved in degradation of lignin-related compounds Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Nishikawa S.; Fukuda M. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 23(45387), 364-373 [Open Access] 85 Citations 1998年 Two nearly identical aromatic compound hydrolase genes in a strong polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Yamada A.; Kishi H.; Sugiyama K.; Hatta T.; Nakamura K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64(6), 2006-2012 [Open Access] 62 Citations Meta-fission product hydrolases from a strong PCB degrader Rhodococcus sp. RHA1 Hatta T.; Shimada T.; Yoshihara T.; Yamada A.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Kiyohara H. Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering 85(2), 174-1790 24 Citations Cloning of a Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 gene encoding a novel oxygenase that cleaves lignin-related biphenyl and characterization of the enzyme Peng X.; Egashira T.; Hanashiro K.; Masai E.; Nishikawa S.; Katayama Y.; Kimbara K.; Fukuda M. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64(7), 2520-2527 [Open Access] 85 Citations Structural alteration of linear plasmids encoding the genes for polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus strain RHA1 Fukuda M.; Shimizu S.; Okita N.; Seto M.; Masai E. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology 74(45294), 169-1730 17 Citations 1997年 Purification and crystallization of A 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase EtbC from Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Sugimoto K.; Yamada T.; Hauschild J.E.; Senda T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y. Protein and Peptide Letters 4(6), 415-4180 2 Citations Crystallographic studies on the BphD enzyme in the PCB degradation pathway in a Rhodococcus sp. RHAI Nandhagopal O.N.; Senda T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 71, 104-109 [Open Access] 0 Citations Crystallization of A hydrolase from rhodococcus Sp. strain Rha1, the BphD Enzyme, in the pcb degradation pathway Nandhagopal N.; Senda T.; Hatta T.; Yamada A.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y. Protein and Peptide Letters 4(3), 211-2140 2 Citations Three-dimensional structure of microbial 2-hdroxyl-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid (HPDA) hydrolase (BphD enzyme) from Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1, in the PCB degradation pathway Nandhagopal N.; Senda T.; Hatta T.; Yamada A.; Masai E.; Fukuda M.; Mitsui Y. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences 73(7), 154-157 [Open Access] 14 Citations The bphDEF meta-cleavage pathway genes involved in biphenyl/polychlorinated biphenyl degradation are located on a linear plasmid and separated from the initial bphACB genes in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Masai E.; Sugiyama K.; Iwashita N.; Shimizu S.; Hauschild J.E.; Hatta T.; Kimbara K.; Yano K.; Fukuda M. Gene 187(1), 141-1490 99 Citations 1996年 Identification of an alternative 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 and cloning of the gene Hauschild J.E.; Masai E.; Sugiyama K.; Hatta T.; Kimbara K.; Fukuda M.; Yano K. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62(8), 2940-2946 [Open Access] 49 Citations Growth inhibition of Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 in the course of PCB transformation Seto M.; Okita N.; Sugiyama K.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Biotechnology Letters 18(10), 1193-11980 11 Citations Catabolic potential of multiple PCB transformation systems in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Seto M.; Ida M.; Okita N.; Hatta T.; Masai E.; Fukuda M. Biotechnology Letters 18(11), 1305-13080 9 Citations 1995年 Characterization of biphenyl catabolic genes of gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Masai E.; Yamada A.; Healy J.M.; Hatta T.; Kimbara K.; Fukuda M.; Yano K. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61(6), 2079-2085 [Open Access] 225 Citations Multiple polychlorinated biphenyl transformation systems in the gram- positive bacterium Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 Seto M.; Masai E.; Ida M.; Hatta T.; Kimbara K.; Fukuda M.; Yano K. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61(12), 4510-4513 [Open Access] 57 Citations 1993年 A bacterial enzyme degrading the model lignin compound β-etherase is a member of the glutathione-S-transferase superfamily Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Kubota S.; Kawai S.; Yamasaki M.; Morohoshi N. FEBS Letters 323(45293), 135-140 [Open Access] 99 Citations Characterization of the Cα-Dehydrogenase Gene Involved in the Cleavage of β-Aryl Ether by Pseudomonas Paucimobilis Masai E.; Kubota S.; Kawai S.; Morohoshi N.; Katayama Y.; Yamasaki M. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 57(10), 1655-16590 45 Citations 1991年 Cloning and sequencing of the gene for a Pseudomonas paucimobilis enzyme that cleaves β-aryl ether Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Kawai S.; Nishikawa S.; Yamasaki M.; Morohoshi N. Journal of Bacteriology 173(24), 7950-7955 [Open Access] 54 Citations 1989年 Detection and localization of a new enzyme catalyzing the β-aryl ether cleavage in the soil bacterium (Pseudomonas paucimobilis SYK-6) Masai E.; Katayama Y.; Nishikawa S.; Yamasaki M.; Morohoshi N.; Haraguchi T. FEBS Letters 249(2), 348-352 [Open Access] 70 Citations ホーム　｜　研究室写真　｜　メンバー　｜　論文リスト　｜　入室希望の方へ　｜　共同研究機関 お問い合わせ 〒940-2188 　新潟県 長岡市 上富岡町 1603-1 長岡技術科学大学　物質生物工学分野　微生物代謝工学研究室 TEL: 0258-47-9402 Copyright (C) Microbial Metabolic Engineering Laboratory