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Publications

2024

  • Rapid screening and identification of genes involved in bacterial extracellular membrane vesicle production using a curvature-sensing peptide.
    Inoue H, Kawano K, Kawamoto J, Ogawa T, Kurihara T.
    bioRxi 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.20.594893
  • Enhancing extracellular membrane vesicle productivity of Shewanella vesiculosa HM13, a prospective host for vesiculation-mediated protein secretion, by weakening outer membrane-peptidoglycan linkage.
    Zhu M, Kawamoto K, Imai T, Ogawa T, Kurihara T.
    J. Biosci. Bioeng. 2024, 138, 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiosc.2024.05.005
  • Structural study of a polysaccharide component of nfnB mutant of Shewanella vesiculosa HM13. Casillo A, Fanina S, Kamasaka K, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T, Lanzetta R, Corsaro MM.
    Carbohydr Res. 2024 Jul;541:109148. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2024.109148.

2023

  • Structural factors governing binding of curvature-sensing peptides to bacterial extracellular vesicles covered with hydrophilic polysaccharide chains.
    Kawano K, Kamasaka K, Yokoyama F, Kawamoto J, Ogawa T, Kurihara T, Matsuzaki K.
    Biophys Chem. 2023 Aug;299:107039. doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2023.107039.
  • Capsular polysaccharide-mediated protein loading onto extracellular membrane vesicles of a fish intestinal bacterium, Shewanella vesiculosa HM13.
    Kamasaka K, Kawamoto J, Tsudzuki T, Liu Y, Imai T, Ogawa T, Kurihara T
    bioRxi 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.25.538355
  • Compounding deep sea physical impacts on marine microbial motility.
    Mullane KK, Nishiyama M, Kurihara T, Bartlett DH.
    Front Mar Sci. 2023 May;10:1181062. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1181062
  • Low temperature and high hydrostatic pressure have compounding effects on marine microbial motility.
    Mullane KK, Nishiyama M, Kurihara T, Bartlett DH.
    Biophys J. 2023 Feb;122:534A.
  • 栗原達夫
    細菌の細胞外膜小胞へのタンパク質輸送メカニズム.
    バイオフィルム革新的制御技術 153-160. 2023

2022

2021

2020

  • Kumsab J, Tobe R, Kurihara T, Hirose Y, Omori T, Mihara H. Characterization of a novel class of glyoxylate reductase belonging to the β-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase family in Acetobacter aceti. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2020 Nov;84(11):2303-2310. doi: 10.1080/09168451.2020.1797470. Epub 2020 Jul 30. PMID: 32729375.
  • Maruoka N, Watanabe B, Ando D, Miyashita M, Kurihara T, Hokazono H. Effects of a pyroglutamyl pentapeptide isolated from fermented barley extract on atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions in hairless mouse. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2020 Aug;84(8):1696-1705. doi: 10.1080/09168451.2020.1762480. Epub 2020 May 13. PMID: 32404002.
  • Ogawa T, Hirose K, Yusuf Y, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T. Bioconversion From Docosahexaenoic Acid to Eicosapentaenoic Acid in the Marine Bacterium Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10. Front Microbiol. 2020 May 26;11:1104. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01104. PMID: 32528457; PMCID: PMC7264947.
  • Kawano K, Yokoyama F, Kawamoto J, Ogawa T, Kurihara T, Futaki S.
    Development of a Simple and Rapid Method for In Situ Vesicle Detection in Cultured Media.
    J Mol Biol. 2020 Nov 6;432(22):5876-5888. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.09.009. Epub 2020 Sep 12.
    PMID: 32931802
  • Yusuf Y, Ogawa T, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T.
    Role of acyl-CoA dehydrogenases from Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10 in docosahexaenoic acid conversion.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020 Jul 30;528(3):453-458. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.05.185. Epub 2020 Jun 4. PMID: 32507597
  • Ogawa T, Suwanawat N, Toyotake Y, Watanabe B, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T.
    Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB8 displays substrate promiscuity.
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2020 Sep;84(9):1831-1838. doi: 10.1080/09168451.2020.1771169. Epub 2020 May 26. PMID: 32456605
  • Toyotake Y, Nishiyama M, Yokoyama F, Ogawa T, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T.
    A Novel Lysophosphatidic Acid Acyltransferase of Escherichia coli Produces Membrane Phospholipids with a cis-vaccenoyl Group and Is Related to Flagellar Formation.
    Biomolecules. 2020 May 11;10(5):745. doi: 10.3390/biom10050745.
    PMID: 32403425
  • Di Guida R, Casillo A, Yokoyama F, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T, Corsaro MM.
    Detailed Structural Characterization of the Lipooligosaccharide from the Extracellular Membrane Vesicles of Shewanella vesiculosa HM13.
    Mar Drugs. 2020 Apr 27;18(5):231. doi: 10.3390/md18050231.
    PMID: 32349432
  • Kamasaka K, Kawamoto J, Chen C, Yokoyama F, Imai T, Ogawa T, Kurihara T.
    Genetic characterization and functional implications of the gene cluster for selective protein transport to extracellular membrane vesicles of Shewanella vesiculosa HM13.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 526 (2020) 525-531 doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.03.125. PMID: 32245618
  • Chen C, Kawamoto J, Kawai S, Tame A, Kato C, Imai T, Kurihara T.
    Isolation of a Novel Bacterial Strain Capable of Producing Abundant Extracellular Membrane Vesicles Carrying a Single Major Cargo Protein and Analysis of Its Transport Mechanism.
    Front Microbiol. 2020 Jan 14;10:3001. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03001. eCollection 2019.
    PMID: 32010084

2019

  • Kawai S, Kawamoto J, Ogawa T, Kurihara T.
    Development of a regulatable low-temperature protein expression system using the psychrotrophic bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10, as the host. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 37:1–10. 2019
    PMID: 31291825 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2019.1638754
  • Casillo A, Di Guida R, Carillo S, Chen C, Kamasaka K, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T, Corsaro MM.
    Structural Elucidation of a Novel Lipooligosaccharide from the Cold-Adapted Bacterium OMVs Producer Shewanella sp. HM13. Mar Drugs 17:34. 2019
    PMID: 30626008 PMCID: PMC6357163 DOI: 10.3390/md17010034

2018

2017

2016

  • Sugiura M, Park JH, Kawamoto J, Esaki N, and Kurihara T
    Regulatory mechanism of membrane protein production in an EPA-producing bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10
    Trace Nutrients Research, 2016 (33) 63-72
  • Ohke Y, Maruyama S, Tarui J, Wang Y, Kawamoto J, and Kurihara T
    A phosphoporin homolog plays a critical role in the dissimilatory iron-respiration linked to iron(III) reduction by a cold-adapted bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10
    Trace Nutrients Research, 2016 (33) 35-42
  • Ito T, Gong C, Kawamoto J, and Kurihara T
    Development of a versatile method for targeted gene deletion and insertion by using the pyrF gene in the psychrotrophic bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10
    J Biosci Bioeng, 2016 Dec;122(6):645-651. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.06.004
    PMID: 27401770

2015

  • Goto S, Kawamoto J, Sato SB, Iki T, Watanabe I, Kudo K, Esaki N, Kurihara T.
    Alkyl hydroperoxide reductase enhances the growth of Leuconostoc mesenteroides lactic acid bacteria at low temperatures.
    AMB Express. 2015 Feb 18;5:11. doi: 10.1186/s13568-015-0098-3. eCollection 2015.
    PMID: 25852988
  • Oikawa Y, Sinmura Y, Ishizaka H, Midorikawa R, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T, Kato C, Horikoshi K, Tamegai H.
    Nar is the dominant dissimilatory nitrate reductase under high pressure conditions in the deep-sea denitrifier Pseudomonas sp. MT-1.
    J Gen Appl Microbiol. 2015;61(1):10-4. doi: 10.2323/jgam.61.10.
    PMID: 25833675

2014

  • Fukuyama, S.; Mihara, H.; Miyake, R.; Ueda, M.; Esaki, N.; Kurihara, T.
    Characterization of a Thermostable 2,4-Diaminopentanoate Dehydrogenase from Fervidobacterium nodosum Rt17-B1
    J. Biosci. Bioeng. 117 551-556 2014
  • Yuji Oikawa, Yui Sinmura, Hikari Ishizaka, Ryota Midorikawa, Jun Kawamoto, Tatsuo Kurihara, Chiaki Kato, Koki Horikosh3, and Hideyuki Tamegai
    Nar is the dominant dissimilatory nitrate reductase under high pressure conditions in the deep-sea denitrifier Pseudomonas sp. MT-1
    J. Gene. Appl. Microbiol. in press 2014
  • Park, J.; Yamaura, T.; Kawamoto, J.; Kurihara, T.; Sato, S. B.
    Reciprocal Modulation of Surface Expression of Annexin A2 in a Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell-Derived Cell Line by Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid
    PLOS ONE 9 e85045 2014
  • Hidese, R.; Mihara, H.; Kurihara, T.; Esaki, N.
    Global Identification of Genes Affecting Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biogenesis and Iron Homeostasis
    J. Bacteriol. 196 1238-1249 2014
  • Imai, T.; Kurihara, T.; Esaki, N.; Mihara, H.
    Glutathione Contributes to the Efflux of Selenium from Hepatoma Cells
    Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 78 1376-1380 2014
  • Mihara, H.; Kurihara, T.; Esaki, N. Selenocysteine Lyase: Delivering Selenium in Biosynthetic Pathway
    Selenium in the Environment and Human Health 181-182 2014
  • 川本　純、栗原達夫
    低温菌のタンパク質と脂質
    CSJ カレントレビュー 17 55-61 2014;134
  • Kurihara T, Kawamoto J.
    Chemical approach to analyze the physiological function of phospholipids with polyunsaturated
    Yakugaku Zasshi. 2014;134(4):507-13.
  • 栗原達夫、川本　純
    長鎖多価不飽和脂肪酸エイコサペンタエン酸の生理機能
    医学のあゆみ「生命を支える脂質」vol. 13 (248), 1221-1227, 2014

2013

  • Park J, Yamaura T, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T, Sato SB
    Reciprocal modulation of surface expression of annexin A2 in a human umbilical vein endothelial cell-derived cell line by eicosapentaenoic Acid and docosahexaenoic Acid.
    PLoS One. 2014 Jan 21;9(1) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085045
  • Fukuyama, S.; Mihara, H.; Miyake, R.; Ueda, M.; Esaki, N.; Kurihara, T.
    Characterization of a Thermostable 2,4-Diaminopentanoate Dehydrogenase from Fervidobacterium nodosum Rt17-B1
    J. Biosci. Bioeng.
  • Yoshimune, K.; Kawamoto, J.; Kurihara, T.
    Proteins Involved in Cold Adaptation
    Cold-Adapted Microorganisms
    97-110
    2013
  • Siwek A, Omi R, Hirotsu K, Jitsumori K, Esaki N, Kurihara T, Paneth P.
    Binding modes of DL-2-haloacid dehalogenase revealed by crystallography, modeling and isotope effects studies.
    Arch Biochem Biophys. In press,
  • Ohke Y, Sakoda A, Kato C, Sambongi Y, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T, Tamegai H.
    Regulation of cytochrome c- and quinol oxidases, and piezotolerance of their activities in the deep-sea piezophile Shewanella violacea DSS12 in response to growth conditions.
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2013;77(7):1522-8.
  • Sato, S. B.; Park, J.; Kawamoto, J.; Sato, S.; Kurihara, T.
    Inhibition of Constitutive Akt (PKB) Phosphorylation by Docosahexaenoic Acid in the Human Breast Cancer Cell Line MDA-MB-453
    Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 2013 Feb;1831(2):306-13

2012

  • Sato, S., Kawamoto, J., Sato, S.B., Watanabe, B., Hiratake, J., Esaki, N., and Kurihara, T.
    Occurrence of bacterial membrane microdomain at the cell division site enriched in phospholipids with polyunsaturated hydrocarbon chain.
    Journal of Biological Chemistry: 2012 Jul 13;287(29):24113-21.
  • Park, J., Kawamoto, J., Esaki, N., and Kurihara, T.
    Identification of cold-inducible inner membrane proteins of the psychrotrophic bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10, by proteomic analysis.
    Extremophiles 16: 227-236.
  • Nakayama, T., Kamachi, T., Jitsumori, K., Omi, R., Hirotsu, K., Esaki, N., Kurihara, T., and Yoshizawa, K.
    Substrate Specificity of Fluoroacetate Dehalogenase: An Insight from Crystallographic Analysis, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, and Theoretical Computations.
    Chemistry – A European Journal: 2012 Jul 2;18(27):8392-402.
  • Dai, X.-z., Kawamoto, J., Sato, S.B., Esaki, N., and Kurihara, T.
    Eicosapentaenoic acid facilitates the folding of an outer membrane protein of the psychrotrophic bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10.
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.: 2012 Aug 24;425(2):363-7
  • Cho, H.-N.; Kasai, W.; Kawamoto, J.; Esaki, N.; Kurihara, T.
    Characterization of 1-Acyl-sn-Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase from a Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid-Producing Bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10
    Trace Nutrients Research 29, (2012) in press
  • Gong, C.; Kawamoto, J.; Esaki, N.; Kurihara, T.
    Functional Analysis of an Eicosapentaenoic Acid Biosynthesis Protein Orf2 from a Psychrotrophic Bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10
    Trace Nutrients Research 29, (2012) in press
  • Hidese, R.; Mihara, H.; Kurihara, T.; Esaki, N.,
    Pseudomonas putida PydR, a RutR-Like Transcriptional Regulator, Represses the Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Gene in the Pyrimidine Reductive Catabolic Pathway J. Biochem. 152, 341-346 (2012)
  • Usui, K.; Hiraki, T.; Kawamoto, J.; Kurihara, T.; Nogi, Y.; Kato, C.; Abe, F., Eicosapentaenoic Acid Plays a Role in Stabilizing Dynamic Membrane Structure in the Deep-Sea Piezophile Shewanella violacea: A Study Employing High-Pressure Time-Resolved Fluorescence Anisotropy Measurement Biochim Biophys Acta 1818, 574-583 (2012)
  • 栗原達夫, 好冷性微生物の活用 極限環境微生物の産業展開 131-136 (2012)
  • 栗原達夫, 遺伝子工学で用いる酵素 基礎生物学テキストシリーズ１０　遺伝子工学 15-30 (2012)

2011

2010

2009

2008

  • Zhang, W., H. Mihara, T. Kurihara, and N. Esaki
    Investigation of the Roles of Cysteine Desulfurases in the Molybdopterin Synthesis in Escherichia coli.
    Trace Nutri. Res. 25; 152-157, 2008
  • Zhang, W., H. Mihara, T. Kurihara, and N. Esaki
    Role of cysteine desulfurase IscS in the biosynthesis of molybdopterin.
    Vitamins (Japan) 82; 645-650, 2008
  • Takahata, M., T. Tamura, K. Abe, H. Mihara, S. Kurokawa, Y. Yamamoto, R. Nakano, N. Esaki, and K. Inagaki
    Selenite Assimilation into Formate Dehydrogenase H Depends on Thioredoxin Reductase in Escherichia coli.
    J. Biochem. 143; 467-473, 2008
  • Sato, S., T. Kurihara, J. Kawamoto, M. Hosokawa, S. B. Sato, and N. Esaki
    Cold adaptation of eicosapentaenoic acid-less mutant of Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10 involving uptake and remodeling of synthetic phospholipids containing various polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Extremophiles 12; 753-761, 2008
  • Mihara, H., R. Hidese, M. Yamane, T. Kurihara, and N. Esaki
    The iscS gene deficiency affects the expression of pyrimidine metabolism genes.
    Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 372; 407-411, 2008
  • Kurokawa, S., H. Mihara, I. Yokoyama, M. Mochizuki, J. Yodoi, T. Tamura, T. Kurihara, and N. Esaki
    Thioredoxin Reductase 1 Is Important for Selenoprotein Biosynthesis in HeLa Cells.
    Biomed. Res. Trace Elem. 19; 84-87, 2008
  • Kurihara, T., and N. Esaki
    Proteomic studies of psychorophilic microorganisms.
    Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology 333-343, 2008
  • Kurihara, T., and N. Esaki
    Bacterial Hydrolytic Dehalogenases and Related Enzymes: Occurrences, Reaction Mechanisms, and Applications.
    Chem. Rec. 8; 67-74, 2008
  • Kurata, A., M. Fujita, A. M. Mowafy, H. Kamachi, T. Kurihara, and N. Esaki
    Production of (S)-2-Chloropropionate by Asymmetric Reduction of 2-Chloroacrylate with 2-Haloacrylate Reductase Coupled with Glucose Dehydrogenase.
    J. Biosci. Bioeng. 105; 429-431, 2008
  • Kudou, D., S. Misaki, M. Yamashita, T. Tamura, N. Esaki, and K. Inagaki
    The Role of Cysteine 116 in the Active Site of the Antitumor Enzyme L-Methionine γ-Lyase from Pseudomonas putida.
    Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 72; 1722-1730, 2008
  • Esaki, N., and H. Mihara
    Function and biosynthesis of selenoproteins.
    Biomed. Res. Trace Elem. 19; 308-316, 2008
  • Abe, K., H. Mihara, R. Tobe, and N. Esaki
    Characterization of human selenocysteine synthase involved in selenoprotein biosynthesis.
    Biomed. Res. Trace Elem. 19; 80-83, 2008
  • Abe, K., H. Mihara, Y. Nishijima, S. Kurokawa, and N. Esaki
    Functional analysis of two homologous mouse selenophosphate synthetases.
    Biomed. Res. Trace Elem. 19; 76-79, 2008

2007

2006

2005

  • Goto M, Muramatsu H, Mihara H, Kurihara T, Esaki N, Omi R, Miyahara I, Hirotsu K.
    Crystal structures of Delta1-piperideine-2-carboxylate/Delta1-pyrroline-2-carboxylate reductase belonging to a new family of NAD(P)H-dependent oxidoreductases: conformational change, substrate recognition, and stereochemistry of the reaction.
    J Biol Chem. 2005 Dec 9;280(49):40875-84.
  • Kurata A, Kurihara T, Kamachi H, Esaki N.
    2-Haloacrylate reductase: A novel enzyme of the medium-chain dehydrogenase/reductase superfamily that catalyzes the reduction of a carbon-carbon double bond of unsaturated organohalogen compounds.
    J Biol Chem. 2005 May 27;280(21):20286-91.
  • Muramatsu H, Mihara H, Goto M, Miyahara I, Hirotsu K, Kurihara T, Esaki N.
    A new family of NAD(P)H-dependent oxidoreductases distinct from conventional Rossmann-fold proteins.
    J Biosci Bioeng. 2005 Jun;99(6):541-7. Review.
  • Yoshimune K, Galkin A, Kulakova L, Yoshimura T, Esaki N.
    Cold-active DnaK of an Antarctic psychrotroph Shewanella sp. Ac10 supporting the growth of dnaK-null mutant of Escherichia coli at cold temperatures.
    Extremophiles. 2005 Apr;9(2):145-50.
  • Yoshimune K, Galkin A, Kulakova L, Yoshimura T, Esaki N.
    DnaK from Vibrio proteolyticus: Complementation of a dnaK-null mutant of Escherichia coli and the role of its ATPase d
    J BIOSCI BIOENG. 2005 Feb; 99(2):136-142.
    Mihara H, Muramatsu H, Kakutani R, Yasuda M, Ueda M, Kurihara T, Esaki N.
    N-Methyl-L-amino acid dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas putida, a novel member of unusual NAD(P)-dependent oxidoreductase superfamily.
    FEBS J. 2005 March; 272(5):1117-1123.
  • Muramatsu H, Mihara H, Kakutani R, Yasuda M, Ueda M, Kurihara T, Esaki N.
    The putative malate/lactate dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas putida is a NADPH-dependent delta1-piperideine-2-carboxylate/delta1-pyrroline-2-carboxylate reductase involved in the catabolism of D-lysine and D-proline.
    J Biol Chem. 2005 Feb 18;280(7):5329-35.
  • Yamamoto H, Mitsuhashi K, Kimoto N, Kobayashi Y, Esaki N.
    Robust NADH-regenerator: improved alpha-haloketone-resistant formate dehydrogenase.
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2005 Apr;67 (1): 33-39.
  • Yoshimune K, Esaki N, Moriguchi M.
    Site-directed mutagenesis alters DnaK-dependent folding process.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Jan 7;326(1):74-8.
  • Kurokawa S, Mihara H, Takehashi M, Tanaka S, Kurihara T, Esaki N.
    RNAi-mediated knock down of mammalian selenocysteine lyase.
    Biomed Res Trace Elemennts. 2005 DEC; 16 (4): 321-324.
  • Abe K, Ebata I, Kazuoka T, Mihara H, Kurihara. T, Esaki N.
    Protein interaction between selenophosphate synthetase and IscS.
    Biomed Res Trace Elemennts. 2005 DEC; 16 (4): 325-327.

2004

  • Muramatsu H, Mihara H, Kakutani R, Yasuda M, Ueda M, Kurihara T, Esaki N.
    Enzymatic synthesis of N-methyl-L-phenylalanine by a novel enzyme, N-methyl-L-amino acid dehydrogenase, from Pseudomonas putida.
    TETRAHEDRON-ASYMMETRY. 2004 SEP 20;15 (18): 2841-2843.
  • Kurata A, Kurihara T, Kamachi H, Esaki N.
    Asymmetric reduction of 2-chloroacrylic acid to (S)-2-chloropropionic acid by a novel reductase from Burkholderia sp WS.
    TETRAHEDRON-ASYMMETRY. 2004 SEP 20;15 (18): 2837-2839.
  • Kurokawa S, Mihara H, Kurihara T, Esaki N.
    Expression analysis of mammalian selenocysteine lyase.
    Biomed Res Trace Elemennts. 2004 AUG; 15 (3): 278-280.
  • Igarashi M, Maruoka N, Kato S, Mihara H, Kurihara T, Esaki N.
    Characterization of Slr0077 of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, a homolog of chloroplastic cysteine desulfurase of higher plants.
    Trace Nut Res. 2004; 21: 51-58
  • Ishihara K, Yamaguchi H, Omori T, Uemura T, Nakajima N, Esaki N.
    A novel zinc-containing alpha-keto ester reductase from actinomycete: an approach based on protein chemistry and bioinformatics.
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2004 Oct;68(10):2120-7.
  • Yow GY, Uo T, Yoshimura T, Esaki N.
    D-Amino acid N-acetyltransferase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a close homologue of histone acetyltransferase Hpa2p acting exclusively on free D-amino acids.
    Arch Microbiol. 2004 Nov;182(5):396-403.
  • Ichiyama S, Kurihara T, Kogure Y, Tsunasawa S, Kawasaki H, Esaki N.
    Reactivity of asparagine residue at the active site of the D105N mutant of fluoroacetate dehalogenase from Moraxella sp. B.
    Biochim Biophys Acta. 2004 Apr 8;1698(1):27-36.
  • Yamamoto H, Mitsuhashi K, Kimoto N, Matsuyama A, Esaki N, Kobayashi Y.
    A Novel NADH-Dependent Carbonyl Reductase from Kluyveromyces aestuarii and Comparison of NADH-Regeneration System for the Synthesis of Ethyl (S)-4-Chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate.
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2004 Mar;68(3):638-49.
  • Takakura T, Mitsushima K, Yagi S, Inagaki K, Tanaka H, Esaki N, Soda K, Takimoto A.
    Assay method for antitumor L-methionine gamma-lyase: comprehensive kinetic analysis of the complex reaction with L-methionine.
    Anal Biochem. 2004 Apr 15;327(2):233-40.
  • Kulakova L, Galkin A, Nakayama T, et al.
    Cold-active esterase from Psychrobacter sp Ant300: gene cloning, characterization, and the effects of Gly -> Pro substitution near the active site on its catalytic activity and stability
    BBA-PROTEINS PROTEOM 1696 (1): 59-65 JAN 14 2004

2003

  • Yoshimura T, Esaki N
    Amino acid racemases: Functions and mechanisms
    J BIOSCI BIOENG 96 (2): 103-109 AUG 2003
  • Kuwana E, Kurokawa S, Mihara H, Kurihara T, Yoshimura T, Esaki N
    Effects of selenium deficiency on the expression of selenoprotein mRNAs in mouse brain
    Biomed Res Trace Elements 14 (4): 293-296 AUG 2003
  • Yow, GY; Watanabe, A; Yoshimura, T; Esaki, N
    Conversion of the catalytic specificity of alanine racemase to a D-amino acid aminotransferase activity by a double active-site mutation
    J MOL CATAL B-ENZYM 23 (2-6): 311-319 SEP 1 2003
  • Fuchikami, Y; Yoshimura, T; Esaki, N
    D-Amino acid aminotransferase: fragmentation at a flexible loop is an efficient method to generate mutant enzymes with new substrate specificities and elevated activities
    J MOL CATAL B-ENZYM 23 (2-6): 321-328 SEP 1 2003
  • Park, C; Kurihara, T; Yoshimura, T; Soda, K; Esaki, N
    A new DL-2-haloacid dehalogenase acting on 2-haloacid amides: purification, characterization, and mechanism
    J MOL CATAL B-ENZYM 23 (2-6): 329-336 SEP 1 2003
  • Li, YF; Kurihara, T; Ichiyama, S; Miyagi, M; Tsunasawa, S; Esaki, N
    Mass spectrometric analysis of the reactions catalyzed by L-2-haloacid dehalogenase mutants and implications for the roles of the catalytic amino acid residues
    J MOL CATAL B-ENZYM 23 (2-6): 337-345 SEP 1 2003
  • Kurihara, T; Yamauchi, T; Ichiyama, S; Takahata, H; Esaki, N
    Purification, characterization, and gene cloning of a novel fluoroacetate dehalogenase from Burkholderia sp FA1
    J MOL CATAL B-ENZYM 23 (2-6): 347-355 SEP 1 2003
  • Wei, YL; Kurihara, T; Suzuki, T; Esaki, N
    A novel esterase from a psychrotrophic bacterium, Acinetobacter sp strain no. 6, that belongs to the amidase signature family
    J MOL CATAL B-ENZYM 23 (2-6): 357-365 SEP 1 2003
  • Kwak, MS; Mihara, H; Esaki, N
    A novel regulatory function of selenocysteine lyase, a unique catalyst to modulate major urinary protein
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