Recent Publication Lists 

2012

· Original Papers

1. Sulaiman, S., Yamato, S., Kanaya, E., Kim, J-J., Koga, Y., Takano, K., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Isolation of a novel cutinase with polyethylene terephthalate degrading activity from leaf-branch compost using a metagenomic approach. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78, 1556-1562.

2. Budiman, C., Tadokoro, T., Angkawidjaja, C., Koga, Y., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Role of polar and nonpolar residues at the active site for PPIase activity of FKBP22 from Shewanella sp. SIB1. FEBS J. 279, 976–986.

3. Nguyen, T-N., Angkawidjaja, C., Kanaya, E., Koga, Y., Takano, K., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Activity, stability, and structure of metagenome-derived LC11-RNase H1, a homolog of Sulfolobus tokodaii RNase H1. Protein Sci. 21, 553-561.

4. Uehara, R., Takeuchi, Y., Tanaka, S., Takano, K., Koga, Y., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Requirement of Ca²⁺ ions for hyperthermostability of Tk-subtilisin from Thermococcus kodakarensis. Biochemistry, 51, 5369–5378.

5. Okada, K., Angkawidjaja, C., Koga, Y., Takano, K., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Characteristic features of kynurenine aminotransferase allosterically regulated by α-ketoglutarate in cooperation with kynurenine. PLoS ONE, 7, e40307.

6. Kim, J-J., Kanaya, E., Weon, H-Y., Koga, Y., Takano, K., Dunfield, P. F., Kwon, S-W., and Kanaya, S.　(2012) Flavobacterium compostarboris sp. nov., isolated from leaf-and-branch compost, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium hercynium, Flavobacterium resistens and Flavobacterium johnsoniae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62, 2018-2024.

7. Jongruja, N., You, D-J., Angkawidjaja, C., Kanaya, E., Koga, Y., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Structure and characterization of RNase H3 from Aquifex aeolicus. FEBS J. 279, 2737-2753.

8. Angkawidjaja, C., Koga, Y., Takano, K., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Structure and stability of a thermostable carboxylesterase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii.　 FEBS J., 279, 3071-3084.

9. Cheng, M., Angkawidjaja, C., Koga, Y., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Requirement of lid2 for interfacial activation of a family I.3 lipase with unique two lid structures. FEBS J., 279, 3727-3737.

10. Uehara, R., Tanaka, S., Takano, K., Koga, Y., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Requirement of insertion sequence IS1 for thermal adaptation of Pro-Tk-subtilisin from hyperthermophilic archaeon. Extremophiles, 16, 841-851.

11. Tannous, E., Yokoyama, K., You, D-J., Koga, Y., and Kanaya, S. (2012)　A dual role of divalent metal ions in catalysis and folding of RNase H1 from extreme halophilic archaeon Halobacterium sp. NRC-1. FEBS Open Bio, 2, 345-352.

12. Okada, J., Koga, Y., Takano, K., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Slow unfolding pathway of the hyperthermophilic Tk-RNase H2 examined by pulse proteolysis using the stable protease Tk-subtilisin. Biochemistry, 51, 9178-9191.

13. Kobayashi, H., Hirano, N., Kanaya, S., and Haruki M. (2012) Enhancement of the enzymatic activity of Escherichia coli acetyl esterase by a double mutation obtained from random mutagenesis. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 76, 2082-2088.

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· Books

1. Hirata, A., Sato, A., Koga, A., Kanaya, S., and Takano, K. (2012) A Stable Protein; CutA1. In Protein Structure (Faraggi, E. ed.), pp. 249-262, InTech, Rijeka (Croatia)

2. Tanaka, S., Uehara, R., and Kanaya, S. (2012) Maturation and stabilization mechanisms of two hyperthermostable subtilisin-like serine proteases from Thermococcus kodakarensis. In Serine Proteases: Mechanism, Structure and Evolution (Chiba, I, & Kamio, T., eds), pp. 1-32, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., NY

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