Tomokazu Ito

Nagoya University — Japan

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

20h-index964citations73works0.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism(32), Enzyme Structure and Function(25), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders(13), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation(12), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis(8)

Publications73 total

A new branch of mammalian vitamin B<sub>6</sub> metabolism: AKR1C-mediated conversion of pyridoxal to pyridoxine and 4-pyridoxolactone.
PubMed·2026
Harnessing the Power of SMART Single-Molecule Display for Enzyme Evolution: A Focus on Oxidase
ACS Synthetic Biology·2026
Corrigendum to “Enhanced isoprenoid production in Escherichia coli cells harboring the archaeal mevalonate pathway” [Biochem. Biophys. Rep. 44 (2025) 102307]
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports·2026Open Access
Deciphering the properties and reaction mechanism of anhydromevalonate phosphate decarboxylase, a prenylated flavin mononucleotide‐dependent enzyme in the archaeal mevalonate pathway
FEBS Journal·2026Open Access
Enhanced isoprenoid production in Escherichia coli cells harboring the archaeal mevalonate pathway
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Suicide substrate reaction-like modification of mouse serine racemase with L-serine
The Journal of Biochemistry·2025
SMART platform for enzyme engineering: A novel single-molecule display approach for evolution and functional studies of D-amino acid oxidase
2025Open Access
Identification and Characterization of a Novel <scp>d‐</scp>Branched‐Chain Amino Acids Importer from <i>Lactobacillus fermentum</i>
ChemBioChem·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Identification of YigL as a PLP/PNP phosphatase in <i>Escherichia coli</i>
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Archaeal mevalonate pathway in the uncultured bacterium <i>Candidatus</i> Promineifilum breve belonging to the phylum Chloroflexota
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Effects of producing high levels of hyperthermophile-specific C25,C25-archaeal membrane lipids in Escherichia coli
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
A [4Fe-4S] cluster resides at the active center of phosphomevalonate dehydratase, a key enzyme in the archaeal modified mevalonate pathway
Frontiers in Microbiology·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
<scp>d</scp> ‐amino acid auxotrophic <i>Escherichia coli</i> strain for <i>in vivo</i> functional cloning of novel <scp>d</scp> ‐amino acid synthetic enzyme
FEBS Journal·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Author response for "&lt;scp&gt;d&lt;/scp&gt; ‐amino acid auxotrophic &lt;i&gt;Escherichia coli&lt;/i&gt; strain for &lt;i&gt;in vivo&lt;/i&gt; functional cloning of novel &lt;scp&gt;d&lt;/scp&gt; ‐amino acid synthetic enzyme"
2022
Role of the conserved pyridoxal 5<tt>ʹ</tt>-phosphate-binding protein YggS/PLPBP in vitamin B6 and amino acid homeostasis
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry·2022· 17 citedOpen Access
Crystal structure of mevalonate 3,5-bisphosphate decarboxylase reveals insight into the evolution of decarboxylases in the mevalonate metabolic pathways
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Identification and characterization of a serine racemase in the silkworm <i>Bombyx mori</i>
The Journal of Biochemistry·2022· 2 cited
Identification and biochemical characterization of a heteromeric <i>cis</i>-prenyltransferase from the thermophilic archaeon <i>Archaeoglobus fulgidus</i>
The Journal of Biochemistry·2022· 2 cited
Isopentenyl diphosphate/dimethylallyl diphosphate-specific Nudix hydrolase from the methanogenic archaeon <i>Methanosarcina mazei</i>
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
The Impact of Pharmacist Intervention on the Incidence of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting and the Anesthesiologist’s Decision on Preventive Measures
Iryo Yakugaku (Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences)·2021Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Hisashi Hemmi(33), Tohru Yoshimura(29), Masaru Goto(5), Diana M. Downs(4), Kento Motoyama(3), Ayako Yamauchi(3), Ran Hori(3), Akira Yoshiasa(3), Natsumi Muto(2), Hisashi Mori(2), Sayuri Takayama(2), Takaya Nagai(2), T. Yamanaka(2), Tomoko Naka(2), Keita Okuda(2), Kana Yamamoto(2), Akihiko Nakatsuka(2), Takashi Takenaka(2), Motoki Maekawa(2), Shuhei Hayashi(2)