Kousaku Murata

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology — Japan

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Enzyme Production and Characterization(94), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism(60), Polyamine Metabolism and Applications(57), Enzyme Structure and Function(45), Crystallization and Solubility Studies(45)

Publications483 total

Effects of powderization of a granular diet on growth performance of the edible cricket, Teleogryllus occipitalis (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
Journal of Insects as Food and Feed·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Bacteria with a mouth: Discovery and new insights into cell surface structure and macromolecule transport
Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Polyphosphate-dependent nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) kinase: A novel missing link in human mitochondria
Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B·2021· 10 citedOpen Access
The role of calcium binding to the EF-hand-like motif in bacterial solute-binding protein for alginate import
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry·2021· 1 cited
Cryo-EM structure of S protein trimer of SARS-CoV2
2021
Minor cryo-EM structure of S protein trimer of SARS-CoV2 with K-874A VHH, composite map
2021
Cryo-EM structure of alpha 7 homo-tetradecamer
2021
Hsp104-dependent ability to assimilate mannitol and sorbitol conferred by a truncated Cyc8 with a C-terminal polyglutamine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
PLoS ONE·2020· 8 citedOpen Access
Uncovering the reactive nature of 4-deoxy-l-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronate for the utilization of alginate, a promising marine biopolymer
Scientific Reports·2019· 12 citedOpen Access
Streptococcal phosphotransferase system imports unsaturated hyaluronan disaccharide derived from host extracellular matrices
PLoS ONE·2019· 15 citedOpen Access
Substrate recognition by bacterial solute-binding protein is responsible for import of extracellular hyaluronan and chondroitin sulfate from the animal host
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry·2019· 5 citedOpen Access
Structural studies on bacterial system used in the recognition and uptake of the macromolecule alginate
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry·2019· 9 cited
Creation of haemoglobin A1c direct oxidase from fructosyl peptide oxidase by combined structure-based site specific mutagenesis and random mutagenesis
Scientific Reports·2019· 20 citedOpen Access
Streptococcal phosphotransferase system imports unsaturated hyaluronan disaccharide derived from host extracellular matrices
2018· 1 citedOpen Access
Probiotics in human gut microbiota can degrade host glycosaminoglycans
Scientific Reports·2018· 91 citedOpen Access
Scientific Research toward Utilization of Sugars from Brown Macroalgae Using Budding Yeast: Calling for the Unutilized Carbohydrates Resources in Ocean
KAGAKU TO SEIBUTSU·2018Open Access
病原細菌による宿主細胞外グリコサミノグリカンの断片化・輸送・分解・代謝に関わる分子機構
2017
Alternative substrate-bound conformation of bacterial solute-binding protein involved in the import of mammalian host glycosaminoglycans
Scientific Reports·2017· 8 citedOpen Access
Interaction mode between solute-binding protein and ABC transporter involved in the import of acidic polysaccharide
The Japanese Biochemical Society/The Molecular Biology Society of Japan·2017
Binding mode of metal ions to the bacterial iron import protein EfeO
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·2017· 15 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Wataru Hashimoto(28), Shigeyuki Kawai(16), Bunzo Mikami(13), Osamu Miyake(7), Shigetarou Mori(6), Akira Kimura(5), Masayuki Yamasaki(5), Akihito Ochiai(5), Akira Kimura(4), Takafumi Itoh(4), Kunihiko Watanabe(4), Yoshimasa Yonemoto(3), Keiko Momma(3), Takako Mukai(3), Kohei Ogura(3), Hye-Jin Yoon(3), Hirokazu Nankai(3), Y Fukuda(2), Isafumi Maru(2), Yasuhiro Ohta(2)