Hisashi Hemmi

Nagoya University — Japan

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis(64), Enzyme Structure and Function(49), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism(30), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction(26), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis(20)

Publications148 total

A new branch of mammalian vitamin B<sub>6</sub> metabolism: AKR1C-mediated conversion of pyridoxal to pyridoxine and 4-pyridoxolactone.
PubMed·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
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
Review for "Crystal structure of &lt;scp&gt;GTP&lt;/scp&gt;‐dependent dephospho‐coenzyme A kinase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, &lt;i&gt;Thermococcus kodakarensis&lt;/i&gt;"
2023
Review for "Crystal structure of &lt;scp&gt;GTP&lt;/scp&gt;‐dependent dephospho‐coenzyme A kinase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, &lt;i&gt;Thermococcus kodakarensis&lt;/i&gt;"
2023
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
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 functional analysis of a new type of <i>Z,E</i> ‐mixed prenyl reductase from mycobacteria
FEBS Journal·2022· 4 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
Author response for "Identification and functional analysis of a new type of &lt;i&gt;Z&lt;/i&gt; , &lt;i&gt;E&lt;/i&gt; ‐mixed prenyl reductase from mycobacteria"
2022
Evolution and properties of alanine racemase from <i>Synechocystis</i> sp. PCC6803
The Journal of Biochemistry·2021· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Tohru Yoshimura(27), Tokuzo Nishino(21), Tôru Nakayama(18), Tomokazu Ito(11), Satoshi Yamashita(5), Takuya Ogawa(4), Shiro Kato(4), Shin‐ichi Ohnuma(3), Naoki Tsuruoka(3), Kyohei Shibuya(3), Ayako Yamauchi(3), Yosuke Ikeda(3), Motomichi Murakami(3), Kazutake Hirooka(2), Takeshi Nishino(2), Yoshihiro Takahashi(2), Hiroshi Kawaide(2), Sayuri Takayama(2), Satoru Ikejiri(2), Yasuhiro Azami(2)