Tohru Yoshimura

Ritsumeikan University — Japan

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism(107), Enzyme Structure and Function(90), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders(30), Polyamine Metabolism and Applications(26), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis(21)

Publications184 total

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
<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
Molecular basis and functional development of enzymes related to amino acid metabolism
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Identification and characterization of a serine racemase in the silkworm <i>Bombyx mori</i>
The Journal of Biochemistry·2022· 2 cited
Evolution and properties of alanine racemase from <i>Synechocystis</i> sp. PCC6803
The Journal of Biochemistry·2021· 2 cited
Enzymatic determination of <scp>d</scp>-alanine with <scp>l</scp>-alanine dehydrogenase and alanine racemase
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry·2021· 4 cited
Mechanism of eukaryotic serine racemase-catalyzed serine dehydration
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics·2020· 4 cited
Crystal structure of Serine Racemase from Dictyostelium discoideum.
2020
Reconstruction of the “Archaeal” Mevalonate Pathway from the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanosarcina mazei in Escherichia coli Cells
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2020· 43 citedOpen Access
Inhibition of glycine cleavage system by pyridoxine 5′‐phosphate causes synthetic lethality in <i>glyA yggS</i> and <i>serA yggS</i> in <i>Escherichia coli</i>
Molecular Microbiology·2019· 23 citedOpen Access
Conserved Pyridoxal 5'-Phosphate-Binding Protein YggS Impacts Amino Acid Metabolism through Pyridoxine 5'-Phosphate in <i>Escherichia coli</i>
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2019· 34 cited
Conversion of Mevalonate 3-Kinase into 5-Phosphomevalonate 3-Kinase by Single Amino Acid Mutations
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2019· 8 citedOpen Access
Urinary D-serine level as a predictive biomarker for deterioration of renal function in patients with atherosclerotic risk factors
Biomarkers·2018· 10 citedOpen Access
Modified mevalonate pathway of the archaeon <i>Aeropyrum pernix</i> proceeds via <i>trans</i> -anhydromevalonate 5-phosphate
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2018· 58 citedOpen Access
D-Serine Metabolism and Its Importance in Development of Dictyostelium discoideum
Frontiers in Microbiology·2018· 7 citedOpen Access
Biosynthetic machinery for C25,C25-diether archaeal lipids from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·2018· 6 cited
Production of Ophthalmic Acid Using Engineered Escherichia coli
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2018· 10 citedOpen Access
人工大腸菌を用いた眼科用酸の生産【JST・京大機械翻訳】
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2018
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Frequent Co-authors

Nobuyoshi Esaki(18), Hisashi Hemmi(18), Tomokazu Ito(9), Tatsuo Kurihara(8), Kenji Soda(7), Hisaaki Mihara(6), N. Esaki(4), Masaru Goto(4), Takuma Uo(4), Ljudmila Kulakova(3), I. Miyahara(3), Shiro Kato(3), Tôru Nakayama(3), Tokuzo Nishino(3), Motomichi Murakami(3), K. Soda(2), Bunzo Mikami(2), Hiroyuki Kagamiyama(2), Shin‐ichiro Kato(2), Andrey Galkin(2)