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X‐ray crystallographic and mutational analysis of the NylC precursor: catalytic mechanism of autocleavage and substrate hydrolysis of nylon hydrolase by Negoro, Seiji, Shibata, Naoki, Kato, Dai‐ichiro, Tanaka, Yusuke, Yasuhira, Kengo, Nagai, Keisuke, Oshima, Shohei, Furuno, Yoko, Yokoyama, Risa, Miyazaki, Kaito, Takeo, Masahiro, Hengphasatporn, Kowit, Shigeta, Yasuteru, Lee, Young‐Ho, Higuchi, Yoshiki

“…Nylon hydrolase (NylC), a member of the N‐terminal nucleophile (Ntn) hydrolase superfamily, is responsible for the degradation of various aliphatic nylons,…”
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Structural and functional characterization of nylon hydrolases by Negoro, Seiji, Kato, Dai-Ichiro, Ohki, Taku, Yasuhira, Kengo, Kawashima, Yasuyuki, Nagai, Keisuke, Takeo, Masahiro, Shibata, Naoki, Kamiya, Katsumasa, Shigeta, Yasuteru

“…Biodegradation of synthetic polymers is recognized as a useful way to reduce their environmental load and pollution, loss of natural resources, extensive…”
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Degradation Potential of the Nonylphenol Monooxygenase of Sphingomonas sp. NP5 for Bisphenols and Their Structural Analogs by Takeo, Masahiro, Akizuki, Junichi, Kawasaki, Aika, Negoro, Seiji

“…The nonylphenol-degrading bacterium sp. strain NP5 has a very unique monooxygenase that can attack a wide range of 4-alkylphenols with a branched side chain…”
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Metabolic pathway of 6-aminohexanoate in the nylon oligomer-degrading bacterium Arthrobacter sp. KI72: identification of the enzymes responsible for the conversion of 6-aminohexanoate to adipate by Takehara, Ikki, Fujii, Tsubasa, Tanimoto, Yuuki, Kato, Dai-Ichiro, Takeo, Masahiro, Negoro, Seiji

“…Arthrobacter sp. strain KI72 grows on a 6-aminohexanoate oligomer, which is a by-product of nylon-6 manufacturing, as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen. We…”
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Biosynthesis-inspired deracemizative production of d-luciferin by combining luciferase and thioesterase by Maeda, Juri, Kato, Dai-ichiro, Okuda, Masatoshi, Takeo, Masahiro, Negoro, Seiji, Arima, Kazunari, Ito, Yuji, Niwa, Kazuki

“…Due to the strict enantioselectivity of firefly luciferase, only d-luciferin can be used as a substrate for bioluminescence reactions. Unfortunately, luciferin…”
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Function of a Glutamine Synthetase-Like Protein in Bacterial Aniline Oxidation via γ-Glutamylanilide by Takeo, Masahiro, Ohara, Akira, Sakae, Shinji, Okamoto, Yasuhiro, Kitamura, Chitoshi, Kato, Dai-ichiro, Negoro, Seiji

“…Acinetobacter sp. strain YAA has five genes (atdA1 to atdA5) involved in aniline oxidation as a part of the aniline degradation gene cluster. From sequence…”
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Unraveling the degradation of artificial amide bonds in nylon oligomer hydrolase: from induced-fit to acylation processes by Baba, Takeshi, Boero, Mauro, Kamiya, Katsumasa, Ando, Hiroyuki, Negoro, Seiji, Nakano, Masayoshi, Shigeta, Yasuteru

“…To elucidate how the nylon oligomer hydrolase (NylB) acquires its peculiar degradation activity towards non-biological amide bonds, we inspected the underlying…”
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Characterization of the 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol degradation pathway and genes of Pseudomonas sp. strain TSN1 by Takeo, Masahiro, Yamamoto, Kenta, Sonoyama, Masashi, Miyanaga, Kana, Kanbara, Nana, Honda, Koichi, Kato, Dai-ichiro, Negoro, Seiji

“…3-Methyl-4-nitrophenol (3M4NP) is formed in soil as a hydrolysis product of fenitrothion, one of the major organophosphorus pesticides. A Pseudomonas strain…”
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Structural basis of the correct subunit assembly, aggregation, and intracellular degradation of nylon hydrolase by Negoro, Seiji, Shibata, Naoki, Lee, Young-Ho, Takehara, Ikki, Kinugasa, Ryo, Nagai, Keisuke, Tanaka, Yusuke, Kato, Dai-ichiro, Takeo, Masahiro, Goto, Yuji, Higuchi, Yoshiki

“…Nylon hydrolase (NylC) is initially expressed as an inactive precursor (36 kDa). The precursor is cleaved autocatalytically at Asn266/Thr267 to generate an…”
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of nylons: quantification of the reaction rate of nylon hydrolase for thin-layered nylons by Nagai, Keisuke, Iida, Kazuki, Shimizu, Kimiaki, Kinugasa, Ryo, Izumi, Motoki, Kato, Dai-ichiro, Takeo, Masahiro, Mochiji, Kozo, Negoro, Seiji

“…Nylon hydrolase degrades various aliphatic nylons, including nylon-6 and nylon-66. We synthesized a nylon-66 copolymer (M w = 22,900, M ₙ = 7,400), in which a…”
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Mechanism of 4-Nitrophenol Oxidation in Rhodococcus sp. Strain PN1: Characterization of the Two-Component 4-Nitrophenol Hydroxylase and Regulation of Its Expression by TAKEO, Masahiro, MURAKAMI, Masumi, NIIHARA, Sanae, YAMAMOTO, Kenta, NISHIMURA, Munehiro, KATO, Dai-Ichiro, NEGORO, Seiji

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Distribution of chitin/chitosan-like bioflocculant-producing potential in the genus Citrobacter by Kimura, Kazuyuki, Inoue, Takuya, Kato, Dai-ichiro, Negoro, Seiji, Ike, Michihiko, Takeo, Masahiro

“…Some strains belonging to the genera Citrobacter and Enterobacter have been reported to produce chitin/chitosan-like bioflocculants (BFs) from acetate. In this…”
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Biosynthetic Pathway and Genes of Chitin/Chitosan-Like Bioflocculant in the Genus Citrobacter by Takeo, Masahiro, Kimura, Kazuyuki, Mayilraj, Shanmugam, Inoue, Takuya, Tada, Shohei, Miyamoto, Kouki, Kashiwa, Masami, Ikemoto, Keishi, Baranwal, Priyanka, Kato, Daiichiro, Negoro, Seiji

“…Chitin/chitosan, one of the most abundant polysaccharides in nature, is industrially produced as a powder or flake form from the exoskeletons of crustaceans…”
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Draft Genome Sequence of the Nylon Oligomer-Degrading Bacterium Arthrobacter sp. Strain KI72 by Takehara, Ikki, Kato, Dai-Ichiro, Takeo, Masahiro, Negoro, Seiji

“…We report here the 4.6-Mb genome sequence of a nylon oligomer-degrading bacterium, sp. strain KI72. The draft genome sequence of strain KI72 consists of…”
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Mutations affecting the internal equilibrium of the reaction catalyzed by 6‐aminohexanoate‐dimer hydrolase by Negoro, Seiji, Kawashima, Yasuyuki, Shibata, Naoki, Kobayashi, Tatsuya, Baba, Takeshi, Lee, Young‐Ho, Kamiya, Katsumasa, Shigeta, Yasuteru, Nagai, Keisuke, Takehara, Ikki, Kato, Dai‐ichiro, Takeo, Masahiro, Higuchi, Yoshiki

“…The enzyme 6‐aminohexanoate‐dimer hydrolase catalyzes amide synthesis. The yield of this reverse reaction in 90% t‐butyl alcohol was found to vary drastically…”
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Interconversion of ketoprofen recognition in firefly luciferase-catalyzed enantioselective thioesterification reaction using from Pylocoeria miyako (PmL) and Hotaria parvura (HpL) just by mutating two amino acid residues by Kato, Dai-ichiro, Hiraishi, Yoshihiro, Maenaka, Mika, Yokoyama, Keisuke, Niwa, Kazuki, Ohmiya, Yoshihiro, Takeo, Masahiro, Negoro, Seiji

“…We identified the critical amino acid residues that determine the substrate recognition pattern of thioesterification reaction toward ketoprofen using two…”
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6-Aminohexanoate Oligomer Hydrolases from the Alkalophilic Bacteria Agromyces sp. Strain KY5R and Kocuria sp. Strain KY2 by Yasuhira, Kengo, Tanaka, Yasuhito, Shibata, Hiroshi, Kawashima, Yasuyuki, Ohara, Akira, Kato, Dai-ichiro, Takeo, Masahiro, Negoro, Seiji

“…Alkalophilic, nylon oligomer-degrading strains, Agromyces sp. and Kocuria sp., were isolated from the wastewater of a nylon-6 factory and from activated sludge…”
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Molecular dynamics studies on the mutational structures of a nylon-6 byproduct-degrading enzyme by Baba, Takeshi, Kamiya, Katsumasa, Matsui, Toru, Shibata, Naoki, Higuchi, Yoshiki, Kobayashi, Tatsuya, Negoro, Seiji, Shigeta, Yasuteru

“…[Display omitted] ► Wild-type and mutant structures of nylon-6 byproduct-degrading enzyme are determined. ► We sampled 25 000 data from 10–35 ns simulations to…”
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Confirmation of color determination factors for Ser286 derivatives of firefly luciferase from Luciola cruciata (LUC-G) by Kato, Dai-ichiro, Kubo, Takaya, Maenaka, Mika, Niwa, Kazuki, Ohmiya, Yoshihiro, Takeo, Masahiro, Negoro, Seiji

“…We constructed a mutant library of Japanese firefly Luciola cruciata luciferase (LUC-G) at position S286 and performed conclusive characterization of these…”
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Enantiodifferentiation of ketoprofen by Japanese firefly luciferase from Luciola lateralis by Kato, Dai-ichiro, Tatsumi, Tomohiro, Bansho, Asami, Teruya, Keisuke, Yoshida, Hiromitsu, Takeo, Masahiro, Negoro, Seiji

“…A Japanese firefly luciferase from Luciola lateralis (LUC-H) has an enantioselective acyl-CoA synthetase activity toward ketoprofen. In this article, we…”
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