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Molecular Mechanisms of Natural Rubber Biosynthesis by Yamashita, Satoshi, Takahashi, Seiji

“…Natural rubber (NR), principally comprising cis -1,4-polyisoprene, is an industrially important natural hydrocarbon polymer because of its unique physical…”
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Formation of Flavonoid Metabolons: Functional Significance of Protein-Protein Interactions and Impact on Flavonoid Chemodiversity by Nakayama, Toru, Takahashi, Seiji, Waki, Toshiyuki

“…Flavonoids are a class of plant specialized metabolites with more than 6,900 known structures and play important roles in plant survival and reproduction…”
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Managing enzyme promiscuity in plant specialized metabolism: A lesson from flavonoid biosynthesis by Waki, Toshiyuki, Takahashi, Seiji, Nakayama, Toru

“…Specificities of enzymes involved in plant specialized metabolism, including flavonoid biosynthesis, are generally promiscuous. This enzyme promiscuity has…”
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Crystal structure of Thermobifida fusca cis-prenyltransferase reveals the dynamic nature of its RXG motif-mediated inter-subunit interactions critical for its catalytic activity by Kurokawa, Hirofumi, Ambo, Takanori, Takahashi, Seiji, Koyama, Tanetoshi

“…cis-Prenyltransferases (cis-PTs) catalyze consecutive condensations of isopentenyl diphosphate to an allylic diphosphate acceptor to produce a linear…”
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Developmental and nutritional regulation of isoflavone secretion from soybean roots by Sugiyama, Akifumi, Yamazaki, Yumi, Yamashita, Kazuaki, Takahashi, Seiji, Nakayama, Toru, Yazaki, Kazufumi

“…Isoflavones play important roles in plant-microbe interactions in rhizospheres. Soybean roots secrete daidzein and genistein to attract rhizobia. Despite the…”
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Physical interactions among flavonoid enzymes in snapdragon and torenia reveal the diversity in the flavonoid metabolon organization of different plant species by Fujino, Naoto, Tenma, Natsuki, Waki, Toshiyuki, Ito, Keisuke, Komatsuzaki, Yuki, Sugiyama, Keigo, Yamazaki, Tatsuya, Yoshida, Saori, Hatayama, Masayoshi, Yamashita, Satoshi, Tanaka, Yoshikazu, Motohashi, Reiko, Denessiouk, Konstantin, Takahashi, Seiji, Nakayama, Toru

“…Summary Flavonoid metabolons (weakly‐bound multi‐enzyme complexes of flavonoid enzymes) are believed to occur in diverse plant species. However, how flavonoid…”
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A conserved strategy of chalcone isomerase-like protein to rectify promiscuous chalcone synthase specificity by Waki, Toshiyuki, Mameda, Ryo, Nakano, Takuya, Yamada, Sayumi, Terashita, Miho, Ito, Keisuke, Tenma, Natsuki, Li, Yanbing, Fujino, Naoto, Uno, Kaichi, Yamashita, Satoshi, Aoki, Yuichi, Denessiouk, Konstantin, Kawai, Yosuke, Sugawara, Satoko, Saito, Kazuki, Yonekura-Sakakibara, Keiko, Morita, Yasumasa, Hoshino, Atsushi, Takahashi, Seiji, Nakayama, Toru

“…Land plants produce diverse flavonoids for growth, survival, and reproduction. Chalcone synthase is the first committed enzyme of the flavonoid biosynthetic…”
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Identification of a Highly Specific Isoflavone 7-O-glucosyltransferase in the soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) by Funaki, Ayuta, Waki, Toshiyuki, Noguchi, Akio, Kawai, Yosuke, Yamashita, Satoshi, Takahashi, Seiji, Nakayama, Toru

“…Isoflavone conjugates [7-O-β-D-glucosides and 7-O-(6″-malonyl-β-D-glucosides) of daidzein and genistein] accumulate in soybean roots and serve as the stored…”
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Lowering pH optimum of activity of SshEstI, a slightly alkaliphilic archaeal esterase of the hormone-sensitive lipase family by Ohara, Kazuhiro, Oshima, Yasuhiro, Unno, Hideaki, Nagano, Satoru, Kusunoki, Masami, Takahashi, Seiji, Waki, Toshiyuki, Yamashita, Satoshi, Nakayama, Toru

“…SshEstI, a carboxylesterase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Saccharolobus shibatae, is a member of the hormone-sensitive lipase family that displays…”
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Glycoside‐specific glycosyltransferases catalyze regio‐selective sequential glucosylations for a sesame lignan, sesaminol triglucoside by Ono, Eiichiro, Waki, Toshiyuki, Oikawa, Daiki, Murata, Jun, Shiraishi, Akira, Toyonaga, Hiromi, Kato, Masako, Ogata, Naoki, Takahashi, Seiji, Yamaguchi, Masa‐atsu, Horikawa, Manabu, Nakayama, Toru

“…Summary Sesame (Sesamum indicum) seeds contain a large number of lignans, phenylpropanoid‐related plant specialized metabolites. (+)‐Sesamin and (+)‐sesamolin…”
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The Regulatory Domain of SRK2E/OST1/SnRK2.6 Interacts with ABI1 and Integrates Abscisic Acid (ABA) and Osmotic Stress Signals Controlling Stomatal Closure in Arabidopsis by Yoshida, Riichiro, Umezawa, Taishi, Mizoguchi, Tsuyoshi, Takahashi, Seiji, Takahashi, Fuminori, Shinozaki, Kazuo

“…ABI1 and ABI2 encode PP2C-type protein phosphatases and are thought to negatively regulate many aspects of abscisic acid (ABA) signaling, including stomatal…”
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Alteration of oxidative-stress and related marker levels in mouse colonic tissues and fecal microbiota structures with chronic ethanol administration: Implications for the pathogenesis of ethanol-related colorectal cancer by Ohira, Hideo, Tsuruya, Atsuki, Oikawa, Daiki, Nakagawa, Wao, Mamoto, Rie, Hattori, Masahira, Waki, Toshiyuki, Takahashi, Seiji, Fujioka, Yoshio, Nakayama, Toru

“…Chronic ethanol consumption is a risk factor for colorectal cancer, and ethanol-induced reactive oxygen species have been suggested to play important roles in…”
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Long-Term Clinical and Functional Results of Intersphincteric Resection for Lower Rectal Cancer by Koyama, Motoi, Murata, Akihiro, Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki, Morohashi, Hajime, Takahashi, Seiji, Yoshida, Eri, Hakamada, Kenichi

“…Background Intersphincteric resection (ISR) is an alternative to abdominoperineal resection (APR) for super-low rectal cancer. The aim of this study was to…”
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De novo induction of a DNA–histone H3K9 methylation loop on synthetic human repetitive DNA in cultured tobacco cells by Otake, Koichiro, Kugou, Kazuto, Robertlee, Jekson, Ohzeki, Jun‐ichirou, Okazaki, Koei, Hanano, Shigeru, Takahashi, Seiji, Shibata, Daisuke, Masumoto, Hiroshi

“…SUMMARY Genetic modifications in plants are crucial tools for fundamental and applied research. Transgene expression usually varies among independent lines or…”
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Hydroxyapatite Formation from Octacalcium Phosphate and Its Related Compounds: A Discussion of the Transformation Mechanism by Yokoi, Taishi, Goto, Tomoyo, Kato, Takeharu, Takahashi, Seiji, Nakamura, Jin, Sekino, Tohru, Ohtsuki, Chikara, Kawashita, Masakazu

“…Octacalcium phosphate (OCP), which has a layered structure composed of an apatitic layer and a hydrated layer, is a precursor of hydroxyapatite (HAp). Although…”
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Structure‐based engineering of a short‐chain cis‐prenyltransferase to biosynthesize nonnatural all‐cis‐polyisoprenoids: molecular mechanisms for primer substrate recognition and ultimate product chain‐length determination by Kutsukawa, Ryo, Imaizumi, Riki, Suenaga‐Hiromori, Miki, Takeshita, Kohei, Sakai, Naoki, Misawa, Shuto, Yamamoto, Masaki, Yamaguchi, Haruhiko, Miyagi‐Inoue, Yukino, Waki, Toshiyuki, Kataoka, Kunishige, Nakayama, Toru, Yamashita, Satoshi, Takahashi, Seiji

“…Most cis‐prenyltransferases (cPTs) use all‐trans‐oligoprenyl diphosphate, such as (E,E)‐farnesyl diphosphate (FPP, C15), but scarcely accept dimethylallyl…”
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Effect of heating conditions on the magnetic properties of micron-sized carboxyl modified-magnetite particles synthesized by a spray pyrolysis and heating process by Hashimoto, Masami, Takahashi, Seiji, Kawahara, Koichi, Ogawa, Tomoyuki, Kawashita, Masakazu

“…[Display omitted] •Superparamagnetic micron-sized COOH-Fe3O4 porous particles were prepared.•Fe3O4 formed due to carbon and hydrogen gas generation of thermal…”
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Identification and reconstitution of the rubber biosynthetic machinery on rubber particles from Hevea brasiliensis by Yamashita, Satoshi, Yamaguchi, Haruhiko, Waki, Toshiyuki, Aoki, Yuichi, Mizuno, Makie, Yanbe, Fumihiro, Ishii, Tomoki, Funaki, Ayuta, Tozawa, Yuzuru, Miyagi-Inoue, Yukino, Fushihara, Kazuhisa, Nakayama, Toru, Takahashi, Seiji

“…Natural rubber (NR) is stored in latex as rubber particles (RPs), rubber molecules surrounded by a lipid monolayer. Rubber transferase (RTase), the enzyme…”
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Implementation experiment of a honeycomb-backed MPP sound absorber in a meeting room by Hoshi, Kazuma, Hanyu, Toshiki, Okuzono, Takeshi, Sakagami, Kimihiro, Yairi, Motoki, Harada, Shinji, Takahashi, Seiji, Ueda, Yasutaka

“…This paper presents the absorption performance of honeycomb-backed microperforated panel (MPP) absorbers, which are needed to improve the acoustics of an…”
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Crystal structure of chalcone synthase, a key enzyme for isoflavonoid biosynthesis in soybean by Imaizumi, Riki, Mameda, Ryo, Takeshita, Kohei, Kubo, Hiroki, Sakai, Naoki, Nakata, Shun, Takahashi, Seiji, Kataoka, Kunishige, Yamamoto, Masaki, Nakayama, Toru, Yamashita, Satoshi, Waki, Toshiyuki

“…Isoflavonoid is one of the groups of flavonoids that play pivotal roles in the survival of land plants. Chalcone synthase (CHS), the first enzyme of the…”
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