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Hidehiko Kumagai is affiliated with Ishikawa Prefectural University in Japan, where they contribute to research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work covers various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Clinical Biochemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Biochemistry.

Their research topics focus on areas such as Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Enzyme Structure and Function, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism, Digestive System and Related Health, Infant Nutrition and Health, and Plant Tissue Culture and Regeneration.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Hidehiko Kumagai include:

  • Research overview of L-DOPA production using a bacterial enzyme, tyrosine phenol-lyase (2023) in Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B
  • Bacterial γ-glutamyltranspeptidases, physiological function, structure, catalytic mechanism and application (2020) in Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B

Kumagai has frequently published in the Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, contributing a total of three papers in this venue.

Their list of frequent co-authors includes:

  • Takane Katayama
  • Takashi Koyanagi
  • Hideyuki Suzuki
  • Keiichi Fukuyama
  • Chiaki Matsuzaki

Best Publications

  • Physiology of Consumption of Human Milk Oligosaccharides by Infant Gut-associated Bifidobacteria

    Sadaki Asakuma;Emi Hatakeyama;Tadasu Urashima;Erina Yoshida

  • Microbial production of plant benzylisoquinoline alkaloids

    Hiromichi Minami;Ju-Sung Kim;Nobuhiro Ikezawa;Tomoya Takemura

  • Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Bifidobacterium bifidum 1,2-α-l-Fucosidase (AfcA), a Novel Inverting Glycosidase (Glycoside Hydrolase Family 95)

    Takane Katayama;Akiko Sakuma;Takatoshi Kimura;Yutaka Makimura

  • A bacterial platform for fermentative production of plant alkaloids

    Akira Nakagawa;Hiromichi Minami;Ju-Sung Kim;Ju-Sung Kim;Takashi Koyanagi

  • Two distinct α-l-fucosidases from Bifidobacterium bifidum are essential for the utilization of fucosylated milk oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates

    Hisashi Ashida;Akiko Miyake;Masashi Kiyohara;Jun Wada

  • Bifidobacterium bifidum Lacto-N-Biosidase, a Critical Enzyme for the Degradation of Human Milk Oligosaccharides with a Type 1 Structure

    Jun Wada;Jun Wada;Takuro Ando;Masashi Kiyohara;Hisashi Ashida

  • Tyrosine Phenol Lyase I. PURIFICATION, CRYSTALLIZATION, AND PROPERTIES

    Hidehiko Kumagai;Hideaki Yamada;Hiroshi Matsui;Haruyuki Ohkishi

  • gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase from Escherichia coli K-12: purification and properties.

    H Suzuki;H Kumagai;T Tochikura

  • Total biosynthesis of opiates by stepwise fermentation using engineered Escherichia coli

    Akira Nakagawa;Eitaro Matsumura;Takashi Koyanagi;Takane Katayama

  • Plant biochemistry: An onion enzyme that makes the eyes water

    S. Imai;N. Tsuge;M. Tomotake;Y. Nagatome

  • Crystal structures of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase from Escherichia coli, a key enzyme in glutathione metabolism, and its reaction intermediate

    Toshihiro Okada;Hideyuki Suzuki;Kei Wada;Hidehiko Kumagai

  • A Novel Putrescine Utilization Pathway Involves γ-Glutamylated Intermediates of Escherichia coli K-12

    Shin Kurihara;Shinpei Oda;Kenji Kato;Hyeon Guk Kim

  • Identification and Molecular Cloning of a Novel Glycoside Hydrolase Family of Core 1 Type O-Glycan-specific Endo-α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from Bifidobacterium longum

    Kiyotaka Fujita;Fusako Oura;Noriko Nagamine;Takane Katayama

  • Construction of thermotolerant yeast expressing thermostable cellulase genes.

    Jiong Hong;Yonghong Wang;Hidehiko Kumagai;Hisanori Tamaki;Hisanori Tamaki

  • Distribution of Hydantoin Hydrolyzing Activity in Microorganisms : Microbial Transformation of Hydantoins to Amino Acids(I) :

    Hideaki Yamada;Satomi Takahashi;Yoshiaki Kii;Hidehiko Kumagai

  • Purification and characterization of a protease-resistant cellulase from Aspergillus niger

    Shunichi Akiba;Yoshiharu Kimura;Kenji Yamamoto;Hidehiko Kumagai

  • Enzymatic production of theanine, an “umami” component of tea, from glutamine and ethylamine with bacterial γ-glutamyltranspeptidase

    Hideyuki Suzuki;Shunsuke Izuka;Nobukazu Miyakawa;Hidehiko Kumagai

  • Gpr1, a putative G-protein-coupled receptor, regulates morphogenesis and hypha formation in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans.

    Takuya Miwa;Yukinobu Takagi;Makiko Shinozaki;Cheol Won Yun

  • Characterization of heterotrimeric G protein complexes in rice plasma membrane.

    Chiyuki Kato;Tomohiro Mizutani;Hisanori Tamaki;Hidehiko Kumagai

  • Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis uses two different β-galactosidases for selectively degrading type-1 and type-2 human milk oligosaccharides

    Erina Yoshida;Haruko Sakurama;Masashi Kiyohara;Masahiro Nakajima

  • Autocatalytic Processing of γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase *

    Hideyuki Suzuki;Hidehiko Kumagai

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji Yamamoto
Kenji Yamamoto Ishikawa Prefectural University
Hideyuki Suzuki
Hideyuki Suzuki Kyoto Institute of Technology
Hideaki Yamada
Hideaki Yamada National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Motomitsu Kitaoka
Motomitsu Kitaoka Niigata University
Fumihiko Sato
Fumihiko Sato Kyoto University
Keiichi Fukuyama
Keiichi Fukuyama Osaka University
Wataru Hashimoto
Wataru Hashimoto Kyoto University
Shinya Fushinobu
Shinya Fushinobu University of Tokyo
Osao Adachi
Osao Adachi Yamaguchi University
Bunzo Mikami
Bunzo Mikami Kyoto University

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