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Kazuo Furihata

Kazuo Furihata

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Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
11479
World Ranking
9384
National Ranking
665

Biology and Biochemistry

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60
Citations
11118
World Ranking
12099
National Ranking
826

Overview

Kazuo Furihata is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has contributed to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology through multiple research publications. Their work spans the main topics of Electron Spin Resonance Studies, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition, Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications, Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes, Molecular Spectroscopy and Chirality, and Bee Products Chemical Analysis.

Their research is frequently published in several scientific venues, with notable contributions to Analytical Sciences, Natural Product Research, Food Chemistry Molecular Sciences, Organic Letters, and Crystal Growth & Design. The distribution of publications shows a significant presence in Analytical Sciences with five papers.

Furihata has collaborated with several researchers with notable frequent co-authors including Mitsuru Tashiro, Koji Nagata, Kei Futagawa, Hiroyuki Watanabe, and Yutaka Ito.

Several recent papers further illustrate the scope and depth of their research, including:

  • NMR and HPLC profiling of bee pollen products from different countries, 2022, Food Chemistry Molecular Sciences
  • Myrindole A, an Antimicrobial Bis-indole from a Marine Sponge Myrmekioderma sp., 2021, Organic Letters
  • Structural and Functional Analyses of the Acidic and Basic Amino Acid Repeat Sequence (DDRK) in Pif 80 from Pinctada fucata on the Aragonite Crystal Surface Using NMR, 2023, Crystal Growth & Design
  • Structural and Functional Analysis of the Amorphous Calcium Carbonate-Binding Protein Paramyosin in the Shell of the Pearl Oyster, Pinctada fucata, 2024, Langmuir
  • Identification of Binding Epitopes of a Fluorinated Compound Bound to Proteins Using 1H and 19F NMR Spectroscopy, 2020, Analytical Sciences

Their research spans several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Spectroscopy, Pharmacology, and Insect Science.

Kazuo Furihata's work integrates a variety of advanced techniques primarily focused on molecular and structural aspects, with a particular emphasis on spectroscopy and its applications in natural products, crystallization processes, and molecular interactions.

Best Publications

  • Telomestatin, a Novel Telomerase Inhibitor from Streptomyces anulatus

    Kazuo Shin-ya;Konstanty Wierzba;Ken-ichi Matsuo;Toshio Ohtani

  • The structure of neocarzinostatin chromophore possessing a novel bicyclo-[7,3,0]dodecadiyne system

    Kiyoto Edo;Michinao Mizugaki;Yoshio Koide;Haruo Seto

  • An alternative menaquinone biosynthetic pathway operating in microorganisms.

    Tomoshige Hiratsuka;Kazuo Furihata;Jun Ishikawa;Haruyuki Yamashita

  • Diverse Oxygenations Catalyzed by Carbazole 1,9a-Dioxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. Strain CA10

    Hideaki Nojiri;Jeong-Won Nam;Mikiko Kosaka;Ken-Ichi Morii

  • Roasting process of coffee beans as studied by nuclear magnetic resonance: time course of changes in composition.

    Feifei Wei;Kazuo Furihata;Masanori Koda;Fangyu Hu

  • Identification of novel metabolites in the degradation of phenanthrene by Sphingomonas sp. strain P2.

    Onruthai Pinyakong;Onruthai Pinyakong;Hiroshi Habe;Nuttapun Supaka;Pairoh Pinpanichkarn

  • Constant time HMBC (CT-HMBC), a new HMBC technique useful for improving separation of cross peaks

    Kazuo Furihata;Haruo Seto

  • Simultaneous operation of the mevalonate and non-mevalonate pathways in the biosynthesis of isopentenly diphosphate in Streptomyces aeriouvifer

    Haruo Seto;Hiroyuki Watanabe;Kazuo Furihata

  • 13C NMR-Based Metabolomics for the Classification of Green Coffee Beans According to Variety and Origin

    Feifei Wei;Kazuo Furihata;Masanori Koda;Fangyu Hu

  • Structure of a new antibiotic roseophilin

    Yoichi Hayakawa;Kenji Kawakami;Haruo Seto;Kazuo Furihata

  • J-RESOLVED HMBC, A NEW NMR TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING HETERONUCLEAR LONG-RANGE COUPLING CONSTANTS

    Kazuo Furihata;Haruo Seto

  • Oximidines I and II: Novel Antitumor Macrolides from Pseudomonas sp.

    Jin Woo Kim;Kazuo Shin-Ya;Kazuo Furihata;Yoichi Hayakawa

  • Massadine, a Novel Geranylgeranyltransferase Type I Inhibitor from the Marine Sponge Stylissa aff. massa

    Shinichi Nishimura;Shigeki Matsunaga;Mitsuyoshi Shibazaki;Kenichi Suzuki

  • Glucose/Glucuronic Acid Alternating Co‐polysaccharides Prepared from TEMPO‐Oxidized Native Celluloses by Surface Peeling

    Masayuki Hirota;Kazuo Furihata;Tsuguyuki Saito;Toshinari Kawada

  • Nondestructive quantification of organic compounds in whole milk without pretreatment by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy.

    Fangyu Hu;Kazuo Furihata;Yusuke Kato;Masaru Tanokura

  • Ribosylation by mycobacterial strains as a new mechanism of rifampin inactivation.

    E R Dabbs;K Yazawa;Y Mikami;M Miyaji

  • Spiruchostatins A and B, novel gene expression-enhancing substances produced by Pseudomonas sp.

    Yuhta Masuoka;Atsuko Nagai;Kazuo Shin-ya;Kazuo Furihata

  • Biosynthesis of a Natural Polyketide-Isoprenoid Hybrid Compound, Furaquinocin A: Identification and Heterologous Expression of the Gene Cluster

    Takashi Kawasaki;Yutaka Hayashi;Tomohisa Kuzuyama;Kazuo Furihata

  • Maklamicin, an Antibacterial Polyketide from an Endophytic Micromonospora sp.

    Yasuhiro Igarashi;Hiromu Ogura;Kazuo Furihata;Naoya Oku

  • Eubacterial Diterpene Cyclase Genes Essential for Production of the Isoprenoid Antibiotic Terpentecin

    Tohru Dairi;Yoshimitsu Hamano;Tomohisa Kuzuyama;Nobuya Itoh

Frequent Co-Authors

Haruo Seto
Haruo Seto University of Tokyo
Kazuo Shin-ya
Kazuo Shin-ya National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Masaru Tanokura
Masaru Tanokura University of Tokyo
Akira Isogai
Akira Isogai University of Tokyo
Akinori Suzuki
Akinori Suzuki University of Tokyo
Tohru Dairi
Tohru Dairi Hokkaido University
Tomohisa Kuzuyama
Tomohisa Kuzuyama University of Tokyo
Yuzuru Mikami
Yuzuru Mikami Chiba University
Toshio Omori
Toshio Omori Shibaura Institute of Technology
Hisakazu Yamane
Hisakazu Yamane Teikyo University

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