Kazuo Sakka

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• Structure of cellulases and their applications.

  Kunio Ohmiya;Kazuo Sakka;Shuichi Karita;Tetsuya Kimura

  218
  Citations

• Cloning and DNA sequencing of the genes encoding Clostridium josui scaffolding protein CipA and cellulase CelD and identification of their gene products as major components of the cellulosome.

  Motohide Kakiuchi;Ayako Isui;Katsuhisa Suzuki;Tsuchiyoshi Fujino

  187
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• Improvement of lignocellulosic biomass in planta: A review of feedstocks, biomass recalcitrance, and strategic manipulation of ideal plants designed for ethanol production and processability

  Paripok Phitsuwan;Kazuo Sakka;Khanok Ratanakhanokchai

  172
  Citations

• Conversion of chitinous wastes to hydrogen gas by clostridium paraputrificum M-21

  Dwierra Evvyernie;Kenji Morimoto;Shuichi Karita;Tetsuya Kimura

  169
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• Overexpression of a hydrogenase gene in Clostridium paraputrificum to enhance hydrogen gas production.

  Kenji Morimoto;Tetsuya Kimura;Kazuo Sakka;Kunio Ohmiya

  166
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• Structural changes and enzymatic response of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) stem induced by alkaline pretreatment.

  Paripok Phitsuwan;Kazuo Sakka;Khanok Ratanakhanokchai

  162
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• Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the gene encoding Clostridium paraputrificum chitinase ChiB and analysis of the functions of novel cadherin-like domains and a chitin-binding domain.

  Kenji Morimoto;Shuichi Karita;Tetsuya Kimura;Kazuo Sakka

  157
  Citations

• Characterization of the cellulolytic complex (cellulosome) from Ruminococcus albus.

  Hiroki Ohara;Shuichi Karita;Tetsuya Kimura;Kazuo Sakka

  144
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• Identification and characterization of Clostridium paraputrificum M-21, a chitinolytic, mesophilic and hydrogen-producing bacterium.

  Dwierra Evvyernie;Shinichi Yamazaki;Kenji Morimoto;Shuichi Karita

  117
  Citations

• Nucleotide Sequence of the Clostridium stercorarium xynA Gene Encoding Xylanase A: Identification of Catalytic and Cellulose Binding Domains

  Kazuo Sakka;Yuzo Kojima;Tatsuki Kondo;Shu-ichi Karita

  109
  Citations

• Expression and Regulation of the Arsenic Resistance Operon of Acidiphilium multivorum AIU 301 Plasmid pKW301 in Escherichia coli

  Katsuhisa Suzuki;Norio Wakao;Tetsuya Kimura;Kazuo Sakka

  109
  Citations

• Enrichment of anammox bacteria from marine environment for the construction of a bioremediation reactor.

  Jun Nakajima;Makiko Sakka;Tetsuya Kimura;Kenji Furukawa

  98
  Citations

• Cloning, DNA sequencing, and expression of the gene encoding Clostridium thermocellum cellulase CelJ, the largest catalytic component of the cellulosome.

  Mohammad Mainui Ahsan;T. Kimura;S. Karita;K. Sakka

  96
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• Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of acidophilic xylanase from penicillium sp.40.

  Tetsuya Kimura;Jun Ito;Akihiro Kawano;Takashi Makino

  96
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• Sequence of xynC and properties of XynC, a major component of the Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome.

  Hidenori Hayashi;Ken-Ichiro Takagi;Masayuki Fukumura;Tetsuya Kimura

  95
  Citations

• Nucleotide sequences of two contiguous and highly homologous xylanase genes xynA and xynB and characterization of XynA from Clostridium thermocellum

  H. Hayashi;M. Takehara;T. Hattori;T. Kimura

  92
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• Characterization of a Cellulase Containing a Family 30 Carbohydrate-Binding Module (CBM) Derived from Clostridium thermocellum CelJ: Importance of the CBM to Cellulose Hydrolysis

  Takamitsu Arai;Rie Araki;Akiyoshi Tanaka;Shuichi Karita

  92
  Citations

• Importance of the Carbohydrate-Binding Module of Clostridium stercorarium Xyn10B to Xylan Hydrolysis

  Mursheda K. Ali;Hidenori Hayashi;Shuichi Karita;Masakazu Goto

  90
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of a multienzyme complex (cellulosome) of the Paenibacillus curdlanolyticus B-6 grown on Avicel under aerobic conditions.

  Rattiya Waeonukul;Khin Lay Kyu;Kazuo Sakka;Khanok Ratanakhanokchai

  82
  Citations

• Cohesin-Dockerin Interactions within and between Clostridium josui and Clostridium thermocellum: BINDING SELECTIVITY BETWEEN COGNATE DOCKERIN AND COHESIN DOMAINS AND SPECIES SPECIFICITY

  Sadanari Jindou;Akane Soda;Shuichi Karita;Tsutomu Kajino

  81
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