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Citations
10678
World Ranking
11030
National Ranking
759

Overview

Kazuyuki Shimizu is affiliated with the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science. Within these broad areas, their work focuses on several subfields including biotechnology, genetics, rheumatology, biomaterials, and molecular biology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Bone and Dental Protein Studies
  • Collagen: Extraction and Characterization
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction

Kazuyuki Shimizu has published in a range of scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Microbiology Insights
  • Biotechnology Advances
  • Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Shimizu includes:

  • Microbial Bioremediation of Feather Waste for Keratinase Production: An Outstanding Solution for Leather Dehairing in Tanneries, 2020, Microbiology Insights
  • Feedback regulation and coordination of the main metabolism for bacterial growth and metabolic engineering for amino acid fermentation, 2021, Biotechnology Advances
  • Exploring alkaline serine protease production and characterization in proteolytic bacteria Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: Insights from real-time PCR and fermentation techniques, 2024, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

Their frequent co-authors comprise a small network of collaborators, including:

  • Lolo Wal Marzan
  • Yasmin Akter
  • Mursheda Akhter
  • Yu Matsuoka
  • Md Nasir Uddin

Best Publications

  • Multiple high-throughput analyses monitor the response of E. coli to perturbations.

    Nobuyoshi Ishii;Kenji Nakahigashi;Tomoya Baba;Tomoya Baba;Martin Robert

  • Energetics and carbon metabolism during growth of microalgal cells under photoautotrophic, mixotrophic and cyclic light-autotrophic/dark-heterotrophic conditions.

    Chen Yang;Qiang Hua;Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Metabolic flux analysis in Synechocystis using isotope distribution from 13C-labeled glucose.

    Chen Yang;Chen Yang;Qiang Hua;Kazuyuki Shimizu;Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Global metabolic regulation analysis for Escherichia coli K12 based on protein expression by 2-dimensional electrophoresis and enzyme activity measurement

    Lifeng Peng;Kazuyuki Shimizu;Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Regulation Systems of Bacteria such as Escherichia coli in Response to Nutrient Limitation and Environmental Stresses

    Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Analysis of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli in Response to Changes of Growth-Limiting Nutrient in Chemostat Cultures

    Qiang Hua;Chen Yang;Taku Oshima;Hirotada Mori;Hirotada Mori

  • Metabolic flux analysis of Escherichia coli K12 grown on 13C-labeled acetate and glucose using GC-MS and powerful flux calculation method.

    Jiao Zhao;Kazuyuki Shimizu;Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Responses of the Central Metabolism in Escherichia coli to Phosphoglucose Isomerase and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Knockouts

    Qiang Hua;Chen Yang;Tomoya Baba;Hirotada Mori;Hirotada Mori

  • Metabolic flux analysis of pykF gene knockout Escherichia coli based on 13C-labeling experiments together with measurements of enzyme activities and intracellular metabolite concentrations

    K. Al Zaid Siddiquee;M. J. Arauzo-Bravo;K. Shimizu;K. Shimizu

  • The effect of pfl gene knockout on the metabolism for optically pure d-lactate production by Escherichia coli

    J Zhu;K Shimizu;K Shimizu

  • Analysis of Escherichia coli anaplerotic metabolism and its regulation mechanisms from the metabolic responses to altered dilution rates and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase knockout.

    Chen Yang;Qiang Hua;Tomoya Baba;Hirotada Mori

  • Modification of metabolic pathways of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the expression of lactate dehydrogenase and deletion of pyruvate decarboxylase genes for the lactic acid fermentation at low pH value

    Eri Adachi;Mikiko Torigoe;Minetaka Sugiyama;Jun-Ichi Nikawa

  • Effect of a single-gene knockout on the metabolic regulation in Escherichia coli for D-lactate production under microaerobic condition.

    Jiangfeng Zhu;Kazuyuki Shimizu;Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Metabolic Flux Analysis for Biosynthesis of Poly (β-Hydroxybutyric Acid) in Alcaligenes eutrophus from Various Carbon Sources

    Huidong Shi;Masafumi Shiraishi;Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Integration of the information from gene expression and metabolic fluxes for the analysis of the regulatory mechanisms in Synechocystis.

    C Yang;Q Hua;K Shimizu

  • Simultaneous production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid and 1,3-propanediol from glycerol by a recombinant strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Yanna Huang;Zhimin Li;Kazuyuki Shimizu;Qin Ye

  • 13C-metabolic flux analysis for batch culture of Escherichia coli and its Pyk and Pgi gene knockout mutants based on mass isotopomer distribution of intracellular metabolites.

    Yoshihiro Toya;Nobuyoshi Ishii;Kenji Nakahigashi;Takashi Hirasawa

  • Metabolic Regulation of a Bacterial Cell System with Emphasis on Escherichia coli Metabolism

    Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Effect of rpoS gene knockout on the metabolism of Escherichia coli during exponential growth phase and early stationary phase based on gene expressions, enzyme activities and intracellular metabolite concentrations

    Mahbuba Rahman;Mohammad Rubayet Hasan;Takahiro Oba;Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Effect of zwf gene knockout on the metabolism of Escherichia coli grown on glucose or acetate

    Jiao Zhao;Tomoya Baba;Hirotada Mori;Kazuyuki Shimizu;Kazuyuki Shimizu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirotada Mori
Hirotada Mori Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Masaru Tomita
Masaru Tomita Keio University
Tomoyoshi Soga
Tomoyoshi Soga Keio University
Johnjoe McFadden
Johnjoe McFadden University of Surrey
Yinjie J. Tang
Yinjie J. Tang Washington University in St. Louis
Takaaki Nishioka
Takaaki Nishioka Kyoto University
Atsuo Tanaka
Atsuo Tanaka Kyoto University
Mitsuyoshi Ueda
Mitsuyoshi Ueda Kyoto University
Masako Osumi
Masako Osumi Japan Women's University

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