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Keiichi Fukuyama

Keiichi Fukuyama

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Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
7488
World Ranking
15331
National Ranking
1204

Overview

Keiichi Fukuyama is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Genetics.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Digestive system and related health
  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

Fukuyama has contributed to several recent publications. These papers include:

  • Bacterial γ-glutamyltranspeptidases, physiological function, structure, catalytic mechanism and application (2020, Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B)
  • Crystal structure of phytochromobilin synthase in complex with biliverdin IXα, a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of phytochrome (2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • Conformational Equilibrium of NADPH-Cytochrome P450 Oxidoreductase Is Essential for Heme Oxygenase Reaction (2020, Antioxidants)
  • Domain movements of NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (CPR) are required for the smooth electron transfer from CPR to heme-heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) complex (2021, Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances)
  • Neutron crystallography and quantum chemical analysis of bilin reductase PcyA mutants reveal substrate and catalytic residue protonation states (2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry)

Frequent coauthors in Fukuyama's body of work include Masakazu Sugishima, Kei Wada, Ken Yamamoto, Junichi Taira, and Hideaki Sato. The scientist's publications appear frequently in journals such as the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, Antioxidants, Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Crystal structure of the fungal peroxidase from Arthromyces ramosus at 1.9 A resolution. Structural comparisons with the lignin and cytochrome c peroxidases.

    Naoki Kunishima;Keiichi Fukuyama;Hiroshi Matsubara;Haruyo Hatanaka

  • X-Ray Analysis of a [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxin from ‘Spirulina platensis. Main Chain Fold and Location of Side Chains at 2.5 Å Resolution

    Tomitake Tsukihara;Keiichi Fukuyama;Masahiro Nakamura;Yukiteru Katsube

  • Structure of S. platensis [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin and evolution of chloroplast-type ferredoxins

    Keiichi Fukuyama;Toshiharu Hase;Satoshi Matsumoto;Tomitake Tsukihara

  • Solvent tuning of electrochemical potentials in the active sites of HiPIP versus ferredoxin

    Abhishek Dey;Francis E. Jenney;Michael W. W. Adams;Elena Babini

  • 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

  • Structure and function of plant-type ferredoxins

    Keiichi Fukuyama

  • Crystal structure of rat heme oxygenase-1 in complex with heme.

    Masakazu Sugishima;Yoshiaki Omata;Yoshimitsu Kakuta;Hiroshi Sakamoto

  • Crystal structure of a repair enzyme of oxidatively damaged DNA, MutM (Fpg), from an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus HB8.

    Mitsuaki Sugahara;Tsutomu Mikawa;Takashi Kumasaka;Masaki Yamamoto

  • Tertiary structure of Bacillus thermoproteolyticus [4Fe-4S] ferredoxin. Evolutionary implications for bacterial ferredoxins.

    Keiichi Fukuyama;Yoshitomo Nagahara;Tomitake Tsukihara;Yukiteru Katsube

  • Interchangeability and distinct properties of bacterial Fe-S cluster assembly systems: functional replacement of the isc and suf operons in Escherichia coli with the nifSU-like operon from Helicobacter pylori.

    Umechiyo Tokumoto;Seiichi Kitamura;Keiichi Fukuyama;Yasuhiro Takahashi

  • STRUCTURE OF THE 2FE-2S FERREDOXIN I FROM THE BLUE-GREEN ALGA APHANOTHECE SACRUM AT 2.2 A RESOLUTION

    Tomitake Tsukihara;Keiichi Fukuyama;Masayasu Mizushima;Tadashi Harioka

  • The asymmetric trimeric architecture of [2Fe-2S] IscU: implications for its scaffolding during iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis.

    Yoshimitsu Shimomura;Kei Wada;Keiichi Fukuyama;Yasuhiro Takahashi

  • TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY STRUCTURES OF 0.19 ALPHA -AMYLASE INHIBITOR FROM WHEAT KERNEL DETERMINED BY X-RAY ANALYSIS AT 2.06 A RESOLUTION

    Yutaka Oda;Takateru Matsunaga;Keiichi Fukuyama;Toshiyuki Miyazaki

  • Structure of [4Fe―4S] ferredoxin from Bacillus thermoproteolyticus refined at 2.3 Å resolution: structural comparisons of bacterial ferredoxins

    Keiichi Fukuyama;Hiroshi Matsubara;Tomitake Tsukihara;Yukiteru Katsube

  • Crystal structure of Escherichia coli Fdx, an adrenodoxin-type ferredoxin involved in the assembly of iron-sulfur clusters.

    Yoshimitsu Kakuta;Tatsuya Horio;Yasuhiro Takahashi;Keiichi Fukuyama

  • Crystal structure of chondroitin polymerase from Escherichia coli K4.

    Takuo Osawa;Nobuo Sugiura;Hiroaki Shimada;Ryoko Hirooka

  • Crystal Structure of the γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase Precursor Protein from Escherichia coli STRUCTURAL CHANGES UPON AUTOCATALYTIC PROCESSING AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MATURATION MECHANISM

    Toshihiro Okada;Hideyuki Suzuki;Kei Wada;Hidehiko Kumagai

  • The crystal structure of exonuclease RecJ bound to Mn2+ ion suggests how its characteristic motifs are involved in exonuclease activity

    Atsushi Yamagata;Yoshimitsu Kakuta;Ryoji Masui;Keiichi Fukuyama

  • Autoprocessing of Helicobacter pylori γ-glutamyltranspeptidase leads to the formation of a threonine -threonine catalytic dyad

    Gina Boanca;Aaron Sand;Toshihiro Okada;Hideyuki Suzuki

  • Crystal structures of cyanide- and triiodide-bound forms of Arthromyces ramosus peroxidase at different pH values. Perturbations of active site residues and their implication in enzyme catalysis.

    Keiichi Fukuyama;Naoki Kunishima;Fumiko Amada;Tomomi Kubota

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomitake Tsukihara
Tomitake Tsukihara University of Hyogo
Hiroshi Matsubara
Hiroshi Matsubara Osaka Metropolitan University
Hideyuki Suzuki
Hideyuki Suzuki Kyoto Institute of Technology
Seiki Kuramitsu
Seiki Kuramitsu Osaka University
Toshiharu Hase
Toshiharu Hase Osaka University
Hidehiko Kumagai
Hidehiko Kumagai Ishikawa Prefectural University
Michael G. Rossmann
Michael G. Rossmann Purdue University West Lafayette
Graham Palmer
Graham Palmer Rice University
Isao Saito
Isao Saito Kyoto University
Ken Yamamoto
Ken Yamamoto Kurume University

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