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Keishi Ishida is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and specializes in research within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several closely related subfields, including molecular biology, pharmacology, and organic chemistry, with additional interest in epidemiology and insect science.

The scientist's research has extensively addressed topics such as Burkholderia infections and melioidosis, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and microbial natural products and biosynthesis. Other areas of focus include plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, algal biology and biofuel production, biocrusts and microbial ecology, as well as photosynthetic processes and mechanisms.

The recent publications of Keishi Ishida reflect a strong contribution to the field through investigations on bacterial pathogenicity, specialized metabolism in symbiotic cyanobacteria, and enzymatic multifunctionality. Key papers include:

  • "Sulfonium Acids Loaded onto an Unusual Thiotemplate Assembly Line Construct the Cyclopropanol Warhead of a Burkholderia Virulence Factor" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Pathogenic bacteria remodel central metabolic enzyme to build a cyclopropanol warhead" (2022), published in Nature Chemistry
  • "Deciphering Chemical Mediators Regulating Specialized Metabolism in a Symbiotic Cyanobacterium" (2022), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Sequential Allylic Alcohol Formation by a Multifunctional Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase with Rare Redox Partners" (2022), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Bacterial Pathogen Channels Medium-Sized Fatty Acids into Malleicyprol Biosynthesis" (2023), published in ACS Chemical Biology

The frequent co-authors of Keishi Ishida include Christian Hertweck, Mie Ishida-Ito, Felix Trottmann, Hajo Kries, and Hak Joong Kim. These collaborations have contributed to a coherent thematic approach to chemical biology and microbial biochemistry.

Keishi Ishida's research appears regularly in publications such as:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ChemBioChem
  • Nature Chemistry
  • ACS Chemical Biology

Best Publications

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • The cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin binds to proteins and increases the fitness of microcystis under oxidative stress conditions.

    Yvonne Zilliges;Jan-Christoph Kehr;Sven Meissner;Keishi Ishida

  • Exploiting the mosaic structure of trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases for natural product discovery and pathway dissection.

    TuAnh Nguyen;Keishi Ishida;Holger Jenke-Kodama;Elke Dittmann

  • Closthioamide: An Unprecedented Polythioamide Antibiotic from the Strictly Anaerobic Bacterium Clostridium cellulolyticum

    Thorger Lincke;Swantje Behnken;Keishi Ishida;Martin Roth

  • Bacillamide, a novel algicide from the marine bacterium, Bacillus sp. SY-1, against the harmful dinoflagellate, Cochlodinium polykrikoides

    Seong-Yun Jeong;Keishi Ishida;Yusai Ito;Shigeru Okada

  • Symbiont-derived antimicrobials contribute to the control of the lepidopteran gut microbiota

    Yongqi Shao;Bosheng Chen;Chao Sun;Keishi Ishida

  • Aeruginosins, protease inhibitors from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa

    Keishi Ishida;Yuji Okita;Hisashi Matsuda;Tatsufumi Okino

  • Ribosomal Synthesis of Tricyclic Depsipeptides in Bloom‐Forming Cyanobacteria

    Nadine Ziemert;Keishi Ishida;Anton Liaimer;Christian Hertweck

  • Aeruginosins 98-A and B, trypsin inhibitors from the blue-green alga Microcystis aeruginosa (NIES-98)

    Masahiro Murakami;Keishi Ishida;Tatsufumi Okino;Yuji Okita

  • Rhizonin, the First Mycotoxin Isolated from the Zygomycota, Is Not a Fungal Metabolite but Is Produced by Bacterial Endosymbionts

    Laila P. Partida-Martinez;Carina Flores de Looß;Keishi Ishida;Mie Ishida

  • Kawaguchipeptin B, an Antibacterial Cyclic Undecapeptide from the Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa

    Keishi Ishida;Hisashi Matsuda;Masahiro Murakami;Katsumi Yamaguchi

  • Microcyclamide Biosynthesis in Two Strains of Microcystis aeruginosa: from Structure to Genes and Vice Versa

    Nadine Ziemert;Keishi Ishida;Philippe Quillardet;Christiane Bouchier

  • Gramibactin is a bacterial siderophore with a diazeniumdiolate ligand system

    Ron Hermenau;Keishi Ishida;Sofia Gama;Bianca Hoffmann

  • Biosynthesis and structure of aeruginoside 126A and 126B, cyanobacterial peptide glycosides bearing a 2-carboxy-6-hydroxyoctahydroindole moiety.

    Keishi Ishida;Keishi Ishida;Guntram Christiansen;Guntram Christiansen;Wesley Y. Yoshida;Rainer Kurmayer

  • Genomics‐Driven Discovery of Burkholderic Acid, a Noncanonical, Cryptic Polyketide from Human Pathogenic Burkholderia Species

    Jakob Franke;Keishi Ishida;Christian Hertweck;Christian Hertweck

  • Plasticity and Evolution of Aeruginosin Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria

    Keishi Ishida;Keishi Ishida;Martin Welker;Martin Welker;Guntram Christiansen;Guntram Christiansen;Sabrina Cadel-Six

  • Anabaenopeptins G and H, Potent Carboxypeptidase A inhibitors from the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria agardhii (NIES-595)

    Yusai Itou;Shingo Suzuki;Keishi Ishida;Masahiro Murakami

  • Exploiting the Natural Diversity of Microviridin Gene Clusters for Discovery of Novel Tricyclic Depsipeptides

    Nadine Ziemert;Keishi Ishida;Annika Weiz;Christian Hertweck

  • New anabaenopeptins, potent carboxypeptidase-A inhibitors from the cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon flos-aquae

    Masahiro Murakami;Shingo Suzuki;Yusai Itou;Shinya Kodani

  • Microcyclamide, a cytotoxic cyclic hexapeptide from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa.

    Keishi Ishida;Hidenori Nakagawa;Masahiro Murakami

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Hertweck
Christian Hertweck Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Masahiro Murakami
Masahiro Murakami Kyoto University
Elke Dittmann
Elke Dittmann University of Potsdam
Timothy P. Stinear
Timothy P. Stinear University of Melbourne
Marnix H. Medema
Marnix H. Medema Wageningen University & Research
Christiane Bouchier
Christiane Bouchier Institut Pasteur
Fergal O'Gara
Fergal O'Gara University College Cork
Jens Nielsen
Jens Nielsen Chalmers University of Technology
Thomas Börner
Thomas Börner Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute

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