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Ken Hirotsu is affiliated with Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan. Their academic profile focuses primarily on research conducted within this institution.

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Best Publications

  • Synthesis and structure of bis(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl)diphosphene: isolation of a true phosphobenzene

    M. Yoshifuji;I. Shima;N. Inamoto;K. Hirotsu

  • Dichloro[1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]palladium(II): an effective catalyst for cross-coupling of secondary and primary alkyl Grignard and alkylzinc reagents with organic halides

    Tamio Hayashi;Mitsuo Konishi;Yuji Kobori;Makoto Kumada

  • Additions and Corrections - Synthesis and Structure of Bis(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl)diphosphene: Isolation of a True "Phosphobenzene"

    Masaaki Yoshifuji;Ichiro Shima;Naoki Inamoto;Ken Hirotsu

  • X-Ray Crystallographic Study of Pyridoxal 5′-Phosphate-Type Aspartate Aminotransferases from Escherichia coli in Open and Closed Form

    Akihiro Okamoto;Taiichi Higuchi;Ken Hirotsu;Seiki Kuramitsu

  • Three-Dimensional Structure of Porcine Kidney D-Amino Acid Oxidase at 3.0 Å Resolution

    Hisashi Mizutani;Ikuko Miyahara;Ken Hirotsu;Yasuzo Nishina

  • Dual substrate recognition of aminotransferases

    Ken Hirotsu;Masaru Goto;Akihiro Okamoto;Ikuko Miyahara

  • The Crystal and Molecular Structure of β-Lactose

    Ken Hirotsu;Akira Shimada

  • Enantioselective Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photodimerization of Coumarin and Thiocoumarin in Inclusion Complexes with Chiral Host Compounds.

    Koichi Tanaka;Fumio Toda;Eiko Mochizuki;Nobuyoshi Yasui

  • Crystal structures of Paracoccus denitrificans aromatic amino acid aminotransferase: a substrate recognition site constructed by rearrangement of hydrogen bond network.

    Akihiro Okamoto;Yumi Nakai;Hideyuki Hayashi;Ken Hirotsu

  • Crystal and molecular structures of double macrocyclic inclusion complexes composed of cyclodextrins, crown ethers, and cations

    Shigehiro Kamitori;Ken Hirotsu;Taiichi Higuchi

  • Remarkable structure deformation in phenothiazine trimer radical cation.

    Toshihiro Okamoto;Masato Kuratsu;Masatoshi Kozaki;Ken Hirotsu

  • Crystal Structure of a Homolog of Mammalian Serine Racemase from Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Masaru Goto;Takae Yamauchi;Nobuo Kamiya;Ikuko Miyahara

  • Crystal structure of quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas putida. Identification of a novel quinone cofactor encaged by multiple thioether cross-bridges.

    Atsuko Satoh;Jong-Keun Kim;Ikuko Miyahara;Bart Devreese

  • Majusculamides A and B, two epimeric lipodipeptides from Lyngbya majuscula Gomont

    Franz-Josef Marner;Richard E. Moore;Ken Hirotsu;Jon Clardy

  • Mechanism of Preferential Enrichment, an Unusual Enantiomeric Resolution Phenomenon Caused by Polymorphic Transition during Crystallization of Mixed Crystals Composed of Two Enantiomers

    Rui Tamura;Daisuke Fujimoto;Zsolt Lepp;Kentaro Misaki

  • Structural determinants for branched-chain aminotransferase isozyme specific inhibition by the anticonvulsant drug gabapentin

    Masaru Goto;Ikuko Miyahara;Ken Hirotsu;Myra Conway

  • Crystal structures of branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase complexed with glutamate and glutarate: true reaction intermediate and double substrate recognition of the enzyme.

    Masaru Goto;Ikuko Miyahara;Hideyuki Hayashi;Hiroyuki Kagamiyama

  • Crystal structures of CTP synthetase reveal ATP, UTP, and glutamine binding sites.

    Masaru Goto;Masaru Goto;Rie Omi;Noriko Nakagawa;Ikuko Miyahara

  • Structure of Thermus thermophilus HB8 aspartate aminotransferase and its complex with maleate.

    Tadashi Nakai;Kengo Okada;Shohei Akutsu;Ikuko Miyahara

  • Three-dimensional structure of the flavoenzyme acyl-CoA oxidase-II from rat liver, the peroxisomal counterpart of mitochondrial acyl-CoA dehydrogenase.

    Yoshitaka Nakajima;Ikuko Miyahara;Ken Hirotsu;Yasuzo Nishina

Frequent Co-Authors

Seiki Kuramitsu
Seiki Kuramitsu Osaka University
Hiroyuki Kagamiyama
Hiroyuki Kagamiyama Osaka Medical College
Jon Clardy
Jon Clardy Harvard University
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka Shimadzu Corp
Tatsuo Kurihara
Tatsuo Kurihara Kyoto University
Nobuyoshi Esaki
Nobuyoshi Esaki Kyoto University
Hiroyuki Mizuguchi
Hiroyuki Mizuguchi Osaka University
Mitsuo Ishikawa
Mitsuo Ishikawa Hiroshima University
Iwao Tabushi
Iwao Tabushi Kyoto University
Takeji Takui
Takeji Takui Osaka Metropolitan University

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