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Kiyohiko Igarashi

Kiyohiko Igarashi

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Chemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
10536
World Ranking
12163
National Ranking
911

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
10555
World Ranking
15092
National Ranking
1065

Overview

Kiyohiko Igarashi is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. Within these broader areas, their work focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Biomaterials, and Plant Science.

Their research topics include biofuel production and bioconversion, enzyme production and characterization, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, advanced cellulose research studies, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, and microbial metabolites in food biotechnology.

Significant publication venues for Igarashi's work include the Journal of Applied Glycoscience, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Carbohydrate Polymers, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and the Bulletin of Applied Glycoscience.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Igarashi include:

  • Naoki Sunagawa
  • Masahiro Samejima
  • Taku Uchiyama
  • Satoshi Kaneko
  • Nobuhumi Nakamura

Igarashi has contributed to numerous papers, some of the notable recent publications are:

  • Convergent evolution of processivity in bacterial and fungal cellulases, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase increases cellobiohydrolases activity by promoting decrystallization of cellulose surface, 2022, Science Advances
  • An amperometric biosensor of L-fucose in urine for the first screening test of cancer, 2020, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • In Vitro Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Cellulose II Nanofibrils Catalyzed by the Reverse Reaction of Clostridium thermocellum Cellodextrin Phosphorylase, 2020, Biomacromolecules
  • Domain architecture divergence leads to functional divergence in binding and catalytic domains of bacterial and fungal cellobiohydrolases, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry

Best Publications

  • The paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

    Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Robert Riley;Kerrie Barry

  • Traffic Jams Reduce Hydrolytic Efficiency of Cellulase on Cellulose Surface

    Kiyohiko Igarashi;Takayuki Uchihashi;Anu Koivula;Masahisa Wada;Masahisa Wada

  • Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis

    Elena Fernandez-Fueyo;Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Patricia Ferreira;Dimitrios Floudas

  • High Speed Atomic Force Microscopy Visualizes Processive Movement of Trichoderma reesei Cellobiohydrolase I on Crystalline Cellulose

    Kiyohiko Igarashi;Anu Koivula;Masahisa Wada;Satoshi Kimura

  • The putative endoglucanase PcGH61D from Phanerochaete chrysosporium is a metal-dependent oxidative enzyme that cleaves cellulose.

    Bjørge Westereng;Takuya Ishida;Takuya Ishida;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Miao Wu

  • Crystal structure and computational characterization of the lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase GH61D from the basidiomycota fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium

    Miao Wu;Gregg T. Beckham;Gregg T. Beckham;Anna M. Larsson;Takuya Ishida

  • Ten years of CAZypedia: a living encyclopedia of carbohydrate-active enzymes

    Wade Abbott;Orly Alber;Ed Bayer;Jean-Guy Berrin

  • Activation of crystalline cellulose to cellulose IIII results in efficient hydrolysis by cellobiohydrolase

    Kiyohiko Igarashi;Masahisa Wada;Masahiro Samejima

  • Comparative genomics of the white-rot fungi, Phanerochaete carnosa and P. chrysosporium, to elucidate the genetic basis of the distinct wood types they colonize

    Hitoshi Suzuki;Jacqueline MacDonald;Khajamohiddin Syed;Asaf Salamov

  • Genomewide analysis of polysaccharides degrading enzymes in 11 white- and brown-rot Polyporales provides insight into mechanisms of wood decay

    Chiaki Hori;Jill Gaskell;Kiyohiko Igarashi;Masahiro Samejima

  • Synthesis of highly ordered cellulose II in vitro using cellodextrin phosphorylase

    Masao Hiraishi;Kiyohiko Igarashi;Satoshi Kimura;Masahisa Wada

  • Molecular Cloning of a β-Galactosidase from Radish That Specifically Hydrolyzes β-(1→3)- and β-(1→6)-Galactosyl Residues of Arabinogalactan Protein

    Toshihisa Kotake;Soraya Dina;Tomoyuki Konishi;Satoshi Kaneko

  • Unidirectional processive action of cellobiohydrolase Cel7A on Valonia cellulose microcrystals

    Tomoya Imai;Claire Boisset;Masahiro Samejima;Kiyohiko Igarashi

  • Temporal Alterations in the Secretome of the Selective Ligninolytic Fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora during Growth on Aspen Wood Reveal This Organism's Strategy for Degrading Lignocellulose

    Chiaki Hori;Jill Gaskell;Kiyohiko Igarashi;Phil Kersten

  • Analysis of the Phlebiopsis gigantea Genome, Transcriptome and Secretome Provides Insight into Its Pioneer Colonization Strategies of Wood

    Chiaki Hori;Takuya Ishida;Kiyohiko Igarashi;Masahiro Samejima

  • Two-way traffic of glycoside hydrolase family 18 processive chitinases on crystalline chitin

    Kiyohiko Igarashi;Takayuki Uchihashi;Taku Uchiyama;Hayuki Sugimoto

  • Characterization of an endoglucanase belonging to a new subfamily of glycoside hydrolase family 45 of the basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium.

    Kiyohiko Igarashi;Takuya Ishida;Chiaki Hori;Masahiro Samejima

  • Cellobiose Dehydrogenase from the Fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Humicola insolens: A FLAVOHEMOPROTEIN FROM HUMICOLA INSOLENS CONTAINS 6-HYDROXY-FAD AS THE DOMINANT ACTIVE COFACTOR

    Kiyohiko Igarashi;Marc F.J.M. Verhagen;Masahiro Samejima;Martin Schülein

  • Growth hormone and erythropoietin differentially activate DNA-binding proteins by tyrosine phosphorylation.

    D S Finbloom;E F Petricoin rd;R H Hackett;M David

  • Cellobiose dehydrogenase enhances Phanerochaete chrysosporium cellobiohydrolase I activity by relieving product inhibition

    Kiyohiko Igarashi;Masahiro Samejima;Karl Erik L. Eriksson

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiro Samejima
Masahiro Samejima University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Ohno
Hiroyuki Ohno Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Shinya Fushinobu
Shinya Fushinobu University of Tokyo
Toshihisa Kotake
Toshihisa Kotake Saitama University
Takeshi Nishino
Takeshi Nishino Nippon Medical School
Motomitsu Kitaoka
Motomitsu Kitaoka Niigata University
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Pedro M. Coutinho
Pedro M. Coutinho Aix-Marseille University
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy

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