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Masaharu Mizutani

Masaharu Mizutani

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Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
12449
World Ranking
11535
National Ranking
855

Overview

Masaharu Mizutani is affiliated with Kobe University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including plant science, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, food science, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's research focuses on several specialized topics such as plant parasitism and resistance, plant and animal studies, potato plant research, plant molecular biology, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, nematode management and characterization studies, and plant reproductive biology.

Masaharu Mizutani's frequent coauthors include Yukihiro Sugimoto, Takatoshi Wakabayashi, Ryota Akiyama, Hirosato Takikawa, and Naoyuki Umemoto. These collaborations have resulted in publications across a variety of journals and scientific venues.

The main publication venues where Mizutani's work has appeared are:

  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Plant Biotechnology
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent papers by Masaharu Mizutani include:

  • "CYP722C from Gossypium arboreum catalyzes the conversion of carlactonoic acid to 5-deoxystrigol" (2020) published in Planta
  • "The biosynthetic pathway of potato solanidanes diverged from that of spirosolanes due to evolution of a dioxygenase" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Identification and characterization of sorgomol synthase in sorghum strigolactone biosynthesis" (2021) published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Parallel evolution of UbiA superfamily proteins into aromatic O-prenyltransferases in plants" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Targeted genome editing in tetraploid potato through transient TALEN expression by Agrobacterium infection" (2020) published in Plant Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • Erect leaves caused by brassinosteroid deficiency increase biomass production and grain yield in rice.

    Tomoaki Sakamoto;Yoichi Morinaka;Toshiyuki Ohnishi;Hidehiko Sunohara

  • Arabidopsis CYP707As Encode (+)-Abscisic Acid 8′-Hydroxylase, a Key Enzyme in the Oxidative Catabolism of Abscisic Acid

    Shigeki Saito;Nobuhiro Hirai;Chiaki Matsumoto;Hajime Ohigashi

  • Highly Sensitive and High-Throughput Analysis of Plant Hormones Using MS-Probe Modification and Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry: An Application for Hormone Profiling in Oryza sativa

    Mikiko Kojima;Tomoe Kamada-Nobusada;Hirokazu Komatsu;Kentaro Takei

  • Licorice β-amyrin 11-oxidase, a cytochrome P450 with a key role in the biosynthesis of the triterpene sweetener glycyrrhizin

    Hikaru Seki;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Satoru Sawai;Masaharu Mizutani

  • Evolution and diversity of the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase superfamily in plants.

    Yosuke Kawai;Eiichiro Ono;Masaharu Mizutani

  • Triterpene Functional Genomics in Licorice for Identification of CYP72A154 Involved in the Biosynthesis of Glycyrrhizin

    Hikaru Seki;Satoru Sawai;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Masaharu Mizutani

  • CYP716A Subfamily Members are Multifunctional Oxidases in Triterpenoid Biosynthesis

    Ery O. Fukushima;Hikaru Seki;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Eiichiro Ono

  • Scopoletin is biosynthesized via ortho-hydroxylation of feruloyl CoA by a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Kosuke Kai;Masaharu Mizutani;Naohiro Kawamura;Ryotaro Yamamoto

  • Isolation of a cDNA and a Genomic Clone Encoding Cinnamate 4-Hydroxylase from Arabidopsis and Its Expression Manner in Planta

    Masaharu Mizutani;Daisaku Ohta;Ryo Sato

  • C-23 hydroxylation by Arabidopsis CYP90C1 and CYP90D1 reveals a novel shortcut in brassinosteroid biosynthesis.

    Toshiyuki Ohnishi;Anna Maria Szatmari;Bunta Watanabe;Satomi Fujita

  • Sekiguchi Lesion Gene Encodes a Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase That Catalyzes Conversion of Tryptamine to Serotonin in Rice

    Tadashi Fujiwara;Sylvie Maisonneuve;Masayuki Isshiki;Masaharu Mizutani

  • Generation of α-solanine-free hairy roots of potato by CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing of the St16DOX gene.

    Masaru Nakayasu;Ryota Akiyama;Hyoung Jae Lee;Keishi Osakabe

  • Selective Interaction of Triazole Derivatives with DWF4, a Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase of the Brassinosteroid Biosynthetic Pathway, Correlates with Brassinosteroid Deficiency in Planta *

    Tadao Asami;Masaharu Mizutani;Shozo Fujioka;Hideki Goda

  • Unusual P450 reactions in plant secondary metabolism.

    Masaharu Mizutani;Fumihiko Sato

  • Arabidopsis CYP90B1 catalyses the early C-22 hydroxylation of C27, C28 and C29 sterols.

    Satomi Fujita;Toshiyuki Ohnishi;Bunta Watanabe;Takao Yokota

  • Cytochrome P450 CYP710A Encodes the Sterol C-22 Desaturase in Arabidopsis and Tomato

    Tomomi Morikawa;Masaharu Mizutani;Nozomu Aoki;Bunta Watanabe

  • Accumulation of coumarins in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Kosuke Kai;Bun-ichi Shimizu;Masaharu Mizutani;Ken Watanabe

  • CYP90A1/CPD, a brassinosteroid biosynthetic cytochrome P450 of Arabidopsis, catalyzes C-3 oxidation.

    Toshiyuki Ohnishi;Blanka Godza;Bunta Watanabe;Shozo Fujioka

  • Cloning of β-Primeverosidase from Tea Leaves, a Key Enzyme in Tea Aroma Formation

    Masaharu Mizutani;Hidemitsu Nakanishi;Jun-ichi Ema;Seung-Jin Ma

  • NADPH-dependent Reductases Involved in the Detoxification of Reactive Carbonyls in Plants

    Yasuo Yamauchi;Ayaka Hasegawa;Ai Taninaka;Masaharu Mizutani

Frequent Co-Authors

Yukihiro Sugimoto
Yukihiro Sugimoto Kobe University
Toshiya Muranaka
Toshiya Muranaka Osaka University
Kazuki Saito
Kazuki Saito Chiba University
Shigeo Yoshida
Shigeo Yoshida Kurume University
Suguru Takatsuto
Suguru Takatsuto Joetsu University of Education
Tadao Asami
Tadao Asami University of Tokyo
Takao Yokota
Takao Yokota Teikyo University
Kazufumi Yazaki
Kazufumi Yazaki Kyoto University
Daisuke Shibata
Daisuke Shibata Kyoto University

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