Masao Fukuda

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Best Publications

• The complete genome of Rhodococcus sp. RHA1 provides insights into a catabolic powerhouse

  Michael P. McLeod;René L. Warren;William W. L. Hsiao;Naoto Araki

  804
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• Genetic and Biochemical Investigations on Bacterial Catabolic Pathways for Lignin-Derived Aromatic Compounds

  Eiji Masai;Yoshihiro Katayama;Masao Fukuda

  562
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• A novel transformation of polychlorinated biphenyls by Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1

  M Seto;K Kimbara;M Shimura;T Hatta

  359
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• Characterization of biphenyl catabolic genes of gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

  E Masai;A Yamada;J M Healy;T Hatta

  299
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• Three-dimensional structures of free form and two substrate complexes of an extradiol ring-cleavage type dioxygenase, the BphC enzyme from Pseudomonas sp. strain KKS102.

  Toshiya Senda;Kazuyuki Sugiyama;Hiroki Narita;Takeshi Yamamoto

  288
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• Cloning and sequencing of a dehalogenase gene encoding an enzyme with hydrolase activity involved in the degradation of gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane in Pseudomonas paucimobilis.

  Y Nagata;T Nariya;R Ohtomo;M Fukuda

  214
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• Crystal structure of an aromatic ring opening dioxygenase LigAB, a protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase, under aerobic conditions

  Keisuke Sugimoto;Toshiya Senda;Hisae Aoshima;Eiji Masai

  208
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• Molecular cloning of a Pseudomonas paucimobilis gene encoding a 17-kilodalton polypeptide that eliminates HCl molecules from gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane.

  R Imai;Y Nagata;M Fukuda;M Takagi

  198
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• Crystal structure of the terminal oxygenase component of biphenyl dioxygenase derived from Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

  Yutaka Furusawa;Venugopalan Nagarajan;Masaru Tanokura;Eiji Masai

  191
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• Roles of the Enantioselective Glutathione S-Transferases in Cleavage of β-Aryl Ether

  Eiji Masai;Atsushi Ichimura;Yusuke Sato;Keisuke Miyauchi

  181
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• Novel 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Degradation Genes from Oligotrophic Bradyrhizobium sp. Strain HW13 Isolated from a Pristine Environment

  Wataru Kitagawa;Sachiko Takami;Keisuke Miyauchi;Eiji Masai

  178
  Citations

• A tetrahydrofolate-dependent O-demethylase, LigM, is crucial for catabolism of vanillate and syringate in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.

  Tomokuni Abe;Eiji Masai;Keisuke Miyauchi;Yoshihiro Katayama

  161
  Citations

• The bphDEF meta-cleavage pathway genes involved in biphenyl/polychlorinated biphenyl degradation are located on a linear plasmid and separated from the initial bphACB genes in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

  Eiji Masai;Katsumi Sugiyama;Naoko Iwashita;Satoru Shimizu

  155
  Citations

• Crystal Structures of the Reaction Intermediate and its Homologue of an Extradiol-cleaving Catecholic Dioxygenase

  Nobuyuki Sato;Yoshitaka Uragami;Tomoko Nishizaki;Yoshito Takahashi

  140
  Citations

• Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of a 2-Pyrone-4,6-Dicarboxylic Acid Hydrolase Involved in the Protocatechuate 4,5-Cleavage Pathway of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6

  Eiji Masai;Shouji Shinohara;Hirofumi Hara;Seiji Nishikawa

  136
  Citations

• Uncovering the Protocatechuate 2,3-Cleavage Pathway Genes

  Daisuke Kasai;Toshihiro Fujinami;Tomokuni Abe;Kohei Mase

  135
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• Nucleotide sequence and functional analysis of the meta-cleavage pathway involved in biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Pseudomonas sp. strain KKS102.

  Y Kikuchi;Y Yasukochi;Y Nagata;M Fukuda

  129
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• Identification of Three Alcohol Dehydrogenase Genes Involved in the Stereospecific Catabolism of Arylglycerol-β-Aryl Ether by Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6

  Yusuke Sato;Hideki Moriuchi;Shojiro Hishiyama;Yuichiro Otsuka

  125
  Citations

• Cloning and Characterization of the Ferulic Acid Catabolic Genes of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6

  Eiji Masai;Kyo Harada;Xue Peng;Hirotaka Kitayama

  120
  Citations

• Crystal structure of NADH-dependent ferredoxin reductase component in biphenyl dioxygenase.

  T Senda;T Yamada;N Sakurai;M Kubota

  118
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