Tokuzo Nishino

Tokuzo Nishino publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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Overview

Best Publications

• Aureusidin Synthase: A Polyphenol Oxidase Homolog Responsible for Flower Coloration

  T. Nakayama;K. Yonekura-Sakakibara;T. Sato;S. Kikuchi

  293
  Citations

• A Role of the Amino Acid Residue Located on the Fifth Position before the First Aspartate-rich Motif of Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase on Determination of the Final Product

  Shin-ichi Ohnuma;Keishi Narita;Takeshi Nakazawa;Chika Ishida

  207
  Citations

• Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the ispA gene responsible for farnesyl diphosphate synthase activity in Escherichia coli.

  Shingo Fujisaki;Hiroshi Hara;Yukinobu Nishimura;Kensuke Horiuchi

  200
  Citations

• Thermostable Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase of Bacillus stearothermophilus: Molecular Cloning, Sequence Determination, Overproduction, and Purification.

  Tanetoshi Koyama;Shusei Obata;Masami Osabe;Ayumi Takeshita

  197
  Citations

• A UDP-glucose:isoflavone 7-O-glucosyltransferase from the roots of soybean (glycine max) seedlings. Purification, gene cloning, phylogenetics, and an implication for an alternative strategy of enzyme catalysis.

  Akio Noguchi;Atsushi Saito;Yu Homma;Masahiro Nakao

  179
  Citations

• Conversion of Product Specificity of Archaebacterial Geranylgeranyl-diphosphate Synthase: IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID RESIDUES FOR CHAIN LENGTH DETERMINATION OF PRENYLTRANSFERASE REACTION *

  Shin-ichi Ohnuma;Kazutake Hirooka;Hisashi Hemmi;Chika Ishida

  178
  Citations

• Conversion from Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase to Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase by Random Chemical Mutagenesis

  Shin-ichi Ohnuma;Takeshi Nakazawa;Hisashi Hemmi;Anna-Maria Hallberg

  171
  Citations

• Archaebacterial ether-linked lipid biosynthetic gene. Expression cloning, sequencing, and characterization of geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthase.

  Shin-Ichi Ohnuma;Manabu Suzuki;Tokuzo Nishino

  162
  Citations

• Cold-active esterase from Psychrobacter sp. Ant300: gene cloning, characterization, and the effects of Gly→Pro substitution near the active site on its catalytic activity and stability

  Ljudmila Kulakova;Andrey Galkin;Toru Nakayama;Tokuzo Nishino

  160
  Citations

• UDP-glucuronic acid:anthocyanin glucuronosyltransferase from red daisy (Bellis perennis) flowers. Enzymology and phylogenetics of a novel glucuronosyltransferase involved in flower pigment biosynthesis.

  Shin'ya Sawada;Hirokazu Suzuki;Fumiko Ichimaida;Masa Atsu Yamaguchi

  160
  Citations

• cDNA cloning, heterologous expressions, and functional characterization of malonyl-coenzyme a:anthocyanidin 3-o-glucoside-6"-o-malonyltransferase from dahlia flowers.

  Hirokazu Suzuki;Toru Nakayama;Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara;Yuko Fukui

  157
  Citations

• Polyprenyl diphosphate synthase essentially defines the length of the side chain of ubiquinone

  Kazunori Okada;Kengo Suzuki;Yasuhiro Kamiya;XuFen Zhu

  155
  Citations

• Specificity analysis and mechanism of aurone synthesis catalyzed by aureusidin synthase, a polyphenol oxidase homolog responsible for flower coloration

  Toru Nakayama;Takuya Sato;Yuko Fukui;Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara

  154
  Citations

• Anthocyanin acyltransferases: specificities, mechanism, phylogenetics, and applications

  Toru Nakayama;Hirokazu Suzuki;Tokuzo Nishino

  148
  Citations

• Localization of a flavonoid biosynthetic polyphenol oxidase in vacuoles

  Eiichiro Ono;Masayoshi Hatayama;Yuri Isono;Takuya Sato

  148
  Citations

• An Isoflavone Conjugate-hydrolyzing β-Glucosidase from the Roots of Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings PURIFICATION, GENE CLONING, PHYLOGENETICS, AND CELLULAR LOCALIZATION

  Hirokazu Suzuki;Seiji Takahashi;Ryoko Watanabe;Yusuke Fukushima

  139
  Citations

• Structural and Mutational Studies of Anthocyanin Malonyltransferases Establish the Features of BAHD Enzyme Catalysis

  Hideaki Unno;Fumiko Ichimaida;Hirokazu Suzuki;Seiji Takahashi

  137
  Citations

• Conversion from Archaeal Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase to Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase TWO AMINO ACIDS BEFORE THE FIRST ASPARTATE-RICH MOTIF SOLELY DETERMINE EUKARYOTIC FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY

  Shin-ichi Ohnuma;Kazutake Hirooka;Chikara Ohto;Tokuzo Nishino

  132
  Citations

• Isoprenoid synthesis in Escherichia coli. Separation and partial purification of four enzymes involved in the synthesis.

  Shingo Fujisaki;Tokuzo Nishino;Hirohiko Katsuki

  120
  Citations

• Cold-active lipolytic activity of psychrotrophic Acinetobacter sp. strain no. 6.

  Takeshi Suzuki;Toru Nakayama;Tatsuo Kurihara;Tokuzo Nishino

  117
  Citations

• ENZYME FOR SYNTHESIZING FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE

  Nakane Hiroyuki;Ooto Toku;Onuma Shinichi;Hirooka Kazutake

  114
  Citations