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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Chemistry D-index 46 Citations 6,225 155 World Ranking 12514 National Ranking 1006
Biology and Biochemistry D-index 46 Citations 6,250 156 World Ranking 15365 National Ranking 1123

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Amino acid

His main research concerns Biochemistry, Peptide sequence, Stereochemistry, Enzyme and Amino acid. His work investigates the relationship between Biochemistry and topics such as Anthocyanin that intersect with problems in Complementary DNA. He has included themes like Acyltransferases, Tyrosinase, Alanine, Binding site and Histidine in his Stereochemistry study.

His Enzyme study combines topics in areas such as Residue and Isoflavonoid. His study looks at the intersection of Amino acid and topics like Farnesyl diphosphate synthase with Prenylation. His research integrates issues of Plasmid and Prenyltransferase in his study of Escherichia coli.

His most cited work include:

  • Aureusidin synthase: a polyphenol oxidase homolog responsible for flower coloration. (159 citations)
  • Conversion from Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase to Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase by Random Chemical Mutagenesis (132 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 (130 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Biochemistry, Stereochemistry, Enzyme, ATP synthase and Amino acid. Peptide sequence, Mutant, Prenyltransferase, Escherichia coli and Gene are the subjects of his Biochemistry studies. His biological study deals with issues like Substrate, which deal with fields such as Micrococcus luteus.

His work focuses on many connections between Enzyme and other disciplines, such as Molecular cloning, that overlap with his field of interest in Nucleic acid sequence. His ATP synthase study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and Sulfolobus solfataricus. His Amino acid research incorporates themes from Tyrosine, Amino acid residue and Serine.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Biochemistry (71.88%)
  • Stereochemistry (39.58%)
  • Enzyme (34.37%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2005-2016)?

  • Biochemistry (71.88%)
  • Stereochemistry (39.58%)
  • Enzyme (34.37%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Tokuzo Nishino mainly investigates Biochemistry, Stereochemistry, Enzyme, Amino acid and Anthocyanin. His Biochemistry course of study focuses on Bacteria and Microbiology. He has researched Stereochemistry in several fields, including Isomerase, Chalcone synthase, Sulfolobus shibatae and Active site.

His study in Escherichia coli extends to Enzyme with its themes. His Amino acid research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Glycyrrhiza echinata, Enzyme catalysis and Residue. His Anthocyanin study incorporates themes from Protein structure and Binding site.

Between 2005 and 2016, his most popular works were:

  • 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. (93 citations)
  • An Isoflavone Conjugate-hydrolyzing β-Glucosidase from the Roots of Soybean (Glycine max) Seedlings PURIFICATION, GENE CLONING, PHYLOGENETICS, AND CELLULAR LOCALIZATION (85 citations)
  • Localization of a flavonoid biosynthetic polyphenol oxidase in vacuoles (75 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Amino acid

Tokuzo Nishino mostly deals with Biochemistry, Enzyme, Stereochemistry, Biosynthesis and Isoflavonoid. His research brings together the fields of Genistein and Biochemistry. Many of his research projects under Enzyme are closely connected to Membrane lipids with Membrane lipids, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.

His Stereochemistry study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Reducing agent, Cofactor, Flavin group, Redox and NAD+ kinase. His Isoflavonoid research includes themes of Amino acid, Enzyme catalysis, Glycyrrhiza echinata and Residue. His research investigates the link between Acyltransferases and topics such as Binding site that cross with problems in Peptide sequence.

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Best Publications

Aureusidin Synthase: A Polyphenol Oxidase Homolog Responsible for Flower Coloration

T. Nakayama;K. Yonekura-Sakakibara;T. Sato;S. Kikuchi.
Science (2000)

257 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.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (1996)

199 Citations

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

Tanetoshi Koyama;Shusei Obata;Masami Osabe;Ayumi Takeshita.
Journal of Biochemistry (1993)

196 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.
Journal of Biochemistry (1990)

195 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.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (1996)

175 Citations

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

Shin-ichi Ohnuma;Takeshi Nakazawa;Hisashi Hemmi;Anna-Maria Hallberg.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (1996)

167 Citations

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

Shin-Ichi Ohnuma;Manabu Suzuki;Tokuzo Nishino.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (1994)

156 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.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2007)

151 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.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (2004)

150 Citations

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

Kazunori Okada;Kengo Suzuki;Yasuhiro Kamiya;XuFen Zhu.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (1996)

144 Citations

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