Toru Nakayama

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• Yellow flowers generated by expression of the aurone biosynthetic pathway

  Eiichiro Ono;Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani;Noriko Nakamura;Yuko Fukui

  306
  Citations

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

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

  293
  Citations

• Functional Differentiation of the Glycosyltransferases That Contribute to the Chemical Diversity of Bioactive Flavonol Glycosides in Grapevines (Vitis vinifera)

  Eiichiro Ono;Yu Homma;Manabu Horikawa;Satoshi Kunikane-Doi

  180
  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
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• Local Differentiation of Sugar Donor Specificity of Flavonoid Glycosyltransferase in Lamiales

  Akio Noguchi;Manabu Horikawa;Yuko Fukui;Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani

  172
  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

• 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
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• Identification and reconstitution of the rubber biosynthetic machinery on rubber particles from Hevea brasiliensis

  Satoshi Yamashita;Haruhiko Yamaguchi;Toshiyuki Waki;Yuichi Aoki

  142
  Citations

• Formation of Flavonoid Metabolons: Functional Significance of Protein-Protein Interactions and Impact on Flavonoid Chemodiversity

  Toru Nakayama;Seiji Takahashi;Toshiyuki Waki

  142
  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

• Achievements and Perspectives in Biochemistry Concerning Anthocyanin Modification for Blue Flower Coloration

  Nobuhiro Sasaki;Toru Nakayama

  120
  Citations

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

  Takeshi Suzuki;Toru Nakayama;Tatsuo Kurihara;Tokuzo Nishino

  117
  Citations

• Enzymology of aurone biosynthesis

  Toru Nakayama

  109
  Citations

• Zinc biosorption by a zinc-resistant bacterium, Brevibacterium sp. strain HZM-1

  J. Taniguchi;H. Hemmi;K. Tanahashi;N. Amano

  102
  Citations

• Oxidation-Reduction Properties of Compounds I and II of Arthromyces ramosus Peroxidase

  Farhangrazi Zs;Copeland Br;Nakayama T;Amachi T

  100
  Citations