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Toshiaki Fukui is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Materials Science. Within these broad categories, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Process Chemistry and Technology, Pollution, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in Fukui's work include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, microbial metabolism and enzyme function, microplastics and plastic pollution, and biofuel production and bioconversion.

Frequent publication venues for Fukui's research include Bioengineering, Scientific Reports, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Microbial Cell Factories, and Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

The scientist has collaborated often with several co-authors, including Izumi Orita, Kenji Tanaka, Ryoga Fujiwara, Rikako Sanuki, and Hiroharu Ajiro.

Representative recent papers from this researcher include:

  • Reversible RNA phosphorylation stabilizes tRNA for cellular thermotolerance, 2022, Nature
  • Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) from CO2 by a Recombinant Cupriavidus necator, 2021, Bioengineering
  • Direct fermentative conversion of poly(ethylene terephthalate) into poly(hydroxyalkanoate) by Ideonella sakaiensis, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Isopropanol production with reutilization of glucose-derived CO2 by engineered Ralstonia eutropha, 2021, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • Gas fermentation combined with water electrolysis for production of polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer from carbon dioxide by engineered Ralstonia eutropha, 2023, Bioresource Technology

Best Publications

  • Complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1 and comparison with Pyrococcus genomes

    Toshiaki Fukui;Haruyuki Atomi;Tamotsu Kanai;Rie Matsumi

  • Targeted Gene Disruption by Homologous Recombination in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1

    Takaaki Sato;Toshiaki Fukui;Haruyuki Atomi;Tadayuki Imanaka

  • Expression and Characterization of (R)-Specific Enoyl Coenzyme A Hydratase Involved in Polyhydroxyalkanoate Biosynthesis by Aeromonas caviae

    Toshiaki Fukui;Naofumi Shiomi;Yoshiharu Doi

  • Cloning and molecular analysis of the Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyalkanoate) biosynthesis genes in Pseudomonas sp. strain 61-3.

    Hiromi Matsusaki;Sumihide Manji;Kazunori Taguchi;Mikiya Kato

  • Description of Thermococcus kodakaraensis sp. nov., a well studied hyperthermophilic archaeon previously reported as Pyrococcus sp. KOD1

    Haruyuki Atomi;Toshiaki Fukui;Tamotsu Kanai;Masaaki Morikawa

  • Efficient production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from plant oils by Alcaligenes eutrophus and its recombinant strain.

    T. Fukui;Y. Doi

  • Improved and Versatile Transformation System Allowing Multiple Genetic Manipulations of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis

    Takaaki Sato;Toshiaki Fukui;Haruyuki Atomi;Tadayuki Imanaka

  • A unique chitinase with dual active sites and triple substrate binding sites from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus kodakaraensis KOD1.

    Takeshi Tanaka;Shinsuke Fujiwara;Shingo Nishikori;Toshiaki Fukui

  • Continuous hydrogen production by the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1.

    Tamotsu Kanai;Hiroyuki Imanaka;Akihito Nakajima;Kenetsu Uwamori

  • Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression in Escherichia coli of the gene for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase from Alcaligenes faecalis.

    T. Saito;K. Suzuki;J. Yamamoto;T. Fukui

  • Disruption of a Sugar Transporter Gene Cluster in a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Using a Host-Marker System Based on Antibiotic Resistance

    Rie Matsumi;Kenji Manabe;Toshiaki Fukui;Haruyuki Atomi

  • Molecular cloning of two (R)-specific enoyl-CoA hydratase genes from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and their use for polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis.

    Takeharu Tsuge;Toshiaki Fukui;Hiromi Matsusaki;Seiichi Taguchi

  • Engineering of Ralstonia eutropha for production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) from fructose and solid-state properties of the copolymer.

    Toshiaki Fukui;and Hideki Abe;Yoshiharu Doi

  • Co-expression of 3-ketoacyl-ACP reductase and polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase genes induces PHA production in Escherichia coli HB101 strain

    Kazunori Taguchi;Yoshihiro Aoyagi;Hiromi Matsusaki;Toshiaki Fukui

  • Characterization of an Exo-β-d-Glucosaminidase Involved in a Novel Chitinolytic Pathway from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1

    Takeshi Tanaka;Toshiaki Fukui;Haruyuki Atomi;Tadayuki Imanaka

  • Different Cleavage Specificities of the Dual Catalytic Domains in Chitinase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1

    Takeshi Tanaka;Toshiaki Fukui;Tadayuki Imanaka

  • Identification of carotenoids from the extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula japonica

    Rie Yatsunami;Ai Ando;Ying Yang;Shinichi Takaichi

  • Characterization of isocitrate dehydrogenase from the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium limicola. A carbon dioxide-fixing enzyme in the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle.

    Tadayoshi Kanao;Mineko Kawamura;Toshiaki Fukui;Haruyuki Atomi

  • Genetic Evidence Identifying the True Gluconeogenic Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase in Thermococcus kodakaraensis and Other Hyperthermophiles

    Takaaki Sato;Hiroyuki Imanaka;Naeem Rashid;Toshiaki Fukui

  • Complete Biosynthetic Pathway of the C50 Carotenoid Bacterioruberin from Lycopene in the Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Haloarcula japonica

    Ying Yang;Rie Yatsunami;Ai Ando;Nobuhiro Miyoko

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadayuki Imanaka
Tadayuki Imanaka Ritsumeikan University
Haruyuki Atomi
Haruyuki Atomi Kyoto University
Atsuo Tanaka
Atsuo Tanaka Kyoto University
Tadahisa Iwata
Tadahisa Iwata University of Tokyo
Kenji Sonomoto
Kenji Sonomoto Kyushu University
Kunio Miki
Kunio Miki Kyoto University
Eiichiro Fukusaki
Eiichiro Fukusaki Osaka University
Masahiro Takagi
Masahiro Takagi Kyoto Sangyo University
Takeshi Bamba
Takeshi Bamba Kyushu University

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