Toshiya Muranaka

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Best Publications

• Licorice β-amyrin 11-oxidase, a cytochrome P450 with a key role in the biosynthesis of the triterpene sweetener glycyrrhizin

  Hikaru Seki;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Satoru Sawai;Masaharu Mizutani

  448
  Citations

• Triterpene Functional Genomics in Licorice for Identification of CYP72A154 Involved in the Biosynthesis of Glycyrrhizin

  Hikaru Seki;Satoru Sawai;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Masaharu Mizutani

  344
  Citations

• CYP716A Subfamily Members are Multifunctional Oxidases in Triterpenoid Biosynthesis

  Ery O. Fukushima;Hikaru Seki;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Eiichiro Ono

  342
  Citations

• Sterol Side Chain Reductase 2 Is a Key Enzyme in the Biosynthesis of Cholesterol, the Common Precursor of Toxic Steroidal Glycoalkaloids in Potato

  Satoru Sawai;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Shuhei Yasumoto;Hikaru Seki

  298
  Citations

• Regulatory interaction of PRL1 WD protein with Arabidopsis SNF1-like protein kinases

  Rishikesh P. Bhalerao;Klaus Salchert;László Bakó;László Ökrész

  271
  Citations

• Loss of function of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase 1 (HMG1) in Arabidopsis leads to dwarfing, early senescence and male sterility, and reduced sterol levels.

  Masashi Suzuki;Yukiko Kamide;Noriko Nagata;Hikaru Seki

  253
  Citations

• Generation of α-solanine-free hairy roots of potato by CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing of the St16DOX gene.

  Masaru Nakayasu;Ryota Akiyama;Hyoung Jae Lee;Keishi Osakabe

  227
  Citations

• P450s and UGTs: Key Players in the Structural Diversity of Triterpenoid Saponins

  Hikaru Seki;Keita Tamura;Toshiya Muranaka

  221
  Citations

• Dual biosynthetic pathways to phytosterol via cycloartenol and lanosterol in Arabidopsis.

  Kiyoshi Ohyama;Masashi Suzuki;Jun Kikuchi;Kazuki Saito

  218
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• Draft genome assembly and annotation of Glycyrrhiza uralensis, a medicinal legume.

  Keiichi Mochida;Keiichi Mochida;Tetsuya Sakurai;Hikaru Seki;Takuhiro Yoshida

  168
  Citations

• Characterization of tobacco protein kinase NPK5, a homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae SNF1 that constitutively activates expression of the glucose-repressible SUC2 gene for a secreted invertase of S. cerevisiae.

  T Muranaka;H Banno;Y Machida

  167
  Citations

• Lanosterol synthase in dicotyledonous plants.

  Masashi Suzuki;Ting Xiang;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Hikaru Seki

  152
  Citations

• Plants utilize isoprene emission as a thermotolerance mechanism.

  Kanako Sasaki;Takuya Saito;Mari Lämsä;Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey

  147
  Citations

• Upregulation of phytosterol and triterpene biosynthesis in Centella asiatica hairy roots overexpressed ginseng farnesyl diphosphate synthase

  Ok Tae Kim;Sun Hee Kim;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Toshiya Muranaka

  146
  Citations

• DNA polymorphisms in the tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) synthase gene in "drug-type" and "fiber-type" Cannabis sativa L.

  Mareshige Kojoma;Hikaru Seki;Shigeo Yoshida;Toshiya Muranaka

  144
  Citations

• Combinatorial Biosynthesis of Legume Natural and Rare Triterpenoids in Engineered Yeast

  Ery O. Fukushima;Ery O. Fukushima;Hikaru Seki;Hikaru Seki;Satoru Sawai;Munenori Suzuki;Munenori Suzuki

  142
  Citations

• Fungal and bacterial disease resistance in transgenic plants expressing human lysozyme

  H. Nakajima;T. Muranaka;F. Ishige;K. Akutsu

  141
  Citations

• Mevalonic acid partially restores chloroplast and etioplast development in Arabidopsis lacking the non-mevalonate pathway

  Noriko Nagata;Masashi Suzuki;Shigeo Yoshida;Toshiya Muranaka

  132
  Citations

• Molecular Genetics of Plant Sterol Backbone Synthesis

  Masashi Suzuki;Toshiya Muranaka

  125
  Citations

• Allelic mutant series reveal distinct functions for Arabidopsis cycloartenol synthase 1 in cell viability and plastid biogenesis.

  Elena Babiychuk;Pierrette Bouvier-Navé;Vincent Compagnon;Masashi Suzuki

  121
  Citations