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Wataru Hashimoto

Wataru Hashimoto

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
6820
World Ranking
18491
National Ranking
1331

Overview

Wataru Hashimoto is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed to research spanning multiple scientific disciplines, primarily focusing on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their academic output includes work in several subfields such as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, plant science, oncology, and materials chemistry. This diverse focus is also reflected in the main topics of their research, which cover lung cancer treatments and mutations, gastric cancer management and outcomes, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, HER2/EGFR in cancer research, probiotics and fermented foods, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies.

Wataru Hashimoto has collaborated frequently with a group of coauthors, including Ryuichi Takase, Daisuke Watanabe, Sayoko Oiki, Kohei Ogura, and Bunzo Mikami. These collaborations have contributed to publications in a range of venues.

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

The following are some recent papers published by Wataru Hashimoto and colleagues, indicating the scope and interdisciplinary nature of their research:

  • Mutually Beneficial Symbiosis Between Human and Gut-Dominant Bacteroides Species Through Bacterial Assimilation of Host Mucosubstances, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Optimization of Work Function via Bayesian Machine Learning Combined with First-Principles Calculation, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Bacterial chemotaxis towards polysaccharide pectin by pectin-binding protein, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Adaptation of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to grape-skin environment, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Nondestructive thickness measurement of silica scale using cathodoluminescence, 2020, Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Best Publications

  • Transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other fungi: methods and possible underlying mechanism.

    Shigeyuki Kawai;Wataru Hashimoto;Kousaku Murata

  • Bioethanol production from marine biomass alginate by metabolically engineered bacteria

    Hiroyuki Takeda;Fuminori Yoneyama;Shigeyuki Kawai;Wataru Hashimoto

  • Structure and Function of a Hypothetical Pseudomonas aeruginosa Protein PA1167 Classified into Family PL-7 A NOVEL ALGINATE LYASE WITH A β-SANDWICH FOLD

    Masayuki Yamasaki;Satoko Moriwaki;Osamu Miyake;Wataru Hashimoto

  • A Structural Basis for Depolymerization of Alginate by Polysaccharide Lyase Family-7

    Masayuki Yamasaki;Kohei Ogura;Wataru Hashimoto;Bunzo Mikami

  • Overexpression in Escherichia coli, purification, and characterization of Sphingomonas sp. A1 alginate lyases.

    Hye-Jin Yoon;Wataru Hashimoto;Osamu Miyake;Masako Okamoto

  • Molecular identification of oligoalginate lyase of Sphingomonas sp. strain A1 as one of the enzymes required for complete depolymerization of alginate.

    Wataru Hashimoto;Osamu Miyake;Keiko Momma;Shigeyuki Kawai

  • Crystal structure of alginate lyase A1-III from Sphingomonas species A1 at 1.78 A resolution.

    Hye-Jin Yoon;Bunzo Mikami;Wataru Hashimoto;Kousaku Murata

  • Molecular characterization of Escherichia coli NAD kinase

    Shigeyuki Kawai;Shigetarou Mori;Takako Mukai;Wataru Hashimoto

  • Quality and Safety Evaluation of Genetically Engineered Rice with Soybean Glycinin: Analyses of the Grain Composition and Digestibility of Glycinin in Transgenic Rice

    Keiko Momma;Wataru Hashimoto;Sachiko Ozawa;Shigeyuki Kawai

  • Crystal structure of exotype alginate lyase Atu3025 from Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    Akihito Ochiai;Masayuki Yamasaki;Bunzo Mikami;Wataru Hashimoto

  • Inorganic Polyphosphate/ATP-NAD Kinase of Micrococcus flavus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

    Shigeyuki Kawai;Shigetarou Mori;Takako Mukai;Sachiko Suzuki

  • Escherichia coli K-12 can utilize an exogenous gamma-glutamyl peptide as an amino acid source, for which gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase is essential.

    H Suzuki;W Hashimoto;H Kumagai

  • Crystal structure of alginate lyase A1-III complexed with trisaccharide product at 2.0 A resolution.

    Hye-Jin Yoon;Wataru Hashimoto;Osamu Miyake;Kousaku Murata

  • Plant cell wall degradation by saprophytic Bacillus subtilis strains: gene clusters responsible for rhamnogalacturonan depolymerization.

    Akihito Ochiai;Takafumi Itoh;Akiko Kawamata;Wataru Hashimoto

  • Safety Assessment of Rice Genetically Modified with Soybean Glycinin by Feeding Studies on Rats

    Keiko Momma;Wataru Hashimoto;Hye-Jin Yoon;Sachiko Ozawa

  • A Novel Bacterial ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter System That Allows Uptake of Macromolecules

    Keiko Momma;Masako Okamoto;Yumiko Mishima;Shigetarou Mori

  • Substrate recognition by family 7 alginate lyase from Sphingomonas sp. A1

    Kohei Ogura;Masayuki Yamasaki;Bunzo Mikami;Wataru Hashimoto

  • Molecular identification of unsaturated uronate reductase prerequisite for alginate metabolism in Sphingomonas sp. A1

    Ryuichi Takase;Akihito Ochiai;Bunzo Mikami;Wataru Hashimoto

  • An exotype alginate lyase in Sphingomonas sp. A1: overexpression in Escherichia coli, purification, and characterization of alginate lyase IV (A1-IV)

    Osamu Miyake;Wataru Hashimoto;Kousaku Murata

  • Crystal Structure of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 78 alpha-L-Rhamnosidase from Bacillus sp. GL1

    Zhongli Cui;Yukie Maruyama;Bunzo Mikami;Wataru Hashimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Kousaku Murata
Kousaku Murata Kyoto University
Bunzo Mikami
Bunzo Mikami Kyoto University
Hideyuki Suzuki
Hideyuki Suzuki Kyoto Institute of Technology
Hidehiko Kumagai
Hidehiko Kumagai Ishikawa Prefectural University
Shigeru Utsumi
Shigeru Utsumi Kyoto University
Kenji Yamamoto
Kenji Yamamoto Ishikawa Prefectural University
Hideki Tanaka
Hideki Tanaka Okayama University
Ananda M. Chakrabarty
Ananda M. Chakrabarty University of Illinois at Chicago
Keiichi Fukuyama
Keiichi Fukuyama Osaka University

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