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Yasuhisa Asano publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yasuhisa Asano sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 431 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Yasuhisa Asano D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yasuhisa Asano sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yasuhisa Asano is a researcher affiliated with Toyama Prefectural University in Japan. Their academic work is primarily situated within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Materials Chemistry, Plant Science, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a range of specialized areas such as:

  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Polyamine Metabolism and Applications

Yasuhisa Asano's recent publications include:

  • Recent progress on discovery and research of aldoxime dehydratases, 2021, Green Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthetic Processes toward Nitriles without the Use of Cyanide: A Biocatalytic Concept Based on Dehydration of Aldoximes in Water, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Cyanide-Free Enantioselective Catalytic Strategies for the Synthesis of Chiral Nitriles, 2020, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Protein Sequence Selection Method That Enables Full Consensus Design of Artificial l-Threonine 3-Dehydrogenases with Unique Enzymatic Properties, 2020, Biochemistry
  • Discovery and Structural Analysis to Improve the Enantioselectivity of Hydroxynitrile Lyase from Parafontaria laminata Millipedes for (R)-2-Chloromandelonitrile Synthesis, 2020, ACS Omega

The researcher has frequently published in journals such as:

  • ChemBioChem
  • ACS Omega
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Biochemistry

Yasuhisa Asano has collaborated with several co-authors over multiple publications, including:

  • Takuya Yamaguchi
  • Harald Gröger
  • Daisuke Matsui
  • Shogo Nakano
  • Fumihiro Motojima

Best Publications

  • Aliphatic Nitrile Hydratase from Arthrobacter sp. J-1 Purification and Characterization

    Yasuhisa Asano;Kinya Fujishiro;Yoshiki Tani;Hideaki Yamada

  • A New Enzyme “Nitrile Hydratase” which Degrades Acetonitrile in Combination with Amidase

    Yasuhisa Asano;Yoshiki Tani;Hideaki Yamada

  • Hydroxynitrile Lyases: Insights into Biochemistry, Discovery, and Engineering

    Mohammad Dadashipour;Yasuhisa Asano

  • Properties of a novel D-stereospecific aminopeptidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi

    Y Asano;A Nakazawa;Y Kato;K Kondo

  • Overview of screening for new microbial catalysts and their uses in organic synthesis--selection and optimization of biocatalysts.

    Yasuhisa Asano

  • Purification and Characterization of Benzonitrilases from Arthrobacter sp. Strain J-1

    Amal Kumar Bandyopadhyay;Toru Nagasawa;Yasuhisa Asano;Kinya Fujishiro

  • X-ray structures of a novel acid phosphatase from Escherichia blattae and its complex with the transition-state analog molybdate.

    Kohki Ishikawa;Yasuhiro Mihara;Keiko Gondoh;Ei‐ichiro Suzuki

  • Novel Heme-Containing Lyase, Phenylacetaldoxime Dehydratase from Bacillus sp. Strain OxB-1: Purification, Characterization, and Molecular Cloning of the Gene†,‡

    Yasuo Kato;Kazuhiro Nakamura;Haruhiko Sakiyama;Stephen G. Mayhew

  • Gene cloning, nucleotide sequencing, and purification and characterization of the D-stereospecific amino-acid amidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi SV3.

    Hidenobu Komeda;Yasuhisa Asano

  • Enantioselective synthesis of (S)-amino acids by phenylalanine dehydrogenase from Bacillus sphaericus: use of natural and recombinant enzymes

    Yasuhisa Asano;Akiko Yamada;Yasuo Kato;Kaori Yamaguchi

  • Phenylalanine dehydrogenase of Bacillus badius. Purification, characterization and gene cloning.

    Yasuhisa Asano;Akiko Nakazawa;Kaori Endo;Yasuo Hibino

  • Distribution of aldoxime dehydratase in microorganisms.

    Yasuo Kato;Ryoko Ooi;Yasuhisa Asano

  • A new enzymatic method of acrylamide production.

    Yasuhisa Asano;Takamune Yasuda;Yoshiki Tani;Hideaki Yamada

  • A new (R)-hydroxynitrile lyase from Prunus mume: asymmetric synthesis of cyanohydrins

    Samik Nanda;Yasuo Kato;Yasuhisa Asano

  • Identification and characterization of CYP79D16 and CYP71AN24 catalyzing the first and second steps in L-phenylalanine-derived cyanogenic glycoside biosynthesis in the Japanese apricot, Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc

    Takuya Yamaguchi;Kazunori Yamamoto;Yasuhisa Asano

  • Screening for new hydroxynitrilases from plants

    Yasuhisa Asano;Ken’ichirou Tamura;Nobutaka Doi;Techawaree Ueatrongchit

  • Structural similarity of D-aminopeptidase to carboxypeptidase DD and beta-lactamases.

    Yasuhisa Asano;Yasuo Kato;Akiko Yamada;Kiyosi Kondo

  • Z-phenylacetaldoxime degradation by a novel aldoxime dehydratase from Bacillus sp. strain OxB-1

    Yasuhisa Asano;Yasuo Kato

  • Purification and Characterization of Amidase which Participates in Nitrile Degradation

    Yasuhisa Asano;Mineo Tachibana;Yoshiki Tani;Hideaki Yamada

  • Tailoring D‐Amino Acid Oxidase from the Pig Kidney to R‐Stereoselective Amine Oxidase and its Use in the Deracemization of α‐Methylbenzylamine

    Kazuyuki Yasukawa;Shogo Nakano;Yasuhisa Asano

  • 3-Methylaspartate ammonia-lyase as a marker enzyme of the mesaconate pathway for (S)-glutamate fermentation in Enterobacteriaceae.

    Yasuo Kato;Y. Asano

  • A gene cluster responsible for alkylaldoxime metabolism coexisting with nitrile hydratase and amidase in Rhodococcus globerulus A-4.

    Sheng-Xue Xie;Yasuo Kato;Hidenobu Komeda;Satoshi Yoshida

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Gröger
Harald Gröger Bielefeld University
David W. Rice
David W. Rice University of Sheffield
Hideaki Yamada
Hideaki Yamada National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Arthur J. L. Cooper
Arthur J. L. Cooper New York Medical College
Reynaldo Villalonga
Reynaldo Villalonga Complutense University of Madrid
Shinya Fushinobu
Shinya Fushinobu University of Tokyo
Heinz G. Floss
Heinz G. Floss University of Washington
Tohru Dairi
Tohru Dairi Hokkaido University
Kiyoshi Tomioka
Kiyoshi Tomioka Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
Teizo Kitagawa
Teizo Kitagawa University of Hyogo

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