2026 Yasuo Ohnishi: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	52	16712	15346	1196	1114	197	9460

Overview

Yasuo Ohnishi is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine as well.

The primary fields of study include:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Subfields of focus cover:

Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Organic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Biotechnology

The scientist's work predominantly revolves around topics such as:

Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis
Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
Enzyme Structure and Function
Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms

Ohnishi has published papers extensively in the following venues:

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
ChemBioChem
Angewandte Chemie
Journal of Bacteriology

Recent papers feature notable research including:

Complete Biosynthetic Pathway of Alazopeptin, a Tripeptide Consisting of Two Molecules of 6-Diazo-5-oxo-l-norleucine and One Molecule of Alanine, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Structural basis for selectivity in a highly reducing type II polyketide synthase, 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
Structural and Functional Analyses of the Tridomain-Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase FmoA3 for 4-Methyloxazoline Ring Formation, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Bacterial Avenalumic Acid Biosynthesis Includes Substitution of an Aromatic Amino Group for Hydride by Nitrous Acid Dependent Diazotization, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Ultrahigh Thermoresistant Lightweight Bioplastics Developed from Fermentation Products of Cellulosic Feedstock, 2020, Advanced Sustainable Systems

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, especially:

Yohei Katsuyama
Seiji Kawai
Takeaki Tezuka
Kazuo Shin-ya
Yoshitaka Moriwaki

Best Publications

Genome Sequence of the Streptomycin-Producing Microorganism Streptomyces griseus IFO 13350

Yasuo Ohnishi;Jun Ishikawa;Hirofumi Hara;Hirokazu Suzuki

681
Citations
A new pathway for polyketide synthesis in microorganisms

Nobutaka Funa;Yasuo Ohnishi;Isao Fujii;Masaaki Shibuya

393
Citations
The A‐factor regulatory cascade leading to streptomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces griseus : identification of a target gene of the A‐factor receptor

Yasuo Ohnishi;Shogo Kameyama;Hiroyasu Onaka;Sueharu Horinouchi

311
Citations
AdpA, a central transcriptional regulator in the A-factor regulatory cascade that leads to morphological development and secondary metabolism in Streptomyces griseus.

Yasuo Ohnishi;Haruka Yamazaki;Jun-ya Kato;Ayami Tomono

304
Citations
Production of plant-specific flavanones by Escherichia coli containing an artificial gene cluster.

Eui Il Hwang;Masafumi Kaneko;Yasuo Ohnishi;Sueharu Horinouchi

297
Citations
Efficient production of (2S)-flavanones by Escherichia coli containing an artificial biosynthetic gene cluster

Ikuo Miyahisa;Masafumi Kaneko;Nobutaka Funa;Hisashi Kawasaki

221
Citations
Biosynthesis of γ-butyrolactone autoregulators that switch on secondary metabolism and morphological development in Streptomyces

Jun-ya Kato;Nobutaka Funa;Hidenori Watanabe;Yasuo Ohnishi

217
Citations
Combinatorial biosynthesis of flavones and flavonols in Escherichia coli

Ikuo Miyahisa;Nobutaka Funa;Yasuo Ohnishi;Stefan Martens

201
Citations
Determinants of protein thermostability observed in the 1.9-A crystal structure of malate dehydrogenase from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus flavus.

Clyde A. Kelly;Makoto Nishiyama;Yasuo Ohnishi;Teruhiko Beppu

177
Citations
An A-factor-dependent extracytoplasmic function sigma factor (sigma(AdsA)) that is essential for morphological development in Streptomyces griseus.

Haruka Yamazaki;Yasuo Ohnishi;Sueharu Horinouchi

133
Citations
Genome-wide Distribution of AdpA, a Global Regulator for Secondary Metabolism and Morphological Differentiation in Streptomyces,Revealed the Extent and Complexity of the AdpA Regulatory Network

Akiyoshi Higo;Hirofumi Hara;Sueharu Horinouchi;Yasuo Ohnishi

130
Citations
GriC and GriD constitute a carboxylic acid reductase involved in grixazone biosynthesis in Streptomyces griseus.

Hirokazu Suzuki;Yasuo Ohnishi;Sueharu Horinouchi

122
Citations
DNA-binding specificity of AdpA, a transcriptional activator in the A-factor regulatory cascade in Streptomyces griseus.

Haruka Yamazaki;Ayami Tomono;Yasuo Ohnishi;Sueharu Horinouchi

120
Citations
AfsR recruits RNA polymerase to the afsS promoter: a model for transcriptional activation by SARPs.

Akiko Tanaka;Yuji Takano;Yasuo Ohnishi;Sueharu Horinouchi

120
Citations
Crystal Structure of a γ-Butyrolactone Autoregulator Receptor Protein in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Ryo Natsume;Yasuo Ohnishi;Toshiya Senda;Sueharu Horinouchi

119
Citations
Cinnamate:Coenzyme A Ligase from the Filamentous Bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Masafumi Kaneko;Yasuo Ohnishi;Sueharu Horinouchi

117
Citations
Properties and Substrate Specificity of RppA, a Chalcone Synthase-related Polyketide Synthase in Streptomyces griseus

Nobutaka Funa;Yasuo Ohnishi;Yutaka Ebizuka;Sueharu Horinouchi

117
Citations
Biosynthesis of Hexahydroxyperylenequinone Melanin via Oxidative Aryl Coupling by Cytochrome P-450 in Streptomyces griseus

Nobutaka Funa;Masanori Funabashi;Yasuo Ohnishi;Sueharu Horinouchi

116
Citations
Novel Benzene Ring Biosynthesis from C3 and C4 Primary Metabolites by Two Enzymes

Hirokazu Suzuki;Yasuo Ohnishi;Yasuhide Furusho;Shohei Sakuda

112
Citations
Transcriptional switch on of ssgA by A-factor, which is essential for spore septum formation in Streptomyces griseus.

Haruka Yamazaki;Yasuo Ohnishi;Sueharu Horinouchi

109
Citations