Yoshihito Watanabe

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Best Publications

• Uncoupling of the cytochrome P-450cam monooxygenase reaction by a single mutation, threonine-252 to alanine or valine: possible role of the hydroxy amino acid in oxygen activation.

  Michiyo Imai;Hideo Shimada;Yoshihito Watanabe;Yuko Matsushima-Hibiya

  506
  Citations

• Size‐Selective Olefin Hydrogenation by a Pd Nanocluster Provided in an Apo‐Ferritin Cage

  Takafumi Ueno;Masako Suzuki;Toshiaki Goto;Tomoharu Matsumoto

  476
  Citations

• Reactive iron porphyrin derivatives related to the catalytic cycles of cytochrome P-450 and peroxidase. Studies of the mechanism of oxygen activation

  John Taylor Groves;Yoshihito Watanabe

  420
  Citations

• Roles of proximal ligand in heme proteins: replacement of proximal histidine of human myoglobin with cysteine and tyrosine by site-directed mutagenesis as models for P-450, chloroperoxidase, and catalase.

  Shin Ichi Adachi;Shingo Nagano;Koichiro Ishimori;Yoshihito Watanabe

  321
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• Preparation of artificial metalloenzymes by insertion of chromium(III) Schiff base complexes into apomyoglobin mutants.

  Masataka Ohashi;Tomomi Koshiyama;Takafumi Ueno;Manabu Yanase

  301
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• The mechanism of olefin epoxidation by oxo-iron porphyrins. Direct observation of an intermediate.

  John Taylor Groves;Yoshihito Watanabe

  255
  Citations

• pH-Dependent Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones with HCOONa as a Hydrogen Donor Promoted by (η6-C6Me6)Ru Complexes

  Seiji Ogo;Tsutomu Abura;Yoshihito Watanabe

  245
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• Coordinated Design of Cofactor and Active Site Structures in Development of New Protein Catalysts

  Takafumi Ueno;Tomomi Koshiyama;Masataka Ohashi;Kazuyoshi Kondo

  235
  Citations

• Effects of the location of distal histidine in the reaction of myoglobin with hydrogen peroxide.

  Toshitaka Matsui;Shin Ichi Ozaki;Elaine Liong;George N. Phillips

  225
  Citations

• Isolation and crystal structure of a water-soluble iridium hydride: a robust and highly active catalyst for acid-catalyzed transfer hydrogenations of carbonyl compounds in acidic media.

  Tsutomu Abura;Seiji Ogo;Yoshihito Watanabe;Shunichi Fukuzumi

  225
  Citations

• pH-Dependent Transfer Hydrogenation of Water-Soluble Carbonyl Compounds with [Cp*IrIII(H2O)3]2+ (Cp* = η5-C5Me5) as a Catalyst Precursor and HCOONa as a Hydrogen Donor in Water

  Seiji Ogo;Nobuyuki Makihara;Yoshihito Watanabe

  223
  Citations

• pH-dependent transfer hydrogenation, reductive amination, and dehalogenation of water-soluble carbonyl compounds and alkyl halides promoted by Cp*Ir complexes

  Seiji Ogo;Nobuyuki Makihara;Yuichi Kaneko;Yoshihito Watanabe

  206
  Citations

• Reactivities of oxo and peroxo intermediates studied by hemoprotein mutants.

  Yoshihito Watanabe;Hiroshi Nakajima;Takafumi Ueno

  202
  Citations

• Polymerization of phenylacetylene by rhodium complexes within a discrete space of apo-ferritin.

  Satoshi Abe;Kunio Hirata;Takafumi Ueno;Kazuhide Morino

  197
  Citations

• Mechanisms of Sulfoxidation Catalyzed by High-Valent Intermediates of Heme Enzymes: Electron-Transfer vs Oxygen-Transfer Mechanism

  Yoshio Goto;Toshitaka Matsui;Shin Ichi Ozaki;Yoshihito Watanabe

  193
  Citations

• Synthesis, Structures, and Properties of Bis(μ-oxo)nickel(III) and Bis(μ-superoxo)nickel(II) Complexes: An Unusual Conversion of a NiIII2(μ-O)2 Core into a NiII2(μ-OO)2 Core by H2O2 and Oxygenation of Ligand

  Kazushi Shiren;Seiji Ogo;Shuhei Fujinami;Hideki Hayashi

  183
  Citations

• Investigations of the roles of the distal heme environment and the proximal heme iron ligand in peroxide activation by heme enzymes via molecular engineering of myoglobin.

  Shin-ichi Ozaki,†,‡,§;Mark P. Roach;Toshitaka Matsui,†,‡,‖ and;Yoshihito Watanabe

  181
  Citations

• Direct observation of the push effect on the oxygen-oxygen bond cleavage of acylperoxoiron(III) porphyrin complexes

  Kazuya Yamaguchi;Yoshihito Watanabe;Isao Morishima

  175
  Citations

• Highly Selective Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol by Wild-type Cytochrome P450BM3 Assisted by Decoy Molecules

  Osami Shoji;Tatsuya Kunimatsu;Norifumi Kawakami;Yoshihito Watanabe

  174
  Citations

• Acylperoxo-Iron(III) Porphyrin Complexes: A New Entry of Potent Oxidants for the Alkene Epoxidation

  Kenji Machii;Yoshihito Watanabe;Isao Morishima

  174
  Citations