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Kanzo Sakata

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1 Structural basis for the spectral difference in luciferase bioluminescence. Nature 2006 3.60
2 Erect leaves caused by brassinosteroid deficiency increase biomass production and grain yield in rice. Nat Biotechnol 2005 2.89
3 Arabidopsis CYP707As encode (+)-abscisic acid 8'-hydroxylase, a key enzyme in the oxidative catabolism of abscisic acid. Plant Physiol 2004 2.08
4 Molecular cloning and characterization of Bifidobacterium bifidum 1,2-alpha-L-fucosidase (AfcA), a novel inverting glycosidase (glycoside hydrolase family 95). J Bacteriol 2004 1.72
5 Identification and molecular cloning of a novel glycoside hydrolase family of core 1 type O-glycan-specific endo-alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from Bifidobacterium longum. J Biol Chem 2005 1.51
6 C-23 hydroxylation by Arabidopsis CYP90C1 and CYP90D1 reveals a novel shortcut in brassinosteroid biosynthesis. Plant Cell 2006 1.44
7 Scopoletin is biosynthesized via ortho-hydroxylation of feruloyl CoA by a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J 2008 1.22
8 Accumulation of coumarins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry 2006 1.19
9 Arabidopsis CYP90B1 catalyses the early C-22 hydroxylation of C27, C28 and C29 sterols. Plant J 2006 1.10
10 Cytochrome P450 CYP710A encodes the sterol C-22 desaturase in Arabidopsis and tomato. Plant Cell 2006 1.07
11 Chemical profiling and gene expression profiling during the manufacturing process of Taiwan oolong tea "Oriental Beauty". Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2007 1.06
12 Design, synthesis, and evaluation of gamma-phosphono diester analogues of glutamate as highly potent inhibitors and active site probes of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase. Biochemistry 2007 0.99
13 A plant growth retardant, uniconazole, is a potent inhibitor of ABA catabolism in Arabidopsis. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2006 0.95
14 Cloning of beta-primeverosidase from tea leaves, a key enzyme in tea aroma formation. Plant Physiol 2002 0.94
15 Brz220 interacts with DWF4, a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase in brassinosteroid biosynthesis, and exerts biological activity. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2008 0.90
16 Directed evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipase for improved amide-hydrolyzing activity. Protein Eng Des Sel 2005 0.90
17 Crystal structures of pyruvate phosphate dikinase from maize revealed an alternative conformation in the swiveling-domain motion. Biochemistry 2005 0.89
18 Scopolin-hydrolyzing beta-glucosidases in roots of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol 2009 0.88
19 Engineering of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipase by directed evolution for enhanced amidase activity: mechanistic implication for amide hydrolysis by serine hydrolases. Protein Eng Des Sel 2007 0.88
20 CYP724B2 and CYP90B3 function in the early C-22 hydroxylation steps of brassinosteroid biosynthetic pathway in tomato. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2006 0.87
21 Purification, characterization, and cloning of a Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase that hydrolyzes terminal N-acetylglucosamine on the N-glycan core. J Biol Chem 2006 0.85
22 Tomato cytochrome P450 CYP734A7 functions in brassinosteroid catabolism. Phytochemistry 2006 0.85
23 Gamma-(monophenyl)phosphono glutamate analogues as mechanism-based inhibitors of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase. Bioorg Med Chem 2006 0.84
24 Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the ortho-hydroxylases of p-coumaroyl coenzyme A/feruloyl coenzyme A involved in formation of umbelliferone and scopoletin in sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Phytochemistry 2011 0.83
25 Furcatin hydrolase from Viburnum furcatum Blume is a novel disaccharide-specific acuminosidase in glycosyl hydrolase family 1. J Biol Chem 2004 0.80
26 Vicianin hydrolase is a novel cyanogenic beta-glycosidase specific to beta-vicianoside (6-O-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside) in seeds of Vicia angustifolia. Plant Cell Physiol 2007 0.79
27 Highly sensitive active-site titration of lipase in microscale culture media using fluorescent organophosphorus ester. Biochim Biophys Acta 2003 0.79
28 Effects of structure on radical-scavenging abilities and antioxidative activities of tea polyphenols: NMR analytical approach using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radicals. J Agric Food Chem 2005 0.79
29 Triadimefon, a fungicidal triazole-type P450 inhibitor, induces brassinosteroid deficiency-like phenotypes in plants and binds to DWF4 protein in the brassinosteroid biosynthesis pathway. Biochem J 2003 0.79
30 Morning glory systemically accumulates scopoletin and scopolin after interaction with Fusarium oxysporum. Z Naturforsch C 2005 0.78
31 Differences between the structural requirements for ABA 8'-hydroxylase inhibition and for ABA activity. Bioorg Med Chem 2005 0.78
32 Isolation and characterization of a beta-primeverosidase-like enzyme from Penicillium multicolor. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2006 0.78
33 Isolation and characterization of a beta-primeverosidase-like endo-manner beta-glycosidase from Aspergillus fumigatus AP-20. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2002 0.77
34 Glycosylamidines as potent selective and easily accessible glycosidase inhibitors and their application to affinity chromatography. Methods Enzymol 2003 0.77
35 Expression and biochemical characterization of beta-primeverosidase and application of beta-primeverosylamidine to affinity purification. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2008 0.77
36 Computational and experimental analyses of furcatin hydrolase for substrate specificity studies of disaccharide-specific glycosidases. J Biochem 2008 0.77
37 Phytotoxic components produced by pathogenic Fusarium against morning glory. Z Naturforsch C 2006 0.76
38 Beta-glycosylamidine as a ligand for affinity chromatography tailored to the glycon substrate specificity of beta-glycosidases. Carbohydr Res 2003 0.76
39 Biosynthetic origin of the 1-oxygen of umbelliferone in the root tissue of sweet potato. Z Naturforsch C 2008 0.76
40 Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies on pyruvate phosphate dikinase from maize. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 2003 0.75
41 gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase and gamma-glutamyl peptide ligases: fluorophosphonate and phosphonodifluoromethyl ketone analogs as probes of tetrahedral transition state and gamma-glutamyl-phosphate intermediate. Methods Enzymol 2002 0.75
42 A lead compound for the development of ABA 8'-hydroxylase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005 0.75
43 A direct continuous spectrophotometric assay for glycosidases with 3-nitro-2-pyridyl glycosides by tautomerization of 2-hydroxy-3-nitropyridine. Anal Biochem 2002 0.75
44 alpha-Glucopyranoimidazolines as intermediate analogue inhibitors of family 20 beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases. Bioorg Med Chem 2005 0.75