Prof. Kazuhito Fujiyama, Ph.D.

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22, Oct 2021

International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University

Contact address

International Center for Biotechnology (ICBiotech), Osaka University, 2-1 Yamaoka-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Education
1990 PhD (supervised by Prof. Hirosuke Okada and Prof. Atsuhiko Shinmyo)
1984-1986 Master course, Department of Fermentation Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
1980-1984 Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University
   
Employment 
2009-Now Professor, International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University
2003-2009 Associate Professor, Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University
1988-2003 Assistant Professor, Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University
   
Fellowships  
2004-Now The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State, Non-Resident Research Faculty (Adjunct Faculty)
2003-2004        Visiting scientist, Arizona State University (Dr. L. Joshi)
1999 Visiting scientist, Universtiy of Zurich (Dr. E. Berger)
1998 Visiting scientist, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell (Dr.C.J. Arntzen)
1988 Visiting scientist, Univesity of California at Davis (Dr.R.L. Rodriguez)

Publications in last 2 years

Ohashi T, Sari N, Misaki R, Fujiyama K.
Biochemical characterization of Arabidopsis clade F polygalacturonase shows a substrate preference toward oligogalacturonic acids.
J Biosci. Bioeng. 2021 Oct 21:S1389-1723(21)00210-3.

Chan JLR. , Leon MP. , Quimio JMUP., Fujiyama K, Sabino NG., and Mendoza BC.
The Potential Bacteriocinogenic Activity of Putative Bacteriocins of E. coli from Bat Guano against Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Strains
Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine Vol. 58, No. 3

Yamamoto C, Ogura M, Uemura R, Megumi M, Kajiura H, Misaki R, Fujiyama K, Kimura Y.
Improved assay system for acidic peptide: N-glycanase (aPNGase) activity in plant extracts.
Anal. Biochem. 2021 Sep 9:114367. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2021.114367.

Sariyatun R, Florence, Kajiura H, Ohashi T, Misaki R, Fujiyama K.
Production of Human Acid-Alpha Glucosidase With a Paucimannose Structure by Glycoengineered Arabidopsis Cell Culture.
Front Plant Sci., 2021 Jul 14;12:703020.

Uthailak N, Kajiura K, Misaki R, Fujiyama K
Transient Production of Human β-Glucocerebrosidase with Mannosidic-Type N-Glycan Structure in Glycoengineered Nicotiana benthamiana Plants
Front Plant Sci., 2021 Jun 7;12:683762.

Wu CC, Ohashi T, Kajiura H, Sato Y, Misaki R, Honda K, Limtong S, Fujiyama K
Functional characterization and overexpression of Δ12-desaturase in the oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloides for production of linoleic acid-rich lipids.
J Biosci Bioeng., 2021 Jun 131(6):631-639.

Shirai S, Uemura R, Maeda M, Kajiura H, Misaki R, Fujiyama K, Kimura Y.
Direct evidence of cytosolic PNGase activity in Arabidopsis thaliana: in vitro assay system for plant cPNGase activity.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem., 2021 May 25;85(6):1460-1463.

Kajiura H, Miyauchi R, Kakudo A, Ohashi T, Misaki R, Fujiyama K
Bombyx mori β1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase possesses relaxed donor substrate specificity in N-glycan synthesis
Scientific Reports, 2021 Mar 9;11(1):5505.

Kajiura H, Yoshizawa T, Tokumoto Y, Suzuki N, Takeno S, Jumtee-Takeno K, Yamashita T, Tanaka S, Kaneko Y, Fujiyama K, Matsumura H, Nakazawa Y
Structure-function studies of ultrahigh molecular weight isoprenes provide key insights into their biosynthesis
Commun Biol., 2021 Feb 16;4(1):215.

::Conference Presentations 2021

2020

Gungupalli MP, Kajiura H, Ishimizu T, Bhattacharyya D
Alkaline hydrolysis of coconut pith: process optimization, enzymatic saccharification, and nitrobenzene oxidation of Kraft lignin
Biomass Conv. Bioref., 2020 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-00890-z

Wachananawat B, Kuroha T, Takenaka Y, Kajiura H, Naramoto S, Yokoyama R, Ishizaki K, Nishitani K, Ishimizu T.
Diversity of Pectin Rhamnogalacturonan I Rhamnosyltransferases in Glycosyltransferase Family 106
Front Plant Sci., 2020 Jul 2;11:997

Arifin M, Budiman C, Fujiyama K, Arief II
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of Plantaricin IIA-1A5, a Bacteriocin Produced by Indonesian Probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum IIA-1A5
Protein Pept Lett., 2020 Nov doi: 10.2174/0929866527999201123213841.

Ohashi T, Fujisawa Y, Hayes MR, Misaki R, Pietruszka J, Fujiyama K
Transglycosylation toward naringenin-7-O-glucoside using an N180H mutant of Coprinopsis cinerea endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase
Biochem Biophys Res Commun., 2020 Sep 10; 530(1): 155-159.

Kajiura H, Nakamura Y, Nishimura M, Ohashi T, Misaki R, Fujiyama K
Characterization of Bombyx mori N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase II splicing variants
Biochem Biophys Res Commun., 2020 Aug 20;529 (2): 404-410.

Wongwisansri S, Promdonkoy P, Likhitrattanapisal S, Harnpichanchai P, Fujiyama K, Kaneko Y, Eurwilaichitr L, Ingsrisawang S, Tanapongpipat S
Mating-type switching and mating-type gene array expression in the methylotrophic yeast Ogataea thermomethanolica TBRC656
Microbiological Resarch., 2020 Feb 232:126372

 

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