Motoaki Sano

Cleavage of α-1,4-Glycosidic Linkages by the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored α-Amylase AgtA Decreases the Molecular Weight of Cell Wall α-1,3-Glucan in Aspergillus oryzae

Ami Koizumi, Ken Miyazawa, Makoto Ogata, Yuzuru Takahashi, Shigekazu Yano, Akira Yoshimi, Motoaki Sano, Masafumi Hidaka, Takanori Nihira, Hiroyuki Nakai …

Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 3 10.3389/ffunb.2022.1061841, Jan 10, 2023 Peer-reviewed

A Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored α-Amylase Encoded by amyD Contributes to a Decrease in the Molecular Mass of Cell Wall α-1,3-Glucan in Aspergillus nidulans

Ken Miyazawa, Takaaki Yamashita, Ayumu Takeuchi, Yuka Kamachi, Akira Yoshimi, Yuto Tashiro, Ami Koizumi, Makoto Ogata, Shigekazu Yano, Shin Kasahara …

Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2, Jan 28, 2022 Peer-reviewed

Regulation of kojic acid production in Aspergillus oryzae

JSM Mycotoxins, 72(1) 39-42, 2022 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author

Major involvement of two laccase genes in conidial pigment biosynthesis in Aspergillus oryzae.

Koichi Tamano, Haruka Takayama, Saeko Yasokawa, Motoaki Sano, Scott E Baker

Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 106(1) 287-300, Jan, 2022 Peer-reviewed

Both Galactosaminogalactan and α-1,3-Glucan Contribute to Aggregation of Aspergillus oryzae Hyphae in Liquid Culture.

Ken Miyazawa, Akira Yoshimi, Motoaki Sano, Fuka Tabata, Asumi Sugahara, Shin Kasahara, Ami Koizumi, Shigekazu Yano, Tasuku Nakajima, Keietsu Abe

Frontiers in microbiology, 10 2090-2090, 2019 Peer-reviewed

Molecular Mass and Localization of α-1,3-Glucan in Cell Wall Control the Degree of Hyphal Aggregation in Liquid Culture of Aspergillus nidulans.

Ken Miyazawa, Akira Yoshimi, Shin Kasahara, Asumi Sugahara, Ami Koizumi, Shigekazu Yano, Satoshi Kimura, Tadahisa Iwata, Motoaki Sano, Keietsu Abe

Frontiers in microbiology, 9(2623) 2623-2623, 2018 Peer-reviewed

Aspergillus oryzae strain with improved conidiation after light stimulation

Pushpa S. Murthy, Motoaki Sano, Ryota Hattori, Ken-Ichi Kusumoto, Satoshi Suzuki

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly, 52(1) 23-28, 2018 Peer-reviewed

The Gene of Aspergillus oryzae Involved in Degradation of Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Degradation in Vapour Phase by Porous Enzyme/Chitosan Nanofibre Composites

Atsushi Minemura, Ryuichi Kitamura, Motoaki Sano, Satoshi Osawa

JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 25(4) 1273-1279, Dec, 2017 Peer-reviewed

Analysis of Kojic Acid Biosynthesis in Aspergillus oryzae

112(1) 9-14, Jan, 2017 Invited

Increased enzyme production under liquid culture conditions in the industrial fungus Aspergillus oryzae by disruption of the genes encoding cell wall-1,3-glucan synthase

Ken Miyazawa, Akira Yoshimi, Silai Zhang, Motoaki Sano, Mayumi Nakayama, Katsuya Gomi, Keietsu Abe

BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 80(9) 1853-1863, Sep, 2016 Peer-reviewed

Substantial decrease in cell wall-1,3-glucan caused by disruption of the kexB gene encoding a subtilisin-like processing protease in Aspergillus oryzae

Osamu Mizutani, Matsuko Shiina, Akira Yoshimi, Motoaki Sano, Takeshi Watanabe, Youhei Yamagata, Tasuku Nakajima, Katsuya Gomi, Keietsu Abe

BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 80(9) 1781-1791, Sep, 2016 Peer-reviewed

Aspergillus oryzae nrtA affects kojic acid production

Motoaki Sano

BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 80(9) 1776-1780, Sep, 2016 Peer-reviewed

3B03 Student Care System Using Academic Assessment of Fundamental Common Subjects

ARITA Mamoru, SANO Motoaki, SAGARA Junichi, SHIRAYAMA Astuko, SENTOKU Eiichi, MIYAZAKI Keisuke

Proceedings of Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Engineering Education, 2016 416-417, Aug, 2016

麹菌における美白成分コウジ酸の生合成遺伝子の特定と改良

佐野元昭

ケミカルエンジニヤリング, 61(2) 89-93, Feb, 2016 Invited

Genome sequence of Aspergillus luchuensis NBRC 4314

Osamu Yamada, Masayuki Machida, Akira Hosoyama, Masatoshi Goto, Toru Takahashi, Taiki Futagami, Youhei Yamagata, Michio Takeuchi, Tetsuo Kobayashi, Hideaki Koike …

DNA Research, 23(6) 507-515, 2016 Peer-reviewed

Characterization of the gatA gene from Aspergillus oryzae

SANO MOTOAKI

J. Biol. Macromol, 16(1) 9-15, 2016 Peer-reviewed

Effects of carbon source on the Aspergillus oryzae gapA gene

Kaneko Akihiro, SANO MOTOAKI, OHASHI SHINICHI, OZEKI KENJI

Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 15(2) 102-107, Dec, 2015

Effects of starch-free wheat bran medium and amino acids, as sole nitrogen sources, on the growth of Aspergillus oryzae general amino acid transporter (gapA) disruptant

Kaneko Akihiro, OZEKI KENJI, SANO MOTOAKI, OHASHI SHINICHI

Journal of biological macromolecules, 15(2) 92-101, Dec, 2015 Peer-reviewed

Degradation of formaldehyde by Aspergillus oryzae

Minemura Atsushi, Kitamura Ryuichi, SANO MOTOAKI, OSAWA SATOSHI