KATO Yasuo

Last updated: Feb 24, 2017 at 09:56

Name	KATO Yasuo
Affiliation	Toyama Prefectural University
Section	Faculty of Engineering, Department of Biotechnology
Job title	Professor
Degree	(BLANK)
Other affiliation	Toyama Prefectural University

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Agricultural chemistry / Applied microbiology /
Agricultural chemistry / Applied biochemistry /
Boundary agriculture / Applied molecular and cellular biology /
Pharmacy / Environmental pharmacy /
Chemistry / Organic chemistry /

Education

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1987

Graduate School, Division of Chemistry, Keio University

1985

Faculty of Science, Keio University

Published Papers

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Molecular diversity of tuliposide B-converting enzyme in tulip (Tulipa gesneriana): Identification of the root-specific isozyme.

T. Nomura, A. Ueno, S. Ogita, and Y. Kato

in press 2017 [Refereed]

Environmentally benign process for the preparation of antimicrobial α-methylene-β-hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone (tulipalin B) from tulip biomass

T.Nomura, E. Hayashi, S. Kawakami, S. Ogita, and Y. Kato

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 79 25-35 Jan 2015 [Refereed]

Molecular identification of tuliposide B-converting enzyme: a lactone-forming carboxylesterase from the pollen of Tulip

T. Nomura, T. Murase, S. Ogita, and Y. Kato

The Plant Journal 83 252-262 2015 [Refereed]

The biosynthetic activities of primary and secondary metabolites in suspension cultures of Aquilaria microcarpa

S. Ogita, J.-B. Lee, F. Kurosaki, and Y. Kato

Natural Product Communications 10 779-782 2015 [Refereed]

A stepwise protocol for induction and selection of prominent coniferous cell cultures for the production of β-thujaplicin

S. Ogita, M. Shichiken, C. Ito, T. Yamashita, T. Nomura, and Y. Kato

Natural Product Communications 10 783-787 2015 [Refereed]

Development of pBT63, a positive control plasmid for qualitative detection of genetically modified rice

Y. Minegishi, J. Mano, R. Takabatake, K. Nakamura, K. Kondo, Y. Kato, K. Kitta, and H. Akiyama

Japanese Journal of Food Chemistry and Safety 21 48-56 Mar 2014 [Refereed]

Two new β-glucosidases from ethanol-fermenting fungus Mucor circinelloides NBRC 4572: enzyme purification, functional characterization, and molecular cloning of the gene.

Kato Y, Nomura T, Ogita S, Takano M, Hoshino K

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 97 10045-10056 Dec 2013 [Refereed]

Occurrence of hydroxycinnamoylputrescines in xylogenic bamboo suspension cells

Taiji Nomura, Mai Shiozawa, Shinjiro Ogita, Yasuo Kato

Plant Biotechnology 30 447-453 Oct 2013 [Refereed]

Erratum to: Two new β-glucosidases from ethanol-fermenting fungus Mucor circinelloides NBRC 4572: enzyme purification, functional characterization, and molecular cloning of the gene.

Kato Y, Nomura T, Ogita S, Takano M, Hoshino K

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Oct 2013 [Refereed]

Molecular diversity of tuliposide A-converting enzyme in the tulip.

Nomura T, Tsuchigami A, Ogita S, Kato Y

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 77 1042-1048 2013 [Refereed]

Development and evaluation of a novel DNA extraction method suitable for processed foods

Y. Minegishi, J. Mano, Y. Kato, K. Kitta, H. Akiyama, R. Teshima

Japanese Journal of Food Chemistry and Safety 20 96-104 2013 [Refereed]

A novel xylogenic suspension culture model for exploring lignification in Phyllostachys bamboo.

Ogita S, Nomura T, Kishimoto T, Kato Y

Plant Methods 8 40 Sep 2012 [Refereed]

A stand-alone adenylation domain forms amide bonds in streptothricin biosynthesis.

Maruyama C, Toyoda J, Kato Y, Izumikawa M, Takagi M, Shin-ya K, Katano H, Utagawa T, Hamano Y

Nature Chemical Biology 8 791-797 Sep 2012 [Refereed]

A novel lactone-forming carboxylesterase: molecular identification of a tuliposide A-converting enzyme in tulip.

Nomura T, Ogita S, Kato Y

Plant Physiology 159 565-578 Jun 2012 [Refereed]

Quantification and identification of genetically modified maize events in non-identity preserved maize samples in 2009 using an individual kernel detection system.

Akiyama H, Minegishi Y, Makiyama D, Mano J, Sakata K, Nakamura K, Noguchi A, Takabatake R, Futo S, Kondo K, Kitta K, Kato Y, Teshima R

Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan 53 157-165 2012 [Refereed]

A β-glucosidase activity potentially involved in cell division and wall development of Phyllostachys bamboo suspension cells

Shinjiro Ogita, Shinya Ohki, Taiji Nomura, Yasuo Kato

American Journal of Plant Sciences 3 1066-1072 2012 [Refereed]

The mutated acetolactate synthase gene from rice as a non-antibiotic selection marker for transformation of bamboo cells

Shinjiro Ogita, Nanaka Kikuchi, Taiji Nomura, Yasuo Kato

American Journal of Plant Sciences 3 368-372 2012 [Refereed]

Aldoxime dehydratase: probing the heme environment involved in the synthesis of the carbon-nitrogen triple bond.

Pinakoulaki E, Koutsoupakis C, Sawai H, Pavlou A, Kato Y, Asano Y, Aono S

The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B 115 13012-13018 Nov 2011 [Refereed]

Methyl jasmonate-induced enhancement of expression activity of Am-FaPS-1, a putative farnesyl diphosphate synthase gene from Aquilaria microcarpa

Y. Kenmotsu, S. Ogita, Y. Kato, Y. Yamamura, Y. Takao, Y. Tatsuo, H. Fujino, S. Kadota, F. Kurosaki

Journal of Natural Medicines 65(1) 194-197 2011 [Refereed]

Asymmetric total synthesis of 6-Tuliposide B and its biological activities against tulip pathogenic fungi.

Shigetomi K, Omoto S, Kato Y, Ubukata M

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 75 718-722 2011 [Refereed]

Characterization of a new (R)-hydroxynitrile lyase from the Japanese apricot Prunus mume and cDNA cloning and secretory expression of one of the isozymes in Pichia pastoris.

Fukuta Y, Nanda S, Kato Y, Yurimoto H, Sakai Y, Komeda H, Asano Y

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 75 214-220 2011 [Refereed]

X-ray crystal structure of michaelis complex of aldoxime dehydratase.

Sawai H, Sugimoto H, Kato Y, Asano Y, Shiro Y, Aono S

The Journal of biological chemistry 284 32089-32096 Nov 2009 [Refereed]

Purification and characterization of a tuliposide-converting enzyme from bulbs of Tulipa gesneriana.

Kato Y, Shoji K, Ubukata M, Shigetomi K, Sato Y, Nakajima N, Ogita S

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 73 1895-1897 Aug 2009 [Refereed]

A simple shoot multiplication procedure using internode explants, and its application for particle bombardment and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in watercress.

Ogita S, Usui M, Shibutani N, Kato Y

Journal of plant research 122 455-463 Jul 2009 [Refereed]

Possibility for selective accumulation of polyphenolics in tissue cultures of senno (Lychnis senno Siebold et Zucc.).

Ogita S, Miyazaki J, Godo T, Kato Y

Natural product communications 4 377-380 Mar 2009 [Refereed]

Purification and partial characterization of N-hydroxy-l-phenylalanine decarboxylase/oxidase from Bacillus sp. strain OxB-1, an enzyme involved in aldoxime biosynthesis in the "aldoxime-nitrile pathway".

Kato Y, Tsuda T, Asano Y

Biochimica et biophysica acta 1774 856-865 Jul 2007 [Refereed]

Systematic regulation of the enzymatic activity of phenylacetaldoxime dehydratase by exogenous ligands.

Kobayashi K, Kubo M, Yoshioka S, Kitagawa T, Kato Y, Asano Y, Aono S

Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 7 2004-2009 Dec 2006 [Refereed]

Spectroscopic and substrate binding properties of heme-containing aldoxime dehydratases, OxdB and OxdRE.

Kobayashi K, Pal B, Yoshioka S, Kato Y, Asano Y, Kitagawa T, Aono S

Journal of inorganic biochemistry 100 1069-1074 May 2006 [Refereed]

Molecular and enzymatic analysis of the "aldoxime-nitrile pathway" in the glutaronitrile degrader Pseudomonas sp. K-9.

Kato Y, Asano Y

Applied microbiology and biotechnology 70 92-101 Mar 2006 [Refereed]

Purification and characterization of aldoxime dehydratase of the head blight fungus, Fusarium graminearum.

Kato Y, Asano Y

Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 69 2254-2257 Nov 2005 [Refereed]

Polymerase chain reaction for identification of aldoxime dehydratase in aldoxime- or nitrile-degrading microorganisms.

Kato Y, Yoshida S, Asano Y

FEMS microbiology letters 246 243-249 May 2005 [Refereed]

Regulation of aldoxime dehydratase activity by redox-dependent change in the coordination structure of the aldoxime-heme complex.

Kobayashi K, Yoshioka S, Kato Y, Asano Y, Aono S

The Journal of biological chemistry 280 5486-5490 Feb 2005 [Refereed]

Aldoxime dehydratase co-existing with nitrile hydratase and amidase in the iron-type nitrile hydratase-producer Rhodococcus sp. N-771.

Kato Y, Yoshida S, Xie SX, Asano Y

Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 97 250-259 2004 [Refereed]

A gene cluster responsible for alkylaldoxime metabolism coexisting with nitrile hydratase and amidase in Rhodococcus globerulus A-4.

Xie SX, Kato Y, Komeda H, Yoshida S, Asano Y

Biochemistry 42 12056-12066 Oct 2003 [Refereed]

High-level expression of a novel FMN-dependent heme-containing lyase, phenylacetaldoxime dehydratase of Bacillus sp. strain OxB-1, in heterologous hosts.

Kato Y, Asano Y

Protein expression and purification 28 131-139 Mar 2003 [Refereed]

Functional expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis of the novel polyketide chain extension unit, methoxymalonyl-acyl carrier protein, and engineered biosynthesis of 2-desmethyl-2-methoxy-6-deoxyerythronolide B.

Kato Y, Bai L, Xue Q, Revill WP, Yu TW, Floss HG

Journal of the American Chemical Society 124 5268-5269 May 2002 [Refereed]

Identification of a set of genes involved in the formation of the substrate for the incorporation of the unusual "glycolate" chain extension unit in ansamitocin biosynthesis.

Carroll BJ, Moss SJ, Bai L, Kato Y, Toelzer S, Yu TW, Floss HG

Journal of the American Chemical Society 124 4176-4177 Apr 2002 [Refereed]

Misc

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Purification and Properties of Crystalline 3-Methylaspartase from Two Facultative Anaerobes ┣DBCitrobacter(/)-┫DB sp. rain YG-0504 and ┣DBMorganella morganii(/)-┫DB strain YG-0601

Yasuo Kato, Yasuhisa Asano

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry 59(1) 93-99 1995

Crystalline 3-Methylaspertase from a Facultative Anaerobe, ┣DBEscherichia coli(/)-┫DB YG-1002

FEMS Microbiology Letters 118(3) 255-258 1994

Occurrence of 3-Methylasportate Ammonia-Lyase in Facultative Anaerobes and their Application to Synthesis of 3-Substituted (┣DBS(/)-┫DB)-Aspartic Acids

Yasuhisa Asano, Yasuo Kato

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry 58(1) 223-224 1994

Enzymatic Synthesis of L-β-Chloroalanine Using Amino Acid Dehydrogenase

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 39(3) 301-304 1993

Biochemistry 31(8) 2316-2328 1992

Books etc

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Opine dehydrogenase and secondary amine dicarboxylic Acids

Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology : Fermentation, Biocatalysis, and Bioseparation 1999

Research Grants & Projects

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Expression of microbial enzymes in aquatic plants and their applications for phytoremediation and production of useful chemicals.

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(C))

Project Year: 2008 - 2010 Investigator(s): Yasuo KATO

Conditions for the proliferation of multiple shoots, adventitious roots, and callus as well as polyploid induction of watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.) were established for their use in phytoremediation. Frequent generation of transgenic w...

Study on microbial metabolism of oximes

The Other Research Programs

Project Year: 1998 - 2009

Remediation of environmental water with aquatic plant.

The Other Research Programs

Project Year: 2005 - 2009

Functions, diversity, and physiological functions of novel heme-containing enzyme "aldoxime dehydratase"

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(C))

Project Year: 2005 - 2006 Investigator(s): Yasuo KATO

We examined the following experiments in order to clarify 1) reaction mechanism of aldoxime dehydratase (Oxd), 2) diversity of aldoxime dehydratase, and 3) diversity and physiological function of "aldoxime-nitrile pathway".1. We constructed an ove...

Physiological functions of "aldoxime-nitrile pathway" in microorganisms and the use of enzymes responsible for the pathway to organic synthesis

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(C))

Project Year: 2003 - 2004 Investigator(s): Yasuo KATO

We examined the following experiments in order to clarify 1) reaction mechanism of aldoxime dehydratase (Oxd) and 2) physiological function of "aldoxime-nitrile pathway" in microorganisms:1. We constructed an overexpression system of nitrilase (Ni...