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Masao Fukuda

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Toju Iino; Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of nitrate and nitrite utilization system in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.
Y Fukuhara; H Hara; S Hishiyama; Shinya Kajita; N Kamimura; Daisuke Kasai; Y Katano; Yoshihiro Katayama; M Nakajima; S Nakamura; S Narita-Yamada; Y Tsuji; N Fujita; Masao Fukuda; Eiji Masai
Discovery of pinoresinol reductase genes in sphingomonads.
Toju Iino; Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Naoto Ogawa; Yong Wang; Takeshi Fujii; Masao Fukuda
Specific gene responses of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 during growth in soil.

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2013: Toju Iino; Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of nitrate and nitrite utilization system in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 2013;115(6):600-6.
2013: Y Fukuhara; H Hara; S Hishiyama; Shinya Kajita; N Kamimura; Daisuke Kasai; Y Katano; Yoshihiro Katayama; M Nakajima; S Nakamura; S Narita-Yamada; Y Tsuji; N Fujita; Masao Fukuda; Eiji Masai
Discovery of pinoresinol reductase genes in sphingomonads.
Enzyme and microbial technology 2013;52(1):38-43.
2012: Toju Iino; Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Naoto Ogawa; Yong Wang; Takeshi Fujii; Masao Fukuda
Specific gene responses of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 during growth in soil.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2012;78(19):6954-62.
2012: Daisuke Kasai; Tomokuni Abe; Masao Fukuda; Naofumi Kamimura; Kenta Tani; Shusuke Umeda; Eiji Masai
Characterization of FerC, a MarR-type transcriptional regulator, involved in transcriptional regulation of the ferulate catabolic operon in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.
FEMS microbiology letters 2012;332(1):68-75.
2012: Naofumi Kamimura; Daisuke Kasai; Masao Fukuda; Keisuke Inakazu; Eiji Masai
Regulation of the isophthalate catabolic operon controlled by IphR in Comamonas sp. strain E6.
FEMS microbiology letters 2012;329(2):186-92.
2012: Jun Shimodaira; Yuki Furusawa; Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Yuta Miyazawa; Masao Fukuda
The 24-bp consensus sequence responsible for regulation of the BphS1T1 two-component system in a hybrid promoter.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 2012;113(3):279-85.
2011: Anh Thi Phuong Nguyen; Yosuke Sato; Masahiro Tokuda; Takumi Iwasaki; Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of the 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) degradation system in Janibacter sp. TYM3221.
Enzyme and microbial technology 2011;49(6-7):532-9.
2011: Shunsuke Imai; Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Yuki Muramatsu; Kazuya Ichikawa; Masao Fukuda
Isolation and characterization of Streptomyces, Actinoplanes, and Methylibium strains that are involved in degradation of natural rubber and synthetic poly(cis-1,4-isoprene).
Enzyme and microbial technology 2011;49(6-7):526-31.
2011: Tsuneo Ohmori; Hirokazu Morita; Megumi Tanaka; Keisuke Miyauchi; Daisuke Kasai; Kensuke Furukawa; Kiyotaka Miyashita; Naoto Ogawa; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Development of a strain for efficient degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls by patchwork assembly of degradation pathways.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 2011;111(4):437-42.
2011: Naoto Araki; Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Toru Suzuki; Masao Fukuda
Identification and characterization of uptake systems for glucose and fructose in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.
Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology 2011;20(3):125-36.
2011: Naoto Araki; Yuji Niikura; Keisuke Miyauchi; Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Glucose-mediated transcriptional repression of PCB/biphenyl catabolic genes in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.
Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology 2011;20(1):53-62.
2011: Tsuneo Ohmori; Hirokazu Morita; Megumi Tanaka; Masanori Tomoi; Keisuke Miyauchi; Daisuke Kasai; Kensuke Furukawa; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Expression in Escherichia coli of biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase genes from a Gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2011;75(1):26-33.
2010: Naofumi Kamimura; Taichi Aoyama; Rieko Yoshida; Kenji Takahashi; Daisuke Kasai; Tomokuni Abe; Kohei Mase; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda; Eiji Masai
Characterization of the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway operon in Comamonas sp. strain E6 and discovery of a novel pathway gene.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2010;76(24):8093-101.
2010: Daisuke Kasai; Masahiro Kitajima; Masao Fukuda; Eiji Masai
Transcriptional regulation of the terephthalate catabolism operon in Comamonas sp. strain E6.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2010;76(18):6047-55.
2010: Hisashi Takeda; Jun Shimodaira; Kiyoshi Yukawa; Naho Hara; Daisuke Kasai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Dual two-component regulatory systems are involved in aromatic compound degradation in a polychlorinated-biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.
Journal of bacteriology 2010;192(18):4741-51.
2010: Naofumi Kamimura; Kazuhiro Takamura; Hirofumi Hara; Daisuke Kasai; Ryo Natsume; Toshiya Senda; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda; Eiji Masai
Regulatory system of the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway genes essential for lignin downstream catabolism.
Journal of bacteriology 2010;192(13):3394-405.
2010: Yuki Fukuhara; Keisuke Inakazu; Norimichi Kodama; Naofumi Kamimura; Daisuke Kasai; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda; Eiji Masai
Characterization of the isophthalate degradation genes of Comamonas sp. strain E6.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2010;76(2):519-27.
2009: Daisuke Kasai; Toshihiro Fujinami; Tomokuni Abe; Kohei Mase; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda; Eiji Masai
Uncovering the protocatechuate 2,3-cleavage pathway genes.
Journal of bacteriology 2009;191(21):6758-68.
2009: Yusuke Sato; Hideki Moriuchi; Shojiro Hishiyama; Yuichiro Otsuka; Kenji Oshima; Daisuke Kasai; Masaya Nakamura; Seiji Ohara; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda; Eiji Masai
Identification of three alcohol dehydrogenase genes involved in the stereospecific catabolism of arylglycerol-beta-aryl ether by Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2009;75(16):5195-201.
2009: Parichat Sukda; Nao Gouda; Emi Ito; Keisuke Miyauchi; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of a transcriptional regulatory gene involved in dibenzofuran degradation by Nocardioides sp. strain DF412.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2009;73(3):508-16.
2008: Yuki Fukuhara; Daisuke Kasai; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda; Eiji Masai
Enzymatic properties of terephthalate 1,2-dioxygenase of Comamonas sp. strain E6.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2008;72(9):2335-41.
2008: Kiyoshi Yukawa; Hisatoshi Kaku; Hiroshi Tanaka; Yasunori Koga-Ban; Masao Fukuda
Enhanced soybean infection by the legume "super-virulent" Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain KAT23.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2008;72(7):1809-16.
2008: Keisuke Miyauchi; Parichat Sukda; Tetsuya Nishida; Emi Ito; Yoshikatsu Matsumoto; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Isolation of dibenzofuran-degrading bacterium, Nocardioides sp. DF412, and characterization of its dibenzofuran degradation genes.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 2008;105(6):628-35.
2007: Eiji Masai; Yuko Yamamoto; Tomohiko Inoue; Kazuhiro Takamura; Hirofumi Hara; Daisuke Kasai; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of ligV essential for catabolism of vanillin by Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2007;71(10):2487-92.
2007: Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Degradation of 3-O-methylgallate in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 by pathways involving protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase.
FEMS microbiology letters 2007;274(2):323-8.
2007: Kiyoshi Yukawa; Hisatoshi Kaku; Hiroshi Tanaka; Yasunori Koga-Ban; Masao Fukuda
Characterization and host range determination of soybean super virulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens KAT23.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2007;71(7):1676-82.
2007: Takumi Iwasaki; Hisashi Takeda; Keisuke Miyauchi; Tadakazu Yamada; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of two biphenyl dioxygenases for biphenyl/PCB degradation in A PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2007;71(4):993-1002.
2007: Eiji Masai; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Genetic and biochemical investigations on bacterial catabolic pathways for lignin-derived aromatic compounds.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2007;71(1):1-15.
2006: Takumi Iwasaki; Keisuke Miyauchi; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Multiple-subunit genes of the aromatic-ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase play an active role in biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2006;72(8):5396-402.
2006: Mikio Sasoh; Eiji Masai; Satoko Ishibashi; Hirofumi Hara; Naofumi Kamimura; Keisuke Miyauchi; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of the terephthalate degradation genes of Comamonas sp. strain E6.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2006;72(3):1825-32.
2005: Xue Peng; Eiji Masai; Daisuke Kasai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
A second 5-carboxyvanillate decarboxylase gene, ligW2, is important for lignin-related biphenyl catabolism in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2005;71(9):5014-21.
2005: Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of the gallate dioxygenase gene: three distinct ring cleavage dioxygenases are involved in syringate degradation by Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Journal of bacteriology 2005;187(15):5067-74.
2005: Tomokuni Abe; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
A tetrahydrofolate-dependent O-demethylase, LigM, is crucial for catabolism of vanillate and syringate in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Journal of bacteriology 2005;187(6):2030-7.
2005: Keisuke Miyauchi; Masao Fukuda; Masataka Tsuda; Masamichi Takagi; Yuji Nagata
Identification of insertion sequence from a gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane degrading bacterium, Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2005;69(1):216-9.
2004: Daisuke Kasai; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of the 3-O-methylgallate dioxygenase gene and evidence of multiple 3-O-methylgallate catabolic pathways in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Journal of bacteriology 2004;186(15):4951-9.
2004: Hisashi Takeda; Naho Hara; Masayuki Sakai; Akihiro Yamada; Keisuke Miyauchi; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Biphenyl-inducible promoters in a polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. RHA1.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2004;68(6):1249-58.
2004: Eiji Masai; Miyuki Sasaki; Yasunori Minakawa; Tomokuni Abe; Tomonori Sonoki; Keisuke Miyauchi; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
A novel tetrahydrofolate-dependent O-demethylase gene is essential for growth of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 with syringate.
Journal of bacteriology 2004;186(9):2757-65.
2004: Hisashi Takeda; Akihiro Yamada; Keisuke Miyauchi; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of transcriptional regulatory genes for biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.
Journal of bacteriology 2004;186(7):2134-46.
2003: Eiji Masai; Atsushi Ichimura; Yusuke Sato; Keisuke Miyauchi; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Roles of the enantioselective glutathione S-transferases in cleavage of beta-aryl ether.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(6):1768-75.
2003: Masayuki Sakai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Noboru Kato; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
2-Hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate metabolic pathway genes in a strong polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2003;69(1):427-33.
2003: Hirofumi Hara; Eiji Masai; Keisuke Miyauchi; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of the 4-carboxy-4-hydroxy-2-oxoadipate aldolase gene and operon structure of the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway genes in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(1):41-50.
2002: Eiji Masai; Kyo Harada; Xue Peng; Hirotaka Kitayama; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Cloning and characterization of the ferulic acid catabolic genes of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2002;68(9):4416-24.
2002: Xue Peng; Eiji Masai; Hirotaka Kitayama; Kyo Harada; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of the 5-carboxyvanillate decarboxylase gene and its role in lignin-related biphenyl catabolism in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2002;68(9):4407-15.
2002: Masayuki Sakai; Eiji Masai; Hiroki Asami; Katsumi Sugiyama; Kazuhide Kimbara; Masao Fukuda
Diversity of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase genes in a strong PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 2002;93(4):421-7.
2002: Wataru Kitagawa; Sachiko Takami; Keisuke Miyauchi; Eiji Masai; Yoichi Kamagata; James M Tiedje; Masao Fukuda
Novel 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation genes from oligotrophic Bradyrhizobium sp. strain HW13 isolated from a pristine environment.
Journal of bacteriology 2002;184(2):509-18.
2001: Wataru Kitagawa; Keisuke Miyauchi; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Cloning and characterization of benzoate catabolic genes in the gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.
Journal of bacteriology 2001;183(22):6598-606.
2001: Wataru Kitagawa; A Suzuki; T Hoaki; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Multiplicity of aromatic ring hydroxylation dioxygenase genes in a strong PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 demonstrated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2001;65(8):1907-11.
2001: S Shimizu; H Kobayashi; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of the 450-kb linear plasmid in a polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2001;67(5):2021-8.
2000: Hirofumi Hara; Eiji Masai; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
The 4-oxalomesaconate hydratase gene, involved in the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway, is essential to vanillate and syringate degradation in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Journal of bacteriology 2000;182(24):6950-7.
2000: Eiji Masai; K Momose; Hirofumi Hara; S Nishikawa; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Genetic and biochemical characterization of 4-carboxy-2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde dehydrogenase and its role in the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Journal of bacteriology 2000;182(23):6651-8.
2000: Masao Fukuda; T Senda; Eiji Masai; Y Mitsui
[Molecular biology of enzymes degrading pollutants: diversity and convergent evolution observed on extradiol dioxygenases].
Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 2000;45(8):1339-49.
1999: Xue Peng; Eiji Masai; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Characterization of the meta-cleavage compound hydrolase gene involved in degradation of the lignin-related biphenyl structure by Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1999;65(6):2789-93.
1999: Eiji Masai; S Shinohara; Hirofumi Hara; S Nishikawa; Yoshihiro Katayama; Masao Fukuda
Genetic and biochemical characterization of a 2-pyrone-4, 6-dicarboxylic acid hydrolase involved in the protocatechuate 4, 5-cleavage pathway of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
Journal of bacteriology 1999;181(1):55-62.
1998: Masao Fukuda; S Shimizu; N Okita; M Seto; Eiji Masai
Structural alteration of linear plasmids encoding the genes for polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus strain RHA1.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1998;74(1-3):169-73.
1998: Xue Peng; T Egashira; K Hanashiro; Eiji Masai; S Nishikawa; Yoshihiro Katayama; Kazuhide Kimbara; Masao Fukuda
Cloning of a Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 gene encoding a novel oxygenase that cleaves lignin-related biphenyl and characterization of the enzyme.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1998;64(7):2520-7.
1998: Akihiro Yamada; H Kishi; K Sugiyama; T Hatta; K Nakamura; Eiji Masai; Masao Fukuda
Two nearly identical aromatic compound hydrolase genes in a strong polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1998;64(6):2006-12.
1997: Eiji Masai; K Sugiyama; N Iwashita; S Shimizu; J E Hauschild; T Hatta; Kazuhide Kimbara; K Yano; Masao Fukuda
The bphDEF meta-cleavage pathway genes involved in biphenyl/polychlorinated biphenyl degradation are located on a linear plasmid and separated from the initial bphACB genes in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.
Gene 1997;187(1):141-9.
1996: J E Hauschild; Eiji Masai; K Sugiyama; T Hatta; Kazuhide Kimbara; Masao Fukuda; K Yano
Identification of an alternative 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 and cloning of the gene.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1996;62(8):2940-6.
1995: Eiji Masai; A Yamada; J M Healy; T Hatta; Kazuhide Kimbara; Masao Fukuda; K Yano
Characterization of biphenyl catabolic genes of gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.
Applied and environmental microbiology 1995;61(6):2079-85.
1994: Masao Fukuda
Degradation of recalcitrant synthetic chemical products: genetic engineering in pseudomonads.
Bioprocess technology 1994;19():821-35.