2008
Original Paper Saikat Chakraborty, Makiko Sakka, Tetsuya Kimura, Kazuo Sakka, Characterization of a Dihydrolipoyl Dehydrogenase Having Diaphorase Activity of Clostridium kluyveri, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., in press

Saikat Chakraborty, Makiko Sakka, Tetsuya Kimura, Kazuo Sakka, Two proteins with diaphorase activity from Clostridium thermocellum and Moorella thermoacetica, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 72(3):877-9 (2008)
 PubMed 18323661

Saikat Chakraborty, Makiko Sakka, Tetsuya Kimura, Kazuo Sakka, Cloning and expression of a Clostridium kluyveri gene responsible for diaphorase activity, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 72(3):735-41 (2008) PubMed 18323662

Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Shinya Nakamura, Katsunori Tanaka, Makoto kawamukai, Takamasa Suzuki, Kenzo Nakamura, Tetsuya Kimura and Sumie Ishiguro, Development of R4 Gateway binary vectors (R4pGWB) enabling high-throughput promoter swapping for plant research Biosci. Biotechinol. Biochem., 72(2):624-9.(2008) PubMed 18256458

Rattiya Waeonukul, Khin Lay Kyu, Kazuo Sakka, and Khanok Ratanakhanokchai, Effect of carbon sources on the induction of xylanolytic-cellulolytic multienzyme complexes in Paenibacillus curdlanolyticus Strain B-6, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 72 (2), 321-328 (2008)
 PubMed 18256505

J. Nakajima, M. Sakka, T. Kimura, K. Furukawa, and K. Sakka, Enrichment of anammox bacteria from marine environment for the construction of a bioremediation reactor, Appl. Microbiol. Biot., 77, 1159-1166 (2008).
PubMed 17965857
2007
Original Paper Kenji Morimoto, Michiko Yoshimoto, Shuichi Karita, Tetsuya Kimura, Kunio Ohmiya, and Kazuo Sakka, Characterization of the Third Chitinase Chi18C of Clostridium paraputrificum M-21, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 73, 1106-1113 (2007) PubMed 17091272

B. M. Wamalwa, G. Zhao, M. Sakka, P. M. Shiundu, T. Kimura, and K.. Sakka, High-level heterologous expression of Bacillus halodurans putative Xyn11A (BH0899) in Kluyveromyces lactis, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 71, 688-693 (2007). PubMed 17341817

R. Araki, S. Karita, A. Tanaka, M. Suzuki, T. Kimura, and K. Sakka, Thermal Unfolding of Modular Architecture of Clostridium stercorarium Xyn10B, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 71(5), 1322-1326 (2007).
PubMed 17485827

Yu Kitago, Shuichi Karita, Nobuhisa Watanabe, Masakatsu Kamiya, Tomoyasu Aizawa, Kazuo Sakka and Isao Tanaka, Crystal structure of Cel44A, GH family 44 endoglucanase from Clostridium thermocellum, J. Biol. Chem., 282(49), 35703-35711 (2007)
PubMed 17905739

Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Takayuki Kurose, Takeshi Hino, Tatsunori Tanaka, Makoto kawamukai, Yasuo Niwa, Kiminori Toyooka, Ken Matsuoka, Tetsuro Jinbo and Tetsuya Kimura, Development of series of Gateway binary vectors, pGWBs, for realizing efficient construction of fusion genes for plant transformation, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 104(1), 34-41 (2007) PubMed 17697981
JBB Award
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Takamasa Suzuki, Satoko Murata, Shinya Nakamura, Takeshi Hino, Kenichiro Maeo, Ryo Tabata, Tsutae Kawai, Katsunori Tanaka, Yasuo, Niwa, Yuichiro Watanabe, Kenzo Nakamura, Tetsuya Kimura and Sumie Ishiguro, Improved Gateway binary vectors: High-performance vectors for creation of fusion constructs in transgenic analysis of plants, Biosci, Biotechnol. Biochem., 71, (8), 2095-2100 (2007)
PubMed 17690442 BBB Award
2006年
Original Paper Hitomi Ichinose, Atsushi Kuno, Toshihisa Kotake, Makoto Yoshida, Kazuo Sakka, Jun Hirabayashi, Yoichi Tsumuraya, and Satoshi Kaneko, Characterization of an Exo-b-1,3-Galactanase from Clostridium thermocellum, Appl. Environ.Microbiol., 72(5), 3515-3523 (2006). PubMed 16672498

Huazhong Li, Guangshan Zhao, Hideo Miyake, Hayato Umekawa, Tetsuya Kimura, Kunio Ohmiya, Kazuo Sakka, Identification of a catalytic residue of Clostridium paraputrificum N-acetyl-b-D-glucosaminidase Nag3A by site-directed mutagenesis, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 70(5), 1127-1133 (2006). PubMed 16717412

Guangshan Zhao, Huazhong Li, Benson Wamalwa, Makiko Sakka, Tetsuya Kimura, and Kazuo Sakka, Different binding specificities of S-layer homology modules from Clostridium thermocellum AncA, Slp1, and Slp2, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 70(7), 1636-1641 (2006). PubMed 16861798


B. M. Wamalwa, M. Sakka, P. M. Shiundu, K. Ohmiya, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, Essentiality of a newly identified carbohydrate-binding module to the function of CelB (BH0603) from alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 72(10), 6851-6853 (2006) PubMed 16950908.

M. Sakka, T. Kimura, and K. Sakka, Comparison of microbial consortium in RDF peparations between Japan and Germany, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 70(12), 2868-2873 (2006) PubMed 17151477

R. Araki, S. Karita, A. Tanaka, T. Kimura K. Sakka, Effect of family22 carbohydrate-binding module on the thermostability of Xyn10B catalytic module from Clostridium stercorarium, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 70(12), 3039-3041 (2006). PubMed 17151452

Si Sii Hla, Takuma Kikuta, Makiko Sakka, Tetsuya Kimura, and Kazuo Sakka, Enzymatic properties of two catalytic modules of Clostridium stercorarium pectate lyase Pel9A, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 70(3), 667-671 (2006) PubMed 16556983

Kenji Morimoto, Michiko Yoshimoto, Shuichi Karita, Tetsuya Kimura, and Kunio Ohmiya, Kazuo Sakka,Characterization of the Third Chitinase Chi18C of Clostridium paraputrificumM-21, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., (2006) PubMed 17091272.

Takayoshi Koyama, Naoki Kato, Takashi Hibino, Tetsu Kawazu, Tetsuya Kimura, and Kazuo Sakka, Isolation and expression analysis of phosphate transporter gene from Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Plant Biotechnol., 23, 215-218 (2006) PDF.

Guangshan Zhao, Ehsan Ali, Makiko Sakka, Tetsuya Kimura, Kazuo Sakka, Binding of S-layer homology modules from Clostridium thermocellum SdbA to peptidoglycans, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 70, 464-469 (2006).PubMed 16041572
Others Shuich Karita, Sadanari Jindou, Akio Shimamura, Tsutomu Kajino,Tetsuya Kimura, Kunio Ohmiya, and Kazuo Sakka, The Cellulosomes of Clostridium josui and Ruminococcus albus, in Cellulosome, Irina A. Kataeva, eds, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, 2006, pp. 169-190.[ISBN 1-59454-950-8]
2005年
Original Paper Ehsan Ali, Rie Araki, Guangshan Zhao, Makiko Sakka, Shuichi Karita, Tetsuya Kimura, and Kazuo Sakka, Functions of family-22 carbohydrate-binding modules in Clostridium josuiXyn10A, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 69(12), 2389-2394 (2005) PubMed 16377898

Makiko Sakka, Tetsuya Kimura, Kunio Ohmiya, and Kazuo Sakka, Detection of Hydrogen Gas-Producing Anaerobes in Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Pellets,Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 69(11), 2081-2085 (2005).PubMed 16306688

Si Si Hla,Junji Kurokawa, Suryani, Tetsuya Kimura, Kunio Ohmiya, and Kazuo Sakka, A novel thermophilic pectate lyase containing two catalytic modules of Clostridium stercorarium,Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 69(11), 2138-2145 (2005) PubMed 16306696

Guangshan ZHAO, Ehsan ALI, Rie ARAKI, Makiko SAKKA, Tetsuya KIMURA and Kazuo SAKKA, Function of the Family-9 and Family-22 Carbohydrate-Binding Modules in a Modularb-1,3-1,4-Glucanase/Xylanase Derived from Clostridium stercorarium Xyn10B, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 69(8), 1562-1567 (2005).PubMed 16116286

Hidenori Hayashi, Takashi Abe, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Hiroki Ohara, Toshimichi Ikemura, Kazuo Sakka, and Yoshimi Benno, Direct cloning of genes encoding novel xylanases from the human gut, Can. J. Microbiol., 51, 251-259 (2005).PubMed 15920623

Kenji Morimoto, Tetsuya Kimura, Kazuo Sakka, and Kunio Ohmiya, Overexpression of a Hydrogenase Gene in Clostridium paraputrificumto Enhance Hydrogen Gas Production, FEMS Microbiol. Lett.,246(2), 229-34 (2005) in press PubMed 15899410

Takayoshi Koyama, Toshiro Ono, Masami Shimizu, Tetsuro Jinbo, Rie Mizuno, Kenji Tomita, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Tetsu Kawazu, Tetsuya Kimura, Kunio Ohmiya, Kazuo Sakka, Promoter of Arabidopsis thaliana phosphate transporter gene drives root-specific expression of transgene in Rice, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 99(1), 38-42 (2005). PubMed 16233751

Ehsan Ali, Guangshan Zhao, Makiko Sakka, Tetsuya Kimura, Kunio Ohmiya and Kazuo Sakka, Functions of Family-22 Carbohydrate-Binding Module in Clostridium thermocellum Xyn10C, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 69(1), 160-165 (2005) PubMed 15665481.

2004年
Original Paper H. Taguchi, D. Hagiwara, T. Genma, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Cloning of the Ruminococcus albus cel5D and cel9A genes encoding dockerin module-containing endoglucanases and expression of cel5D in Escherichia coli, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 68, 1557-1564 (2004). PubMed 15277761

S. Jindou, T. Kajino, M. Inagaki, S. Karita, P. Beguin, T. Kimura, K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Interaction between a type-II dockerin domain and a type-II cohesin domain from Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 68, 924-926 (2004).PubMed 15118324

S. Iwasaki, S. Kato, M. Takahashi, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, K. Ohmiya, T. Matsuda, and S. Matsui, Analysis of estrogen-like compounds in the environment by high perfprmance liquid chromatography bioassay, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 97(3), 216-218 (2004) PubMed 16233618

S. Jindou, A. Soda, S. Karita, T. Kajino, P. Beguin, J. H. D Wu, M. Inagaki, T. Kimura, K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Cohesin-Dockerin Interactions within and between Clostridium josuiand Clostridium thermocellum, J. Biol. Chem., 279(11), 9867-9874 (2004). PubMed 14688277

Suryani, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Sequencing and expression of the gene encoding the Clostridium stercorariumb-xylosidase Xyl43B in Escherichia coli,Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 68(3), 609-614 (2004) PubMed 15056894

R. Araki, M. K. Ali, M. Sakka, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Essential role of the family-22 carbohydrate-binding modules forb-1,3-1,4-glucanase activity of Clostridium stercorarium Xyn10B, FEBS Lett. 561, 155-158 (2004) PubMed 15013768

M. Sakka, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Hydrogen gas generation from refuse-derived fuel (RDF) under wet condition, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 68(2) 466-467 (2004). PubMed 14981319

M. Nishimoto, S. Fushinobu, A. Miyanaga. T. Wakagi, H. Shoun, K. Sakka, K. Ohmiya, S. Narasawa, M. Kitaoka, and K. Hayashi, Crystalization and preliminary X-ray analysis of xylanase B from Clostridium stercorarium, Acta Cryst. D, 60, 342-343 (2004). PubMed 15119324

Mie Bioforum 03
Proceeding Book
Biotechnology of lignocellulose degradation and biomass utilization, K. Ohmiya, K. Sakka, S. Karita, T. Kimura, M Sakka and Y. Ohnishi, Eds. Tokyo: Uni Publishers Co., Ltd., 2004,

Seiji Iwasaki,
Tetsuya Kimura, Kazuo Sakka and Kunio Ohmiya, Current status of seaweed and water environment surrounding the Shima peninsula in Japan pp. 916-921.

T. Ono, Y. Ohmiya,T. Kimura, N. Ogawa, K. Miyashita, Kazuo Sakka and Kunio Ohmiya, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Phytoremediation of chlorocatechol by transgenic poplar expressing a bacterial chlorocatechol dioxygenase gene, pp. 906.

T. Jinbo, T. Koyama, T. Ono, R. Mizuno, N. Mitsukawa, T. Kawazu, T. Nakagawa, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Analysis of root specific promoter from Arabidopsis thaliana: practical prompter for expression of transgene in both monocot and dicot,pp. 905.

S. Murata, T. Ono, M. Shimizu,T. Kimura, N. Ogawa, K. Miyashita, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Expression of the chloracatechol dioxygenase and chloromuconate cycloisomerase genes Ralstonia eutropha NH9 in transgenic rice, pp. 904.

T. Koyama, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Characterization of cellulose binding domain from Arabidopsis thaliana endoglucanase, pp. 900-903.

M. Sakka,T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya,Evolution of hydrogen gas from refuse-derived fuel (RDF),pp. 864-868.

M. Sakka,Y. Narusue, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya,,Construction of microbial consortium for composting garbagepp. 859-863.

M. Sakka,A. Sugano, Y. Narusue, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Construction of microbial consortium for composting cellulosic biomass, pp. 855-858.

T. Narita,M. Sakka,K. Morimoto, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Construction of microflora capable of converting cellulosic biomass to hydrogen gas pp. 853-854.

H. Taguchi, K. Morimoto, M. Kawase, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Expression of foreign xylanase genes pp. 788--791.

K. Morimoto, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, G. Takada, K. Izumori and K. Ohmiya,Construction of a gene expression system in Clostridium paraputrificum, pp. 778-787.

B. M. Wamalwa,M. Sakka, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, A (hemi)cellulase secreting filamentous fungus isolated from gut contents of a lower termite, pp. 652-659.

H. Ohara, H. Nakamura, C. Nojiri, K. Sakka, T. Yoshino, T. Ohtani, H. Kubota, and T. Kono, Mode of action of endoglucanaseII (EGII) from Trichoderma viride on kraft pulp,pp. 560-564.

Suryani, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the gene encoding the Clostridium stercorariuma-galactosidase Aga36A in Escherichia coli, pp. 508.

Si Si Hla, J. Kurokawa, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Studies on the Clostridium stercorarium pel9A gene encoding a pectate lyase and its translated product,pp. 494.

T. Kikuta,H. Taguchi, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Expression properties of Ruminococcus albus endoglucanase genes in Streptococcus bovis, pp. 337-341.

S. Karita, H. Taguchi, D. Hagiwara, T. Genma, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Cloning of two endoglucanase genes, cel5Dand cel9A, from Ruminococcus albusF-40 and characterization of their products, pp. 288-291.

E. Ali, M. Sakka, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Functions of family-22 carbohydrate binding module in Clostridium thermocellumXyn10C,pp. 228-230.

Y. Kishino, T. Arai, A. Tanaka,S. Karita, M. Sakka, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Identification of a novel carbohydrate-binding module (CBMX) from Clostridium thermocellum CelJ,pp. 226-227.

J. Kurokawa, T. Kimura,
K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Characterization of the Clostridium thermocellum man26C, a cellulosomal mannanase of glycoside hydrolase family 26, pp. 225.

Y. Sugihara, N. Hashihara, M. Kawada, S. Jindou, T. Kimura,K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Two-hybrid analysis of domain interactions involving cellulosome architecture,pp. 223224.

T. Kajino, S. Jindou, T. Kimura,S. Karita, K. Sakka, Y. Fukushima, and K. Ohmiya, Chimeric cohesin production and its binding properties,pp. 222.

S. Jindou, T. Kajino, M. Inagaki, S. Karita, P. Beguin, T. Kimura, K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Interaction between a type-II dockerin domain and a type-II cohesin domain from Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome,pp. 217--219.

M. Yamaguchi, A. Shimamura, T. Kanaya, H. Kaki, K. Sakka and K. Ohmiya, Single step purification for dockerin fusion proteins by affinity chromatography on cohesin-sepharose,pp. 206--211.

K. Ohmiya, K. Sakka, T. Kimura, T. Kajino, and S. Jindou, Cohesin-dockerin interactions and their application for artificial enzymes, pp. 192--198.

R. Araki, K. Sakka, M. Sakka, T. Kimura, M. Ohkuma, T. Kudo and K. Ohmiya, True role of family 22 CBM of Clostridium stercorariumXyn10B, pp. 97--99.

M. Nishimoto, M. Kitaoka, K. Sakka, K. Ohmiya, and K. Hayashi, The region in the alkaline xylanase that participating in the enzyme activity at basic pH,pp. 79--86.


2003
Original Paper Suryani, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya,Cloning, Sequencing, and Expression of the Gene Encoding the Clostridium stercorariuma-Galactosidase Aga36A in Escherichia coli, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 67(10), 2160-2166 (2003).PubMed 14586104

T. Kimura, T. Mizutani, T. Tanaka, T. Koyama, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya,Molecular Breeding of transgenic rice expressing a xylanase domain of the xynA gene from Clostridium thermocellum, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 62 (4), 374-379 (2003) PubMed 12684848

K. Sakka, M. Kawase, D. Baba, K. Morimoto, S. Karita, T. Kimura, and K. Ohmiya,Electrotransformation of Clostridium paraputrificum M-21 with some plasmids, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 96 (3), 304-306 (2003) PubMed 16233526

H. Li, K. Morimoto, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya,A new type ofb-N-acetylglucosaminidase from hydrogen-producing Clostridium paraputrificum M-21, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 96(3), 268-274 (2003) PubMed 16233520.

T. Kimura, T. Mizutani, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Stable expression of a thermostable xylanase of Clostridium thermocellum in cultured tobacco cells, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 95 (4), 397-400 (2003)PubMed 16233426.

K. Sakka, M. Nakanishi, M. Sogabe, T. Arai, H. Ohara, A. Tanaka, T. Kimura, and K. Ohmiya,Isothermal titration calorimetric studies on the binding of a family 6 carbohydrate-binding module of Clostridium thermocellum XynA with xlylooligosaccharide, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem, 67(2), 406-409 (2003) PubMed 12729009

S.L. Mangala, F.S. Kittur, M. Nishimoto, K. Sakka, K. Ohmiya, M. Kitaoka, K. Hayashi, Fusion of family VI cellulose binding domains to Bacillus halodurans xylanase increases its catalytic activity and substrate-binding capacity to insoluble xylan, J. Mol. Catalysis B: Enzumatic, 21, 221-230 (2003).

T. Arai, R. Araki, A. Tanaka, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiy, Characterization of a cellulase containing a family 30carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) derived from Clostridium thermocellum CelJ: Importance of the CBM to cellulose hydrolysis, J. Bacteriol., 185(2), 504-512, (2003). PubMed 12511497

S. Karita, K. Nakayama, M. Goto, K. Sakka, W.-J. Kim, and S. Ogawa, A novel cellulolytic anaerobic, and thermophilic bacterium, Moorella sp. strain F21,Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem, 67(1), 183-185 (2003).PubMed 12619693
Review K. Ohmiya, K. Sakka, T. Kimura, and K. Morimoto,Application of microbial genes to recalcitrant biomass utilization and environmental conservation, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 95 (6), 549-561 (2003).PubMed 16233456
2002
Original Paper H. Li, K. Morimoto, N. Katagiri, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, S. Lun, and K. Ohmiya, A novelb-N-acetylglucosaminidase of Clostridium paraputrificum M-21 with high activity on chitobiose, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 60, 420-427 (2002). PubMed 12466882

J. Kurokawa, E. Hemjinda, T. Arai, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Clostridium thermocellum cellulase CelT, a family 9 endoglucanase without an Ig-like domain or family 3c carbohydrate-binding module, Appl. Microbiol, Biotechnol, 59, 455-461 (2002).PubMed12172609

M. Shimizu, T. Kimura, T. Koyama, K. Suzuki, N. Ogawa, K. Miyashita, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Molecular breeding of transgenic rice plants expressing a bacterial chlorocatechol dioxygenase gene, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 68 (8), 4061-4066 (2002).PubMed 12147507

Y. Honda, M. Kitaoka, K. Sakka, K. Ohmiya, and K.Hayashi, An investigation of the pH-activity relationships of Cex, a family 10 xylanase from Cellulomonas fimi: xylan inhibition and the influence of nitro-substituted aryl-b-D-xylosides on xylanase activity, J. Biosci. Bioeng., vol. 93 (3), 313-317 (2002). PubMed 16233206

T. Kimura, H. Suzuki, H. Furuhashi, T. Aburatani, K. Morimot, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Molecular cloning, characterization, and expression analysis of the xynF3gene from Astergillus oryzae, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 66 (2), 285-292 (2002) PubMed 11999400

S. Jindou, S. Karita, E. Fujino. T. Fujino, H. Hayashi, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya,a-Galactosidase Aga27A, an enzymatic component of the Clostridium josui cellulosome, J. Bacteriol., 184 (2), 600-604 (2002).
PubMed 11751843
2001
Original Paper T. Arai, H. Ohara, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya,Sequence of celQ and properties of CelQ, a component of the Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., vol. 57, 660-666 (2001).PubMed 11778875

K, Morimoto, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Characterization of Clostridium paraputrificum chitinase A from a recombinant Escherichia coli, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 92 (5), 466-468 (2001).PubMed 16233129

D. Evvyernie, K. Morimoto, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Conversion of chitinous wastes to hydrogen gas by Clostridium paraputrificum M-21, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 91 (4), 339-343 (2001).PubMed 16233001

M. K. Ali, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, The multidomain xylanase Xyn10B as a cellulose-binding protein in Clostridium stercorarium, FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 198, 79-83 (2001).PubMed 11325557

J. Kurokawa, E. Hemjinda, T. Arai, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya,Sequence of the Clostridium thermocellum mannanase gene man26B and characterization of the translated product, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 65(3), 548-554 (2001).PubMed 11330667

M. K. Ali, H. Hayashi, , S. Karita, M. Goto,T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya,Importance of the carbohydrate-binding module of Clostridium stercorarium Xyn10B to xylan hydrolysis, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 65(1), 41-47 (2001)
PubMed 11272844 [
Others K. Sakka, K. Suzuki, N. Wakao, T. Kimura, and K. Ohmiya, Analysis of the arsenic resistance operon of an acidophilic bacterium Acidiphilium multivorum, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology, Kyoto, Japan, 2000, CD ROM version.

S. M. Rastorguev, G. B. Zavilgelsky, K. Suzuki, and K. Sakka, Alleviation of type I restriction in Escherichia coli K12 carrying the arsR gene from pKW301 of Acidiphilium multivorum AIU 301, Mol. Biol., vol. 35(1), 69-72 (2001) [Russian Academy of Sciences、翻訳本(ISSN:0026-8933) MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA PUBLISHING].

K, Morimoto,D. Evvyernie, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Hydrogen gas production from N-acetylglucosamine by chitinolytic bacterium Clostridium paraputrificum and characterization of its chitinase genes, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology, Kyoto, Japan, 2000, CD ROM version.
2000
Original Paper

T. Kimura, H. Suzuki, H. Furuhashi, T. Aburatani, K. Morimoto, S. Karita. K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Molecular cloning, overexpression, and purification of a major xylanase from Aspergillus oryzae, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 64(12), 2734-2738 (2000).PubMed 11210150

J.-X. Feng, S. Karita, E. Fujino, T. Fujino, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Cloning, sequencing and expression of the gene encoding a cell-bound multi-domain xylanase from Clostridium josui and characterization of the translated product, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 64(12), 2614-2624 (2000). PubMed 11210125

K. Sakka, T. Kimura, S. Karita, and K. Ohmiya, Molecular breeding of cellulolytic microbes, plants, and animals for biomass utilization, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 90 (3), 227-233 (2000).PubMed 16232849

Dwierra Evvyernie, S. Yamazaki, K. Morimoto, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Identification and characterization of Clostridium paraputrificum M-21, a chitinolytic, mesophilic and hydrogen-producing bacterium, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 89 (6), 596-601 (2000) PubMed 16232804

T. Kimura, T. Makino, T. Aburatani, S. Karita, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Analysis of the promoter activity of the Taka-amylase gene and the phosphoglycerate kinase gene in a Shoyu-koji mold Aspergillus oryzae KBN616, Food. Sci. Technol. Res., 6(1), 44-47 (2000).

T. Kimura, J. Ito, A. Kawano, T. Makino, H. Kondo, S. Karita, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of acidophilic xylanase from Penicillium sp.40, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 64 (6), 1230-1237 (2000). PubMed 10923795

H. Ohara, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Characterization of the Cellulolytic Complex (Cellulosome) from Ruminococcus albus, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 64 (2), 254-260 (2000) PubMed .10737178

H. Ohara, J. Noguchi, S. Karita, T. Kimura, K. Sakka, and K. Ohmiya, Sequence of egV and properties of EgV, a Ruminococcus albus endoglucanase containing a dockerin domain, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 64 (1), 80-88 (2000)
PubMed 10705451

1999
Original Paper

Yamaoka, H., Hayashi, H., Karita, S., Kimura, T., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1999). Purification and some properties of a chitinase from Xanthomonas sp. strainAK. J. Biosci. Bineng., 88 (3), 328-330. (1999) PubMed 16232621

Ali, M. K., Fukumura, M., Sakano, K., Karita, S., Kimura, T., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1999). Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the gene encoding the Clostridium stercorariumxylanase C in Escherichia coli. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 63 (9), 1596-1604. (1999) PubMed 10540748

Kawazu, T., Sun, T., Shibata, M., Kimura, T., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1999). Expression of a bacterial endoglucanase gene in tobacco increases digestibility of its cell wall fibers. J. Biosci. Bioeng.88(4): 421-425 (1999) PubMed 16232638

Hayashi, H., Takehara, M., Hattori, T., Kimura, T., Karita, S., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1999). Nucleotide seqences of two contiguous and highly homologous xylanase genes xynA and xynB and characterization of XynA from Clostridium thermocellum. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol  51(3):348-357 (1999) PubMed 10222584

Morimoto, K., Karita, S., Kimura, T., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1999). Seqencing, expression, and transcription analysis of the Clostridium paraputrificum chiA gene encoding chitinase ChiA. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol.,51:340-347. (1999) PubMed 10222583

Kimura, T., Komiyama, T., Furuichi, Y., Iimura, Y., Karita, S., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1999). N-Glycosylation is involved in the sensitivity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to HM-1 killer toxin secreted from Hansenula mrakiiIFO 0895. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol.,51:176-184. (1999) PubMed 10091323

Fujino, E., Fujino, T., Karita, S., Kimura, T., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1999). Purification and characterization of the Clostridium josui porphobilinogen deaminase encoded by the hemC gene from a recombinant Escherichia coli. J. Biosci. Bioeng.87(4) 535-537. (1999) PubMed 16232511

Kagaya, Y., Ohmiya, K. and Hattori, T. (1999). RVA1, a novel DNA-binding protein, binds to bipartite recognition sequence through two distinct DNA-binding domains uniquely found in higher plants. Nucleic Acids Res.,27(2): 470-478.


1998
Original Paper

Sakka, K., Kusaka, R., kawano, A., Karita, S., Sukhumavi, J., Kimura, T. and Ohmiya, K.(1998). Cloning and sequencing of the genes encoding chitinase chiA from Xanthomonas sp. strain AK and some properties of chiA.. J. Ferment. Bioeng.,86(6): 527-533.

Kimura, T.,Takahashi, M., Yoshihara, K., Furuichi, T., Suzuki, K., Imai, K., Karita, S., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K.(1998). Cloning and characterization of two genes encoding dihydroxyacetone kinase from Schizosaccharomyces pombe IFO 0354. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1442:361-368. (1998) PubMed 9804990

Kakiuchi, M., Isui, A., Suzuki, K., Fujino, T., Fujino, E., Kimura, T., Karita, S., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K.(1998). Cloning and DNA sequencing of the genes encoding Clostridium josuiscaffolding protein cipA and cellulase celD and identification of their gene products as major components of the cellulosome. J. Bacteriol.180(16): 4303-4308 (1998) PubMed 9696784.

Suzuki, K., Wakao, N., Kimura, T., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1998). Metalloregulatory properties of the arsR and arsD repressors of Acidiphilium multivorum AIU 301. J. Ferment. Bioeng.,85(6): 623-626. (1998)

Miyagi, T., Javorsky, P., Pristas, P., Karita, S., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1998). Partial purification and characterization of RalF401, a class II restriction endonuclease fron Ruminococcus albus F-40, which recognizes and cleaves 5'-/GATC-3'. FEMS, 164: 215-218 (1998) PubMed 9675867.

Ohara, H., Miyagi, T., Kaneichi, K., Karita, S., Kobayashi, Y., Kimura, T., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1998). Structural analysis of a new cryptic plasmid pAR67 isolated from Ruminococcus albus AR67. Plasmid, 39 84-88. (1998) PubMed 9473449

Sun, J.-L., Sakka, K., Karita, S., Kimura, T., and Ohmiya, K. (1998). Adosrption of Clostridium stercorarium xylanase A to insoluble xylan and the importance of the CBDs to xylan hydrolysis. J. Ferment. Bioeng.,85(1): 63-38.

Kimura, T., Kitamoto, N., Kito, Y., Karita, S., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1998). Molecular cloning of xylanase gene xynG1 from Aspergillus orzae KVN 616, a shoyu koji mold, and analysis of its expression. J. Ferment. Bioeng.,85(1): 10-16.

Suzuki, K., Wakao, N., Kimura, T., Sakka, K. and Ohmiya, K. (1998). Expression and regulation of the arsenic resistance operon of Acidiphilium multivorum AIU 301 plasmid pkw301 in Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.64(2) 411-418 (1998) PubMed 9464374

Others

Sakka, K., Karita, S.. Kimura, T. and Ohmiya, K. (1998). Purification of fusion protein using the family VI cellulose-binding domain of Clostridium stercorairum xynA. Annals of the NewAcademy of Sciences 864:485-488 PubMed 9928129