User:Masahiro Nakajima

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Masahiro Nakajima received his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo in 2006. He joined the group of Dr. Motomitsu Kitaoka as a postdoctoral fellow (2006-2010). He moved to Iwate Biotechnology Research Center as a researcher (2010-2012). He is an assistant professor in Taguchi Laboratory at Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science (2012-). His research currently focuses on structures and functions of carbohydrate-active enzymes acting on unique sugar chains such as β-1,2-glucan. He acts as a Responsible Curator of Glycoside Hydrolase Families GH144 and GH162. He determined the functions and/or crystal structures of

• GH3 β-Glucosidases [1, 2, 3]
• GH16 β-1,3-Glucanase [4]
• GH38 α-mannosidase [5]
• GH57 4-α-glucanotransferase [6]
• GH94 1,2-β-Oligoglucan phosphorylase [7, 8]
• GH112 D-Galactosyl-β-1,4-L-rhamnose phosphorylase and β-1,3-galactosyl-N-acetylhexosamine phosphorylase [9, 10, 11, 12]
• GH144 Bacterial β-1,2-Glucanases [13, 14]
• GH162 Fungal β-1,2-Glucanase [15]

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6. Nakajima M, Imamura H, Shoun H, Horinouchi S, and Wakagi T. (2004). Transglycosylation activity of Dictyoglomus thermophilum amylase A. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2004;68(11):2369-73. DOI:10.1271/bbb.68.2369 |
13. Abe K, Nakajima M, Yamashita T, Matsunaga H, Kamisuki S, Nihira T, Takahashi Y, Sugimoto N, Miyanaga A, Nakai H, Arakawa T, Fushinobu S, and Taguchi H. (2017). Biochemical and structural analyses of a bacterial endo-β-1,2-glucanase reveal a new glycoside hydrolase family. J Biol Chem. 2017;292(18):7487-7506. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M116.762724 |
15. Tanaka N, Nakajima M, Narukawa-Nara M, Matsunaga H, Kamisuki S, Aramasa H, Takahashi Y, Sugimoto N, Abe K, Terada T, Miyanaga A, Yamashita T, Sugawara F, Kamakura T, Komba S, Nakai H, and Taguchi H. (2019). Identification, characterization, and structural analyses of a fungal endo-β-1,2-glucanase reveal a new glycoside hydrolase family. J Biol Chem. 2019;294(19):7942-7965. DOI:10.1074/jbc.RA118.007087 |