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The health benefits of tofu, an unfermented soybean food that regulates the intestinal environment HSOA Journal of Food Science and Nutrition 10,pp.183; doi: 10.24966/FSN-1076/100183 (Co-authored) 2024
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Health effects of drinking water produced from deep sea water: A randomized double-blind controlled trial Nutrients 14 (3),pp.581 (Co-authored) 2022
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Drinking refined deep-sea water improves the gut ecosystem with beneficial effects on the intestinal health in human: a randomised double-blind controlled trial Nutrients 12 (9),pp.2646, doi:org/10.3390/nu12092646 (Co-authored) 2020
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Determination of flavonoids and limonoids in yuzu seed oils and carrier oils Japan Journal of Aromatherapy,pp.13-21 (Co-authored) 2019
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Determination of furocoumarins concentrations in several essential oils and yuzu seed oils Japan Journal of Aromatherapy,pp.1-9 (Co-authored) 2018
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Inhibitory effects of carrier oils on mushroom tyrosinase and Melanogenesis Japan Journal of Aromatherapy,pp.54-62 (Co-authored) 2015
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Crystal structure of 5-formyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine 4-carboxylic acid 5-dehydrogenase, an NAD+ -dependent dismutase from Mesorhizobium loti Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 456,pp.35-40 (Co-authored) 2015
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Structure of 4-pyridoxolactonase from Mesorhizobium loti Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications 70 (4),pp.424-432 (Co-authored) 2014
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Crystal structure of pyridoxine 4-oxidase from Mesorhizobium loti Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Proteins and Proteomics 1834 (6),pp.953-963 (Co-authored) 2014
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The possibility of collaboration between university and local area in Human Resource Development program: a case study of Tosa Food Business Creator Collaboration, Journal of Collaborative Community Studies Unit Kochi Univ.,pp.101-106 (Co-authored) 2014
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Aroma-releasing potency and skin-lightening effect of yuzu (Citrus junos Sieb. ex Tanaka) seed oil as carrier oil Japan Journal of Aromatherapy,pp.14-20 (Co-authored) 2013
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Distribution of virulence markers among Vibrio vulnificus isolates of clinical and environmental origin and regional characteristics in Japan PLOS One 8 (1),pp.e55219, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055219 (Co-authored) 2013
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Properties of yuzu (Citrus junos Sieb. Ex Tanaka) seed oil as a carrier oil supporting aromatherapeutic application Japan Journal of Aromatherapy,pp.41-49 (Co-authored) 2012
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The mll6786 gene encodes a repressor protein controlling the degradation pathway for vitamin B6 in Mesorhizobium loti FEMS Microbiology letters 329 (2),pp.116-122 (Co-authored) 2012
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Development of simultaneous enzymatic assay method for all six individual vitamin B6 forms and pyridoxine-β-glucoside Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 56 (3),pp.157-163 (Co-authored) 2010
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Engineering Mesorhizobium loti pyridoxamine–pyruvate aminotransferase for production of pyridoxamine with L-glutamate as an amino donor Journal of Molecular Catalysis B 67 (1-2),pp.104-110 (Co-authored) 2010
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of SDR-type pyridoxal dehydrogenase from Mesorhizobium loti Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications 66 (6),pp.718-720 (Co-authored) 2010
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of 4-pyridoxolactonase from Mesorhizobium loti Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications 65 (9),pp.886-889 (Co-authored) 2009
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of AAMS amidohydrolase, the final enzyme in degradation pathway I of pyridoxine Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications 65 (8),pp.829-831 (Co-authored) 2009
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Gene identification and characterization of 5-formyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine 4-carboxylic acid 5-dehydrogenase, an NAD+ -dependent dismutase The Journal of Biochemistry 145 (4),pp.493-503 (Co-authored) 2009
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Synthesis of 4-pyridoxolactone from pyridoxine using a combination of transformed Escherichia coli cells Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 106 (5),pp.460-465 (Co-authored) 2008
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Gene identification and characterization of the pyridoxine degradative enzyme 4-pyridoxic acid dehydrogenase from the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 The Journal of Biochemistry 143 (5),pp.603-609 (Co-authored) 2008
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Gene identification and characterization of the pyridoxine degradative enzyme α-(N -acetylaminomethylene)succinic acid amidohydrolase from Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 54 (3),pp.185-190 (Co-authored) 2008
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Determination of individual vitamin B6 compounds based on enzymatic conversion to 4-pyridoxolactone Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 54 (1),pp.18-24 (Co-authored) 2008
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Crystal structure of pyridoxamine-pyruvate aminotransferase from Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 The Journal of Biological Chemistry 283 (2),pp.1120-1127 (Co-authored) 2008
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Molecular cloning, identification and characterization of 2-methyl-3-hydroxypyridine-5-carboxylic-acid-dioxygenase-coding gene from the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Mesorhizobium loti Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 102 (6),pp.504-510 (Co-authored) 2006
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Identification of a new tetrameric pyridoxal 4-dehydrogenase as the second enzyme in the degradation pathway for pyridoxine in a nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium, Mesorhizobium loti Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 452 (1),pp.1-8 (Co-authored) 2006
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Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of pyridoxamine-pyruvate aminotransferase Biochemical Journal 396 (3),pp.499-507 (Co-authored) 2006
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Synthesis of 4-pyridoxolactone from pyridoxal with Escherichia coli cells expressing heterologous genes Biotechnology and Food Engineering,pp.191-196 (Co-authored) 2005
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4-Pyridoxolactonase from a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Mesorhizobium loti : cloning, expression, and characterization Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Proteins and Proteomics 1753 (2),pp.234-239 (Co-authored) 2005
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of pyridoxal 4-dehydrogenase, the second enzyme in degradation pathway I of pyridoxine Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography 60 (11),pp.2061-2062 (Co-authored) 2004
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The nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Mesorhizobium loti has and expresses the gene encoding pyridoxine 4-oxidase involved in the degradation of vitamin B6 FEMS Microbiology Letters. 234 (2),pp.225-230 (Co-authored) 2004
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Coenzyme precursor-assisted cooperative overexpression of an active pyridoxine 4-oxidase from Microbacterium luteolum Protein Expression and Purification 34 (2),pp.243-248 (Co-authored) 2004