List of works by Yoshiharu Doi

A human antibody fragment with high affinity for biodegradable polymer film

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A repressor protein, PhaR, regulates polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthesis via its direct interaction with PHA

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Active intermediates of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase from Aeromonas caviae in polymerization reaction

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Adsorption and hydrolysis reactions of poly(hydroxybutyric acid) depolymerases secreted from Ralstonia pickettii T1 and Penicillium funiculosum onto poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid]

scientific article published on 05 June 2007

Adsorption of biopolyester depolymerase on silicon wafer and poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] single crystal revealed by real-time AFM.

scientific article published in January 2006

Alteration of chain length substrate specificity of Aeromonas caviae R-enantiomer-specific enoyl-coenzyme A hydratase through site-directed mutagenesis.

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Alteration of substrate chain-length specificity of type II synthase for polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis by in vitro evolution: in vivo and in vitro enzyme assays

scientific article published in March 2004

An extra large insertion in the polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase from Delftia acidovorans DS-17: its deletion effects and relation to cellular proteolysis.

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Annealing and melting behavior of poly(l-lactic acid) single crystals as revealed by in situ atomic force microscopy

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Atomic force microscopic observation of in vitro polymerized poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate]: insight into possible mechanism of granule formation

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Biochemical and molecular characterization of poly(aspartic acid) hydrolase-2 from sphingomonas sp. KT-1.

scientific article published in September 2003

Biosynthesis and characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- hydroxyhexanoate) from palm oil products in a Wautersia eutropha mutant.

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Biosynthesis and compositional regulation of poly[(3-hydroxybutyrate)-co-(3-hydroxyhexanoate)] in recombinant ralstonia eutropha expressing mutated polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase genes.

scientific article published in March 2004

Biosynthesis of 5-alkylresorcinol in rice: incorporation of a putative fatty acid unit in the 5-alkylresorcinol carbon chain

scientific article (publication date: December 2003)

Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanaotes by a novel facultatively anaerobic Vibrio sp. under marine conditions

scientific article published on 09 November 2011

Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolymer from fructose using wild-type and laboratory-evolved PHA synthases.

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Biotechnology: Unnatural biopolymers

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Branched poly(lactide) synthesized by enzymatic polymerization: effects of molecular branches and stereochemistry on enzymatic degradation and alkaline hydrolysis

scientific article published on 28 August 2007

Change of surface structure of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) film upon enzymatic hydrolysis by PHB depolymerase

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Characterization and properties of G4X mutants of Ralstonia eutropha PHA synthase for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) biosynthesis in Escherichia coli.

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Characterization of short-chain poly3-hydroxybutyrate in baker's yeast

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Characterization of site-specific mutations in a short-chain-length/medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase: in vivo and in vitro studies of enzymatic activity and substrate specificity

scientific article published on 12 April 2013

Chimeric enzyme composed of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthases from Ralstonia eutropha and Aeromonas caviae enhances production of PHAs in recombinant Escherichia coli

scientific article published in April 2009

Cloning of poly(aspartic acid) (PAA) hydrolase-1 gene from Pedobacter sp. KP-2 and hydrolysis of thermally synthesized PAA by its gene product

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Cloning, expression and characterization of a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase from Marinobacter sp. NK-1.

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Coexpression of genetically engineered 3-ketoacyl-ACP synthase III (fabH) and polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (phaC) genes leads to short-chain-length-medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer production from glucose in Escherichia coli JM109

scientific article published on February 2004

Combination of N149S and D171G mutations in Aeromonas caviae polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase and impact on polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis

scientific article published in December 2007

Compatibilization Effect of Poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) Block Copolymers and Phase Morphology Analysis in Immiscible Poly(lactide)/Poly(ε-caprolactone) Blends

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Controlled biosynthesis and characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) from mixtures of palm kernel oil and 3HV-precursors

Correlation between Structure of the Lactones and Substrate Specificity in Enzyme-Catalyzed Polymerization for the Synthesis of Polyesters

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

Crystal growth and solid-state structure of poly(lactide) Stereocopolymers

scientific article published in January 2005

Crystal structure and morphology of poly(12-dodecalactone).

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Crystal structure and morphology of poly(16-hexadecalactone) chain-folded lamellar crystals

scientific article published in August 2005

Crystal structure of the (R)-specific enoyl-CoA hydratase from Aeromonas caviae involved in polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis

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Crystal structure, thermal behavior and enzymatic degradation of poly(tetramethylene adipate) solution-grown chain-folded lamellar crystals

scientific article published in March 2004

Crystalline/amorphous phase structure and molecular mobility of biodegradable poly(butylene adipate-co-butylene terephthalate) and related polyesters.

scientific article published in March 2002

Crystallization, stability, and enzymatic degradation of poly(L-lactide) thin film

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

Direct observation of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase adsorbed on polyester thin film by atomic force microscopy

scientific article published in September 2004

Direct observation of polyhydroxyalkanoate chains by atomic force microscopy

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Dynamic adsorption behavior of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase onto polyester surface investigated by QCM and AFM

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Effect of increased PHA synthase activity on polyhydroxyalkanoates biosynthesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803.

scientific article published in April 2002

Effect of phase structure on enzymatic degradation in poly(L-lactide)/atactic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) blends with different miscibility

scientific article published on 01 April 2009

Effect of water on the surface molecular mobility of poly(lactide) thin films: an atomic force microscopy study

scientific article published in July 2004

Effective enhancement of short-chain-length-medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer production by coexpression of genetically engineered 3-ketoacyl-acyl-carrier-protein synthase III (fabH) and polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis genes

scientific article published in July 2004

Effects of mutations in the substrate-binding domain of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] (PHB) depolymerase from Ralstonia pickettii T1 on PHB degradation

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Effects of residual zinc compounds and chain-end structure on thermal degradation of poly(epsilon-caprolactone).

scientific article published in July 2004

Engineering of Ralstonia eutropha for production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) from fructose and solid-state properties of the copolymer

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Enhanced accumulation and changed monomer composition in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolyester by in vitro evolution of Aeromonas caviae PHA synthase

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Enhanced synthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) in recombinant Escherichia coli by means of error-prone PCR mutagenesis, saturation mutagenesis, and in vitro recombination of the type II polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene

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Enhancement of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) production in the transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana by the in vitro evolved highly active mutants of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase from Aeromonas caviae.

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Enrichment of specific monomer in medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) by amplification of fadD and fadE genes in recombinant Escherichia coli

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Enzymatic degradation of monolayer for poly(lactide) revealed by real-time atomic force microscopy: effects of stereochemical structure, molecular weight, and molecular branches on hydrolysis rates

scientific article published on 18 July 2008

Enzymatic degradation of poly(L-lactide) film by proteinase K: quartz crystal microbalance and atomic force microscopy study

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Enzymatic degradation processes of lamellar crystals in thin films for poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] and its copolymers revealed by real-time atomic force microscopy

scientific article published in November 2004

Enzymatic degradation processes of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] and poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid-co-(R)-3-hydroxyvaleric acid] single crystals revealed by atomic force microscopy: effects of molecular weight and second-monomer composition on er

scientific article published in July 2005

Enzymatic hydrolysis of alpha- and beta-oligo(L-aspartic acid)s by poly(aspartic acid) hydrolases-1 and 2 from Sphingomonas sp. KT-1.

scientific article published in March 2004

Enzymatic hydrolysis of bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxypropionate)s by poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) depolymerase from Acidovorax Sp. TP4.

scientific article published in July 2002

Enzymatic hydrolysis of chemosynthesized atactic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) by poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) depolymerase from Acidovorax Sp. TP4 and Ralstonia pickettii T1

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Enzymatic transformation of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates into repolymerizable oligomers directed towards chemical recycling

scientific article published in July 2005

Enzyme inhibitors to increase poly-3-hydroxybutyrate production by transgenic tobacco

scientific article published in December 2002

Evaluating the ability of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase mutants to produce P(3HB-co-3HA) from soybean oil.

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Evolution of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production system by "enzyme evolution": successful case studies of directed evolution

scientific article published in March 2004

Expression of 3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (fabG) genes enhances production of polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer from glucose in recombinant Escherichia coli JM109

scientific article published on August 2005

FabG mediates polyhydroxyalkanoate production from both related and nonrelated carbon sources in recombinant Escherichia coli LS5218.

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

Genetic analysis and characterization of poly(aspartic acid) hydrolase-1 from Sphingomonas sp. KT-1.

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In vitro evolution of a polyhydroxybutyrate synthase by intragenic suppression-type mutagenesis

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

In vivo and in vitro characterization of Ser477X mutations in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase 1 from Pseudomonas sp. 61-3: effects of beneficial mutations on enzymatic activity, substrate specificity, and molecular weight of PHA.

scientific article published in August 2006

In-situ atomic force microscopy observation of enzymatic degradation in poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) thin films: normal and constrained conditions.

scientific article published in March 2004

Increased bioplastic production with an RNA polymerase sigma factor SigE during nitrogen starvation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

scientific article published on 15 July 2013

Interaction between poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] depolymerase and biodegradable polyesters evaluated by atomic force microscopy

scientific article published in December 2005

Isolation and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates inclusions and their associated proteins in Pseudomonas sp. 61-3

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Isolation and structure determination of complexed poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) from beet (Beta vulgaris L.).

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Metastability and transformation of polymorphic crystals in biodegradable poly(butylene adipate).

scientific article published in March 2004

Molecular characterization and properties of (R)-specific enoyl-CoA hydratases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: metabolic tools for synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates via fatty acid beta-oxidation

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Molecular mobility and phase structure of biodegradable poly(butylene succinate) and poly(butylene succinate-co-butylene adipate).

scientific article published in September 2002

Monitoring and kinetic analysis of the molecular interactions by which a repressor protein, PhaR, binds to target DNAs and poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate]

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Morphology and enzymatic degradation of oriented thin film of ultrahigh molecular weight poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate].

scientific article published in September 2004

Mutation effects of a conserved alanine (Ala510) in type I polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase from Ralstonia eutropha on polyester biosynthesis

scientific article published in October 2004

Nonhydrolytic fragmentation of a poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] single crystal revealed by use of a mutant of polyhydroxybutyrate depolymerase

scientific article published in March 2002

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies on unusual bacterial copolyesters of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 4-hydroxybutyrate

Organization of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase for in vitro polymerization as revealed by atomic force microscopy

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Oxidative degradation of cis- and trans-1,4-polyisoprenes and vulcanized natural rubber with enzyme-mediator systems

scientific article published in March 2003

Pathway-level acceleration of glycogen catabolism by a response regulator in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis species PCC 6803.

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Phase structure and enzymatic degradation of poly(L-lactide)/atactic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) blends: an atomic force microscopy study

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Physical Properties and Enzymic Degradability of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Stereoisomers with Different Stereoregularities

article published in 1994

Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] formation in Escherichia coli from glucose through an enoyl-CoA hydratase-mediated pathway.

scientific article published in January 2007

Polyhydroxyalkanoate film formation and synthase activity during in vitro and in situ polymerization on hydrophobic surfaces.

scientific article published on 5 September 2008

Side-chain effect of second monomer units on crystalline morphology, thermal properties, and enzymatic degradability for random copolyesters of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid with (R)-3-hydroxyalkanoic acids

scientific article published in January 2002

Site-directed saturation mutagenesis at residue F420 and recombination with another beneficial mutation of Ralstonia eutropha polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase

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Structural effects of terminal groups on nonenzymatic and enzymatic degradations of end-capped poly(L-lactide).

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Studies on comonomer compositional distribution of bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)s and thermal characteristics of their factions

scientific article published in September 2002

Synergistic effects of Glu130Asp substitution in the type II polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase: enhancement of PHA production and alteration of polymer molecular weight

scientific article published in January 2005

Synthesis, solid-state structure, and surface properties of end-capped poly(L-lactide).

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Terminology for biorelated polymers and applications (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)

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The crystal structure of polyhydroxybutyrate depolymerase from Penicillium funiculosum provides insights into the recognition and degradation of biopolyesters.

scientific article published on 27 December 2005

Thermal degradation processes of end-capped poly(L-lactide)s in the presence and absence of residual zinc catalyst.

scientific article published in July 2004

Time-resolved X-ray diffraction study on poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] films during two-step-drawing: generation mechanism of planar zigzag structure

scientific article published in May 2005

Uniaxial drawing and mechanical properties of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate]/poly(L-lactic acid) blends

scientific article published in July 2004

Uniaxial drawing of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate]/cellulose acetate butyrate blends and their orientation behavior

scientific article published in September 2005

Variation in copolymer composition and molecular weight of polyhydroxyalkanoate generated by saturation mutagenesis of Aeromonas caviae PHA synthase.

scientific article published in June 2007