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List of works by Eiji Masai

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Genetic and biochemical investigations on bacterial catabolic pathways for lignin-derived aromatic compounds.

scientific article published on 7 January 2007

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.

scientific article published in March 1997

A bacterial enzyme degrading the model lignin compound beta-etherase is a member of the glutathione-S-transferase superfamily.

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Crystal structure of the terminal oxygenase component of biphenyl dioxygenase derived from Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

A tetrahydrofolate-dependent O-demethylase, LigM, is crucial for catabolism of vanillate and syringate in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.

scientific article published on March 2005

Crystal structure of NADH-dependent ferredoxin reductase component in biphenyl dioxygenase

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Novel 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation genes from oligotrophic Bradyrhizobium sp. strain HW13 isolated from a pristine environment.

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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

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Cloning and Characterization of Benzoate Catabolic Genes in the Gram-Positive Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degrader Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1

scientific article published on November 1, 2001

Characterization of the 450-kb linear plasmid in a polychlorinated biphenyl degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

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Characterization of FerC, a MarR-type transcriptional regulator, involved in transcriptional regulation of the ferulate catabolic operon in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.

scientific article published on 8 May 2012

Crystal structure of 2-hydroxyl-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid (HPDA) hydrolase (BphD enzyme) from the Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 of the PCB degradation pathway

scientific article published in June 2001

Bacterial catabolism of lignin-derived aromatics: New findings in a recent decade: Update on bacterial lignin catabolism

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Characterization of the 3-O-methylgallate dioxygenase gene and evidence of multiple 3-O-methylgallate catabolic pathways in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.

scientific article published on August 2004

Multiplicity of aromatic ring hydroxylation dioxygenase genes in a strong PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 demonstrated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.

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Characterization of the 5-carboxyvanillate decarboxylase gene and its role in lignin-related biphenyl catabolism in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.

scientific article published on September 2002

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

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Phthalates impact human health: Epidemiological evidences and plausible mechanism of action.

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Detection and localization of a new enzyme catalyzing the beta-aryl ether cleavage in the soil bacterium (Pseudomonas paucimobilis SYK-6)

scientific article published on 01 June 1989

Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 LigG involved in lignin degradation is structurally and biochemically related to the glutathione transferase ω class

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Characterization of the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway operon in Comamonas sp. strain E6 and discovery of a novel pathway gene.

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

Characterization of the terephthalate degradation genes of Comamonas sp. strain E6.

scientific article published on March 2006

Uncovering the protocatechuate 2,3-cleavage pathway genes

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Characterization of the C alpha-dehydrogenase gene involved in the cleavage of beta-aryl ether by Pseudomonas paucimobilis

scientific article published on October 1993

Diversity of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase genes in a strong PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article published in January 2002

Complete Genome Sequence of Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6, a Degrader of Lignin-Derived Biaryls and Monoaryls

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Characterization of the third glutathione S-transferase gene involved in enantioselective cleavage of the β-aryl ether by Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.

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Functional characterization of a catabolic plasmid from polychlorinated- biphenyl-degrading Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1

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Efficient production of 2-pyrone 4,6-dicarboxylic acid as a novel polymer-based material from protocatechuate by microbial function

scientific article published on 2 December 2005

Novel Tripartite Aromatic Acid Transporter Essential for Terephthalate Uptake in Comamonas sp. Strain E6

scientific article published on August 2, 2013

Characterization of transcriptional regulatory genes for biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article published on April 2004

Three-Component O-Demethylase System Essential for Catabolism of a Lignin-Derived Biphenyl Compound in Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6.

scientific article published on 12 September 2014

A monograph on the remediation of hazardous phthalates.

scientific article published on 06 May 2015

Characterization of ligV essential for catabolism of vanillin by Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.

scientific article published on 7 October 2007

Characterization of two biphenyl dioxygenases for biphenyl/PCB degradation in A PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article published on 7 April 2007

Isolation and characterization of Streptomyces, Actinoplanes, and Methylibium strains that are involved in degradation of natural rubber and synthetic poly(cis-1,4-isoprene)

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Regulatory system of the protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway genes essential for lignin downstream catabolism.

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Discovery of pinoresinol reductase genes in sphingomonads

scientific article published on 13 October 2012

Beta-ketoadipic acid and muconolactone production from a lignin-related aromatic compound through the protocatechuate 3,4-metabolic pathway

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Introduction of chemically labile substructures into Arabidopsis lignin through the use of LigD, the Cα-dehydrogenase from Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.

scientific article published on 8 January 2015

Degradation of 3-O-methylgallate in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 by pathways involving protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase

scientific article published on 20 July 2007

Rhizobacter gummiphilus sp. nov., a rubber-degrading bacterium isolated from the soil of a botanical garden in Japan.

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Multiple-subunit genes of the aromatic-ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase play an active role in biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

scientific article published on August 2006

Molecular mechanism of strict substrate specificity of an extradiol dioxygenase, DesB, derived from Sphingobium sp. SYK-6

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Biphenyl-inducible promoters in a polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. RHA1.

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Methanogenic degradation of lignin-derived monoaromatic compounds by microbial enrichments from rice paddy field soil

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Isolation of dibenzofuran-degrading bacterium, Nocardioides sp. DF412, and characterization of its dibenzofuran degradation genes

scientific article published in June 2008

A bacterial aromatic aldehyde dehydrogenase critical for the efficient catabolism of syringaldehyde

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Transcriptional regulation of the terephthalate catabolism operon in Comamonas sp. strain E6.

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Identification and characterization of uptake systems for glucose and fructose in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.

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