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List of works by Kazutake Hirooka

A pathway where polyprenyl diphosphate elongates in prenyltransferase. Insight into a common mechanism of chain length determination of prenyltransferases

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Bacillus subtilis highly efficient protein expression systems that are chromosomally integrated and controllable by glucose and rhamnose

scientific article published on 16 July 2018

Catabolite repression of the Bacillus subtilis FadR regulon, which is involved in fatty acid catabolism

scientific article published on 11 March 2011

CcpA-mediated catabolite activation of the Bacillus subtilis ilv-leu operon and its negation by either CodY- or TnrA-mediated negative regulation.

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Cloning and kinetic characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana solanesyl diphosphate synthase

scientific article published in March 2003

Conversion from archaeal geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase to farnesyl diphosphate synthase. Two amino acids before the first aspartate-rich motif solely determine eukaryotic farnesyl diphosphate synthase activity

scientific article published on 01 February 1997

Conversion of product specificity of archaebacterial geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthase. Identification of essential amino acid residues for chain length determination of prenyltransferase reaction.

scientific article published on August 1996

Direct and indirect regulation of the ycnKJI operon involved in copper uptake through two transcriptional repressors, YcnK and CsoR, in Bacillus subtilis.

scientific article published on 17 August 2012

Dual Regulation of Bacillus subtilis kinB Gene Encoding a Sporulation Trigger by SinR through Transcription Repression and Positive Stringent Transcription Control

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Efficient in vitro synthesis of cis-polyisoprenes using a thermostable cis-prenyltransferase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis.

scientific article published on 5 July 2009

Efficient synthesis of trans-polyisoprene compounds using two thermostable enzymes in an organic-aqueous dual-liquid phase system.

scientific article published on 30 October 2007

Elaborate transcription regulation of the Bacillus subtilis ilv-leu operon involved in the biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids through global regulators of CcpA, CodY and TnrA.

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Enhancement of glutamine utilization in Bacillus subtilis through the GlnK-GlnL two-component regulatory system.

scientific article published on July 2005

Enzymatic and structural characterization of type II isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis

scientific article published in June 2005

Excess production of Bacillus subtilis quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase affects cell viability in the presence of quercetin.

scientific article published on 7 May 2010

Functional analysis of two solanesyl diphosphate synthases from Arabidopsis thaliana

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Heavy involvement of stringent transcription control depending on the adenine or guanine species of the transcription initiation site in glucose and pyruvate metabolism in Bacillus subtilis.

scientific article published on 15 January 2010

Identification and characterization of a novel multidrug resistance operon, mdtRP (yusOP), of Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 13 March 2009

Identification of aromatic residues critical to the DNA binding and ligand response of the Bacillus subtilis QdoR (YxaF) repressor antagonized by flavonoids

scientific article published on 7 July 2011

Identification of critical residues for the catalytic activity of ComQ, a Bacillus prenylation enzyme for quorum sensing, by using a simple bioassay system

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Mechanism of product chain length determination for heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Bacillus stearothermophilus

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Molecular cloning and characterization of a thermostable carboxylesterase from an archaeon, Sulfolobus shibatae DSM5389: non-linear kinetic behavior of a hormone-sensitive lipase family enzyme

scientific article published in January 2004

Negative transcriptional regulation of the ilv-leu operon for biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids through the Bacillus subtilis global regulator TnrA.

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Organization and function of the YsiA regulon of Bacillus subtilis involved in fatty acid degradation.

scientific article published on 22 December 2006

Orphan Nuclear Receptor RORα Regulates Enzymatic Metabolism of Cerebral 24S-Hydroxycholesterol through CYP39A1 Intronic Response Element Activation

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

Regulation of fatty acid metabolism in bacteria.

scientific article published on 02 October 2007

Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis divergent yetL and yetM genes by a transcriptional repressor, YetL, in response to flavonoids.

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Regulation of the rhaEWRBMA Operon Involved in l-Rhamnose Catabolism through Two Transcriptional Factors, RhaR and CcpA, in Bacillus subtilis

scientific article published on 28 December 2015

Structural Insights into the Low pH Adaptation of a Unique Carboxylesterase from Ferroplasma: ALTERING THE pH OPTIMA OF TWO CARBOXYLESTERASES

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Structural characterization of a ligand-bound form of Bacillus subtilis FadR involved in the regulation of fatty acid degradation

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Temperature-dependent modulation of farnesyl diphosphate/geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase from hyperthermophilic archaea

scientific article published in December 2004

The role of histidine-114 of Ssulfolobus acidocaldarius geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase in chain-length determination

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Transcriptional response machineries of Bacillus subtilis conducive to plant growth promotion.

scientific article published on January 2014