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List of works by Yasunori Nakamura

Analysis of malto-oligosaccharides and related metabolites in rice endosperm during development

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Antisense inhibition of isoamylase alters the structure of amylopectin and the physicochemical properties of starch in rice endosperm

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

Biochemical and genetic analysis of the effects of amylose-extender mutation in rice endosperm

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Carbohydrate metabolism in mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 defective in glycogen synthesis.

scientific article published on 2 April 2010

Characterization of Function of the GlgA2 Glycogen/Starch Synthase in Cyanobacterium sp. Clg1 Highlights Convergent Evolution of Glycogen Metabolism into Starch Granule Aggregation

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Characterization of SSIIIa-deficient mutants of rice: the function of SSIIIa and pleiotropic effects by SSIIIa deficiency in the rice endosperm

scientific article published on 22 June 2007

Characterization of pullulanase (PUL)-deficient mutants of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and the function of PUL on starch biosynthesis in the developing rice endosperm

scientific article published on 03 February 2009

Characterization of the reactions of starch branching enzymes from rice endosperm

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

Chlorella starch branching enzyme II (BEII) can complement the function of BEIIb in rice endosperm

scientific article published on 20 April 2009

Common reed produces starch granules at the shoot base in response to salt stress

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Comparison of Chain-Length Preferences and Glucan Specificities of Isoamylase-Type α-Glucan Debranching Enzymes from Rice, Cyanobacteria, and Bacteria

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Complementation of sugary-1 phenotype in rice endosperm with the wheat isoamylase1 gene supports a direct role for isoamylase1 in amylopectin biosynthesis

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Convergent evolution of polysaccharide debranching defines a common mechanism for starch accumulation in cyanobacteria and plants.

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

Deficiency of Starch Synthase IIIa and IVb Alters Starch Granule Morphology from Polyhedral to Spherical in Rice Endosperm.

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Development of coenzyme Q10-enriched rice using sugary and shrunken mutants

scientific article published on 07 January 2010

Diversity of reaction characteristics of glucan branching enzymes and the fine structure of α-glucan from various sources

scientific article published on 7 August 2014

Effects of granule-bound starch synthase I-defective mutation on the morphology and structure of pyrenoidal starch in Chlamydomonas

scientific article published on 9 September 2010

Elongated phytoglycogen chain length in transgenic rice endosperm expressing active starch synthase IIa affects the altered solubility and crystallinity of the storage α-glucan

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Essential amino acids of starch synthase IIa differentiate amylopectin structure and starch quality between japonica and indica rice varieties

scientific article published in May 2005

Expression profiling of genes involved in starch synthesis in sink and source organs of rice.

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Expression profiling of starch metabolism-related plastidic translocator genes in rice

scientific article published on 14 December 2005

Function and characterization of starch synthase I using mutants in rice

scientific article published on 27 January 2006

Functional characterization of three (GH13) branching enzymes involved in cyanobacterial starch biosynthesis from Cyanobacterium sp. NBRC 102756.

scientific article published on 27 February 2015

Functional diversity of isoamylase oligomers: the ISA1 homo-oligomer is essential for amylopectin biosynthesis in rice endosperm

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Functional interaction between plastidial starch phosphorylase and starch branching enzymes from rice during the synthesis of branched maltodextrins

scientific article published on 12 March 2012

Genomic DNA sequence of a rice gene coding for a pullulanase-type of starch debranching enzyme

scientific article published on September 8, 1998

Glucose 1-phosphate is efficiently taken up by potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber parenchyma cells and converted to reserve starch granules.

scientific article published on 17 December 2009

Granule-bound starch synthase cDNA in Chlorella kessleri 11 h: cloning and regulation of expression by CO(2) concentration

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In vitro studies of enzymatic properties of starch synthases and interactions between starch synthase I and starch branching enzymes from rice

scientific article published on 05 April 2014

Lack of starch synthase IIIa and high expression of granule-bound starch synthase I synergistically increase the apparent amylose content in rice endosperm

article by Naoko Crofts et al published September 2012 in Plant Science

Linkage localization of the starch branching enzyme I (Q-enzyme I) gene in rice

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Mapping of a gene responsible for the difference in amylopectin structure between japonica-type and indica-type rice varieties

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Metabolic Symbiosis and the Birth of the Plant Kingdom

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Metabolic symbiosis and the birth of the plant kingdom

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Mutation of the plastidial alpha-glucan phosphorylase gene in rice affects the synthesis and structure of starch in the endosperm

scientific article published on 11 July 2008

Pathway of cytosolic starch synthesis in the model glaucophyte Cyanophora paradoxa

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Physicochemical variation of cyanobacterial starch, the insoluble α-Glucans in cyanobacteria

scientific article published on 7 January 2013

Profiling of a microbial community under confined conditions in a fed-batch garbage decomposer by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

scientific article published on 16 July 2007

Purification, characterization, and cDNA structure of isoamylase from developing endosperm of rice

scientific article published in April 1999

Relationships between starch synthase I and branching enzyme isozymes determined using double mutant rice lines

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Role of the GlgX protein in glycogen metabolism of the cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942.

scientific article published on 19 January 2007

Roles of isoamylase and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in starch granule synthesis in rice endosperm

scientific article published in April 2005

Some Cyanobacteria synthesize semi-amylopectin type alpha-polyglucans instead of glycogen

scientific article published on 2 February 2005

Starch biosynthesis in cereal endosperm

scientific article published on 24 March 2010

Starch biosynthesis in rice endosperm requires the presence of either starch synthase I or IIIa

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Starch-branching enzyme I-deficient mutation specifically affects the structure and properties of starch in rice endosperm

scientific article published on 2 October 2003

Structural and enzymatic characterization of the isoamylase1 homo-oligomer and the isoamylase1-isoamylase2 hetero-oligomer from rice endosperm.

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Structures of starches from rice mutants deficient in the starch synthase isozyme SSI or SSIIIa

scientific article published on 18 March 2011

The primitive rhodophyte Cyanidioschyzon merolae contains a semiamylopectin-type, but not an amylose-type, alpha-glucan

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The rice endosperm ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase large subunit is essential for optimal catalysis and allosteric regulation of the heterotetrameric enzyme

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The structure of starch can be manipulated by changing the expression levels of starch branching enzyme IIb in rice endosperm

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

The sugary-type isoamylase gene from rice and Aegilops tauschii: characterization and comparison with maize and arabidopsis

scientific article published in June 2003

Variation in Storage α-Glucans of the Porphyridiales (Rhodophyta)

scientific article published on 13 December 2007

Variation in storage alpha-polyglucans of red algae: amylose and semi-amylopectin types in Porphyridium and glycogen type in Cyanidium

scientific article published on 12 December 2006

Wetting effect on optical sum frequency generation (SFG) spectra of d-glucose, d-fructose, and sucrose

scientific article published on 13 November 2014