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List of works by Yasushi Ogasawara

A Glycopeptidyl-Glutamate Epimerase for Bacterial Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

A biosynthetic pathway for BE-7585A, a 2-thiosugar-containing angucycline-type natural product.

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Amino Acid Residues Recognizing Isomeric Glutamate Substrates in UDP- N-acetylmuramic acid-l-alanine-glutamate Synthetases

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Aplasmomycin and boromycin are specific inhibitors of the futalosine pathway

scientific article published on 08 August 2018

Biosynthesis of Oligopeptides Using ATP-Grasp Enzymes

scientific article published on 9 May 2017

Biosynthesis of spinosyn in Saccharopolyspora spinosa: synthesis of permethylated rhamnose and characterization of the functions of SpnH, SpnI, and SpnK

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Biosynthesis of the Carbonylmethylene Structure Found in the Ketomemicin Class of Pseudotripeptides.

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Biosynthetic Gene Cluster of a d-Tryptophan-Containing Lasso Peptide, MS-271

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Biosynthetic studies of aziridine formation in azicemicins

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Characterization of the coformycin biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces kaniharaensis

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Characterization of three amidinotransferases involved in the biosynthesis of ketomemicins

scientific article published in June 2016

Cloning, sequencing, and functional analysis of the biosynthetic gene cluster of macrolactam antibiotic vicenistatin in Streptomyces halstedii

scientific article published in January 2004

Control Mechanism for Carbon-Chain Length in Polyunsaturated Fatty-Acid Synthases

scientific article published on 09 April 2019

Control Mechanism for cis Double-Bond Formation by Polyunsaturated Fatty-Acid Synthases

scientific article published on 24 January 2019

Enzymatic Formation of a Skipped Methyl-Substituted Octaprenyl Side Chain of Longestin (KS-505a): Involvement of Homo-IPP as a Common Extender Unit

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

Expanding our understanding of sequence-function relationships of type II polyketide biosynthetic gene clusters: bioinformatics-guided identification of Frankiamicin A from Frankia sp. EAN1pec

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Exploring Peptide Ligase Orthologs in Actinobacteria-Discovery of Pseudopeptide Natural Products, Ketomemicins

scientific article published on 29 March 2016

Functional analysis of methyltransferases participating in streptothricin-related antibiotic biosynthesis.

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GenK-catalyzed C-6' methylation in the biosynthesis of gentamicin: isolation and characterization of a cobalamin-dependent radical SAM enzyme.

scientific article published on 21 May 2013

High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of Actinobacterium Kibdelosporangium sp. MJ126-NF4, Producer of Type II Polyketide Azicemicins, Using Illumina and PacBio Technologies.

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Identification and Characterization of Enzymes Catalyzing Pyrazolopyrimidine Formation in the Biosynthesis of Formycin A

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Identification and analysis of the resorcinomycin biosynthetic gene cluster

scientific article published on 02 June 2015

Identification of actinomycin D as a specific inhibitor of the alternative pathway of peptidoglycan biosynthesis

scientific article published on 25 October 2019

Identification of the C-Glycoside Synthases during Biosynthesis of the Pyrazole-C-Nucleosides Formycin and Pyrazofurin

scientific article published on 07 October 2019

Identification of the Formycin A Biosynthetic Gene Cluster from Streptomyces kaniharaensis Illustrates the Interplay between Biological Pyrazolopyrimidine Formation and de Novo Purine Biosynthesis

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

Identification of the peptide epimerase MslH responsible for d-amino acid introduction at the C-terminus of ribosomal peptides

scientific article published on 29 December 2020

Identification of tirandamycins as specific inhibitors of the futalosine pathway.

scientific article published in March 2017

In vitro characterization of MitE and MitB: Formation of N-acetylglucosaminyl-3-amino-5-hydroxybenzoyl-MmcB as a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of antitumor antibiotic mitomycins

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

Involvement of Peptide Epimerization in Poly-γ-glutamic Acid Biosynthesis

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Involvement of glutamate mutase in the biosynthesis of the unique starter unit of the macrolactam polyketide antibiotic vicenistatin.

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N-Phenylacetylation and Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases with Substrate Promiscuity for Biosynthesis of Heptapeptide Variants, JBIR-78 and JBIR-95.

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New enzymes for peptide biosynthesis in microorganisms

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Off-Loading Mechanism of Products in Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Synthases

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Peptide Epimerization Machineries Found in Microorganisms.

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Radical SAM enzymes in the biosynthesis of sugar-containing natural products

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Searching for potent and specific antibiotics against pathogenic Helicobacter and Campylobacter strains

scientific article published on 20 November 2018

Structure and activity relationships of the anti-Mycobacterium antibiotics resorcinomycin and pheganomycin.

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

Subtle Control of Carbon Chain Length in Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Synthases

scientific article published on 15 November 2019

Synthesis of Acylborons by Ozonolysis of Alkenylboronates: Preparation of an Enantioenriched Amino Acid Acylboronate.

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The Amipurimycin and Miharamycin Biosynthetic Gene Clusters: Unraveling the Origins of 2-Aminopurinyl Peptidyl Nucleoside Antibiotics

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Total Biosynthesis of Brassicicenes: Identification of a Key Enzyme for Skeletal Diversification

scientific article published on 19 September 2018