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List of works by Ikuro Abe

(+)- and (-)-Preuisolactone A: A Pair of Caged Norsesquiterpenoidal Enantiomers with a Tricyclo[4.4.01,6.02,8]decane Carbon Skeleton from the Endophytic Fungus Preussia isomera

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

3,5-Dimethylorsellinic Acid Derived Meroterpenoids from Penicillium chrysogenum MT-12, an Endophytic Fungus Isolated from Huperzia serrata.

scientific article published on 29 September 2017

A Tryptophan Prenyltransferase with Broad Substrate Tolerance from Bacillus subtilis subsp. natto

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Acyltransferase that catalyses the condensation of polyketide and peptide moieties of goadvionin hybrid lipopeptides

scientific article published on 27 July 2020

Alkylresorcinol synthases expressed in Sorghum bicolor root hairs play an essential role in the biosynthesis of the allelopathic benzoquinone sorgoleone

scientific article published on 26 March 2010

Aminoacyl sulfonamide assembly in SB-203208 biosynthesis

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Benzalacetone Synthase

scientific article published on March 21, 2012

Biomimetic Synthesis of Meroterpenoids by Dearomatization-Driven Polycyclization

scientific article published on 25 September 2019

Biosynthesis of clinically used antibiotic fusidic acid and identification of two short-chain dehydrogenase/reductases with converse stereoselectivity

scientific article published on 30 October 2018

Biosynthesis of helvolic acid and identification of an unusual C-4-demethylation process distinct from sterol biosynthesis.

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Biosynthesis of medicinally important plant metabolites by unusual type III polyketide synthases

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Biosynthesis of the teleocidin-type terpenoid indole alkaloids.

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Biosynthetic pathway for furanosteroid demethoxyviridin and identification of an unusual pregnane side-chain cleavage.

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Biosynthetic studies on teleocidins in Streptomyces

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

C-Glycoside metabolism in the gut and in nature: Identification, characterization, structural analyses and distribution of C-C bond-cleaving enzymes

scientific article published on 02 November 2021

Catenulobactins A and B, Heterocyclic Peptides from Culturing Catenuloplanes sp. with a Mycolic Acid-Containing Bacterium

scientific article published on 21 August 2018

Characterization of Giant Modular PKSs Provides Insight into Genetic Mechanism for Structural Diversification of Aminopolyol Polyketides

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Chemistry of fungal meroterpenoid cyclases

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Chimeric Terpene Synthases Possessing both Terpene Cyclization and Prenyltransfer Activities

scientific article published on 20 April 2018

Combinatorial Biosynthesis of (+)-Daurichromenic Acid and Its Halogenated Analogue

scientific article published on 25 May 2017

Complete biosynthetic pathways of ascofuranone and ascochlorin in

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

Computational Studies on Biosynthetic Carbocation Rearrangements Leading to Quiannulatene: Initial Conformation Regulates Biosynthetic Route, Stereochemistry, and Skeleton Type

scientific article published on 11 October 2018

Cordycicadins A–D, Antifeedant Polyketides from the Entomopathogenic Fungus Cordyceps cicadae JXCH1

Correction to: Biosynthesis of medicinally important plant metabolites by unusual type III polyketide synthases

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Crystalline Sponge Method Enabled the Investigation of a Prenyltransferase-terpene Synthase Chimeric Enzyme, Whose Product Exhibits Broadened NMR Signals

scientific article published on 04 September 2018

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of 4-coumarate:CoA ligase from Arabidopsis thaliana

scientific article published on February 25, 2011

Cycloforskamide, a Cytotoxic Macrocyclic Peptide from the Sea Slug Pleurobranchus forskalii

scientific article published on July 12, 2013

Deciphering the Biosynthetic Mechanism of Pelletierine in Lycopodium Alkaloid Biosynthesis

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Discovery of non-squalene triterpenes

scientific article published on 01 June 2022

Discovery of the cryptic function of terpene cyclases as aromatic prenyltransferases

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

Elucidation and Heterologous Reconstitution of Chrodrimanin B Biosynthesis

scientific article published on 12 November 2018

Enzymatic formation of an aromatic dodecaketide by engineered plant polyketide synthase

scientific article published on 03 February 2011

Ergot alkaloid from the sea slug Pleurobranchus forskalii

scientific article published on June 14, 2013

Exploiting a C-N Bond Forming Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase for C-S Bond Formation

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Expression, purification and crystallization of a plant type III polyketide synthase that produces diarylheptanoids

scientific article published on July 29, 2010

Expression, purification and crystallization of an indole prenyltransferase fromAspergillus fumigatus

scientific article published on February 23, 2012

Furan fatty acid as an anti-inflammatory component from the green-lipped mussel Perna canaliculus

scientific article published on October 4, 2011

Heterologously expressed β-hydroxyl fatty acids from a metagenomic library of a marine sponge

scientific article published on October 23, 2012

Hinduchelins A–D, Noncytotoxic Catechol Derivatives from Streptoalloteichus hindustanus

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

How structural subtleties lead to molecular diversity for the type III polyketide synthases

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

Identification and Characterization of Daurichromenic Acid Synthase Active in Anti-HIV Biosynthesis

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Identification and characterization of N9-methyltransferase involved in converting caffeine into non-stimulatory theacrine in tea

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Identification of Chimeric αβγ Diterpene Synthases Possessing both Type II Terpene Cyclase and Prenyltransferase Activities.

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Identification of Pyridinium with Three Indole Moieties as an Antimicrobial Agent

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Identification of a diarylpentanoid-producing polyketide synthase revealing an unusual biosynthetic pathway of 2-(2-phenylethyl)chromones in agarwood

scientific article published on 17 January 2022

Indole–porphyrin hybrids produced by metagenomics

scientific article published on May 7, 2013

Induced production of mycotoxins in an endophytic fungus from the medicinal plant Datura stramonium L

scientific article published on August 24, 2012

Molecular basis for the P450-catalyzed C-N bond formation in indolactam biosynthesis

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Molecular basis for the plasticity of aromatic prenyltransferases in hapalindole biosynthesis

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Molecular cloning and characterization of copper amine oxidase from Huperzia serrata

scientific article published on August 7, 2012

Molecular insights into the Mg2+-dependent allosteric control of indole prenylation by aromatic prenyltransferase AmbP1.

scientific article published on 20 April 2018

Molecular insights into the endoperoxide formation by Fe(II)/α-KG-dependent oxygenase NvfI

scientific article published on 20 July 2021

Molecular insights into the unusually promiscuous and catalytically versatile Fe(II)/α-ketoglutarate-dependent oxygenase SptF

scientific article published on 10 January 2022

Multidomain P450 Epoxidase and a Terpene Cyclase from the Ascochlorin Biosynthetic Pathway in Fusarium sp

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

Mycolic Acid Containing Bacterium Stimulates Tandem Cyclization of Polyene Macrolactam in a Lake Sediment Derived Rare Actinomycete

scientific article published on 07 September 2017

Noncanonical Functions of Enzyme Cofactors as Building Blocks in Natural Product Biosynthesis

scientific article published in 2022

Novel applications of plant polyketide synthases

scientific article published on January 13, 2012

Novofumigatonin biosynthesis involves a non-heme iron-dependent endoperoxide isomerase for orthoester formation.

scientific article published on 3 July 2018

Porphyrins from a metagenomic library of the marine sponge Discodermia calyx

scientific article published on June 26, 2012

Reprogramming of the antimycin NRPS-PKS assembly lines inspired by gene evolution

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Spiro-Ring Formation is Catalyzed by a Multifunctional Dioxygenase in Austinol Biosynthesis

scientific article published on July 22, 2013

Sporormielones A-E, bioactive novel C-C coupled orsellinic acid derivative dimers, and their biosynthetic origin

scientific article published on 25 March 2020

Structural Diversification of Andiconin-Derived Natural Products by α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Structural Elucidation of Tenebrathin: Cytotoxic C-5-Substituted γ-Pyrone with a Nitroaryl Side Chain from Streptoalloteichus tenebrarius

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

Structural and Computational Bases for Dramatic Skeletal Rearrangement in Anditomin Biosynthesis

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Structural basis for the one-pot formation of the diarylheptanoid scaffold by curcuminoid synthase from Oryza sativa

scientific article published on November 16, 2010

Structure function and engineering of multifunctional non-heme iron dependent oxygenases in fungal meroterpenoid biosynthesis

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Structure-based engineering of benzalacetone synthase

scientific article published on July 11, 2010

Synthesis of unnatural alkaloid scaffolds by exploiting plant polyketide synthase

scientific article published on August 8, 2011

Two Distinct Substrate Binding Modes for the Normal and Reverse Prenylation of Hapalindoles by the Prenyltransferase AmbP3.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Umezawamides, new bioactive polycyclic tetramate macrolactams isolated from a combined-culture of Umezawaea sp. and mycolic acid-containing bacterium.

scientific article published on 14 March 2018

Unique chemistry of non-heme iron enzymes in fungal biosynthetic pathways

scientific article published on 01 July 2018