Kiwamu Umezawa
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Recent Articles
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Nakatani M, Ohtani R, Umezawa K, Uchise T, Matsuo Y, Fukuta Y, et al.
J Biosci Bioeng
. 2024 Nov;
139(1):30-35.
PMID: 39489649
Non-conventional yeasts are increasingly being used in the production of fermented beverages owing to their ability to create unique and high-quality products. The yeast Lachancea thermotolerans is of great industrial...
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Umezawa K, Itakura S
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem
. 2021 May;
85(7):1782-1788.
PMID: 33942872
Brown rot fungi show a two-step wood degradation mechanism comprising oxidative radical-based and enzymatic saccharification systems. Recent studies have demonstrated that the brown rot fungus Rhodonia placenta expresses oxidoreductase genes...
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Itakura S, Ohdake J, Takino T, Umezawa K
Insects
. 2021 Apr;
12(4).
PMID: 33918013
We assessed the efficacy of a discontinuous soil treatment using a diluent of fipronil suspension concentrate in controlling colonies of and . In-ground monitoring stations were installed at Isogi Park...
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Umezawa K, Niikura M, Kojima Y, Goodell B, Yoshida M
PLoS One
. 2020 Dec;
15(12):e0243984.
PMID: 33315957
Brown rot fungi have great potential in biorefinery wood conversion systems because they are the primary wood decomposers in coniferous forests and have an efficient lignocellulose degrading system. Their initial...
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Takeda K, Umezawa K, Varnai A, Eijsink V, Igarashi K, Yoshida M, et al.
Curr Opin Chem Biol
. 2018 Dec;
49:113-121.
PMID: 30580186
In 2014, the first fungal pyrroloquinoline-quinone (PQQ)-dependent enzyme was discovered as a pyranose dehydrogenase from the basidiomycete Coprinopsis cinerea (CcPDH). This discovery laid the foundation for a new Auxiliary Activities...
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Wu B, Xu Z, Knudson A, Carlson A, Chen N, Kovaka S, et al.
Genome Biol Evol
. 2018 Nov;
10(12):3250-3261.
PMID: 30398645
Lentinus tigrinus is a species of wood-decaying fungi (Polyporales) that has an agaricoid form (a gilled mushroom) and a secotioid form (puffball-like, with enclosed spore-bearing structures). Previous studies suggested that...
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Tamaru Y, Umezawa K, Yoshida M
Biotechnol Lett
. 2018 May;
40(7):1077-1086.
PMID: 29785669
Objectives: The aim of the study was to obtain information about the enzymatic properties of aryl-alcohol oxidase from the plant saprophytic basidiomycete Coprinopsis cinerea (rCcAAO), which is classified into the...
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Varnai A, Umezawa K, Yoshida M, Eijsink V
Appl Environ Microbiol
. 2018 Apr;
84(11).
PMID: 29602785
Fungi secrete a set of glycoside hydrolases and oxidoreductases, including lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs), for the degradation of plant polysaccharides. LPMOs catalyze the oxidative cleavage of glycosidic bonds after activation...
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Muraguchi H, Umezawa K, Niikura M, Yoshida M, Kozaki T, Ishii K, et al.
PLoS One
. 2015 Oct;
10(10):e0141586.
PMID: 26510163
The basidiomycete fungus Coprinopsis cinerea is an important model system for multicellular development. Fruiting bodies of C. cinerea are typical mushrooms, which can be produced synchronously on defined media in...
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Konuma R, Umezawa K, Mizukoshi A, Kawarada K, Yoshida M
Biotechnol Lett
. 2015 May;
37(9):1845-52.
PMID: 26016679
Objectives: Microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) produced by the brown-rot fungus Fomitopsis palustris and white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor grown on wood chip and potato dextrose agar were analyzed by GC-MS....