Annual Report 2012

I. Outline of the Noda Institute for Scientific Research

II. Achievement of Research Activities in 2012

Reproduced Papers
T. TAKAHASHI, M. OGAWA, and Y. KOYAMA
Analysis of the functions of recombination-related genes in the generation of large chromosomal deletions by loop-out recombination in Aspergillus oryzae. (Abstract)
Reproduced from Eukaryotic Cell, 11: 507-517 (2012) by copyright permission of American Society for Microbiology
K. ITO, M. MATSUSHIMA, and Y. KOYAMA
Gene cloning, purification, and characterization of a novel peptidoglutaminase-asparaginase from Aspergillus sojae. (Abstract)
Reproduced from Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 78: 5182-5188 (2012) by copyright permission of American Society for Microbiology
M. OGAWA, T. KOBAYASHI, Y. KOYAMA
ManR, a novel Zn(II)2Cys6 transcriptional activator, controls the β-mannan utilization system in Aspergillus oryzae.
Reproduced from Fungal Genet. Biol., 49: 987-995 (2012) by copyright permission of Elsevier B.V.
Y-Min KIM, Y. KISO, T. MURAKI, M-Sun KANG, H. NAKAI, W. SABURI, W. LANG, H-Kwon KANG, M. OKUYAMA, H. MORI, R. SUZUKI, K. FUNANE, N. SUZUKI, M. MOMMA, Z. FUJIMOTO, T. OGUMA, M. KOBAYASHI, D. KIM, and A. KIMURA
Novel dextranase catalyzing cycloisomaltooligosaccharide formation and identification of catalytic amino acids and their functions using chemical rescue approach.
Reproduced from J. Biol. Chem., 287: 19927-19935 (2012) by copyright permission of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A. SATO, T. TAKAHASHI, Y. KOYAMA, Y. HANYA
Draft genome sequencing and comparative analysis of Aspergillus sojae NBRC 4239.
Reproduced from Journal of soy sauce research and technology, 38: 167-173 (2012) by copyright permission of Japan soy sauce technology center
Y. KOYAMA, F. J. JIN, S. HARA
Chromosome engineering of Aspergillus oryzae and its industrial application.
Reproduced from KAGAKU TO SEIBUTSU, 50: 577-583 (2012) by copyright permission of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
Titles of Oral and Poster Presentations

III. Report on the Research Assisted by the NISR Research Grant in 2011

Research Grant
Shigetoshi AONO (Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences)
Regulation of gene expression by a heme as a signaling molecule in Lactococcus lactis
Kenji KOHNO (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Activation mechanism of ER stress in yeast and mammalian cells
Tatsuya MAEDA (The University of Tokyo)
Study on the yeast signaling pathways responsive to stresses and starvation
Ken-ichi NISHIYAMA (Iwate University)
Determination of the biosynthetic pathway of a novel glycolipid involved in preprotein translocation and membrane protein integration
Kenji WATANABE (University of Shizuoka)
Establishing a new methodology for genome mining and biosynthesis of natural products and their analogs through a yeast molecular genomics
Young Investigator Research Grant
Tomoyuki NUMATA (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
The mechanism for biogenesis of the modified nucleoside found in archaeal tRNAIle
Takao OHASHI (Osaka University)
Functional analysis of novel glycosyltransferases toward the remodeling of the fission yeast glycans
Izumi ORITA (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Genetic engineering for copolymerized bio-polyester production from methanol
Takaaki SATO (Kyoto University)
Identification of the function of a putative sugar kinase from halophilic archaea
Daisuke WATANABE (National Research Institute of Brewing)
Study of the high ethanol productivity of sake yeast by comprehensive cellular morphological analysis
Research Grant in 2010
Akira NAKAMURA (University of Tsukuba)
Analysis of L-glucose metabolic pathway in Paracoccus sp. 43P

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