Annual Report 2013

I. Outline of the Noda Institute for Scientific Research

II. Achievement of Research Activities in 2013

Reproduced Papers

K. ITO, Y. HANYA, and Y. KOYAMA

Purification and characterization of a glutaminase enzyme accounting for the majority of glutaminase activity in Aspergillus sojae under solid-state culture.
Reproduced from Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 97: 8581-8590 (2013) with permission from Copyright Clearance Center.

M. OGAWA, T. KOBAYASHI, and Y. KOYAMA

ManR, a transcriptional regulator of the β-mannan utilization system, controls the cellulose utilization system in Aspergillus oryzae.
Reproduced from Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 77: 426-429 (2013) by copyright permission of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry.

K. ITO, Y. KOYAMA, and Y. HANYA

Identification of the glutaminase genes of Aspergillus sojae involved in glutamate production during soy sauce fermentation.
Reproduced from Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 77: 1832-1840 (2013) by copyright permission of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry.

Japanese Patents Laid-Open and Japanese Patents Registered

Titles of Oral and Poster Presentations

Topics

III. Report on the Research Assisted by the NISR Research Grant in 2012

Research Grant

Hiroyuki ARAI (The University of Tokyo)

Analysis of energy metabolism in acetic acid bacteria during oxidation fermentation

Makoto KAWAMUKAI (Shimane University)

Development of yeast strains that produce high levels of CoQ10

Jun-ichi MARUYAMA (The University of Tokyo)

Molecular investigation of Woronin body function and its application in Aspergillus oryzae

Hiroyuki MORI (Kyoto University)

Molecular mechanisms of the enhancement of protein export by the membrane protein complex SecDF

Hiromi NISHIDA (Toyama Prefectural University)

Study of Aspergillus nucleosome positioning

Young Investigator Research Grant

Kenji ARAKAWA (Hiroshima University)

Analysis of the regulatory genes encoded on a Streptomyces linear plasmid and its application for antibiotic production

Naoki KATO (RIKEN)

Screening for small molecules that activate fungal secondary metabolite production

Hiroyuki NAKAI (Niigata University)

Production of Novel Functional Oligosaccharides by Novel Bacterial Phosphorylases

Shunichi NAKAYAMA (Tokyo University of Agriculture)

Molecular breeding of Clostridia for butanol production from rice straw

Keisuke OBARA (Hokkaido University)

Study on the function of sphingolipids during the starvation response

Shosuke YOSHIDA (Keio University)

Metabolic and enzymatic analyses of a poly(ethylene terephthalate) assimilation bacterium

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