Annual Report 2014

I. Outline of the Noda Institute for Scientific Research

F. J. JIN, S. HARA, A. SATO, and Y. KOYAMA: Discovery and analysis of an active long terminal repeat-retrotransposable element in Aspergillus oryzae.
Reproduced from J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 60: 1-6 (2014) with permission from Applied Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research Foundation.
T. OGUMA, S. KITAO, and M. KOBAYASHI: Purification and characterization of cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase and cloning of cit from Bacillus circulans U-155.
Reproduced from J. Appl. Glycosci., 61: 93-97 (2014) with permission from The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience.
K. ITO and Y. KOYAMA: Analysis of specific proteolytic digestion of the peptidoglutaminase-asparaginase of koji molds.
Reproduced from J Biosci Bioeng. 118: 253-255 (2014) with permission from The Society for Biotechnology, Japan.
R. WADA, F. J. JIN, Y. KOYAMA, J. MARUYAMA, and K. KITAMOTO: Efficient formation of heterokaryotic sclerotia in the fiamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae.
Reproduced from Appl Microbiol Biotechnol., 98: 325-334 (2014) by copyright permission from Copyright Clearance Center.
N. KATO, M. TOKUOKA, Y. SHINOHARA, Y. KOYAMA, and H. OSADA: Genetic safeguard against mycotoxin production and cyclopiazonic acid biosynthesis in Aspergillus oryzae.
Reproduced from JSM Mycotoxins, 64: 197-206 (2014) (DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.2520/myco.64.197) with permission from Japanese Society of Mycotoxicology.

Ryouichi FUKUDA (The University of Tokyo): Maintenance of membrane homeostasis by the remodeling of acyl residues in phospholipids
Yoshimi KAKINUMA (Ehime University): Molecular machinery and regulatory system of vacuolar amino acid compartmentalization as a new target for yeast engineering
Seiji MASUDA (Kyoto University): Development of an innovative protein production system using second-generation mRNA export proteins created by domain engineering
Norihiko MISAWA (Ishikawa Prefectural University): Construction of an efficient system for the production of red pepper carotenoids and new derivatives
Ken SATO (The University of Tokyo): Investigation of the molecular mechanisms regulating the secretion from the endoplasmic reticulum in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hiroshi UEMURA (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology): Development of an efficient secretory production of ricinoleic acid, a petrochemical replacement of bioplastics, in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Teigo ASAI (Tohoku University): Structural diversity of fungal secondary metabolites induced by chemical epigenetic manipulation
Daisuke HAGIWARA (Chiba University): Molecular mechanism of stress tolerance in conidia of Aspergillus species
Takashi KOYANAGI (Ishikawa Prefectural University): Genetic engineering of Kluyveromyces marxianus for effective production of the rose-like odor 2-phenylethanol
Motohiro TANI (Kyushu University): Mechanisms of regulation of membrane phospholipids metabolism and its physiological significance