User:Zui Fujimoto

Zui FUJIMOTO is a research scientist in National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan. He received his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. His research interests are the structural insights into protein functions of agricultural and food chemical use. He has determined the crystal structures of

• GH10 endo-1,4-β-xylanase [1]
• GH13 α-amylase [2, 3]
• GH27 α-galactosidase [4] [5] and β-L-arabinopyranosidase [6]
• GH43 exo-1,5-α-L-arabinofuranosidase [7]
• GH66 dextranase [8] and cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase
• GH79 β-glucuronidase [9]
• GT5 starch synthase [10]

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1. Fujimoto Z, Kuno A, Kaneko S, Yoshida S, Kobayashi H, Kusakabe I, and Mizuno H. (2000). Crystal structure of Streptomyces olivaceoviridis E-86 beta-xylanase containing xylan-binding domain. J Mol Biol. 2000;300(3):575-85. DOI:10.1006/jmbi.2000.3877 |
2. Fujimoto Z, Takase K, Doui N, Momma M, Matsumoto T, and Mizuno H. (1998). Crystal structure of a catalytic-site mutant alpha-amylase from Bacillus subtilis complexed with maltopentaose. J Mol Biol. 1998;277(2):393-407. DOI:10.1006/jmbi.1997.1599 |
3. Suvd D, Fujimoto Z, Takase K, Matsumura M, and Mizuno H. (2001). Crystal structure of Bacillus stearothermophilus alpha-amylase: possible factors determining the thermostability. J Biochem. 2001;129(3):461-8. DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a002878 |

1. Fujimoto Z, Kuno A, Kaneko S, Yoshida S, Kobayashi H, Kusakabe I, Mizuno H. Crystal structure of Streptomyces olivaceoviridis E-86 β-xylanase containing xylan-binding domain. J Mol Biol 2000 300(3):575-585. PMID:10884353
2. Fujimoto Z, Takase K, Doui N, Momma M, Matsumoto T, Mizuno H. Crystal structure of a catalytic-site mutant α-amylase from Bacillus subtilis complexed with maltopentaose. J Mol Biol 1998 277(2):393-407. PMID:9514750
3. Suvd D, Fujimoto Z, Takase K, Matsumura M, Mizuno H. Crystal structure of Bacillus stearothermophilus α-amylase: possible factors determining the thermostability. J Biochem 2001 129(3):461-468. PMID:11226887
4. Fujimoto Z, Kaneko S, Momma M, Kobayashi H, Mizuno H. Crystal structure of rice α-galactosidase complexed with D-galactose. J Biol Chem 2003 278(22):20313-20318. PMID:12657636
5. Fujimoto Z, Kaneko S, Kim WD, Park GG, Momma M, Kobayashi H. The tetramer structure of the glycoside hydrolase family 27α-galactosidase I from Umbelopsis vinacea. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2009 73(10):2360-2364. PMID:19809163
6. Ichinose H, Fujimoto Z, Honda M, Harazono K, Nishimoto Y, Uzura A, Kaneko S. A β-L-arabinopyranosidase from Streptomyces avermitilis is a novel member of glycoside hydrolase family 27. J Biol Chem 2009 284(37):25097-25106. PMID:19608743
7. Fujimoto Z, Ichinose H, Maehara T, Honda M, Kitaoka M, Kaneko S. Crystal structure of an exo-1,5-α-L-arabinofuranosidase from Streptomyces avermitilis provides insights into the mechanism of substrate discrimination between exo- and endo-type enzymes in glycoside hydrolase family 43. J Biol Chem 2010 285(44):34134-34143. PMID:20739278
8. Suzuki N, Kim YM, Fujimoto Z, Momma M, Okuyama M, Mori H, Funane K, Kimura A. Structural elucidation of dextran degradation mechanism by streptococcus mutans dextranase belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 66. J Biol Chem 2012 287(24):19916-19926. PMID:22337884
9. Michikawa M, Ichinose H, Momma M, Biely P, Jongkees S, Yoshida M, Kotake T, Tsumuraya Y, Withers SG, Fujimoto Z, Kaneko S. Structural and biochemical characterization of glycoside hydrolase family 79 β-glucuronidase from Acidobacterium capsulatum. J Biol Chem 2012 287(17):14069-14077. PMID:22367201
10. Momma M, Fujimoto Z. Interdomain disulfide bridge in the rice granule bound starch synthase I catalytic domain as elucidated by x-ray structure analysis. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2012 76(8):1591-1595. PMID:22878205