User:Zui Fujimoto

Zui FUJIMOTO is a research scientist in National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences(NIAS), 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 acts as a Responsible Curator for the Glycoside Hydrolase Family 66 (GH66) page. 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]
• GH62 α-L-arabinofuranosidase [8]
• GH66 dextranase [9] and cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase[10]
• GH78 α-L-rhamnosidase [11]
• GH79 β-glucuronidase [12]
• GT5 starch synthase [13]

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8. Maehara T, Fujimoto Z, Ichinose H, Michikawa M, Harazono K, and Kaneko S. (2014). Crystal structure and characterization of the glycoside hydrolase family 62 α-L-arabinofuranosidase from Streptomyces coelicolor. J Biol Chem. 2014;289(11):7962-72. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M113.540542 |
9. Suzuki N, Kim YM, Fujimoto Z, Momma M, Okuyama M, Mori H, Funane K, and Kimura A. (2012). Structural elucidation of dextran degradation mechanism by streptococcus mutans dextranase belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 66. J Biol Chem. 2012;287(24):19916-26. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M112.342444 |
11. Fujimoto Z, Jackson A, Michikawa M, Maehara T, Momma M, Henrissat B, Gilbert HJ, and Kaneko S. (2013). The structure of a Streptomyces avermitilis α-L-rhamnosidase reveals a novel carbohydrate-binding module CBM67 within the six-domain arrangement. J Biol Chem. 2013;288(17):12376-85. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M113.460097 |