Hirofumi Hirai
Shizuoka University
134 Papers
455 Citations
Hirofumi Hirai is an academic researcher from Shizuoka University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemistry & Biology. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 111 publications. Previous affiliations of Hirofumi Hirai include Keio University & New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.
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Papers
CmLec4, a lectin from the fungus Cordyceps militaris, controls host infection and fruiting body formation.
Akiko Ono,Tomohiro Suzuki,Yoshino Takeshima,Takeshi Kashiwa,Takayuki Motoyama,Jae-Hoon Choi,Chihiro Sato,Naotake Konno,Hitoshi Miyakawa,Makoto Ogata,Hirofumi Hirai,Hideo Dohra,Hiroyuki Osada,Hirokazu Kawagishi +13 more
TL;DR: Based on the hypothesis that lectin(s) is involved in the interaction between the C. militaris fungi and insects, the authors partially purified and characterized a new lectin from CmLec4, which was used as a therapeutic drug for cancer patients.
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Draft Genome Sequence of the White-Rot Fungus Phanerochaete sordida YK-624.
Toshio Mori,Hideo Dohra,Tomohiro Suzuki,Hirokazu Kawagishi,Hirofumi Hirai +4 more
- 21 Oct 2021
TL;DR: This paper reported the draft genome sequence of the white-rot basidiomycete fungus Phanerochaete sordida YK-624 (ATCC 90872), which was isolated in Yakushima, Kagoshima, Japan.
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Degradation of Poly(acrylic acid)s with Phenolic Side-Chains by Manganese Peroxidase from White Rot Fungi
TL;DR: In this paper, the side-chains of poly(acrylic acid)s with various functional groups, such as phenolic hydroxyl, amino, and aldehyde groups, were treated with manganese peroxidase (MnP) prepared from the culture of lignin-degrading white rot fungi.
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S-Adenosylhomocysteine Analogue of a Fairy Chemical, Imidazole-4-carboxamide, as its Metabolite in Rice and Yeast and Synthetic Investigations of Related Compounds.
Hitoshi Ouchi,Takuya Namiki,Kenji Iwamoto,Nobuo Matsuzaki,Makoto Inai,Mihaya Kotajima,Jing Wu,Jae-Hoon Choi,Yoko Kimura,Hirofumi Hirai,Xiaonan Xie,Hirokazu Kawagishi,Toshiyuki Kan +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an efficient synthetic method of 8a was developed to determine its absolute configuration, and this method was applicable to the preparation of analogues of eighta that might be biologically very important.
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Ethanol fermentation by saprotrophic white-rot fungus Phanerochaete sordida YK-624 during wood decay as a system for short-term resistance to hypoxic conditions
TL;DR: In this article, major factors involved in regulating ethanol production from wood by the saprotrophic white-rot fungus Phanerochaete sordida YK-624 were investigated.
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