Masanobu Munekata
Hokkaido University
56 Papers
657 Citations
Masanobu Munekata is an academic researcher from Hokkaido University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cellulose & Polyphosphate kinase. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 56 publications.
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Papers
A microbial factory for lactate-based polyesters using a lactate-polymerizing enzyme.
Seiichi Taguchi,Miwa Yamada,Ken'ichiro Matsumoto,Kenji Tajima,Yasuharu Satoh,Masanobu Munekata,Katsuhiro Ohno,Katsunori Kohda,Takashi Shimamura,Hiromi Kambe,Shusei Obata +10 more
TL;DR: The engineered PHA synthase gene was introduced into the resultant recombinant strain and confirmed the one-step biosynthesis of the LA-incorporated copolyester, P, with a number-average molecular weight of 1.9 × 105, as revealed by gel permeation chromatography, gas chromatography/MS, and NMR.
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Inorganic polyphosphate and the induction of rpoS expression
Toshikazu Shiba,Kaori Tsutsumi,Hiroyuki Yano,Yoshiharu Ihara,Atsushi Kameda,Kan Tanaka,Hideo Takahashi,Masanobu Munekata,Narayana N. Rao,Arthur Kornberg +9 more
TL;DR: A role is proposed for poly(P) in inducing the expression of rpoS, particularly in katG (catalase HPI) mutants, implying a major role for the other catalase, the stationary-phase KatE (HPII), which is rPOS dependent.
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Novel biomaterial from reinforced salmon collagen gel prepared by fibril formation and cross-linking.
TL;DR: The results suggest that the gel employed for biomaterials can be fabricated from low Td fish collagen by EDC cross-linking during fibril formation.
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Engineering of L-tyrosine oxidation in Escherichia coli and microbial production of hydroxytyrosol.
Yasuharu Satoh,Kenji Tajima,Masanobu Munekata,Jay D. Keasling,Taek Soon Lee,Taek Soon Lee,Taek Soon Lee +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that an Escherichia coli cofactor, tetrahydromonapterin (MH4), can be used as an alternative cofactor for TH in presence of the BH4 regeneration pathway, and tyrosine hydroxylation is performed without over-oxidation.
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Enzyme-catalyzed poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) synthesis from acetate with CoA recycling and NADPH regeneration in Vitro
TL;DR: A novel enzyme-catalyzed poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] synthesis system capable of recycling CoA on the basis of the P(3 HB) biosynthetic pathway in Ralstonia eutropha is established.
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