Plant and Cell Engineering, since 2005
NAME: Yasuo Kato, Ph.D
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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PUBLICATIONS
1. H. Ohta, Y. Kato, and G. Tsuchihashi, Enzyme mediated synthesis of optically activea-arenesulfinylalkanoic esters. Chemistry Letters, 217-218 (1986).
2. H. Ohta, Y. Kato, and G. Tsuchihashi, pH Dependent oxidation-reduction of 1-benzenesulfenyl-2-propanone and its oxides by a microorganism. Chemistry Letters, 581-584 (1986).
3. H. Ohta, J. Konishi, Y. Kato, and G. Tsuchihashi, Microbial reduction of 1,2-diketones to optically active a-hydroxyketones. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 51, 2421-2427 (1987).
4. H. Ohta, Y. Kato, and G. Tsuchihashi, Switching of the direction of enzyme mediated oxidation and reduction of sulfur-substituted 2-propanols and 2-propanones. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 52, 2735-2739 (1987).
5. Y. Kato, H. Ohta, and G. Tsuchihashi, Enzyme-mediated asymmetric hydrolysis of a -benzyloxycarboxylic esters. Tetrahedron Letters, 28, 1303-1306 (1987).
6. Y. Asano, A. Nakazawa, Y. Kato, and K. Kondo. Isolierung einer D-stereospezifischen aminopeptidase und ihre anwendung als katalysator in der organischen synthese. Angewandte Chemie, 101, 511-512 (1989).
7. Y. Asano, T. Mori, S. Hanamoto, Y. Kato, and A. Nakazawa, A new D-stereospecific amino acid amidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 162, 470-474 (1989).
8. Y. Asano, A. Nakazawa, Y. Kato, and K. Kondo. Properties of a novel D-stereospecific aminopeptidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi. Journal of the Biological Chemistry, 264, 14233-14239 (1989).
9. Y. Kato, Y. Asano, A. Nakazawa, and K. Kondo, First stereoselective synthesis of D-amino acid amide catalyzed by a novel aminopeptidase. Tetrahedron, 45, 5743-5754 (1989).
10. Y. Kato, Y. Asano, A. Nakazawa, and K. Kondo. Synthesis of D-alanine oligopeptides by D-aminopeptidase in non-aqueous media. Biocatalysis, 3, 207-215 (1990).
11. Y. Asano, A. Yamada, Y. Kato, K. Yamaguchi, Y. Hibino, K. Hirai, and K. Kondo. Enantioselective synthesis of (S)-amino acids by phenylalanine dehydrogenase from Bacillus sphaericus: Use of natural and recombinant enzymes. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 55, 5567-5571 (1990).
12. Y. Asano, Y. Kato, A. Yamada, and K. Kondo. Structural similarity of D-aminopeptidase to carboxypeptidase DD and b-lactamase. Biochemistry, 31, 2316-2328 (1992).
13. Y. Kato, K. Fukumoto, and Y. Asano, Enzymatic synthesis of L-b-chloroalanine using amino acid dehydrogenase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 39, 301-304 (1993).
14. Y. Asano and Y. Kato, Occurrence of 3-methylaspartate ammonia-lyase in facultative anaerobes and their application to synthesis of 3-substituted (S)-aspartic acids. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 58, 223-224 (1993).
15. Y. Asano and Y. Kato, Crystalline 3-methylaspartase from a facultative anaerobe, Escherichia coli strain YG1002. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 118, 255-258 (1994).
16. Y. Kato and Y. Asano, Purification and properties of crystalline 3-methylaspartate ammonia-lyase from two facultative anaerobes, Citrobacter sp. strain YG-0504 and Morganella morganii strain YG-0601. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 59, 93-99 (1995).
17. Y. Kato, Y. Asano, and A.J.L. Cooper, 3-Hydroxy-2-oxo-1-oxaspiro[4.5]-dec-3-ene, a new inhibitor of lactate dehydrogenase. Tetrahedron Letters, 36, 4809-4812 (1995).
18. Y. Kato and Y. Asano, 3-Methylaspartate ammonia-lyase from a faculative anaerobe, strain YG-1002. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 43, 901-907 (1995).
19. H. Inoue, A. Takano, Y. Asano, and Y. Kato, Purification and characterization of a 22-kDa protein in chloroplasts from green spores of the fern Osmunda japonica. Physiolical Plantum, 95, 465-471 (1995).
20. Y. Kato, J. Yamagishi, and Y. Asano, Maleate cis-trans isomerase from Arthrobacter sp. TPU 5446. Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering, 80, 610-612 (1995).
21. I. Frevort, H. Tamaki, H. Ishida, P. Pec, L. Luhova, H. Tsuno, M. Halata, Y. Asano, Y. Kato, K. Matsushita, H. Toyama, H. Kumagai, and O. Adachi, Two distinct quinoprotein amine oxidases are induced by n-butylamine in the mycelia of Aspergillus niger AKU 3302: Purification, characterization, cDNA cloning and sequencing, European Journal of Biochemistry, 237, 255-265 (1996).
22. K Nakamura, T. Fujii, Y. Kato, Y. Asano, and A.J.L. Cooper, Quantitation of L-amino acids by cycling between an aminotransferase and a dehydrogenase: application to the determination of L-phenylalanine in human serum, Analytical Biochemistry, 234, 19-22 (1996).
23. Y. Kato, H. Yamada, and Y. Asano, Stereoselective synthesis of opine-type secondary amine dicarboxylic acids by a new enzyme opine dehydrogenase - Use of recombinant enzymes-, Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 1, 151-160 (1996).
24. I. Frevort, P. Pec, L. Luhova, H. Toyama, K. Matsushita, S. Hirota, T. Kitagawa, T. Ueno, Y. Asano, Y. Kato, and O. Adachi, Two amine oxidases from Aspergillus niger AKU 3302 contain Topa quinone as the cofactor: Unusual cofactor link to the glutamyl residue occurs only at one of the enzymes. Biochimica et Biophysics Acta, 1295, 59-72 (1996).
25. Y. Kato, Y. Asano, and A. J.L. Cooper, Inactivation of brain and kidney aspartate aminotransferases by S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cyteine and by S-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl)-L-cysteine, Developmental Neurosciences, 18, 505-514 (1996).
26. Y. Kato, Y. Asano, Tapas K. Makar, and A.J.L. Cooper, Irreversible inactivation of aspartate aminotransferase by 2-oxoglutaric acid and its dimethyl ester, Journal of Biochemistry (Tokyo), 120, 531-539 (1996).
27. Y. Asano, H. Ito, T. Dairi, and Y. Kato, An alkaline D-stereospecific endopeptidase with b-lactamase activity from Bacillus cereus. Journal of the Biological Chemistry, 271, 30256-30262 (1996).
28. Y. Kato and Y. Asano, 3-Methylaspartate ammonia-lyase as a maker enzyme of the mesaconate pathway for (S)-glutamate fermentation in Enterobacteriaceae. Archives of Microbiology, 168, 457-463 (1997).
29. Y. Asano and Y. Kato, Z-Phenylacetaldoxime degradation by a novel aldoxime dehydratase from Bacillus sp. strain OxB-1. FEMS Microbiology Letterts, 158, 185-190 (1998).
30. K.L. Britton, H.F. Rogers, Y. Asano, T. Dairi, Y. Kato, T.J. Stillman, and D.W. Rice, Crystallisation of Arthrobacter sp. strain 1C opine dehydrogenase and its complex with NAD+. Acta Crystallography D54, 124-126 (1998).
31. Y. Kato, R. Ooi, and Y. Asano, Isolation and characterization of a bacterium possessing a novel aldoxime dehydratation activity and nitrile-degrading enzymes. Archives of Microbiology, 170, 85-90 (1998).
32. Y. Kato and Y. Asano, Cloning, nucleotide sequencing, and expression of 3-methylaspartate ammonia-lyase gene from Citrobacter amalonaticus strain YG-1002. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 50, 468-474 (1998).
33. Y. Kato, R. Ooi, and Y. Asano, A new enzymatic method of nitrile synthesis by Rhodococcus sp. strain YH3-3. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 6, 249-256 (1999).
34. Y. Kato, T. Tsuda, and Y. Asano, Nitrile hydratase involved in aldoxime metabolism from Rhodococcus sp. strain YH3-3 -Purification and characterization-. European Journal of Biochemistry, 263, 662-670 (1999).
35. Y. Kato, I. Fujiwara, and Y. Asano, A novel method for preparation of optically active a-monobenzoyl glycerol via lipase catalyzed asymmetric transesterification of glycerol. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 9, 3207-3210 (1999).
36. Y. Kato, K. Nakamura, H. Sakiyama, S.G. Mayhew, and Y. Asano, A novel heme-containing lyase, phenylacetaldoxime dehydratase from Bacillus sp. strain OxB-1: Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of the gene. Biochemistry, 39, 800-809 (2000).
37. Y. Kato, I. Fujiwara, and Y. Asano, Synthesis of optically active a-monobenzoyl glycerol by asymmetric transesterification of glycerol. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 9, 193-200 (2000).
38. Y. Kato, R. Ooi, and Y. Asano, Distribution of aldoxime dehydratase in microorganisms. Applied and Environmental. Microbiology, 66, 2290-2296 (2000).
39. Y. Kato and K. Fukumoto, A convenient method of preparing optically active N-Trityl-aziridine-2-(S)-carboxylate esters from b-halo-(S)-amino acids, Journal of Chemical Society Chemical Communications, 245-246 (2000).
40. J.-H. Xu, Y. Kato, and Y. Asano, Efficient preparation of (R)-a-monobenzoyl gycerol by lipase catalyzed asymmetric esterification: Optimization and operation in packed bed reactor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 73, 497-499 (2001).
41. Y. Kato and Y. Asano, Occurrence of a novel lyase catalyzing b-elimination reaction toward threo-3-chloro-L-aspartate in Pseudomonas putida TPU 7151. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 65, 435-437 (2001).
42. Y. Kato and Y. Asano, A new enzymatic method of stereoselective oxidation of racemic 1,2-indandiols. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 13, 27-36 (2001).
43. S.-X. Xie, Y. Kato, and Y. Asano, High-yield synthesis of nitriles by a new enzyme phenylacetaldoxime dehydratase from Bacillus sp. strain OxB-1, Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 65, 2666-2672 (2001).
44. C. W. Levy, P. A. Buckley, P. J. Baker, S. Sedelnikova, F. Rogers, Y.-F. Li, Y. Kato, Y. Asano, and D. W. Rice, Crystallisation and preliminary X-ray analysis of Citrobacter freundii methylaspartate ammonia lyase. Acta Crystallography, D57, 1922-1924 (2001).
45. C. W. Levy, P. A. Buckley, S. Sedelnikova, Y. Kato, Y. Asano, D. W. Rice, and P. J. Baker, Insights into enzyme evolution revealed by the structure of methylaspartate ammonia lyase. Structure, 10, 105-113 (2002).
46. B.J. Carroll, S.J. Moss, L.Bai, Y. Kato, S. Toelzer, T.-W. Yu, and H.G. Floss, Identification of a set of genes involved in the formation of the substrate for the incorporation of the unusual “glycolate” chain extension unit in ansamitocin biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124, 4176-4177 (2002).
47. Y. Kato, L. Bai, Q. Xue, W. P. Revill, T.-W. Yu, and H.G. Floss, Functional expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis of the novel polyketide chain extension unit, methoxymalonyl-acyl carrier protein, and engineered biosynthesis of 2-demethyl-2-methoxy-6-deoxyerythronolide B. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124, 5268-5269 (2002).
48. Y. Kato and Y. Asano, High-level expression of a novel FMN-dependent heme-containing lyase, phenylacetaldoxime dehydratase of Bacillus sp. strain OxB-1, in heterologous hosts. Protein Expression and Purification, 28, 131-139 (2003)
49. S.-X. Xie, Y. Kato, H. Komeda, S. Yoshida, and Y. Asano, A gene cluster responsible for alkylaldoxime metabolism coexisting with nitrile hydratase and amidase in Rhodococcus globerulus A-4, Biochemistry, 42, 12056-12066 (2003)
50. Y. Kato, S. Yoshida, S.-X. Xie, and Y. Asano, Aldoxime dehydratase co-existing with nitrile hydratase and amidase in the iron-type nitrile hydratase-producer Rhodococcus sp. N-771, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 97, 250-259 (2004)
51. Y. Asano, Y. Kato, C. Levy, P. Baker, and D. Rice, Structure and function of amino acid ammonia-lyases, Biocatalysis and Biotransformations, 22, 133-140 (2004)
52. D.I. Batovska, S. Tsubota, Y. Kato, Y. Asano, and M. Ubukata, Lipase-mediated desymmetrisation of glycerol with aromatic and aliphatic anhydrides, Tetraherdon Asymmetry, 150, 3551-3559 (2004)
53. Katsuaki Kobayashi, Shiro Yoshioka, Yasuo Kato, Yasuhisa Asano, and Shigetoshi Aono, Regulation of aldoxime dehydratase activity by redox-dependent change in the coordination structure of the aldoxime-heme complex, Journal of the Biological Chemistry, 280, 5486-5490 (2005)
54. Yasuo Kato, Satoshi Yoshida, and Yasuhisa Asano, Polymerase chain reaction for identification of aldoxime dehydratase in aldoxime- or nitrile-degrading microorganisms, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 246(2):243-249
55. Yasuo Kato and Yasuhisa Asano
Molecular and enzymatic analysis of the "aldoxime-nitrile pathway"
in the glutaronitrile degrader Pseudomonas sp. K-9
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, in press (2005)
56. Yasuo Kato and Yasuhisa Asano
Purification and characterization of aldoxime dehydratase of the head blight
fungus, Fusarium graminearum
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 69, 2254-2257
(2005).
57. Samik Nanda, Yasuo Kato, and Yasuhisa Asano
A new (R)-hydroxynitrile lyase from Prunus mume: asymmetric synthesis of
cyanohydrins
Tetrahedron, 61,10908-10916 (2005)
58. Shumpei Asamizu, Yasuo Kato, YasuhiroIgarashi, Tamotsu Furumai, Hiroyasu
Onaka
Direct formation of chromopyrrolic acid from indole-3-pyruvic acid by StaD, a novel hemoprotein in indolocarbazole biosynthesis
Tetrahedron Letters, 47(4), 473-475 (2006)
59. Yasuo Kato and Yasuhisa Asano
Molecular and enzymatic analysis of the "aldoxime-nitrile pathway"
in the glutaronitrile degrader Pseudomonas sp. K-9
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 70 (1), 92-101 (2006)
60. Katsuaki Kobayashi, Biswasit Pal, Shiro Yoshioka, Yasuo Kato, Yasuhisa
Asano, Teizo Kitagawa, and Shigetoshi Aono
Spectroscopic substrate binding properties of heme-containing aldoxime dehydratases, OxdB and OxdRE.
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 100, 1069-1074 (2006)
61. Samik Nanda, Yasuo Kato, and Yasuhisa Asano
PmHNL catalyzed synthesis of
(R)-cyanohydrins derived from aliphatic aldehydes
Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 17 (5), 735-741 (2006)
62. Katsuaki Kobayashi, Minoru Kubo, Shiro Yoshioka, Teizo Kitagawa, Yasuo
Kato, Yasuhisa Asano, and Shigetoshi Aono
Systematic regulation of the
enzymatic activity of phenylacetaldoxime dehydratase by exogenous ligands
ChemBioChem., 7, 2004-2009 (2006)
63. Shumpei Asamizu, Yasuo Kato, Yasuhiro Igarashi, and Hiroyasu Onaka
VioE, a prodeoxyviolacein synthase involved in violacein biosynthesis,
is responsible for intramolecular indole rearrangement.
Tetrahedron Letters, 48, 2923-2926 (2007)
64. Yasuo Kato, T. Tsuda, and Yasuhisa Asano
Purification and partial characterization of N-hydroxy-L-phenylalanine
decarboxylase/oxidase from Bacillus sp. strain OxB-1, an enzyme involved
in aldoxime biosynthesis in the "aldoxime nitrile pathway".
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1774, 856-865 (2007)
65. T. Kawakami, Y. Kato, C. Iwamoto, H. Ueno, and Y.Nakashima, Identifying
ammonia-oxidizing bacteria active in highly acidified soils by
the PCR-DGGE
method, Journal of Ecotechnology Research, 13, 123-126
(2007)
66. S. Ogita, S. Ohki, and Y. Kato, Uptake of carbohydrates by suspension
cultured cells of Bamboo plants
In: Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology: Advances and Topical
Issues (1st Edition, Volume 5), Teixeira da Silva JA (Ed), Global Science Books, Isleworth, UK, pp 240-244
(2008)
67. Shinjiro Ogita, Harutsugu Kashiwagi and Yasuo Kato
In vitro node culture of seedlings in bamboo plant, Phyllostachys meyeri McClure
Plant Biotechnology, 25(4), 381-385 (2008)
68. S. Ogita, J. Miyazaki, T. Godo, and Y.
Kato, Possibility for selective accumulation of polyphenolics in
tissue cultures of Senno (Lychnis senno Siebold et Zucc.), Natural Product Communications, 4, 377-380 (2009)
69.
S. Ogita, M. Usui, N. Shibutani, and Y. Kato A simple shoot
multiplication procedure using internode explants and its
application for particle bombardment and
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in watercress, Journal of Plant Research, 122(4) 455-463 (2009)
70. T. Godo, J. Miyazaki, S. Kuwayama, S.
Ogita, Y. Kato, M. Nakano, and M. Nakata, Interspecific
hybridization between triploid Senno (Lychnis senno Siebold
et Zucc., Caryophyllaceae) and allied taxa of the genus Lychnis, Plant Biotechnology 26(3) 301-305 (2009)
71. Y. Kato, K. Shoji, M. Ubukata, K.
Shigetomi, Y. Sato, N. Nakajima, and S. Ogita, Purification and
characterization of tuliposide-convertingenzyme from the bulbs
of Tulipa gesneriana, Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 73(8) 1895-1897 (2009)
72. Y. Kato, H. Yoshida, K. Shoji, Y. Sato, N. Nakajima, and S. Ogita,
A facile method for the preparation of α-methylene-γ-butyrolactones from tulip tissues by enzyme-mediated conversion
Tetrahedron Letters 50(33) 4751-4753 (2009)
73. H. Sawai, H. Sugimoto, Y. Kato, Y. Asano, Y. Shiro, and S. Aono, X-ray
crystal structure of the Michaelis complex of aldoxime dehydratase, Journal
of the Biological Chemistry, 284, 32089-32096 (2009)
74. Y. Kenmotsu, Y. Yamamura, S. Ogita, Y. Kato, and F. Kurosaki, Transcriptional activation of putative calmodulin genes Am-am-1 and Am-cam-2 from Aquilaria microcarpa, in response to external stimuli, Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 33, 1911-1914 (2010)
75. Y. Kenmotsu, S. Ogita, Y. Kato, Y. Yamamura,
Y. Takao, Y. Tatsuo, H. Fujino, S. Kadota, F. Kurosaki, Methyl jasmonate-induced
enhancement of expression activity of Am-FaPS-1, a putative farnesyl
diphosphate synthase gene from Aquilaria microcarpa, Journal of Natural Medicines, 65, 194-197 (2011)
76. S. Ogita, N. Kikuchi, T. Nomura and Y. Kato, A practical
protocol for particle bombardment-mediated transformation of Phyllostachys bamboo suspension cells, Plant Biotechnology, 28, 43-50
(2011)
77. Y. Fukuta, S. Nanda, Y. Kato, H. Yurimoto, Y. Sakai,
H. Komeda, and Y. Asano, Characterization of a new (R)-hydroxynitrile lyase
from Japanese apricot Prunus mume and cDNA cloning and secretory
expression of one of the isozymes in Pichia pastoris, Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 75, 214-220
(2011).
78. K. Shigetomi, S. Omoto, Y. Kato, M. Ubukata (2011)
Asymmetric total synthesis of 6-tuliposide B and its biological activities
against Tulip pathogenic fungi
Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 75, 718-722
79. E. Pinakoulaki, C. Koutsoupakis, H. Sawai, A. Pavlou, Y. Kato, Y. Asano, and S. Aono(2011)
Aldoxime dehydratase: probing the heme environment involved in the synthesis
of the carbon-nitrogen triple bond
The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 115, 13012-13018
80. S. Ogita, N. Kikuchi, T. Nomura, and Y. Kato (2012)
The mutated acetolactate synthase gene from rice as a non-antibiotic selection
marker for transformation of bamboo cells
American Journal of Plant Sciences, 3, 368-372
81.T. Nomura, S. Ogita, and Y. Kato (2012)
A novel lactone-forming carboxylesterase: molecular identification of a
tuliposide A-converting enzyme in Tulip
Plant Physiology, 159, 565-578
82.C. Maruyama, J. Toyoda, Y. Kato, M. Izumikawa, M. Takagi, K. Shin-ya,
H. Katano, T. Utagawa and Y. Hamano (2012)
A stand-alone adenylation domain catalyzes multiple amide-bond formation
in streptothricin biosynthesis
Nature Chemical Biology, 8, 791-797
83. S. Ogita, S. Ohki, T. Nomura and Y. Kato (2012)
A b-glucosidase activity potentially involved in cell division and wall
development of Phyllostachys bamboo suspension cells
American Journal of Plant Sciences, 3, 1066-1072