Original Papers

1. T. KUSHIDA, I. NARUMI, S. ISHINO, Y. ISHINO, S. FUJIWARA, T. IMANAKA, and H. HIGASHIBATA: “PolB, a family B DNA polymerase, in Thermococcus kodakarensis is important for DNA repair but not DNA replication”. Microbes and Environments, 34 (3), 316-326, 2019
2. S. SANO, Y. YAMADA, T. SHINKAWA, S. KATO, T. OKADA, H. HIGASHIBATA, and S. FUJIWARA: “Mutations to create thermostable reverse transcriptase with bacterial family A DNA polymerase from Thermotoga petrophila K4”. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 113 (3), 315-321, 2012
3. Y. MATSUNO, A. SUGAI, H. HIGASHIBATA, W. FUKUDA, K. UEDA, I. UDA, I. SATO, T. ITOH, T. IMANAKA, and S. FUJIWARA: “Effect of growth temperature and growth phase on lipid composition of archaeal membrane from Thermococcus kodakaraensis”. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 73(1), 104-108, 2009
4. S. FUJIWARA, R. AKI, M. YOSHIDA, H. HIGASHIBATA, T. IMANAKA, and W. FUKUDA: “Expression profiles and physiological roles of two types of molecular chaperonins from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakaraensis”. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 74(23), 7306-7312, 2008
5. S. FUJIWARA, A. YAMANAKA, Y. YAMADA, K. HIROOKA, H. HIGASHIBATA, W. FUKUDA, J. NAKAYAMA, T. IMANAKA, E. FUKUSAKI: “Efficient synthesis of trans-polyisoprene compounds using two thermostable enzymes in an organic-aqueous dual-liquid phase system”. Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications, 365(1), 118-123, 2008
6. A. HIRANO, H. HAMADA, T. OKUBO, T. NOGUCHI, H. HIGASHIBATA, and K. SHIRAKI: “Correlation between thermal aggregation and stability of lysozyme with salts described by molar surface tension increment: an exceptional propensity of ammonium salts as aggregation suppressor”. Protein Journal 26(6), 423-433, 2007
7. T. HIROMOTO, H. MATSUE, M. YOSHIDA, T. TANAKA, H. HIGASHIBATA, K. HOSOKAWA, H. YAMAGUCHI, and S. FUJIWARA: ”Characterization of MobR, the 3-Hydroxybenzoate-responsive Transcriptional Regulator for the 3-Hydroxybenzoate Hydroxylase Gene of Comamonas testosteroni KH122-3s”. Journal of Molecular Biology, 364(5), 863-877, 2006
8. Y. HASHIMOTO, H. HOSAKA, KI. OINUMA, M. GODA, H. HIGASHIBATA, and M. KOBAYASHI: “Nitrile pathway involving Acyl-CoA synthetase: Overall metabolic gene organization, and purification and characterization of the enzyme”. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280(10), 8660-8667, 2005
9. KI. OINUMA, H. KUMITA, T. OHTA, K. KONISHI, Y. HASHIMOTO, H. HIGASHIBATA, T. KITAGAWA, Y. SHIRO, and M. KOBAYASHI: “Stopped-flow spectrophotometric and resonance Raman analyses of aldoxime dehydratase involved in carbon-nitrogen triple bond synthesis”. FEBS Letters, 579(6), 1394-1398, 2005
10. H. FUKATSU, S. HERAI, Y. HASHIMOTO, H. MASEDA, H. HIGASHIBATA, and M. KOBAYASHI: “High-level expression of a novel amine-synthesizing enzyme, N-substituted formamide deformylase, in Streptomyces with a strong protein expression system”. Protein Expression and Purification, 40(1), 212-219, 2005
11. H. FUKATSU, M. GODA, Y. HASHIMOTO, H. HIGASHIBATA, and M. KOBAYASHI: “Optimum culture conditions for the production of N-substituted formamide deformylase by Arthrobacter pascens F164”. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 69(1), 228-230, 2005
12. K. KONISHI, K. ISHIDA, KI. OINUMA, T. OHTA, Y. HASHIMOTO, H. HIGASHIBATA, T. KITAGAWA, and M. KOBAYASHI: “Identification of crucial histidines in carbon-nitrogen triple bond synthesis by aldoxime dehydratase”. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279(46), 47619-47625, 2004
13. S. HERAI, Y. HASHIMOTO, H. HIGASHIBATA, H. MASEDA, H. IKEDA, S. ÔMURA, and M. KOBAYASHI: “Hyper-inducible expression system for streptomycetes”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(39), 14031-14035, 2004
14. H. FUKATSU, Y. HASHIMOTO, M. GODA, H. HIGASHIBATA, and M. KOBAYASHI: “Amine-synthesizing enzyme, N-substituted formamide deformylase: Screening, purification, characterization and gene cloning”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(38), 13726-13731, 2004
15. KI. OINUMA, T. OHTA, K. KONISHI, Y. HASHIMOTO, H. HIGASHIBATA, T. KITAGAWA, and M. KOBAYASHI: “Heme environment in aldoxime dehydratase involved in carbon-nitrogen triple bond synthesis”. FEBS Letters, 568(1-3), 44-48, 2004
16. KI. OINUMA, Y. HASHIMOTO, K. KONISHI, M. GODA, T. NOGUCHI, H. HIGASHIBATA, and M. KOBAYASHI: “Novel aldoxime dehydratase involved in carbon-nitrogen triple bond synthesis of Pseudomonas chlororaphis B23: Sequencing, gene expression, purification and characterization”. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(32), 29600-29608, 2003
17. H. HIGASHIBATA, M. A. SIDDIQUI, M. TAKAGI, T. IMANAKA, and S. FUJIWARA: “Surface histidine residue of archaeal histone affects DNA compaction and thermostability”.FEMS Micobiology Letters, 224(1), 17-22, 2003
18. H. HIGASHIBATA, H. KIKUCHI, Y. KAWARABAYASI, and I. MATSUI: “Helicase and nuclease activities of hyperthermophile Pyrococcus horikoshii Dna2 inhibited by substrates with RNA segments at 5’-end”. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(18), 15983-15990, 2003
19. M. GODA, Y. HASHIMOTO, M. TAKASE, S. HERAI, Y. IWAHARA, H. HIGASHIBATA, and M. KOBAYASHI: “Isonitrile hydratase from Pseudomonas putida N19-2: Cloning, sequencing, gene expression, and identification of its active amino acid residue”. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(48), 45860-45865, 2002
20. H. HIGASHIBATA, S. FUJIWARA, S. EZAKI, M. TAKAGI, K. FUKUI, and T. IMANAKA: “Effect of polyamines on histone-induced DNA compaction of hyperthermophilic archaea”. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 89(1), 103-106, 2000
21. T. MATSUDA, M. MORIKAWA, M. HARUKI, H. HIGASHIBATA, T. IMANAKA, and S. KANAYA: “Isolation of TBP-interacting protein (TIP) from a hyperthermophilic archaeon that inhibits the binding of TBP to TATA-DNA”. FEBS Letters, 457(1), 38-42, 1999
22. H. HIGASHIBATA, S. FUJIWARA, M. TAKAGI, and T. IMANAKA: “Analysis of DNA compaction profile and intracellular contents of archaeal histones from Pyrococcus kodakaraensis KOD1”. Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications, 258(2), 416-424, 1999