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Fusako Kawai
Researcher at Kyoto Institute of Technology
Publications - 114
Citations - 2755
Fusako Kawai is an academic researcher from Kyoto Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Depolymerization & Dehydrogenase. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 113 publications receiving 2276 citations. Previous affiliations of Fusako Kawai include Okayama University & Kyoto Prefectural University.
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Microbial degradation of polyethers.
TL;DR: Studies on microbial degradation of polyethers revealed that the enzyme was inducibly formed by PPG in the periplasmic, membrane and cytoplasm fractions of a PPG-utilizing bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, indicating the intracellular metabolism of PPG is the same as that of PEG.
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A novel Ca²⁺-activated, thermostabilized polyesterase capable of hydrolyzing polyethylene terephthalate from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190
Fusako Kawai,Masayuki Oda,Tomonari Tamashiro,Tomonori Waku,Naoki Tanaka,Masaki Yamamoto,Hiroki Mizushima,Takuya Miyakawa,Masaru Tanokura +8 more
TL;DR: Cut190 is the novel-reported PET-degrading enzyme with the potential for industrial applications in polyester degradation, monomer recycling, and PET surface modification and will be a useful tool to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the PET degradation, Ca2+ activation, and stabilization.
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Biochemistry of microbial polyvinyl alcohol degradation
Fusako Kawai,Xiaoping Hu +1 more
TL;DR: Effect of minor chemical structures such as 1,2-diol content, ethylene content, tacticity, adegree of polymerization, and a degree of saponification of the main chain on biodegradability of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is summarized.
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Diversity of polyester-degrading bacteria in compost and molecular analysis of a thermoactive esterase from Thermobifida alba AHK119.
TL;DR: Thermobifida alba strain AHK119 was shown to possess the ability to significantly degrade aliphatic-aromatic copolyester film as well as decreasing the polymer particle sizes when grown at 50°C on LB medium supplemented with polymer particles, yielding terephthalic acid.
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Comparative study on biodegradability of polyethylene wax by bacteria and fungi
TL;DR: Biodegradability of polyethylene wax was studied comparatively between degraders in two different classes: bacteria and fungi to study the gradual weight loss of large molecules due to β-oxidation processes and the direct consumption of small molecules by cells.