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Kanako Sasaki
Researcher at Kyoto University
Publications - 19
Citations - 1214
Kanako Sasaki is an academic researcher from Kyoto University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prenyltransferase & Prenylation. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 18 publications receiving 1083 citations.
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Prenylation of aromatic compounds, a key diversification of plant secondary metabolites
TL;DR: The first prenyltransferase gene SfN8DT-1 from Sophora flavescens is succeeded in identifying, which is responsible for thePrenylation of the flavonoid naringenin at the 8-position, and is specific for flavanones and dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP) as substrates.
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Gene expression and characterization of isoprene synthase from Populus alba.
TL;DR: PaIspS expressed in Escherichia coli was characterized enzymatically: it had an optimum pH of approximately 8.0, and an optimum temperature 40 °C, and its preference for divalent cations for its activity was studied.
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Cloning and characterization of naringenin 8-prenyltransferase, a flavonoid-specific prenyltransferase of Sophora flavescens.
TL;DR: SfN8DT-1 represents the first flavonoid-specific prenyltransferase identified in plants and paves the way for the identification and characterization of further genes responsible for the production of this large and important class of secondary metabolites.
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Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a cDNA for Pterocarpan 4-Dimethylallyltransferase Catalyzing the Key Prenylation Step in the Biosynthesis of Glyceollin, a Soybean Phytoalexin
TL;DR: The first identification of a pterocarpan-specific prenyltransferase provides new insights into plant secondary metabolism and in particular those reactions involved in the disease resistance mechanism of soybean as the penultimate gene of glyceollin biosynthesis.
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Plants utilize isoprene emission as a thermotolerance mechanism.
Kanako Sasaki,Takuya Saito,Mari Lämsä,Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey,Masashi Suzuki,Kiyoshi Ohyama,Toshiya Muranaka,Kazuaki Ohara,Kazufumi Yazaki +8 more
TL;DR: High isoprene emission and a decrease in the leaf surface temperature were observed in transgenic plants under heat stress treatment, suggesting that isopren emission plays a crucial role in a heat protection mechanism in plants.