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Kazumi Hiraga
Researcher at Kyoto Institute of Technology
Publications - 45
Citations - 2834
Kazumi Hiraga is an academic researcher from Kyoto Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Peptide sequence & Thermolysin. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 44 publications receiving 1871 citations. Previous affiliations of Kazumi Hiraga include Teijin.
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A Bacterium That Degrades and Assimilates Poly(ethylene Terephthalate)
Shosuke Yoshida,Kazumi Hiraga,Toshihiko Takehana,Ikuo Taniguchi,Hironao Yamaji,Yasuhito Maeda,Kiyotsuna Toyohara,Kenji Miyamoto,Yoshiharu Kimura,Kohei Oda +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a new bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6, was found to be able to use PET as its major energy and carbon source, producing two enzymes capable of hydrolyzing PET and the reaction intermediate, mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalic acid.
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Biodegradation of PET: Current Status and Application Aspects
Ikuo Taniguchi,Shosuke Yoshida,Shosuke Yoshida,Kazumi Hiraga,Kenji Miyamoto,Yoshiharu Kimura,Kohei Oda +6 more
TL;DR: PET degrading microorganisms and the enzymes involved, along with the evolution of PHEs to address the issues that hamper microbial and enzymatic PE...
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Production of N-acetyl-d-glucosamine from α-chitin by crude enzymes from Aeromonas hydrophila H-2330
Hitoshi Sashiwa,Shizu Fujishima,Naoko Yamano,Norioki Kawasaki,Atsuyoshi Nakayama,Einosuke Muraki,Kazumi Hiraga,Kohei Oda,Sei-ichi Aiba +8 more
TL;DR: The selective and efficient production of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) was achieved from flake type of alpha-chitin by using crude enzymes derived from Aeromonas hydrophila H-2330.
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Enniatin has a new function as an inhibitor of Pdr5p, one of the ABC transporters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
TL;DR: It was found that enniatins are potent and specific inhibitors for Pdr5p, with less toxicities than that of FK506.
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Ideonella sakaiensis sp. nov., isolated from a microbial consortium that degrades poly(ethylene terephthalate)
TL;DR: The strain represents a novel species of the genus Ide onella, for which the name Ideonella sakaiensis sp.