Kenji Soda

TL;DR: The enzyme showed a 1,3-positional specificity toward triolein and was stable between pH 6 and 9, and the optimal pH for the enzymatic hydrolysis of tributyrin was around 8.2, while the enzyme was unstable at temperatures higher than 45°C.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the production of a strain of polyγ-glutamic acid and recent developments with respect to applications in terms of Ca absorption, moisturizing properties, γ-PGA conjugation, super absorbent polymer, and so on is presented.

TL;DR: L-Lysine alpha-oxidase from Trichoderma viride Y244-2 has been purified to homogeneity and several lysine analogs such as delta-hydroxylysine are oxidized efficiently.

TL;DR: Three genes encoding a poly-gamma-glutamate synthetic system of Bacillus subtilis IFO 3336 (Bacillus natto) were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli, resulting in a higher polymer yield and co-expression of glutamate racemase gene in E. coli cells harboring pgsBCA genes increased both the polymer production and D-glUTamate content in the polymer.

TL;DR: There are some striking similarities between the active sites of D-AAT and the corresponding enzyme that transaminates L-amino acids, L-aspartate aminotransferase that represent convergent evolution to a common solution of the problem of enforcing transamination chemistry on the PLP cofactor.