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K. Funane

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K. Funane — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 21
Works: 87
Citations: 1,012

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Characterization of an isoform of rice starch branching enzyme, RBE4, in developing seeds.
K. Mizuno, E. Kobayashi, Masato Tachibana, T. Kawasaki +4 more
2001Plant and Cell Physiology70 citations
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Inhibition of dextran and mutan synthesis by cycloisomaltooligosaccharides.
M. Kobayashi, K. Funane, Tetsuya Oguma
1995Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry55 citations
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Structural Elucidation of Dextran Degradation Mechanism by Streptococcus mutans Dextranase Belonging to Glycoside Hydrolase Family 66*
N. Suzuki, Young-Min Kim, Z. Fujimoto, M. Momma +4 more
2012Journal of Biological Chemistry50 citations Open access
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Truncation of N- and C-terminal regions of Streptococcus mutans dextranase enhances catalytic activity
Young-Min Kim, Ryoko Shimizu, H. Nakai, H. Mori +6 more
2011Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology49 citations Open access
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An active-site peptide containing the second essential carboxyl group of dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides by chemical modifications.
K. Funane, M. Shiraiwa, K. Hashimoto, Eiji Ichishima +1 more
1993Biochemistry49 citations
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A novel cyclic isomaltooligosaccharide (cycloisomaltodecaose, CI-10) produced by Bacillus circulans T-3040 displays remarkable inclusion ability compared with cyclodextrins.
K. Funane, Kazue Terasawa, Y. Mizuno, H. Ono +7 more
2007Journal of Biotechnology42 citations
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Water-soluble and water-insoluble glucans produced by Escherichia coli recombinant dextransucrases from Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-512F.
K. Funane, T. Ishii, Mayumi Matsushita, K. Hori +4 more
2001Carbohydrate Research39 citations
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Structural Elucidation of the Cyclization Mechanism of α-1,6-Glucan by Bacillus circulans T-3040 Cycloisomaltooligosaccharide Glucanotransferase*
N. Suzuki, Z. Fujimoto, Young-Min Kim, M. Momma +7 more
2014Journal of Biological Chemistry38 citations Open access
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Gene Encoding a Dextransucrase-like Protein in Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-512F
K. Funane, K. Mizuno, H. Takahara, M. Kobayashi
2000Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry31 citations
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An arginyl residue in rice UDP-arabinopyranose mutase is required for catalytic activity and autoglycosylation.
T. Konishi, M. Ohnishi-Kameyama, K. Funane, Y. Miyazaki +2 more
2010Carbohydrate Research29 citations
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Novel Dextranase Catalyzing Cycloisomaltooligosaccharide Formation and Identification of Catalytic Amino Acids and Their Functions Using Chemical Rescue Approach*
Young-Min Kim, Y. Kiso, T. Muraki, Min-Sun Kang +15 more
2012Journal of Biological Chemistry28 citations Open access
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Isolation of Bacillus and Paenibacillus Bacterial Strains That Produce Large Molecules of Cyclic Isomaltooligosaccharides
K. Funane, Kazue Terasawa, Y. Mizuno, H. Ono +6 more
2008Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry28 citations Open access
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Bacteroidota polysaccharide utilization system for branched dextran exopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria
Shuntaro Nakamura, Rikuya Kurata, T. Tonozuka, K. Funane +2 more
2023Journal of Biological Chemistry26 citations Open access
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Aggregated form of dextransucrases from Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-512F and its constitutive mutant.
K. Funane, M. Yamada, M. Shiraiwa, H. Takahara +3 more
1995Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry25 citations
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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron VPI‐5482 glycoside hydrolase family 66 homolog catalyzes dextranolytic and cyclization reactions
Young-Min Kim, Eiji Yamamoto, Min-Sun Kang, H. Nakai +9 more
2012The FEBS Journal23 citations
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Extracellular production of cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase and cyclodextran by a protease-deficient Bacillus subtilis host–vector system
Y. Kawabata, K. Kimura, K. Funane
2011Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology23 citations
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Identification of Catalytic Amino Acids of Cyclodextran Glucanotransferase from Bacillus circulans T-3040
Tomoko Yamamoto, Kazue Terasawa, Young-Min Kim, A. Kimura +3 more
2006Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry22 citations
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Analysis of essential histidine residues of maize branching enzymes by chemical modification and site-directed mutagenesis
K. Funane, N. Libessart, Douglas L. Stewart, Toru Michishita +1 more
1998Journal of Protein Chemistry22 citations
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Production of natto starter
J. Sulistyo, N. Taya, K. Funane, K. Kiuchi
198822 citations Open access
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Paenibacillus sp. 598K 6-α-glucosyltransferase is essential for cycloisomaltooligosaccharide synthesis from α-(1 → 4)-glucan
H. Ichinose, R. Suzuki, T. Miyazaki, K. Kimura +5 more
2017Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology21 citations Open access
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Carbohydrate-binding architecture of the multi-modular α-1,6-glucosyltransferase from Paenibacillus sp. 598K, which produces α-1,6-glucosyl-α-glucosaccharides from starch.
Z. Fujimoto, N. Suzuki, N. Kishine, H. Ichinose +3 more
2017Biochemical Journal21 citations
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Biochemical characterization of a novel cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase from Paenibacillus sp. 598K.
R. Suzuki, Kazue Terasawa, K. Kimura, Z. Fujimoto +4 more
2012Biochimica et Biophysica Acta21 citations
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Changes in linkage pattern of glucan products induced by substitution of Lys residues in the dextransucrase
K. Funane, T. Ishii, H. Ono, M. Kobayashi
2005FEBS Letters21 citations Open access
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Deletion analysis of regions at the C-terminal part of cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase from Bacillus circulans T-3040.
K. Funane, Y. Kawabata, R. Suzuki, Young-Min Kim +5 more
2011Biochimica et Biophysica Acta20 citations
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Conformation and physical properties of cycloisomaltooligosaccharides in aqueous solution.
Shiho Suzuki, Takashi Yukiyama, Arata Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Yuguchi +2 more
2014Carbohydrate Polymers19 citations
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Isomaltooligosaccharide-binding structure of Paenibacillus sp. 598K cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase
Z. Fujimoto, N. Kishine, N. Suzuki, R. Suzuki +4 more
2017Bioscience Reports18 citations Open access
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Glucan binding regions of dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-512F.
K. Funane, T. Ookura, M. Kobayashi
1998Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry15 citations
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Sugar Composition of Beet Pulp Polysaccharides and Their Enzymatic Hydrolysis
M. Kobayashi, K. Funane, Hiromasa Ueyama, S. Ohya +2 more
199315 citations Open access
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Structure of a bacterial α-1,2-glucosidase defines mechanisms of hydrolysis and substrate specificity in GH65 family hydrolases
Shuntaro Nakamura, T. Nihira, Rikuya Kurata, H. Nakai +3 more
2021Journal of Biological Chemistry13 citations Open access
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Combined Drug Resistance Mutations Substantially Enhance Enzyme Production in Paenibacillus agaridevorans
K. Funane, Yukinori Tanaka, T. Hosaka, Kiriko Murakami +9 more
2018Journal of Bacteriology13 citations Open access
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Evidence for cycloisomaltooligosaccharide production from starch by Bacillus circulans T-3040
K. Funane, H. Ichinose, M. Araki, R. Suzuki +4 more
2014Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology11 citations
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Development of a rifampicin-resistant Bacillus subtilis strain for natto-fermentation showing enhanced exoenzyme production.
Y. Kubo, Takashi Inaoka, Tsuyoshi Hachiya, Masayuki Miyake +6 more
2013Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering11 citations
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A novel intracellular dextranase derived from Paenibacillus sp. 598K with an ability to degrade cycloisomaltooligosaccharides
Daiki Mizushima, T. Miyazaki, Yuh Shiwa, K. Kimura +7 more
2019Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology10 citations Open access
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Finding of cyclodextrans and attempts of their industrialization for cariostatic oligosaccharides
K. Funane, T. Tokashiki, Shigehachi Gibu, Y. Kawabata +5 more
200710 citations Open access
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Construction of Chimeric Glucansucrases for Analyzing Substrate-binding Regions That Affect the Structure of Glucan Products
K. Funane, T. Ishii, Kazue Terasawa, Tomoko Yamamoto +1 more
2004Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry10 citations Open access
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A Computer‐Aided Strategy for Structure‐Function Relation Study of Food Proteins Using Unsupervised Data Mining
S. Nakai, M. Ogawa, Soichiro Nakamura, J. Dou +1 more
20039 citations
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Xylan-mediated aggregation of Lactobacillus brevis and its relationship with the surface properties and mucin-mediated aggregation of the bacteria
K. Saito, Toshihide Nakamura, Isao Kobayashi, M. Ohnishi-Kameyama +3 more
2014Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry8 citations
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Molecular engineering of cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase from Bacillus circulans T-3040: structural determinants for the reaction product size and reactivity.
R. Suzuki, N. Suzuki, Z. Fujimoto, M. Momma +4 more
2015Biochemical Journal7 citations
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Characterization of Glucans and Glucansucrases from Novel Leuconostoc Strains (Including sp. S-51)
K. Funane, Tomohiro Matsuo, H. Ono, T. Ishii +3 more
20036 citations Open access
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Metabolism of S-Sulfocysteine in Salmonella typhimurium. Role of Thioredoxin in the Reduction of S-Sulfocysteine
K. Funane, H. Iwahashi, Taro Nakamura
19876 citations Open access
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Loss of poly-γ-glutamic Acid Synthesis of Bacillus subtilis (natto) Due to IS4Bsu1 Translocation to swrA Gene
K. Kimura, L. Tran, K. Funane
20115 citations Open access
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Sucrose- and Dextran-binding Sites of Dextransucrase Analyzed by Chemical Modification with o-Phthalaldehyde
K. Funane, Tomoji Arai, Y. Chiba, K. Hashimoto +2 more
19955 citations
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Condensation of Dextran-dialdehyde with Amino Acids under Nonreductive Conditions
M. Kobayashi, K. Funane
19935 citations
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Pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase : its oligomeric forms in mature green tomato fruit
M. Kobayashi, K. Funane, S. Ohya, H. Torikoshi +2 more
19925 citations
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Identiﬁcation and Characterization of Dextran α -1,2-Debranching Enzyme from Microbacterium dextranolyticum
T. Miyazaki, Hidekazu Tanaka, Shuntaro Nakamura, H. Dohra +1 more
5 citations
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Instructions for use Title Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of dextranase from Streptococcus mutans
Nobuhiro Suzuki, Young-Min, Kim, Z. Fujimoto +8 more
20174 citations
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of N-and C-terminal
Young-Min Kim, R. Shimizu, H. Nakai, H. Mori +7 more
20233 citations
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Mutatio of a Bacillus Cyclodextran Glucanotransferase to Increase Its Reaction Velocity
K. Funane, S. Nakai, Kazue Terasawa, Tetsuya Oguma +3 more
20033 citations Open access
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Reaction of a Rice Branching Enzyme, RBEI, on Various Kinds of Starches Analyzed by High-Performance Anion Exchange Chromatography
K. Funane, K. Mizuno, Kazue Terasawa, Y. Kitamura +2 more
19993 citations Open access
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Mold Pectinase Modified with Dialdehyde Derivatives of Dextran and Cellulose.
M. Kobayashi, Y. Chiba, K. Funane, S. Ohya +1 more
1996Bioscience, biotechnology and biochemistry3 citations
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