Researcher Information
last modified:2025年11月23日
Assistant Professor YANAI, Taro
Faculty, Affiliation
Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Engineering
College and School Educational Field
Laboratory
Academic Background
Career
Kanazawa University Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Engineering(2025/05-)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (PD)(2025/04-2025/04)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowships for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC2)(2024/04-2025/03)
Year & Month of Birth
Academic Society
The Japanese Biochemical Society
Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
Award
○しろまるThe Dean's Award of Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology(2025/03)
○しろまるJB Award(2024/06)
○しろまるPresentation Prize(2021/06)
Specialities
Speciality Keywords
Research Themes
Books
Papers
- Transient metabolon dynamics tune enzyme specificity Riki Imaizumi,Toshiyuki Waki,Yoshikazu Hattori,Kohei Takeshita,Miru Sumita,Kazutomo Kawaguchi,Hiroyuki Kumeta,Kenichi Umeda,Kyohei Sato,Taro Yanai,Hiroaki Matsuura,Takeshi Yokoyama,Risa Omura,Kayo Nakatani,Naoki Sakai,Yukimura Kawagiwa,Yamato Doi,Aoi Yasuda,Takuya Nakano,Kaichi Uno,Kunihiro Yoshida,Misato Tsunashima,Tomohide Saio,Yoshikazu Tanaka,Seiji Takahashi,Noriyuki Kodera,Kunishige Kataoka,Masaki Yamamoto,Satoshi Yamashita,Toru Nakayama 2025年08月29日
- Structural insights into catalytic promiscuity of chalcone synthase from Glycine max (L.) Merr.: Coenzyme A-induced alteration of product specificity Toshiyuki Waki,Riki Imaizumi,Kaichi Uno,Yamato Doi,Misato Tsunashima,Sayumi Yamada,Ryo Mameda,Shun Nakata,Taro Yanai,Kohei Takeshita,Naoki Sakai,Kunishige Kataoka,Masaki Yamamoto,Seiji Takahashi,Toru Nakayama,Satoshi Yamashita Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 718 2024年07月23日
- Biosynthesis of unnatural polyisoprenes by engineered prenyltransferases on rubber particles Seiji Takahashi,Miki Suenaga-Hiromori,Tomoki Ishii,Nadia Nur Shazana Binti Abu Talib Khan,Tomoyo Mikami,Tomohiro Takahashi,Chiho Minakawa,Fumihiro Yanbe,Toshiyuki Waki,Toru Nakayama,Riki Imaizumi,Taro Yanai,Kunishige Kataoka,Satoshi Yamashita,Kohei Takeshita,Hiroaki Matsuura,Naoki Sakai,Masaki Yamamoto,Haruhiko Yamaguchi,Yukino Miyagi-Inoue,Kazuhisa Fushihara,Yuzuru Tozawa 2024年07月03日
- Structural-Functional Correlations between Unique N-terminal Region and C-terminal Conserved Motif in Short-chain cis-Prenyltransferase from Tomato Riki Imaizumi,Hiroaki Matsuura,Taro Yanai,Kohei Takeshita,Shuto Misawa,Haruhiko Yamaguchi,Naoki Sakai,Yukino Miyagi-Inoue,Miki Suenaga-Hiromori,Toshiyuki Waki,Kunishige Kataoka,Toru Nakayama,Masaki Yamamoto,Seiji Takahashi,Satoshi Yamashita ChemBioChem 25 7 2024年04月02日
- Structural insights into a bacterial β-glucosidase capable of degrading sesaminol triglucoside to produce sesaminol: toward the understanding of the aglycone recognition mechanism by the C-terminal lid domain Taro Yanai,Yukino Takahashi,Eri Katsumura,Naoki Sakai,Kohei Takeshita,Riki Imaizumi,Hiroaki Matsuura,Shuntaro Hongo,Toshiyuki Waki,Seiji Takahashi,Masaki Yamamoto,Kunishige Kataoka,Toru Nakayama,Satoshi Yamashita Journal of Biochemistry 174 4 335 2023年10月01日
Conference Presentations
- Characterization of N- and C-terminal domains of HRBP comprising the natural rubber biosynthetic machinery(conference:The International Symposium on Biopolymers 2024 (ISBP2024))(2024年10月21日)
- Protein engineering, purification and characterization of a regulatory protein for cis-prenyltransferase from plant(conference:The 15th International Meeting on the Biosynthesis, Function, and Synthetic Biology of Isoprenoids (TERPNET2023))(2023年08月02日)
- Aglycone recognition of a bacterial β-glucosidase that is highly specific to sesaminol triglucoside to produce sesaminol(conference:The 2021 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem2021))(2021年12月18日)
- The Crystal Structure of Sesame Lignan Glycoside Hydrolase and the Novel Function of its C-terminal Domain(conference:The 2024 Annual Meeting of The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry)(2024年03月27日)
- Inhibition analysis and co-crystallization trial of sesaminol glycoside hydrolase with thioglucoside detergent(conference:The 2021 Annual Meeting of The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry (Online))(2021年03月21日)
- Purification and characterization of N-terminally truncated HRBP, a regulatory protein for natural rubber synthase(conference:The 95th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society)(2022年11月10日)
- Novel Function of the C-terminal Domain of Sesaminol Glycoside Hydrolase Suggested by X-ray Crystallography(conference:The 96th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society)(2023年11月02日)
- Enzymatic analysis and structural determination of a bacterial glycohydrolase that is capable of degrading sesame lignans(conference:The 2nd Irkutsk and Kanazawa University Chemistry Symposium)(2021年10月01日)