Kojima, K., Juma, K.M., Akagi, S., Hayashi, K., Takita, T., O’Sullivan, C.K., Fujiwara, S., Nakura, Y., Yanagihara, I., Yasukawa, K.*: Solvent engineering studies on recombinase polymerase amplification. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, in press.
Baba, M., Kojima, K., Nishimura, T., Sugiura, T., Takita, T., Uehara, R., Crouch, R.J., Yasukawa, K.*: Val143 of human ribonuclease H2 is not critical for, but plays a role in determining catalytic activity and substrate specificity. PLoS ONE, 15, e0228774 (2020).
Nishimura, T., Baba, M., Ogawa, S., Kojima, K., Takita, T., Crouch, R.J., Yasukawa, K.*: Characterization of six recombinant human RNase H2 bearing Aicardi-Goutiéres syndrome causing mutations. The Journal of Biochemistry, 166, 537-545 (2019).
Tsukiashi, M., Baba, M., Kojima, K., Himeda, K., Takita, T., Yasukawa, K.*: Construction and characterization of ribonuclease H2 knockout NIH3T3 cells. The Journal of Biochemistry, 165, 249-256 (2019).
Kojima, K., Baba, M., Tsukiashi, M., Nishimura, T., Yasukawa, K.*: RNA/DNA structures recognized by RNase H2. Briefings in Functional Genomics,18, 169-173 (2018).
Baba, M., Kojima, K., Nakase, R., Imai, S., Yamasaki, T., Takita, T., Crouch, R.J., Yasukawa, K.*: Effects of neutral salts and pH on the activity and stability of human RNase H2. The Journal of Biochemistry, 162, 211-219 (2017).
Kojima, K., Nakata, H., Inouye, K.*: Involvement of Val 315 located in the C-terminal region of thermolysin in its expression in Escherichia coli and its thermal stability. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1844, 330-338 (2014).
Daba, T., Kojima, K., Inouye, K.*: Chemical modification of wheat β-amylase by trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid, methoxypolyethylene glycol, and glutaraldehyde to improve its thermal stability and activity. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 53, 420-426 (2013).
Daba, T., Kojima, K., Inouye, K.*: Interaction of wheat β-amylase with maltose and glucose as examined by fluorescence. The Journal of Biochemistry, 154, 85-92 (2013).
Daba, T., Kojima, K., Inouye, K.*: Characterization and solvent engineering of wheat β-amylase for enhancing its activity and stability. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 51, 245-251 (2012).
Kojima, K., Inouye, K.*: Activation of matriptase zymogen. The Journal of Biochemistry, 150, 123-125 (2011).
Inouye, K.*, Tsuzuki, S., Yasumoto, M., Kojima, K., Mochida, S., Fushiki, T.: Identification of the matriptase second CUB domain as the secondary site for interaction with hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, 33394-33403 (2010).
Kojima, K., Tsuzuki, S., Fushiki, T., Inouye, K.*: Role of the stem domain of matriptase in the interaction with its physiological inhibitor, hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type I. The Journal of Biochemistry, 145, 783-790 (2009).
Kojima, K., Tsuzuki, S., Fushiki, T., Inouye, K.*: The activity of a type II transmembrane serine protease, matriptase, is dependent solely on the catalytic domain. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 73, 454-456 (2009).
Kojima, K., Tsuzuki, S., Fushiki, T., Inouye, K.*: Roles of functional and structural domains of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 1 in the inhibition of matriptase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283, 2478-2487 (2008).
口頭発表・ポスター
Keiko Ishizuka, Yuto Tsutsumi, Misato Baba, Kosaku Nishimura, Keishi Hata, Saori Takahashi, Shozo Sakuda, Teisuke Takita, Kenji Kojima, Kiyoshi Yasukawa:Inhibition of the DNA polymerase activities of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and HIV-1 replication by Brasenia schreberi (Junsai). The 7th International Conference on Food Factors,2019年12月2日,神戸国際会議場(兵庫県神戸市).[ポスター発表]
Kenji Kojima, Itaru Yanagihara, Shinsuke Fujiwara, Manish Biyani, Kiyoshi Yasukawa:Recombinase polymerase amplification,India-Japan International Conference BICON 2019,2019年9月24日,Biyani Group of colleges, Jaipur, India.[口頭発表]
Kenji Kojima,Misato Baba,Takuto Nishimura,Takuya Sugiura,Teisuke Takita,Ryo Uehara,Robert J. Crouch,Kiyoshi Yasukawa:Mutations of Val143 in the catalytic subunit of human RNase H2 affect its substrate preference. 15th international RNase H meeting,2018年9月6日,Staszic Palace, Warsaw, Poland.[口頭発表]
Kenji Kojima:Roles of the domain structure of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type 1 in the inhibition of matriptase,The 37th Midwest Enzyme Chemistry Conference,2017年10月14日,Loyola University,Chicago,USA.[ポスター発表]
Kenji Kojima, Misato Baba, Rihoko Nakase, Shota Imai, Tomomi Yamasaki, Robert J. Crouch, Teisuke Takita, Kiyoshi Yasukawa:Effects of neutral salts on catalytic activity and stability of human RNase H2」14th international RNase H meeting,2016年9月4日,京都大学 吉田キャンパス(京都市).[口頭発表]