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2024
  • K. Yoshioka, K. Hoon, N. De Ridder, R. Vanholme, S. Kajita, W. Boerjan, J. Ralph
    Hydroxycinnamaldehyde-derived benzofuran components in lignins.
    Plant Physiology, 194, 1370-1382

2023
  • 妬揷恀栫丄抮揷搘
    摿堎側暘巕峔憿偺儕僌僯儞傪偮偔傞乽愒嵽孠乿偺慛楉側愒偄栘嵽
    嶾巺丒崺拵僶僀僆僥僢僋, 92, 25-31

2022
  • S. Hu., N. Kamimura, S. Sakamoto, S. Nagano., N. Takata, S. Liu, G. Goeminne, R. Vanholme, M. Uesugi, M. Yamamoto, S. Hishiyama, H. Kim, W. Boerjan, J. Ralph, E. Masai, N. Mitsuda, S. Kajita
    Rerouting of the lignin biosynthetic pathway by inhibition of cytosolic shikimate recycling in transgenic hybrid aspen.
    Plant Journal, 110, 358-376
  • D. Menard, L. Blaschek, K. Kriechbaum, C.C. Lee, H. Serk, C. Zhu, A. Lyubartsev, Nuoendagula, Z. Bacsik, L. Bergstrom, A. Mathew, S. Kajita, E. Pesquet
    Plant biomechanics and resilience to environmental changes are controlled by specific lignin chemistries in each vascular cell type and morphotype.
    Plant Cell, 34, 4877-4896
  • N. Kamimura, S. Watanabe, K. Sugimoto., M. Senda, T. Araki, H. Y. Yu, S. Hishiyama, S. Kajita, T. Senda, E. Masai
    Exploration and structure-based engineering of alkenal double bond reductases catalyzing the C兛-C兝 double bond reduction of coniferaldehyde.
    New Biotechnology, 68, 57-67

2021
  • 妬揷恀栫
    儕僌僯儞峔憿傪夵曄偟偨栘幙傪憂傞
    傾僌儕僶僀僆, 5, 24-28
  • T. Ikeda, N. Takata, S. Sakamoto, S. Hu, Nuoendagula, S. Hishiyama, N. Mitsuda, W. Boerjan, J. Ralph, S. Kajita.
    Improved chemical pulping and saccharification of a natural mulberry mutant deficient in cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.
    Holzforschung, 75, 968-977
  • 帩揷 桾巌丆娸 夒悡丆彫杧 峲暯丆晲惗 夽悽丆嬤摗 彨恖丆層 愇丆栰懞 媊岹丆怴曐 攷丆妬揷 恀栫
    摿堎側嵽怓傪掓偡傞僋儚偺帺慠撍慠曄堎懱乽愒嵽孠乿偺帞椏岠棪偵娭偡傞専摙
    嶾巺丒崺拵僶僀僆僥僢僋, 90, 91-98
  • M. T. Nakata, S. Sakamoto, Nuoendagula, S. Kajita, N. Mitsuda.
    Fiber cell-specific expression of the VP16-fused Ethylene Response Factor 41 (ERF041) protein increases biomass yield and alters lignin composition.
    Frontiers in Plant Science, 12,
    654655

2020
  • H. Hachisuka, S. Fukuda, M. Iwase, S. Inagaki, H. Tomiyama. H. Okuizumi, A. Koyama, S. Kajita.
    Detection protocol for a mutant allele on the CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE 1 locus of the Morus species and search trial for the allele in the natural mulberry population of Okushiri Island.
    Lignin, 1, 42-50

  • M. Yamamoto, H. Tomiyama, A. Koyama, H. Okuizumi, S. Liu, R. Vanholme, G. Goeminne, Y. Hirai, S. Hu, Nuoendagula, N. Takata, T. Ikeda, M. Uesugi, H. Kim, S. Sakamoto, N. Mitsuda, W. Boerjan, J. Ralph, S. Kajita.
    A century-old mystery unveiled: Sekizaisou is a natural lignin mutant.
    Plant Physiology, 182, 1821-1828
  • S. Sakamoto, N. Kamimura, Y. Tokue, M. Nakata, M. Yamamoto, S. Hu, E. Masai, N. Mitsuda, S. Kajita.
    Identification of enzymatic genes with the potential to reduce biomass recalcitrance through lignin manipulation in Arabidopsis.
    Biotechnology for Biofuels, 13, 97

  • M. Yamamoto, L. Blaschek, E. Subbotina, S. Kajita, E. Pesquet.
    Importance of lignin coniferaldehyde residues for plant properties and sustainable uses.
    ChemSusChem, 13, 4400-4408
  • Nabuqi, Nuoendagula, S. Wu, N. Takata, S. Sakamoto, M. Yamamoto, M. Uesugi, A. Dejardin,G. Pilate, T. Taniguchi, N. Mitsuda, S. Kajita.
    Simultaneous manipulation of lignin structure and secondary cell wall formation in transgenic poplar.
    Journal of Wood Science, 66, 56
  • S. Hirano, Y. Yamagishi, S. Nakaba, S. Kajita, R. Funada, Y. Horikawa.
    Artificial lignified cell wall catalyzed by peroxidase selectively localized on a network of microfibrils from cultured cells.
    Planta, 251, 104
  • L. Blaschek, Nuoendagula, Z. Bacsik, S. Kajita, E. Pesquet.
    Determining the genetic regulation and coordination of lignification in stem tissues of Arabidopsis using semi-quantitative Raman microspectroscopy.
    ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering,8, 4900-4909
  • L. Blaschek, A. Champagne, C. Dimotakis, Nuoendagula, R. Decou, S. Hishiyama, S. Kratzer, S. Kajita, E. Pesquet.
    Cellular and genetic regulation of coniferaldehyde incorporation in lignin of herbaceous and woody plants by quantitative Wiesner staining.
    Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 109
  • K. Sato-Izawa, M. Ito, Nuoendagula, S. Kajita, S. Nakamura, T. Matsumoto, H. Ezura.
    Distinct deposition of ester-linked ferulic and p-coumaric acids to the cell wall of developing sorghum internodes.
    Plant Biotechnology, 37, 15-23

2019
  • N. Kamimura, S. Sakamoto, N. Mitsuda, E. Masai, S. Kajita.
    Advances in microbial lignin degradation and its applications.
    Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 56, 179-186
  • Y. Osako, N. Takata, Nuoendagula, S. Ishikawa, T. Umezawa, T. Taniguchi, S. Kajita.
    Expression analysis of cellulose synthases that comprise the Type II complex in hybrid aspen.
    Plant Biology, 21, 361-370

2018
  • Nuoendagula, Y. Tsuji, N. Takata, S. Sakamoto, A. Nakagawa-Izumi, T. Taniguchi, J. Ralph, N. Mitsuda, S. Kajita.
    Change in lignin structure, but not in lignin content, in transgenic poplar overexpressing the rice master regulator of secondary cell wall biosynthesis. Physiologia Plantarum, 163, 170-182
  • A.N. Htet, M. Noguchi, K. Ninomiya, Y. Tsuge, K. Kuroda, S. Kajita, E. Masai, Y. Katayama, K. Shikinaka, Y. Otsuka, M. Nakamura, R. Honda, T. Takahashi.
    Application of microalgae hydrolysate as a fermentation medium for microbial production of 2-pyrone 4,6-dicarboxylic acid.
    Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 125, 717-722

2017
  • Nuoendagula, M. Narushima, M. Uesugi, Y. Murai, Y. Katayama, Y. Iimura, S. Kajita;
    In vitro regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of male- sterile marigold (Tagetes erecta L.).
    Plant Biotechnology, 34, 125-129

2016
  • S. Kondo, K. Sugimura, Y. Okamura, K. Mase, K. Sato-Izawa, Y. Otsuka, S. Kajita, E. Masai, M. Nakamura, T. Sonoki, Y. Katayama;
    Stable chiral carboxymuconolactone production from a lignin-related aromatic compound, protochatechuic acid.
    Fermentation Technology, 5, 135
  • Y. Okamura-Abe, T. Abe, K. Nishimura, Y. Kawata, K. Sato-Izawa, Y. Otsuka, M. Nakamura, S. Kajita, E. Masai, T. Sonoki, Y. Katayama;
    Beta-ketoadipic acid and muconolactone production from a lignin-related aromatic compound through the protocatechuate 3,4-metabolic pathway.
    Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 121, 652-658
  • Nuoendagula, N. Kamimura, T. Mori, R. Nakabayashi, Y. Tsuji, S. Hishiyama, K. Saito, E. Masai, S. Kajita;
    Expression and functional analysis of a putative phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Plant Cell Reports, 35, 513-526

2015
  • K. Takahashi, Y. Hirose, N. Kamimura, S. Hishiyama, H. Hara, T. Araki, D. Kasai, S. Kajita, Y. Katayama, M. Fukuda, E. Masai;
    Membrane-associated glucose-methanol-choline oxidoreductase family enzymes, PhcC and PhcD, are essential for enantioselective catabolism of dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81, 8022-8036

  • Y. Tsuji, R. Vanholme, Y. Tobimatsu, Y. Ishikawa, C.E. Foster, N. Kamimura, S. Hishiyama, S. Hashimono, A. Shino, H. Hara, K. Sato-Izawa, P. Oyarce, G. Goeminne, K. Morreel, J. Kikuchi, T. Takano, M. Fukuda, Y. Kayayama, W. Boerjan, J. Ralph, E. Masai, S. Kajita;
    Introduction of chemically labile substructures into Arabidopsis lignin through the use of LigD, the C兛-dehydrogenase from Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.
    Plant Biotechnology Journal, 13, 821-832
  • H. Endo, M. Yamaguchi,T. Tamura, Y. Nakano, N. Nishikubo, A. Yoneda, K. Kato, M. Kubo, S. Kajita,Y. Katayama,M. Ohtani, T. Demura; Multiple classes of transcription factors regulate the expression of VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN7, a master switch of xylem vessel differentiation. Plant and Cell Physiology, 56, 242-254

2014
  • M. Tamura, Y. Tsuji, T. Kusunose, A. Okazawa, N. Kamimura, T. Mori, R. Nakabayashi, S. Hishiyama, Y. Fukuhara, H. Hara, K. Sato, T. Muranaka, K. Saito, Y. Katayama, M. Fukuda, E. Masai, S. Kajita;
    Successful expression of a novel bacterial gene for pinoresinol reductase and its effect on lignan biosynthesis in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 98, 8165-8177
  • K. Takahashi, N. Kamimura, S. Hishiyama, H. Hara, D. Kasai, Y. Katayama, M. Fukuda, S. Kajita, E. Masai;
    Characterization of the catabolic pathway for a phenylcoumara-type lignin-derived biaryl in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6.
    Biodegradation, 25, 735-745

2013
  • Y. Nakano, N. Nishikubo, K. Sato-Izawa, K. Mase, H. Kitano, S. Kajita, T. Demura, Y. Katayama;
    Transcription profiling identifies candidate genes for secondary cell wall formation and hydroxycinnamoyl-arabinoxylan biosynthesis in the rice internode.
    Plant Biotechnology, 30, 423-431
  • T. Furukawa, C. Sawaguchi, A. Watanabe, M. Takahashi, M. Nigorikawa, K. Furukawa, Y. Iimura, S. Kajita, T. Oguchi, Y. Ito, T Sonoki;
    Application of fungal laccase fused with cellulose-binding domain to develop low-lignin rice plants.
    Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 116, 616-619
  • D. Fukutomi, K. Yoshinaka, S. Kawamoto, T. Mitsunari, S. Kajita, S. Kawai;
    High-level production of fructooligosaccharides in transgenic tobacco.
    Plant Biotechnology, 30, 77-81

  • K. Shikinaka, Y. Hashimoto, S. Kajita, E. Masai, Y. Katayama, M. Nakamura, Y. Otsuka, S. Ohara, K. Shigehara;
    Thermoplastic polyesters of 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) obtained from a metabolic intermediate of lignin.
    Journal of the Society of Fiber Science and Technology, 69, 39-47
  • Y. Fukuhara, N. Kamimura, M. Nakajima, S. Hishiyama, H. Hara, D. Kasai, Y. Tsuji, S. Narita-Yamada, S. Nakamura, Y. Katano, N. Fujita, Y. Katayama, M. Fukuda, S. Kajita, E. Masai;
    Discovery of pinoresinol reductase genes in Sphingomonads.
    Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 52, 38-43

2012
  • K. Iwasaki, S. Omori, S. Kajita;
    Characterization for the clonal propagation of Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
    Propagation of Ornamental Plants, 12, 187-194
  • K. Sato-Izawa, S. Nakaba, K. Tamura, Y. Yamagishi, Y. Nakano, N. Nishikubo, S. Kawai, S. Kajita, M. Ashikari, R. Funada, Y. Katayama, H Kitano;
    DWARF50 (D50), a rice (Oryza sativa L.) gene encoding inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase, is required for proper development of intercalary meristem.
    Plant, Cell and Environment, 35, 2031-2044

  • T. Fujii, S. Sato, N. Matsui, T. Furuichi, S. Takenouchi, N. Nishikubo, Y. Suzuki, S. Kawai, T. Demura, S. Kajita, Y. Katayama;
    Enhancement of secondary xylem cell proliferation by Arabidopsis cyclin D overexpression in tobacco plants.
    Plant Cell Reports, 31, 1573-1580
  • Y. Suzuki, M. Nakamura, Y. Otsuka, N. Suzuki, K. Ohyama, T. Kawakami, K. Sato, S. Kajita, S. Hishiyama, A. Takahashi, Y. Katayama;
    Development of a highly sensitive assay for enzyme-mediated reductive degradation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin.
    Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 31, 1072-1075
  • S. Hishiyama, Y. Otsuka, M. Nakamura, S. Ohara, S. Kajita, E. Masai, Y. Katayama;
    Convenient synthesis of chiral lignin model compounds: Four stereoisomers of guaiacylgrycerol-beta-guaiacyl ether both enantiomers of 3-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-(2-methoxsyphenoxy)-propan-1-one (Erone).
    Tetrahedron Letters, 53, 842-845

2011
  • Y. Osakabe, S. Kajita, K. Osakabe;
    Genetic engineering of woody plants: Current and future targets in a stressful environment.
    Physiologia Plantarum, 142, 105-117
  • K. Sato, A. Kawamura, T. Obara, S. Kawai, S. Kajita, H. Kitano, Y. Katayama;
    Isolation of rice dwarf mutants with ectopic deposition of phenolic components including lignin in parenchyma cell.
    Plant Cell Reports, 30, 2195-2205
  • Y. Osakabe, S. Kajita, K. Osakabe;
    Abiotic stress responses in woody plants: Molecular perspective in engineering woody plant tolerance to abiotic stress and enhanced biomass.
    Lignin: Properties and applications in biotechnology and bioenergy, Ryan J Paterson eds, 455-466
  • T. Sonoki, S. Kajita, M. Uesugi, Y. Katayama, Y. Iimura;
    Effective removal of bisphenol A from contaminated areas by recombinant plant producing lignin peroxidase.
    Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology, 2, 1-3

  • Y. Suzuki, M. Nakamura, Y. Otsuka, N. Suzuki, K. Ohyama, T. Kawakami, K. Sato, S. Kajita, S. Hishiyama, T. Fujii, A. Takahashi, Y. Katayama;
    Novel enzymatic activity of cell free extract from thermophilic Geobacillus sp. UZO 3 catalyzes reductive cleavage of diaryl ether bonds of 2,7-dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.
    Chemosphere, 83, 868-872

2010
  • Z. Nasrin, M. Yoshikawa, Y. Nakamura, S. Begum, S. Nakaba, M. Uesugi, Y. Osakabe, T. Sonoki, K. Sato, R. Funada, Y. Iimura, Y. Katayama, S. Kajita;
    Overexpression of a fungal laccase gene induces non-dehiscent anthers and morphological changes in flowers of transgenic tobacco.
    Journal of Wood Science, 56, 460-469

  • K. Sato, R. Suzuki, N. Nishikubo, S. Takenouchi, S. Nakaba, Y. Sano, R. Funada, S. Kajita, H. KItano, Y. Katayama;
    Isolation of a novel cell wall architechture mutant of rice with defective Arabidopsis COBL4 ortholog BC1 required for regulated deposition of secondary cell wall components.
    Planta, 232, 257-270

  • K. Sato, S. Ito, T. Fujii, R. Suzuki, S. Takenouchi, S. Nakaba, R. FUnada, Y. Sano, S. Kajita, H. KItano, Y. Katayama;
    The carbohydrate-binding module (CBM)-like sequence is crucial for rice CWA1/BC1 function in proper assembly of secondary cell wall materials.
    Plant Singnaling and Behavior, 5, 1433-1436
2009
  • 惌堜塸巌, 妢堜戝曘, 暉揷夒晇, 戝捤桽堦榊, 旽嶳惓擇榊, 拞懞夒嵠, 戝尨惤帒, 晘拞堦梞, 廳尨弤岶, 妬揷恀栫, 曅嶳媊攷;
    僶僋僥儕傾偺儕僌僯儞戙幱宯夝柧偵婎偯偔儕僌僯儞棙梡媄弍偺奐敪
    栘嵽岺嬈媄弍抁怣27姫1崋, 1-12

  • S. Yamada, T. Ohta, C. Iizuka, K. Ozawa, Y. Katayama, S. Kajita;
    Isolation and molecular characterization of single-chain Fv antibodies raised against pollen allergens from Cryptomeria japonica D. Don.
    Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 73, 2399-2407

  • K. Sato, N. Nishikubo, Y. Mashino, K. Yoshitomi, J. Zhou, S. Kajita, Y. Katayama;
    Immunohistochemical localization of enzymes that catalize the long sequential pathway of lignin biosynthesis during differentiation of secondary xylem tissues of hybrid aspen.
    Tree Physiology, 29, 1599-1606

  • M. Nakajima, Y. Nishino, M. Tamura, K. Mase, E. Masai, Y. Otsuka, M. Nakamura, K. Sato, M. Fukuda, K. Shigehara, S. Ohara, Y. Katayama, S. Kajita;
    Biological conversion of glucose to a novel chemical building block, 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid.
    Metabolic Engineering, 11:213-220

  • T. Sonoki, E. Masai, K. Sato, S. Kajita, Y Katayama;
    Methoxyl groups of lignin are essential carbon donors in C1 metabolism of Sphingobium sp. SYK-6.
    Journal of Basic Microbiology, 49(S1), 98-102

  • I. Park, R. Funada, S. Kondo, S. Kajita, T. Kubo;
    Quantitative determination of magnolol in the callus from petioles and mature seeds of Magnolia obovata.
    Mokuzai Gakkaishi, 55, 163-169 (in Japanese)

  • M. Hishida, K. Shikinaka, Y. Katayama, S. Kajita, E. Masai, M. Nakamura, Y. Otsuka, S. Ohara, K. Shigehara;
    Polyesters of 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (PDC) as bio-based plastics exhibiting strong adhering properties.
    Polymer Journal, 41, 297-302

  • M. Hishida, K. Shikinaka, M. Inazawa, Y. Katayama, S. Kajita, E. Masai, M. Nakamura, Y. Otsuka, S. Ohara, K, Shigehara;
    Conductivecements based polyesters of PDC (2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid) obtained from as metabolic intermediate of lignin.
    Kobunshi Ronbunshu, 66, 141-146 (in Japanese)

2008
  • T. Shiokawa, S. Yamada, N. Futamura, K. Osanai, D. Murasugi, K. Shinohara, S. Kawai, N. Morohoshi, Y. Katatama, S. Kajita;
    Isolation and functional analysis of the CjNdly gene, a homolog in Cryptomeria japonica D. Don of FLORICAULA/LEAFY genes.
    Tree Physiology, 8, 21-28

2007
  • Y. Iimura, M. Yoshizumi, T. Sonoki, M. Uesugi, K. Tatsumi, K. Horiuchi, S. Kajita, Y. Katayama;
    Hybrid aspen with a transgene for fungal manganese peroxidase is a potential contributor to phytoremediation of the environment contaminated with bisphenol A.
    Journal of Wood Science, 53, 541-544

2006
  • K. Sato, K. Mase, Y. Nakano, N. Nishikubo, R. Sugita, Y. Tsuboi, S. Kajita, J. Zhou, H. Kitano, Y. Katayama;
    A 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase is regulated for the accumulation of polysaccharide-linked hydroxycinnamoyl esters in rice (Oryza sativa L.) internode cell walls.
    Plant Cell Reports, vol. 25, 676-688

2005
  • K. Nakaminami, K. Sasaki, S. Kajita, H. Takeda, D. Karlson, K. Ohgi, R. Imai;
    Heat stable ssDNA/RNA-binding activity of a wheat cold shock protein.
    FEBS Letters, vol. 579, 4887-4891

  • S. Kajita;
    Transgenic tree with low lignin content. Amazing strories of woods 乮Kino Bikkuri Banashi 100).
    Japan Wood Research Society eds., Kodansha Ltd. pp 126-127 (in Japanese)

  • T. Sonoki, S. Kajita, S. Ikeda, M. Uesugi, K. Tatsumi, Y. Katayama, Y. Iimura;
    Transgenic tobacco expressing fungal laccase promotes the detoxification of environmental pollutants.
    Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology vol. 67, 138-142

2004
  • S. Kajita, S. Sugawara, Y. Miyazaki, M. Nakamura, Y. Katayama, K. Shishido, Y. Iimura;
    Overproduction of recombinant laccase using a homologous expression system in Coriolus versicolor.
    Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology vol. 66, 194-199

  • Y. Nitta, Y. Miyazaki, M. Nakamura, Y. Iimura, K. Shishido, S. Kajita, N. Morohoshi;
    Molecular cloning of the promoter region of a gene for glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase for construction of an effective transformation system in the white-rot fungus Coriolus versicolor.
    Mycoscience vol. 45, 131-136

  • S. Kajita, F. Honaga, M. Uesugi, Y. Iimura, E. Masai, S. Kawai, M. Fukuda, N. Morohoshi, Y. Katayama;
    Generation of transgenic hybrid aspen that express a bacterial gene for feruloyl-CoA hydratase/lyase (FerB), which is involved in lignin degradation in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
    Journal of Wood Science vol. 50, 275-280

2003
  • S. Yamada, S. Kajita, T. Shiokawa, N. Morohoshi;
    Isolation and functional analysis of promoter sequence of Cryj 1 gene encoding one of major pollen allergenic proteins of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica).
    Plant Biotechnology, vol. 20, 241-245

  • Y. Li, S. Kajita, S. Kawai, Y. Katayama, N. Morohoshi;
    Down-regulation of an anionic peroxidase in transgenic aspen and its effect on lignin characteristic.
    Journal of Plant Research, vol. 116, 175-182

  • AM Boudet, S. Kajita, J. Grima-Pettenati, D. Goffner;
    Lignins and lignocellulosics: a better control of synthesis for new and improved uses.
    Trends in Plant Sciences vol. 8, 576-581

  • S. Kajita;
    Genetic manipulation of lignins. Secondary Xylem formation.
    K. Fukushima, R. Funada, J. Sugiyama, K. Takabe, T. Umezawa, H. Yamamoto eds., Kaiseisha Press, p240-249 (in Japanese)

  • Y. Otsuka, T Sonoki, S. Ikeda, S. Kajita, M. Nakamura, Y. Katayama;
    Detection and characterization of a novel extracellular fungal enzyme that catalyzes the specific and hydrolytic cleavage of lignin guaiacylglycerol beta-aryl ether linkages.
    European Journal of Biochemistry vol. 270, 2353-2362

2002
  • S. Kajita, M. Ishifuji, H. Ougiya, S. Hara, H. Kawabata, N. Morohoshi, Y. Katayama;
    Improvement in pulping and bleaching properties of xylem from transgenic tobacco plants.
    Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture vol. 82, 1216-1223

  • Y. Katayama, Y. Mashino, N. Nishikubo, K. Yoshitomi, R. Funada, S. Kajita;
    Immunohistochemical localization of enzymes related to lignin biosynthesis in the primary xylem of hybrid aspen.
    Journal of Wood Science, vol. 48, 457-466

  • T. Sonoki, Y. Ohtsuka, S. Ikeda, E. Masai, S. Kajita, Y. Katayama;
    Tetrahydrofolate-dependent vanillate and syringate O-demethylation: tight links to one-carbon metabolic pathway associated with amino acid synthesis and DNA methlation during lignin metabolism of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6.
    Journal of Wood Science vol. 48, 434-445

  • T. Sonoki, Y. Iimura, E. Masai, S. Kajita, Y. Katayama;
    Specific degradation of beta-aryl ether linkage in synthetic lignin (dehydrogenative polymerizate) by bacterial enzymes of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 produced in recombinant Escherichia coli.
    Journal of Wood Science vol. 48, 429-433

  • Y. Iimura, S. Ikeda, T. Sonoki, T. Hayakawa, S. Kajita, K. Kinbara, K. Tatsumi, Y. Katayama;
    Expression of a gene for Mn-peroxidase from Coriolus versicolor in transgenic tobacco generates potential tools for phytoremediation.
    Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology vol. 59, 246-251

  • T. Sonoki, Y. Otsuka, S. Ikeda, E. Masai, S. Kajita, Y. Katayama;
    Close association between the enzymes involved in the lignin metabolic pathway of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6: Interaction of O-demethylase (LigX) and ring fission dioxygenase (LigZ).
    Journal of Wood Science Vol. 48, 250-252

2001
  • N. Morohoshi and S. Kajita;
    Formation of a tree having lower lignin content.
    Journal of Plant Research Vol. 114, 517-523

  • Y. Li, S. Tsuji, N. Nishikubo, S. Kajita, N. Morohoshi;
    Analysis of transgenic poplar in which the expression of peroxidase gene is suppressed.
    Progress in Biotechnology - Molecular Breeding of Woody plants.
    N. Morohoshi and A. Komamine eds, Elsevier Science, The Netherlands, pp 195-204

2000
  • N. Nishikubo, T. Araki, S. Kajita, K. Kuroda, Y. Katayama;
    Specific accumulation of polysaccharide-linked hydroxycinnamoyl esters in the cell walls of irregularly shaped and collapsed internode parenchyma cells of the dwarf rice mutant Fukei 71.
    Plant and Cell Physiology Vol. 41, 776-784

  • S. Kajita and H. Kawabata; cDNA of 4-coumarate:
    coenzyme A ligase and process for modifying lignin in plants.
    US Patent #6479732B1

Before 2000
  • S. Kajita, S. Hishiyama, Y. Tomimura, Y. Katayama and S. Omori;
    Structural characterization of modified lignin in transgenic tobacco plants in which the activity of 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase is depressed.
    Plant Physiology Vol. 114, 871-879 (1997)

  • S. Kajita, Y. Mashino, N. Nishikubo, Y. Katayama and S. Omori;
    Immunological characterization of transgenic tobacco plants with a chimeric gene for 4-coumarate:CoA ligase that have altered lignin in their xylem tissue.
    Plant Science Vol. 128, 109-118 (1997)

  • S. Kajita, Y. Katayama, S. Omori;
    Alterations in the biosynthesis of lignin in transgenic plants with chimeric genes for 4-coumarate:CoA ligase.
    Plant and Cell Physiology Vol. 37, 957-965 (1996)

  • S. Kawai, A. Mori, T. Shiokawa, S. Kajita, Y. Katayama, N. Morohoshi;
    Isolation and analysis of cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase genes from a hybrid aspen, Populus kitakamiensis.
    Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry Vol. 60, 1586-1597 (1996)

  • S. Kajita, K. Osakabe, Y. Katayama, S. Kawai, Y. Matsumoto, K. Hata, N. Morohoshi;
    Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of poplar using a disarmed binary vector and the overexpression of a specific member of a family of poplar peroxidase genes in transgenic poplar cell.
    Plant Science Vol. 103, 231-239 (1994)

  • S. Kawai, Y. Matsumoto, S. Kajita, Y. Yamada, Y. Katayama, N. Morohoshi;
    Nucleotide sequence for the genomic DNA encoding an anionic peroxidase gene from a hybrid poplar, Populus kitakamiensis.
    Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry Vol. 57, 131-133 (1993)