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List of Papers
Higuchi Yujiro Last modified date:2024.04.09

Associate Professor / Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology / Faculty of Agriculture


Papers
1. Doi K, Mitani A, Nakakita S, Higuchi Y, Takegawa K, Characterization of novel endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases from intestinal Barnesiella intestinihominis that hydrolyze multi-branched complex-type N-glycans, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 137, 101-107, 2024.02.
2. Takamasa Fukunaga, Masahiro Watanabe, Yusuke Nakamichi, Tomotake Morita, Yujiro Higuchi, Hiromi Maekawa, Kaoru Takegawa, Mechanistic insights into Schizosaccharomyces pombe GT-A family protein Pvg3 in the biosynthesis of pyruvylated β1,3-galactose of N-linked oligosaccharides, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 135, 423-432, 2023.06.
3. Fukunaga T, Ohashi T, Tanaka Y, Yoshimatsu T, Higuchi Y, Maekawa H, Takegawa K, Galactosylation of cell-surface glycoprotein required for hyphal growth and cell wall integrity in Schizosaccharomyces japonicus, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 134, 384-392, 2022.11.
4. Ryoichiro Fukuhara, Akihiro Ogura, Sho Yoshinaga, Takamasa Fukunaga, Takashi Kinoshita, Wataru Sumiyoshi, Yujiro Higuchi, Katsunori Tanaka, Kaoru Takegawa, In vivo imaging of fluorescent albumin modified with pyruvylated-human-type complex oligosaccharide reveals sialylation-like biodistribution and kinetics, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 70, 116943, 2022.09.
5. Kristina Mae Bienes, Feunai Agape Papalii Tautau, Ai Mitani, Takashi Kinoshita, Shin-Ichi Nakakita, Yujiro Higuchi, Kaoru Takegawa, Characterization of novel endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase from Bacteroides nordii that hydrolyzes multi-branched complex type N-glycans, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 134, 1, 7-13, 2022.07.
6. Reiko Hiasa, Ken-ichi Kakimoto, Kaoru Takegawa, Yujiro Higuchi*, Involvement of AAA ATPase AipA in endocytosis of the arginine permease AoCan1 depending on AoAbp1 in Aspergillus oryzae, Fungal Biology, 126, 149-161, 2022.02.
7. Takamasa Fukunaga, Yuki Sakurai, Takao Ohashi, Yujiro Higuchi, Hiromi Maekawa, Kaoru Takegawa, Overexpression of cell-wall GPI-anchored proteins restores cell growth of N-glycosylation-defective och1 mutants in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 105, 8771-8781, 2021.12.
8. Yuki Morita, Yoshinori Katakura, Kaoru Takegawa, Yujiro Higuchi*, Correlative localization analysis between mRNA and EGFP-fused protein by a single-molecule FISH using an egfp probe in Aspergillus oryzae, Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2, 721398, 2021.10.
9. Takamasa Fukunaga, Naotaka Tanaka, Toshio Furumoto, Shinichi Nakakita, Takao Ohashi, Yujiro Higuchi, Hiromi Maekawa, Kaoru Takegawa, Substrate specificities of α1,2- and α1,3-galactosyltransferases and characterization of Gmh1p and Otg1p in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Glycobiology, 31, 1037-1045, 2021.09.
10. Emiko Matsunaga, Yutaka Tanaka, Saki Toyota, Hisae Yamada, Takuji Oka, Yujiro Higuchi, Kaoru Takegawa, Identification and characterization of β-D-galactofuranosidases from Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 131, 1, 1-7, 2021.01.
11. Yujiro Higuchi*, Kaoru Takegawa, Single-molecule FISH reveals subcellular localization of α-amylase and actin mRNAs in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae, Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 578862, 2020.09.
12. Feunai Agape Papalii Tautau, Minoru Izumi, Emiko Matsunaga, Yujiro Higuchi, Kaoru Takegawa, Microbial α-L-rhamnosidases of glycosyl hydrolase families GH78 and GH106 have broad substrate specificities toward α-L-rhamnosyl- and α-L-mannosyl-linkages, Journal of Applied Glycoscience, 67, 3, 87-93, 2020.09.
13. Yuki Morita, Futa Kikumatsu, Yujiro Higuchi*, Yoshinori Katakura, Kaoru Takegawa, Characterization and functional analysis of ERAD-related AAA+ ATPase Cdc48 in Aspergillus oryzae, Fungal Biology, 124, 801-813, 2020.09.
14. Takamasa Fukunaga, Naotaka Tanaka, Toshio Furumoto, Shinichi Nakakita, Takao Ohashi, Yujiro Higuchi, Hiromi Maekawa, Kaoru Takegawa, Characterization of N- and O-linked galactosylated oligosaccharides from fission yeast species, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 130, 128-136, 2020.08.
15. Qiushi Li, Yujiro Higuchi*, Kana Tanabe, Yoshinori Katakura, Kaoru Takegawa, Secretory production of N-glycan-deleted glycoprotein in Aspergillus oryzae, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 129, 573-580, 2020.05.
16. Haruka Seki, Yibo Huang, Takatoshi Arakawa, Chihaya Yamada, Takashi Kinoshita, Shogo Iwamoto, Yujiro Higuchi, Kaoru Takegawa, Shinya Fushinobu, Structural basis for the specific cleavage of core-fucosylated N-glycans by endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase from the fungus Cordyceps militaris, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 294, 45, 17143-17154, 2019.11.
17. Akihiro Tominaga, Yujiro Higuchi, Hikari Mori, Makoto Akai, Akiko Suyama, Naotaka Yamada, Kaoru Takegawa, Catechol O-methyltransferase homologs in Schizosaccharomyces pombe are response factors to alkaline and salt stress, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 103, 12, 4881-4887, 2019.06.
18. Yujiro Higuchi, Hitomi Matsufuji, Kazuki Mori, Emiko Matsunaga, Kosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Takegawa, Draft genome sequence of Bacillus sp. HMA207, a strain that exhibits β-D-galactosidase activity to release pyruvylated galactose, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 7, 10, e01169-18, 2018.09.
19. Yujiro Higuchi, Hitomi Matsufuji, Masanari Tanuma, Takatoshi Arakawa, Kazuki Mori, Chihaya Yamada, Risa Shofia, Emiko Matsunaga, Kosuke Tashiro, Shinya Fushinobu, Kaoru Takegawa, Identification and characterization of a novel β-D-galactosidase that releases pyruvylated galactose, Scientific Reports, 8, 12013, 2018.08.
20. Yasuhiro Kajiwara, Kazuki Mori, Kosuke Tashiro, Yujiro Higuchi, Kaoru Takegawa, Hideharu Takashita, Genomic sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BAW-6, a yeast strain optimal for brewing barley shochu, Genome Announcements, 6, 14, e00228-18, 2018.04.
21. Yibo Huang, Yujiro Higuchi, Kazuki Mori, Ryoko Yamashita, Nozomu Okino, Kosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Takegawa, Draft genome sequence of Sphingobacterium sp. HMA12, which encodes endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases and can specifically hydrolyze fucose-containing oligosaccharides, Genome Announcements, 6, 8, e01525-17, 2018.02.
22. Yibo Huang, Yujiro Higuchi, Takashi Kinoshita, Ai Mitani, Yasunari Eshima, Kaoru Takegawa, Characterization of novel endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases from Sphingobacterium species, Beauveria bassiana and Cordyceps militaris that specifically hydrolyze fucose-containing oligosaccharides and human IgG, Scientific Reports, 8, 246, 2018.01.
23. Yujiro Higuchi, Hikari Mori, Takeo Kubota, Kaoru Takegawa, Analysis of ambient pH stress response mediated by iron and copper intake in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 125, 92-96, 2018.01.
24. Yusuke Togo, Yujiro Higuchi*, Yoshinori Katakura, Kaoru Takegawa, Early endosome motility mediates α-amylase production and cell differentiation in Aspergillus oryzae, Scientific Reports, 7, 15757, 2017.11.
25. Hee Su Kwon, Kouhei Kawaguchi, Takashi Kikuma, Kaoru Takegawa, Katsuhiko Kitamoto*, Yujiro Higuchi*, Analysis of an acyl-CoA binding protein in Aspergillus oryzae that undergoes unconventional secretion, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 493, 481-486, 2017.11.
26. Akiko Suyama, Yujiro Higuchi, Masahiro Urushihara, Yuka Maeda, Kaoru Takegawa, Production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid via the malonyl-CoA pathway using recombinant fission yeast strains, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 124, 4, 392-399, 2017.10.
27. Emiko Matsunaga, Yujiro Higuchi, Kazuki Mori, Nao Yairo, Saki Toyota, Takuji Oka, Kosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Takegawa, Characterization of a PA14 domain-containing galactofuranose-specific β-D-galactofuranosidase from Streptomyces sp., Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 81, 7, 1314-1319, 2017.06.
28. Emiko Matsunaga, Yujiro Higuchi, Kazuki Mori, Kosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Takegawa, Draft genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. JHA26, a strain that harbors a PA14 domain containing β-D-galactofuranosidase, Genome Announcements, 5, 15, e00190-17, 2017.04.
29. Yujiro Higuchi, Yasunari Eshima, Yibo Huang, Takashi Kinoshita, Wataru Sumiyoshi, Shin-ichi Nakakita, Kaoru Takegawa, Highly efficient transglycosylation of sialo-complex-type oligosaccharide using Coprinopsis cinerea endoglycosidase and sugar oxazoline, Biotechnology Letters, 39, 1, 157-162, 2017.01.
30. Kouhei Kawaguchi, Takashi Kikuma, Yujiro Higuchi*, Kaoru Takegawa, Katsuhiko Kitamoto*, Subcellular localization of acyl-CoA binding protein in Aspergillus oryzae is regulated by autophagy machinery, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 480, 1, 8-12, 2016.11.
31. Martin Schuster, Magdalena Martin-Urdiroz, Yujiro Higuchi, Christian Hacker, Sreedhar Kilaru, Sarah Gurr, Gero Steinberg, Co-delivery of cell-wall-forming enzymes in the same vesicle for coordinated fungal cell wall formation, Nature Microbiology, 1, 16149, 2016.08.
32. Yujiro Higuchi, Sho Yoshinaga, Ken-ichi Yoritsune, Hiroaki Tateno, Jun Hirabayashi, Shin-ichi Nakakita, Miho Kanekiyo, Yoshimitsu Kakuta, Kaoru Takegawa, A rationally engineered yeast pyruvyltransferase Pvg1p introduces sialylation-like properties in neo-human-type complex oligosaccharide, Scientific Reports, 6, 26349, 2016.05.
33. Yujiro Higuchi, Kazuki Mori, Akiko Suyama, Yibo Huang, Kosuke Tashiro, Satoru Kuhara, Kaoru Takegawa, Draft genome sequence of Bacillus clausii AKU0647, a strain that produces Endo-β-N-Acetylglucosaminidase A, Genome Announcements, 4, e00310-16, 2016.05.
34. Emiko Matsunaga, Yujiro Higuchi, Kazuki Mori, Kosuke Tashiro, Satoru Kuhara, Kaoru Takegawa, Draft genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. JHA19, a strain that possesses β-D-galactofuranosidase activity., Genome Announcements, 3, e01171-15, 2015.10.
35. Emiko Matsunaga, Yujiro Higuchi, Kazuki Mori, Nao Yairo, Takuji Oka, Saki Shinozuka, Kosuke Tashiro, Minoru Izumi, Satoru Kuhara, Kaoru Takegawa, Identification and characterization of a galactofuranose-specific β-D-galactofuranosidase from Streptomyces species, PLOS ONE, 10, e0137230, 2015.09.
36. Yasunari Eshima, Yujiro Higuchi, Takashi Kinoshita, Shin-ichi Nakakita, Kaoru Takegawa, Transglycosylation activity of glycosynthase mutants of endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase from Coprinopsis cinerea, PLOS ONE, 10, e0132859, 2015.07.
37. Akira Hosomi, Yujiro Higuchi, Satoshi Yagi, Kaoru Takegawa, Vsl1p cooperates with Fsv1p for vacuolar protein transport and homotypic fusion in Schizosaccharomyces pombe., Microbiology, 161, 89-98, 2015.01.
38. Ken-ichi Yoritsune, Yujiro Higuchi, Tomohiko Matsuzawa, Kaoru Takegawa, Functional analysis of putative phosphoenolpyruvate transporters localized to the Golgi apparatus in Schizosaccharomyces pombe., FEMS Yeast Research, 14, 1101-1109, 2014.11.
39. Ewa Bielska*, Yujiro Higuchi*, Martin Schuster*, Natascha Steinberg, Sreedhar Kilaru, Nicholas J. Talbot, Gero Steinberg, Long-distance endosome trafficking drives fungal effector production during plant infection, Nature Communications, *These authors contributed equally,5, 5097, 2014.10.
40. Yujiro Higuchi, Peter Ashwin, Yvonne Roger, Gero Steinberg, Early endosome motility spatially organizes polysome distribution, Journal of Cell Biology, 204, 3, 343-357, 2014.02.
41. Kento Matsuo, Yujiro Higuchi, Takashi Kikuma, Manabu Arioka, Katsuhiko Kitamoto, Functional analysis of Abp1p-interacting proteins involved in endocytosis of the MCC component in Aspergillus oryzae., Fungal Genetics and Biology, 56, 125-134, 2013.07.
42. Yujiro Higuchi, Manabu Arioka, Katsuhiko Kitamoto, Functional analysis of the putative AAA ATPase AipA localizing at the endocytic sites in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 320, 1, 63-71, 2011.07.
43. Yujiro Higuchi, Jun-ya Shoji, Manabu Arioka, Katsuhiko Kitamoto, Endocytosis is crucial for cell polarity and apical membrane recycling in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae, Eukaryotic Cell, 8, 1, 37-46, 2009.01.
44. Kohei Takaya, Yujiro Higuchi, Katsuhiko Kitamoto, Manabu Arioka, A cytosolic phospholipase A2-like protein in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae localizes to the intramembrane space of the mitochondria., FEMS Microbiology Letters, 301, 201-209, 2009.12.
45. Riko Hatakeyama, Tomoyuki Nakahama, Yujiro Higuchi, Katsuhiko Kitamoto, Light represses conidiation in koji mold Aspergillus oryzae, Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 71, 1844-1849, 2007.08.
46. Yujiro Higuchi, Tomoyuki Nakahama, Jun-ya Shoji, Manabu Arioka, Katsuhiko Kitamoto, Visualization of the endocytic pathway in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae using an EGFP-fused plasma membrane protein, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 340, 3, 784-791, 2006.02.