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Hiroya Oka

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Assay:proteomics· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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Katsutoshi HoriiD· 2 shared Shogo YoshimotoiD· 2 shared David RobinsoniD· 1 shared Dung Mai· 1 shared Hideo NakanoiD· 1 shared Hirohiko NiiokaiD· 1 shared Jun MiyakeiD· 1 shared Jun SasaharaiD· 1 shared

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A pooled screening approach reveals bacterial chemoreceptors for short-chain carboxylic acids

Hiroya Oka, Dung Mai, Sora Yu, Nicolas Grosjean, Zong‐Yen Wu, Nam Ngoc Pham, David Robinson, Yasuo Yoshikuni, Nigel J. Mouncey, Tomoya Honda

The paper identifies bacterial chemoreceptors for short-chain carboxylic acids using a pooled screening assay and structural analysis.

bioRxiv · Apr 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Heterologous expression of carbonic anhydrase in Acinetobacter sp. Tol 5 for whole-cell biocatalysis

Shogo Yoshimoto, Hiroya Oka, Yuki Ohara, Yan-Yu Chen, Masahito Ishikawa, Katsutoshi Hori

This study expresses carbonic anhydrase in Acinetobacter sp. Tol 5 to enhance CO2 conversion as a whole-cell biocatalyst, finding that periplasmic expression significantly improves activity.

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry · Sep 27, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering

Construction of transcript regulation mechanism prediction models based on binding motif environment of transcription factor AoXlnR in Aspergillus oryzae

Hiroya Oka, Takaaki Kojima, Ryuji Kato, Kunio Ihara, Hideo Nakano

The paper constructs predictive models to determine if genes respond to AoXlnR expression changes using DNA shape features around binding motifs.

Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology · Jun 1, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics

Development of a fast feature extraction method for SARS-CoV-2 spike sequences using amino acid physicochemical properties

Hiroya Oka, Kosaku Noba, Jun Sasahara, Takayuki Hashimoto, Shogo Yoshimoto, Hirohiko Niioka, Jun Miyake, Katsutoshi Hori

This paper develops a fast feature extraction method for SARS-CoV-2 spike sequences using amino acid physicochemical properties, achieving accurate clustering with reduced runtime compared to conventional methods.

bioRxiv · Nov 18, 2023 · PreprintBioinformatics