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Hikaru Watanabe

Nagase (Japan)ORCID 0000-0001-7329-9638Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:structural biology· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Akimasa MiyanagaiD· 2 shared Ryota YasukochiiD· 2 shared Shinya FushinobuiD· 2 shared Tetsuya Mori· 2 shared Toma KashimaiD· 2 shared Keiko Hino· 1 shared Takashi Suzuki· 1 shared Terumasa Toraya· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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BiochemistryJournal of Biological ChemistryPeer-reviewedSep 9, 2026

Discovery and structural analysis of glycoside hydrolase family 176 α-1,2 glucosidase from Arthrobacter humicola A8F5

Ryota Yasukochi, Takashi Suzuki, Terumasa Toraya…·Shinya Fushinobu

This paper discovers and structurally analyzes a novel -1,2-glucosidase from Arthrobacter humicola A8F5, revealing its unique mechanism and structural features for cleaving rare -1,2-glucosidic bonds.

DOI 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.113530

bacteria (other)structural biology

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintSep 1, 2026

Structural mechanism defining product specificity in glycoside hydrolase family 66 cycloisomaltotetraose glucanotransferase

Ryota Yasukochi, Toma Kashima, Tetsuya Mori…·Shinya Fushinobu

This study identifies a molecular mechanism in CI4Tase that enforces strict DP4 specificity for cycloisomaltotetraose synthesis through structural and mutational analysis.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.30.748175

structural biologyexperimental assay

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