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Taro Shiraishi

Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of TokyoORCID 0000-0002-6540-8029Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 2 Biochemistry· 1

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:fungi (other)· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Tomohisa KuzuyamaiD· 3 shared Atsushi MinamiiD· 1 shared Hideaki OikawaiD· 1 shared Jie ZhangiD· 1 shared Jun‐ichi MaruyamaiD· 1 shared Kazuo Shin‐yaiD· 1 shared Kenichi MatsudaiD· 1 shared Myco UmemuraiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 3/yr

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High-throughput prediction of protein-protein interactions uncovers hidden molecular networks in biosynthetic gene clusters

Yoshitaka Moriwaki, Taro Shiraishi, Yohei Katsuyama, Kenichi Matsuda, Jie Zhang, Toyoyuki Ose, Atsushi Minami, Hideaki Oikawa, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Ryuichiro Ishitani, Tohru Terada

The paper predicts protein-protein interactions in biosynthetic gene clusters to uncover hidden molecular networks and functional enzyme complexes.

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal · Mar 1, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

A novel transformer-based platform for the prediction and design of biosynthetic gene clusters for (un)natural products

Tomoki Kawano, Taro Shiraishi, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Myco Umemura

This paper introduces a transformer-based model for predicting and designing biosynthetic gene clusters, achieving high accuracy in domain prediction and validating novel gene clusters through experimental testing.

PLoS Computational Biology · Feb 23, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Biosynthesis of Kaitocephalin: A Neuroprotective Natural Product Featuring a Peptide-Like yet Non-Peptidic Scaffold

Yukari Maeno, Taro Shiraishi, Naoya Saito, Jun‐ichi Maruyama, Kazuo Shin‐ya, Tomohisa Kuzuyama

This paper identifies the biosynthetic gene cluster for kaitocephalin in Eupenicillium shearii and characterizes key enzymes involved in its unique non-peptidic scaffold formation.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · Feb 10, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry