Hiroshi A. Maeda

This study identifies AATRhg1 as a tonoplast amino acid transporter involved in soybean resistance to soybean cyst nematodes, with specific amino acid and metabolic changes observed upon its silencing.

This study traces the evolutionary development of the grass lignin metabolic network through phylogenomics and biochemical analyses across multiple monocot species.

The paper sequenced genomes of Poaceae sister species to identify metabolic innovations that predate grass evolution, revealing gene duplications linked to starch and lignin biosynthesis.

The paper maps nitrogen metabolism in E. coli by characterizing aminotransferase enzyme activities and using them to improve nitrogen flow predictions.

This study shows that increasing phenylalanine biosynthesis boosts light-stress-driven phenylpropanoid production in Arabidopsis by enhancing PAL activity and specific metabolite accumulation under high-light conditions.

This study investigates the role of AATRhg1 in soybean, showing it affects amino acid homeostasis and betalain accumulation through transporter activity and interactions with other proteins.

The paper investigates how the regulation of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis evolved in coordination with the emergence of the tyrosine-lignin pathway in Poales.

This study identifies that Arabidopsis DHS isoforms exhibit both manganese- and cobalt-dependent activities in vitro, with distinct cofactor sensitivities.

This paper maps natural products onto the plant tree of life using text mining and large language models, revealing lineage-specific distributions and demonstrating automation potential.

The paper traces the evolutionary history of aminotransferases across species, revealing their substrate promiscuity and how it shaped nitrogen metabolic networks.