Annual Report 2002

I. Outline of the Noda Institute for Scientific Research

II. Achievement of Research Activities in 2002

Reproduced Papers
El-Sayed, W. S. M., S. Takaichi, H. Saida, M. Kamekura, M. Abu-Shady, H. Seki and T. Kuwabara
Effect of light and low oxygen tension on pigment biosynthesis in Halobacterium salinarum, revealed by a novel method to quantify both retinal and carotenoids
 Reproduced from Plant Cell Physiol., 43, 379-383 (2002) by copyright permission of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
Hara, S., R. F. Tsuji, O. Hatamoto and T. Masuda
A simple method for enrichment of uninucleate conidia of Aspergillus oryzae
 Reproduced from Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 66, 693-696 (2002) by copyright permission of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
Hemmi, H., J. Ishibashi, S. Hara and M. Yamakawa
Solution structure of moricin, an antibacterial peptide, isolated from the silkworm Bombyx mori
 Reproduced from FEBS Lett., 518, 33-38 (2002) by copyright permission of the Elsevier Science
Kaga, N., G. Umitsuki, D. P. Clark, K. Nagai and M. Wachi
Extensive overproduction of the AdhE protein by rng mutations depends on mutations in the cra gene or in the Cra-box of the adhE promoter
 Reproduced from Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 295, 92-97 (2002) by copyright permission of the Academic Press
Kamekura, M.
Halophiles: Aerobic halophilic microorganisms
 Reproduced from Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology (G. Bitton ed.), pp.1501-1512 (2002) by copyright permission of the John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Kawakita, H., K. Sugita, K. Saito, M. Tamada, T. Sugo and H. Kawamoto
Production of cycloisomaltooligosaccharides from dextran using enzyme immobilized in multilayers onto porous membranes
 Reproduced from Biotechnol. Prog., 18, 465-469 (2002) by copyright permission of the American Chemical Society
Kawakita, H., K. Sugita, K. Saito, M. Tamada, T. Sugo and H. Kawamoto
Optimization of reaction conditions in production of cycloisomaltooligosaccharides using enzyme immobilized in multilayers onto pore surface of porous hollow-fiber membranes
 Reproduced from J. Membrane Sci., 205, 175-182 (2002) by copyright permission of the Elsevier Science
Kawamoto, H., T. Oguma, H. Sekine and M. Kobayashi
Utilization of NaCl to suppress the growth of contaminating microbes during the continuous production of cycloisomaltooligosaccharides by immobilized enzyme
 Reproduced from Biochem. Eng. J., 3621, 1-4 (2002) by copyright permission of the Elsevier Science
Koga, T. and M. Meydani
Effect of plasma metabolites of (+)-catechin and quercetin on monocyte adhesion to human aortic endothelial cells
 Reproduced from Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 73, 941-948 (2001) by copyright permission of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition
Koga, T., K. Claycombe and M. Meydani
Homocysteine increases monocyte and T-cell adhesion to human aortic endothelial cells
 Reproduced from Atherosclerosis, 161, 365-374 (2002) by copyright permission of the Elsevier Science
Japanese Patents Laid-Open
Titles of Oral and Poster Presentations

III. Report on the Research Assisted by the NISR Research Grant in 2001

Sueharu HORINOUCHI (The University of Tokyo)
Fermentation of flavonoids by microorganisms that contain an artificial biosynthetic gene cluster
Yoshiyuki KAMIO (Tohoku University)
Mechanism of oxygen tolerance in lactic acid bacteria -Function of peroxidase and new iron binding protein, Dpr in oxidative stress-
Tetsuo KOBAYASHI (Nagoya University)
Characterization and possible application of the isomaltose-producing enzyme involved in Taka-amylase A induction in aspergilli
Akinori OHTA (The University of Tokyo)
Analyses of adaptation mechanism to low temperature and of low temperature-inducible genes in yeast
Yasuyoshi SAKAI (Kyoto University)
Antioxidant system within yeast peroxisomes which protect organellar membrane

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