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Career
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| Education |
| 1985-1989 |
Bachelor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1989-1991 |
Master, Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1995 |
Ph.D., Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. |
| Employment |
| 1991-1996 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1996-2000 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2000-2001 |
Associate Professor, Institute of Genetic Ecology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
| 2001-present |
Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
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Selected Publications
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- Nagata Y, Tabata M, Ohhata S, Tsuda M: Appearance and evolution of g-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacteria. In: Nojiri H, Tsuda M, Fukuda M, Kamagata Y (eds) Biodegradative Bacteria. Springer Verlag, Tokyo (2014)
- Okai, M., J. Ohtsuka, L.F. Imai, T. Mase, R. Moriuchi, M. Tsuda, K. Nagata, Y. Nagata, and M. Tanokura. Crystal structure and site-directed mutagenesis analysis of haloalkane dehalogenase LinB from Sphingobium sp. MI1205. J. Bacteriol. 195: 2642-2651 (2013)
- Ito, M., A. Ono, Y. Ohtsubo, M. Tsuda, and Y. Nagata. Cloning of g-hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase gene with its flanking regions from soil by activity-based screening techniques. European J. Soil Biology 52: 16-19 (2012)
- Nagata, Y., S. Natsui, R. Endo, Y. Ohtsubo, N. Ichikawa, A. Ankai, A. Oguchi, S. Fukui, N. Fujita, and M. Tsuda. Genomic organization and genomic structural rearrangements of Sphingobium japonicum UT26, an archetypal gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterium. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 49: 499-508 (2011)
- Prokop, Z., Y. Sato, J. Brezovsky, T. Mozga, R. Chalooupkova, T. Kudelakova, P. Jerabek, V. Stepankova, R. Natsume, J. G.E. van Leeuwen, D. B. Janssen, J. Florian, Y. Nagata, T. Senda, and J. Damborsky. Enantioselectivity of haloalkane dehalogenases and its modulation by surface loop engineering. Angewandte Chemie. 49: 6111-6115 (2010)
- Pavlova, M., M. Klvana, Z. Prokop, R. Chaloupkova, P. Banas, M. Otyepka, R. C. Wade, M. Tsuda, Y. Nagata, and J. Damborsky. Redesigning dehalogenase access tunnels as a strategy for degrading an anthropogenic substrate. Nature Chemical Biology 5: 727-733 (2009)
- Fuchu, G., Y. Ohtsubo, M. Ito, R. Miyazaki, A. Ono, Y. Nagata, and M. Tsuda. Insertion sequence-based cassette PCR: cultivation-independent isolation of g-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading genes from soil DNA. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 79: 627-632 (2008)
- Nagata, Y., R. Endo, M. Ito, Y. Ohtsubo and M. Tsuda. Aerobic degradation of lindane (g-hexachlorocyclohexane) in bacteria and its biochemical and molecular basis. Appl. Microbiol. and Biotechnol. 76: 741-752 (2007)
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