Michiyo Sakuma

Structural basis for enzymatic photocatalysis in chlorophyll biosynthesis

Shaowei Zhang, Derren J. Heyes, Lingling Feng et al. · Nature · 2019 · 153 citations · Full text

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Photoredox Process +7

Asymmetric Reduction of Activated Alkenes by Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Reductase: Specificity and Control of Stereochemical Outcome by Reaction Optimisation

Anna Fryszkowska, Helen S. Toogood, Michiyo Sakuma et al. · Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis · 2009 · 127 citations · Full text

Photochemical Mechanism of Light-Driven Fatty Acid Photodecarboxylase

Derren J. Heyes, Balaji Lakavath, Samantha J. O. Hardman et al. · ACS Catalysis · 2020 · 121 citations · Full text

Protein Chemistry, Biosynthesis, Biochemistry +15

Nuclear Quantum Tunneling in the Light-activated Enzyme Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase

Derren J. Heyes, Michiyo Sakuma, Sam P. de Visser et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2008 · 95 citations · Full text

Radical-based photoinactivation of fatty acid photodecarboxylases

Balaji Lakavath, Tobias M. Hedison, Derren J. Heyes et al. · Analytical Biochemistry · 2020 · 72 citations · Full text