Toshitsugu Kiyosada

Synthesis of Artificial Chitin:  Irreversible Catalytic Behavior of a Glycosyl Hydrolase through a Transition State Analogue Substrate

Shiro Kobayashi, Toshitsugu Kiyosada, Shin‐ichiro Shoda · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1996 · 199 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Glycobiology +17

Determination of the Degree of Acetylation of Chitin/Chitosan by Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography in the Presence of Oxalic Acid

Hiroaki Sato, Shin-ichi Mizutani, Shin Tsuge et al. · Analytical Chemistry · 1998 · 98 citations

Food Chemistry, Mixed Biopolymers, Chitin/chitosan Samples +15

Enzymatic Polymerization to Novel Polysaccharides Having a Glucose-<i>N</i>-acetylglucosamine Repeating Unit, a Cellulose−Chitin Hybrid Polysaccharide

Shiro Kobayashi, A. Makino, Hironori Matsumoto et al. · Biomacromolecules · 2006 · 66 citations

Novel Polysaccharides, Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering +19

Synthesis of alternatingly 6-O-methylated cellulose via enzymatic polymerization of a substituted cellobiosyl fluoride monomer catalyzed by cellulase

Etsuya Okamoto, Toshitsugu Kiyosada, Shin Ichiro Shoda et al. · Cellulose · 1997 · 55 citations

A novel method for synthesis of chitobiose via enzymatic glycosylation using a sugar oxazoline as glycosyl donor

Shiro Kobayashi, Toshitsugu Kiyosada, Shin‐ichiro Shoda · Tetrahedron Letters · 1997 · 50 citations

Biosynthesis, Sugar Oxazoline, Engineering +12