Ryo Kato

Discovery of novel enzyme genes involved in the conversion of an arylglycerol-β-aryl ether metabolite and their use in generating a metabolic pathway for lignin valorization

Yudai Higuchi, Ryo Kato, Koichiro Tsubota et al. · Metabolic Engineering · 2019 · 34 citations

Biomass Utilization, Biosynthesis, Engineering +9

Biochemical and structural characterization of a sphingomonad diarylpropane lyase for cofactorless deformylation

Eugene Kuatsjah, Michael Zahn, Xiangyang Chen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2023 · 24 citations · Full text

Multiplexed fitness profiling by RB-TnSeq elucidates pathways for lignin-related aromatic catabolism in Sphingobium sp. SYK-6

Alissa Bleem, Ryo Kato, Zoe A. Kellermyer et al. · Cell Reports · 2023 · 22 citations · Full text

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Molecular Biology +18

LsdD has a critical role in the dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol catabolism among eight lignostilbene α,β-dioxygenase isozymes in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6

Naofumi Kamimura, Yusaku Hirose, Ryuto Masuba et al. · International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation · 2021 · 19 citations

Lignostilbene α, Biosynthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry +9