Masaru Nagai

Important role of fungal intracellular laccase for melanin synthesis: purification and characterization of an intracellular laccase from Lentinula edodes fruit bodies

Masaru Nagai, Maki Kawata, Hisayuki Watanabe et al. · Microbiology · 2003 · 145 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biochemistry +15

<i>Lentinula edode</i>s <i>tlg1</i> Encodes a Thaumatin-Like Protein That Is Involved in Lentinan Degradation and Fruiting Body Senescence

Yūichi Sakamoto, Hisayuki Watanabe, Masaru Nagai et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2006 · 115 citations · Full text

Characterization of the Lentinula edodes exg2 gene encoding a lentinan-degrading exo-β-1,3-glucanase

Yūichi Sakamoto, Ken‐ichiro Minato, Masaru Nagai et al. · Current Genetics · 2005 · 40 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biochemistry +9

Isolation and characterization of the gene encoding a manganese peroxidase from Lentinula edodes

Masaru Nagai, Yūichi Sakamoto, Keiko Nakade et al. · Mycoscience · 2007 · 31 citations

Heterologous expression of lcc1 from Lentinula edodes in tobacco BY-2 cells results in the production an active, secreted form of fungal laccase

Yūichi Sakamoto, Keiko Nakade, Akira Yano et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2008 · 31 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biochemistry +7