A. Sakai

Discovery of new enzymes and metabolic pathways by using structure and genome context

Suwen Zhao, Ritesh Kumar, A. Sakai et al. · Nature · 2013 · 141 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology +16

Prediction and characterization of enzymatic activities guided by sequence similarity and genome neighborhood networks

Suwen Zhao, A. Sakai, Xinshuai Zhang et al. · eLife · 2014 · 101 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Microbiology +16

Evolution of Structure and Function in the o-Succinylbenzoate Synthase/N-Acylamino Acid Racemase Family of the Enolase Superfamily

Margaret E. Glasner, Nima Fayazmanesh, Ranyee A. Chiang et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 2006 · 74 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +13

Evolution of Enzymatic Activities in the Enolase Superfamily:  <i>N</i> -Succinylamino Acid Racemase and a New Pathway for the Irreversible Conversion of <scp>d</scp> - to <scp>l</scp> -Amino Acids

A. Sakai, Dao Feng Xiang, Chengfu Xu et al. · Biochemistry · 2006 · 60 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +14

Homology models guide discovery of diverse enzyme specificities among dipeptide epimerases in the enolase superfamily

Tiit Lukk, A. Sakai, Chakrapani Kalyanaraman et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 59 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16