Shinichi Takaichi

Novel hydroxycarotenoids with improved antioxidative properties produced by gene combination in Escherichia coli

Manuela Albrecht, Shinichi Takaichi, Sabine Steiger et al. · Nature Biotechnology · 2000 · 146 citations

Gene Combination, Biosynthesis, Engineering +10

Myxoxanthophyll in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is Myxol 2′-Dimethyl-Fucoside, (3R,2′S)-Myxol 2′-(2,4-di-O-Methyl-α-l-Fucoside), not Rhamnoside

Shinichi Takaichi, Takashi Maoka, Kazumori Masamoto · Plant and Cell Physiology · 2001 · 102 citations

Synechocystis Sp, Biosynthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry +12

Identification of a Gene Required for cis-to-trans Carotene Isomerization in Carotenogenesis of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Kazumori Masamoto, Hajime Wada, Takakazu Kaneko et al. · Plant and Cell Physiology · 2001 · 89 citations

Engineering, Photobiology, Molecular Biology +19

Absence of Carotenes and Presence of a Tertiary Methoxy Group in a Carotenoid from a Thermophilic Filamentous Photosynthetic Bacterium Roseiflexus castenholzii

Shinichi Takaichi, Takashi Maoka, Mitsunori Yamada et al. · Plant and Cell Physiology · 2001 · 35 citations

Photobiology, Microbial Physiology, Cyanobacteria +19