Updated on 2024/03/28

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HIGICHI Yudai
 
Affiliation
Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Degree

  • Doctor (Engineering)

Research Interests

  • 物質生産

  • リグニン

  • 代謝

  • 微生物

Research Areas

  • Life Science / Applied microbiology

Professional Memberships

  • 日本生物工学会

  • リグニン学会

  • 日本農芸化学会

Papers

  • Successful selective production of vanillic acid from depolymerized sulfite lignin and its application to poly(ethylene vanillate) synthesis

    Yudai Higuchi,Hiroya Ishimaru,Takuya Yoshikawa,Takao Masuda,Chiho Sakamoto,Naofumi Kamimura,Eiji Masai,Daisuke Takeuchi,Tomonori Sonoki

    Bioresource Technology   385   129450   2023.10

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  • The Catabolic System of Acetovanillone and Acetosyringone in Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6 Useful for Upgrading Aromatic Compounds Obtained through Chemical Lignin Depolymerization.

    Yudai Higuchi, Naofumi Kamimura, Hiroki Takenami, Yusei Kikuiri, Chieko Yasuta, Kenta Tanatani, Toru Shobuda, Yuichiro Otsuka, Masaya Nakamura, Tomonori Sonoki, Eiji Masai

    Applied and environmental microbiology   2022.8

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  • Catabolic system of 5-formylferulic acid, a downstream metabolite of a β-5-type lignin-derived dimer, in Sphingobium lignivorans SYK-6.

    Mitsuru Kawazoe,Kenji Takahashi,Yosuke Tokue,Shojiro Hishiyama,Hayato Seki,Yudai Higuchi,Naofumi Kamimura,Eiji Masai

    Journal of agricultural and food chemistry   71 ( 49 )   19663 - 19671   2023.12

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  • Direct extraction of biphasic organosolv lignin for producing aromatic aldehydes via alkaline oxidation.

    Hiroya Ishimaru,Takuya Yoshikawa,Yudai Higuchi,Yuta Nakasaka,Akihiro Yoshida,Tomonori Sonoki,Takao Masuda

    Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers   2023.7

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  • Stereoinversion via alcohol dehydrogenases enables complete catabolism of β-1-type lignin-derived aromatic Isomers.

    Ryo Kato,Kodai Maekawa,Shota Kobayashi,Shojiro Hishiyama,Rui Katahira,Miki Nambo,Yudai Higuchi,Eugene Kuatsjah,Gregg T Beckham,Naofumi Kamimura,Eiji Masai

    Applied and environmental microbiology   89 ( 6 )   e00171-23   2023.6

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  • Pseudomonas sp. NGC7 as a microbial chassis for glucose-free muconate production from a variety of lignin-derived aromatics and its application to the production from sugar cane bagasse alkaline extract.

    Miho Akutsu, Nanase Abe, Chiho Sakamoto, Yuki Kurimoto, Haruka Sugita, Makoto Tanaka, Yudai Higuchi, Kimitoshi Sakamoto, Naofumi Kamimura, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Eiji Masai, Tomonori Sonoki

    2022.6

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  • 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, Ryo Kato, Kenji Takahashi, Yudai Higuchi, Shojiro Hishiyama, Eiji Masai

    International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation   159   105208   2021.3

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  • Roles of two glutathione S-transferases in the final step of the β-aryl ether cleavage pathway in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6

    Yudai Higuchi, Daisuke Sato, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai

    Scientific Reports   10 ( 1 )   20614   2020.11

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  • 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, Naofumi Kamimura, Nicholas J. Westwood, Eiji Masai

    Metabolic Engineering   55   258 - 267   2019.9

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  • Bacterial catabolism of β-hydroxypropiovanillone and β-hydroxypropiosyringone produced in the reductive cleavage of arylglycerol-β-aryl ether in lignin.

    Yudai Higuchi, Shogo Aoki, Hiroki Takenami, Naofumi Kamimura, Kenji Takahashi, Shojiro Hishiyama, Christopher S. Lancefield, Stephen Ojo, Yoshihiro Katayama, Nicholas J. Westwood, Eiji Masai

    Applied and environmental microbiology   84 ( 7 )   e2670 - 17   2018.4

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Books

  • Lignin valorization: emerging approaches

    Yudai Higuchi, Kenji Takahashi, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai( Role: Contributor ,  Chapter 9: Bacterial enzymes for the cleavage of lignin β-aryl ether bonds: properties and applications)

    The Royal Society of Chemistry  2018.4 

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Review Papers

  • 化学とバイオが連携したリグニンからの芳香族ポリマー合成

    園木 和典,樋口 雄大,吉川 琢也,上村 直史,竹内 大介,政井 英司

    月刊BIO INDUSTRY   40 ( 6 )   26 - 31   2023.6

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  • シリーズ:大学・官公庁研究機関の研究室紹介(150)弘前大学農学生命科学部分子生命科 学科応用微生物学・微生物代謝機能学研究室

    園木 和典,樋口 雄大

    紙パ技協誌   77 ( 4 )   60 - 61   2023.4

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  • Stereoinversion via alcohol dehydrogenases enables complete catabolism of β-1-type lignin-derived aromatic isomers

    Ryo Kato, Kodai Maekawa, Shota Kobayashi, Shojiro Hishiyama, Rui Katahira, Miki Nambo, Yudai Higuchi, Eugene Kuatsjah, Gregg T. Beckham, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai

    bioRxiv   2023.1

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  • 非可食バイオマス活用に向けた弘前大学の微生物工学

    園木 和典,樋口 雄大,吉田 曉弘,竹内 大介

    日本生物工学会誌「ブランチスピリッツ」   100 ( 12 )   682 - 683   2022.12

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  • リグニンからの芳香族ポリマー原料の選択的生産:サルファイトリグニンからのバニリン酸生産へのPseudomonas sp. NGC7株の適用

    鎌田 真未, 安田 智恵子, 樋口 雄大, 吉田 曉弘, 坂本 千穂, 大関 さおり, 上村 直史, 政井 英司, 園木 和典

    創立100周年記念 第74回日本生物工学会大会 トピックス集   2022.11

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  • Bacterial catabolic system of acetovanillone and acetosyringone useful for upgrading aromatic compounds obtained through chemical lignin depolymerization

    Yudai Higuchi, Naofumi Kamimura, Hiroki Takenami, Yusei Kikuiri, Chieko Yasuta, Kenta Tanatani, Toru Shobuda, Yuichiro Otsuka, Masaya Nakamura, Tomonori Sonoki, Eiji Masai

    2022.4

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  • Roles of two glutathione S-transferases in the final step of the β-aryl ether cleavage pathway in Sphingobium sp. strain SYK-6

    Yudai Higuchi, Daisuke Sato, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai

    2020.7

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  • Bacterial catabolism of lignin-derived aromatics: New findings in a recent decade: Update on bacterial lignin catabolism

    Naofumi Kamimura, Kenji Takahashi, Kosuke Mori, Takuma Araki, Masaya Fujita, Yudai Higuchi, Eiji Masai

    Environmental Microbiology Reports   9 ( 6 )   679 - 705   2017.12

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Awards

  • 第57回新潟生化学懇話会 ポスター奨励賞

    2016.06