Fumitaka Oyama

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Kogakuin Daigaku - Hachioji Campus

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Fumitaka Oyama is a Professor at Kogakuin Daigaku - Hachioji Campus, Japan. His research focuses on chitinase enzymes and their evolutionary adaptations, particularly in herbivores and carnivores. Recent publications include studies on hyperactivation of human acidic chitinase and novel methods for evaluating chitin-binding activity, contributing valuable insights to potential medical applications.

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Koji Hiraoka

Kogakuin University

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Takashi Umeyama

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National Institute of Infectious Diseases

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Masao Miyazaki

Iwate University

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Hyperactivation of human acidic chitinase (Chia) for potential medical use

Evolutionary insights into sequence modifications governing chitin recognition and chitinase inactivity in YKL-40 (HC-gp39, CHI3L1).

A Simplified Method for Evaluating Chitin-Binding Activity Applied to YKL-40 (HC-gp39, CHI3L1) and Chitotriosidase

Evolutionary activation of acidic chitinase in herbivores through the H128R mutation in ruminant livestock.

Irreversible evolutionary loss of chitin‐degrading ability in the chitinase‐like protein <scp>Y</scp> m1 under positive selection in rodents

Crab-Eating Monkey Acidic Chitinase (CHIA) Efficiently Degrades Chitin and Chitosan under Acidic and High-Temperature Conditions

Functionally modified chitotriosidase catalytic domain for chitin detection based on split-luciferase complementation

Noninsect-Based Diet Leads to Structural and Functional Changes of Acidic Chitinase in Carnivora.

Mouse Acidic Chitinase Effectively Degrades Random-Type Chitosan to Chitooligosaccharides of Variable Lengths under Stomach and Lung Tissue pH Conditions

Robust chitinolytic activity of crab-eating monkey (Macaca fascicularis) acidic chitinase under a broad pH and temperature range.

Characterization of mouse di-N-acetylchitobiase that can degrade chitin-oligosaccharides

Comparative functional analysis between human and mouse chitotriosidase: Substitution at amino acid 218 modulates the chitinolytic and transglycosylation activity

Development of a novel β-1,6-glucan–specific detection system using functionally-modified recombinant endo-β-1,6-glucanase

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Koji Hiraoka

Takashi Umeyama

Masao Miyazaki

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