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BioProduction Engineering Lab Members (Chem., Sci. and Eng.) Yutaro Mori

Assistant ProfessorYutaro Mori

Education and Experience

Mar. 2012
M. S. , Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Jan. 2015
Ph. D, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Apr. 2012
Research Fellowships for Young Scientists-DC1 (JSPS)
Feb. 2015
Postdoctoral researcher, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Cell Factory Research Team, Yokohama, Japan
Apr. 2021
Researcher, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Cell Factory Research Team, Yokohama, Japan
Apr. 2021
Researcher, RIKEN Baton Zone Program (BZP), Bio-monomer Production Laboratory, Yokohama, Japan
Jan. 2023
Assistant Professor,Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Japan

Publications

  1. Mori, A., Hirata, Y., Kishida, M., Nonaka, D., Kondo, A., Mori, Y., Noda, S., Tanaka, T.* (2025/09)
    Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for 4-nitrophenylalanine production via the 4-aminophenylalanine synthetic pathway, Metabolic Engineering, 91, 171-180
  2. Nonaka, D., Kishida,M., Hirata, Y., Mori, A., Kondo, A., Mori, Y., Noda, S., Tanaka,T.* (2025/05)
    Modular pathway engineering for enhanced production of para-aminobenzoic acid and 4-amino-phenylalanine in Escherichia coli via glucose/xylose co-utilization, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 91, e02468-24
  3. Nonaka, D., Kishida, M., Hirata, Y., Mori, A., Kondo, A., Mori, Y., Noda, S., Tanaka, T.* (2025/04)
    Metabolic engineering for resveratrol production based on modularization of metabolic pathways in Escherichia coli, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 73, 11878-11888
  4. Nonaka, D., Hirata, Y., Kishida,M., Mori, A., Fujiwara, R., Kondo, A., Mori, Y., Noda, S., Tanaka,T.(2024/08) Parallel metabolic pathway engineering for aerobic 1,2-propanediol production in Escherichia coli, Biotechnology Journal, 19(8), e2400210
  5. Koh, S., Endo, R., Kahar, P., Mori, Y., Ogino, C., Tanaka, S., Tanaka, S., Imai, Y., Taguchi, S. (2024/08) Complete sequence randomness of lactate-based copolymers (LAHBs) with varied lactate monomer fractions employing a series of propionyl-CoA transferases., International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 274, 133055
  6. Noda, S., Mori, Y., Ogawa, Y., Fujiwara, R., Dainin, M., Shirai, T., Kondo, A. (2024/08) Metabolic and enzymatic engineering approach for the production of 2-phenylethanol in engineered Escherichia coli, Bioresource Technology, 406, 130927
  7. Mori, A., Hirata, Y., Kishida,M., Mori, Y., Kondo, A., Noda, S., Tanaka,T.* (2023/9) p-Nitrobenzoate production from glucose by utilizing p-aminobenzoate N-oxygenase: AurF, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 171: 110321
  8. Doke, M., Kishida, M., Hirata, Y., Nakano, M., Horita, M., Nonaka, D., Mori, Y., Fujiwara, R., Kondo, A., Noda, S., Tanaka, T.*(2023/07) Hydroxybenzoic acid production using metabolically engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum, Synthetic Biology and Engineering, 1(2),10012
  9. Mori, Y., Noda, S., Shirai, T., Kondo, A. (2021) Direct 1,3-butadiene biosynthesis in Escherichia coli via a tailored ferulic acid decarboxylase mutant, Nature Communications, 12(1), 2195-2195
  10. Noda, S., Mori, Y., Fujiwara, R., Shirai, T., Tanaka, T., Kondo, A. (2021) Reprogramming Escherichia coli pyruvate-forming reaction towards chorismate derivatives production, Metabolic Engineering, 67, 1-10
  11. Noda, S., Mori, Y., Oyama, S., Kondo, A., Araki, M., Shirai, T. (2019) Reconstruction of metabolic pathway for isobutanol production in Escherichia coli, Microbial Cell Factories, 18(1)
  12. Mori, Y., Shirai, T. (2018) Designing artificial metabolic pathways, construction of target enzymes, and analysis of their function, Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 54, 41-44
  13. Mori, Y., Tanaka, T., Kamiya, N. (2018) Casein-based scaffold for artificial cellulosome design, Geisa A.L.G. Budinova, Process Biochemistry, 66, 140-145
  14. Noda, S., Shirai, T., Mori, Y., Oyama, S., Kondo, A. (2017) Engineering a synthetic pathway for maleate in Escherichia coli, Nature Communications, 8(1), 1153-1153
  15. Takahara, M., Gonçalves Budinova, G.A.L., Nakazawa, H., Mori, Y., Umetsu, M., Kamiya, N. (2016) Salt-Switchable Artificial Cellulase Regulated by a DNA Aptamer, Biomacromolecules, 17(10), 3356-3362
  16. Mori, Y., Nakazawa, H., Gonçalves, G.A.L., Tanaka, T., Umetsu, M., Kamiya, N. (2016) One-dimensional assembly of functional proteins: Toward the design of an artificial cellulosome, Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, 1(1), 66-73
  17. Jia, L., Gonçalves, G.A.L., Takasugi, Y., Mori, Y., Noda, S., Tanaka, T., Ichinose, H., Kamiya, N. (2015) Effect of pretreatment methods on the synergism of cellulase and xylanase during the hydrolysis of bagasse, Bioresource Technology, 185, 158-164
  18. Goncalves, G.A.L., Takasugi, Y., Jia, L., Mori, Y., Noda, S., Tanaka, T., Ichinose, H., Kamiya, N. (2015) Synergistic effect and application of xylanases as accessory enzymes to enhance the hydrolysis of pretreated bagasse, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 72, 16-24
  19. Gonçalves, G.A.L., Mori, Y., Kamiya, N. (2014) Biomolecular assembly strategies to develop potential artificial cellulosomes, Sustainable Chemical Processes, 2(1)
  20. Mori, Y., Wakabayashi, R., Goto, M., Kamiya, N. (2013) Protein supramolecular complex formation by site-specific avidin–biotin interactions, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 11(6), 914-922
  21. Mori, Y., Ozasa, S., Kitaoka, M., Noda, S., Tanaka, T., Ichinose, H., Kamiya, N. (2013) Aligning an endoglucanase Cel5A from Thermobifida fusca on a DNA scaffold: potent design of an artificial cellulosome, Chemical Communications, 49(62), 6971-6973
  22. Mori, Y., Goto, M., Kamiya, N. (2011) Transglutaminase-mediated internal protein labeling with a designed peptide loop, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 410(4), 829-833
  23. Mori, Y., Minamihata, K., Abe, H., Goto, M., Kamiya, N. (2011) Protein assemblies by site-specific avidin-biotin interactions, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 9(16), 5641-5644

Reviews & Commentaries

  1. 森 裕太郎, つなげ，電子のタスキ！あげろ，エネルギー準位！, 生物工学会誌, 102(1), 26-26 (2024/01)
  2. 白井智量, 森裕太郎, 第3章 化成品原料の生産 -4. 代謝設計・酵素設計によるゴム原料の微生物生産-, 微生物を活用した有用物質の製造技術, シーエムシー出版, 111-116 (2023/05)
  3. 森 裕太郎, 白井智量, フェルラ酸脱炭酸酵素の合理的な基質特異性改変による1,3-ブタジエン生産, 生化学誌, 94, 605-610 (2022)
  4. 森 裕太郎, 白井智量, Ferulic acid decarboxylase の合理的設計による人工代謝経路の構築, 酵素工学ニュース, 85, 20-24 (2021)
  5. 森 裕太郎, 折下 涼子, 白井 智量, 代謝デザインに資する酵素創製と探索, 生物工学会誌, 96, 578-581 (2018)
  6. G. A. L. Gonçalves, Y. Mori, N. Kamiya, Emerging Areas in Bioengineering (2018), Chapter 6, pp 93-103
  7. N. Kamiya, Y. Mori, Transglutaminases (2015), pp 373-383
  8. 森 裕太郎, 部位特異的連結反応を介した分子配列による高次機能性タンパク質集合体の創製, 九州大学博士論文、全114p. (2015), https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/opac_detail_md/?lang=0&amode=MD823&bibid=1500666
  9. 森 裕太郎, 「適材適所」―相手に応じたセルロソームの自己最適化―, 生物工学会誌, 92, 624-624 (2014)