Eiko Kanaya

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Eiko Kanaya is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Eiko Kanaya has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Eiko Kanaya's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers). Eiko Kanaya is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers). Eiko Kanaya collaborates with scholars based in Japan, South Korea and United States. Eiko Kanaya's co-authors include Shigenori Kanaya, Yuichi Koga, Kazufumi Takano, Joong-Jae Kim, Koji Goto, Koichi Watanabe, E. Morita, K. Okada, Shinichiro Sawa and Masakazu Kikuchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Genes & Development and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Eiko Kanaya

40 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Isolation of a Novel Cutinase Homolog with Polyethylene Terephthalate-Degrading Activity from Leaf-Branch Compost by Using a Metagenomic Approach

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eiko Kanaya Japan	15	1.1k	585	529	450	242	40	1.9k
César A. Ramírez‐Sarmiento Chile	18	721 0.6×	408 0.7×	353 0.7×	54 0.1×	140 0.6×	56	1.4k
Karl‐Heinz Maurer Germany	26	1.4k 1.3×	218 0.4×	175 0.3×	246 0.5×	71 0.3×	58	2.0k
Astrid Höppner Germany	16	567 0.5×	223 0.4×	182 0.3×	170 0.4×	89 0.4×	23	960
Sakihito Kitajima Japan	23	855 0.8×	141 0.2×	132 0.2×	842 1.9×	59 0.2×	61	1.6k
Christina M. Payne United States	25	1.4k 1.3×	346 0.6×	684 1.3×	734 1.6×	157 0.6×	53	2.9k
Manuel Salvador Spain	14	474 0.4×	169 0.3×	155 0.3×	68 0.2×	63 0.3×	17	818
H. L. Sadoff United States	22	909 0.8×	205 0.4×	302 0.6×	223 0.5×	14 0.1×	50	1.5k
Pablo J. Pomposiello United States	13	757 0.7×	175 0.3×	83 0.2×	85 0.2×	40 0.2×	17	1.3k
Tea Pavkov‐Keller Austria	24	969 0.9×	110 0.2×	123 0.2×	122 0.3×	27 0.1×	72	1.6k
Andrzej Łyskowski Austria	20	632 0.6×	136 0.2×	120 0.2×	96 0.2×	36 0.1×	37	1.1k

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Kanaya, Eiko, et al.. (2015). Role of RNase H1 in DNA repair: removal of single ribonucleotide misincorporated into DNA in collaboration with RNase H2. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9969–9969. 21 indexed citations

Okano, Hiroyuki, Eiko Kanaya, Masashi Ozaki, et al.. (2015). Crystal Structure of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 9 Endoglucanase with an N-Terminal Ig-Like Domain Isolated from Leaf-Branch Compost. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 226a–226a. 1 indexed citations

You, Dong‐Ju, et al.. (2013). Crystal structure of metagenome-derived LC11-RNase H1 in complex with RNA/DNA hybrid. Journal of Structural Biology. 182(2). 144–154. 7 indexed citations

Angkawidjaja, Clement, et al.. (2012). Activity, stability, and structure of metagenome‐derived LC11‐RNase H1, a homolog of Sulfolobus tokodaii RNase H1. Protein Science. 21(4). 553–561. 10 indexed citations

You, Dong‐Ju, et al.. (2012). Structure and characterization of RNase H3 from Aquifex aeolicus. FEBS Journal. 279(15). 2737–2753. 9 indexed citations

Kanaya, Eiko, Tomoya Sakabe, Nam‐Trung Nguyen, et al.. (2010). Cloning of the RNase H genes from a metagenomic DNA library: identification of a new type 1 RNase H without a typical active-site motif. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 109(3). 974–983. 9 indexed citations

Kanaya, Eiko & Hisato Jingami. (2006). The region of CQQQKPQRRP of PGC-1α interacts with the DNA-binding complex of FXR/RXRα. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 342(3). 734–743. 1 indexed citations

Kanaya, Eiko, Noboru Nakajima, & Kiyotaka Okada. (2002). Non-sequence-specific DNA Binding by the FILAMENTOUS FLOWER Protein from Arabidopsis thaliana Is Reduced by EDTA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(14). 11957–11964. 44 indexed citations

Inaka, Koji, Eiko Kanaya, Masakazu Kikuchi, & Kunio Miki. (2001). Crystal structure of a mutant human lysozyme with a substituted disulfide bond. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 43(4). 413–419. 2 indexed citations

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Kanaya, Eiko, Noboru Nakajima, Kosuke Morikawa, Kiyotaka Okada, & Yoshiro Shimura. (1999). Characterization of the Transcriptional Activator CBF1 fromArabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(23). 16068–16076. 22 indexed citations

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Sawa, Shinichiro, Koichi Watanabe, Koji Goto, et al.. (1999). FILAMENTOUS FLOWER, a meristem and organ identity gene of Arabidopsis, encodes a protein with a zinc finger and HMG-related domains. Genes & Development. 13(9). 1079–1088. 363 indexed citations

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Yang, Daiwen, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Eiko Kanaya, Shigenori Kanaya, & Kuniaki Nagayama. (1996). Characterization of an artificial dimer of ribonuclease H using 1H NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 7(1). 29–34. 5 indexed citations

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Kanaya, Eiko & Shigenori Kanaya. (1995). Kinetic Analysis of Escherichia Coli Ribonuclease HI Using Oligomeric DNA/RNA Substrates Suggests an Alternative Mechanism for the Interaction between the Enzyme and the Substrate. European Journal of Biochemistry. 231(3). 557–562. 46 indexed citations

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Takano, Kazufumi, Kyoko Ogasahara, Eiko Kanaya, et al.. (1995). Contribution of Hydrophobic Residues to the Stability of Human Lysozyme: Calorimetric Studies and X-ray Structural Analysis of the Five Isoleucine to Valine Mutants. Journal of Molecular Biology. 254(1). 62–76. 116 indexed citations

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Kishigami, Satoshi, Eiko Kanaya, Masakazu Kikuchi, & Koreaki Ito. (1995). DsbA-DsbB Interaction through Their Active Site Cysteines. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(29). 17072–17074. 100 indexed citations

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Yamada, Hirofumi, et al.. (1994). Stabilization and Enhanced Enzymatic Activities of a Mutant Human Lysozyme C77/95A with a Cavity Space by Amino Acid Substitution.. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 17(2). 192–196. 6 indexed citations

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Kanaya, Eiko, et al.. (1994). Kinetic analyses of DNA‐linked ribonucleases H with different sizes of DNA. FEBS Letters. 354(2). 227–231. 5 indexed citations

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Yamada, Hiroaki, Eiko Kanaya, Yoshio Ueno, et al.. (1994). Contribution of a Hydrogen Bond to the Thermal Stability of the Mutant Human Lysozyme C77/95S.. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 17(5). 612–616. 1 indexed citations

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Kanaya, Eiko, Shigenori Kanaya, & Masakazu Kikuchi. (1990). Introduction of a non-native disulfide bridge to human lysozyme by cysteine scanning mutagenesis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 173(3). 1194–1199. 10 indexed citations

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Kanaya, Eiko, Frank B. Howard, Joe Frazier, & H. Todd Miles. (1987). Poly(2-amino-8-methyldeoxyadenylic acid): contrasting effects in deoxy- and ribopolynucleotides of 2-amino and 8-methyl substituents. Biochemistry. 26(22). 7159–7165. 11 indexed citations

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