Mamoru Honma

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Mamoru Honma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mamoru Honma has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Plant Science and 17 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Mamoru Honma's work include Enzyme Production and Characterization (14 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (11 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers). Mamoru Honma is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Production and Characterization (14 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (11 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers). Mamoru Honma collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Mamoru Honma's co-authors include Tokuji Shimomura, Hirokazu Matsui, Hideaki Oikawa, Kenji Watanabe, Akitami Ichihara, Takashi Mie, Isao Tanaka, Min Yao, Toyoyuki Ose and Susumu Hiraga and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Mamoru Honma

66 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Metabolism of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mamoru Honma Japan	24	1.3k	851	261	243	222	67	2.1k
Jonathan E. Poulton United States	28	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	292 1.1×	113 0.5×	67 0.3×	51	2.1k
G. Maurice Gaucher Canada	23	507 0.4×	604 0.7×	262 1.0×	127 0.5×	329 1.5×	58	1.3k
Lahoucine Achnine United States	12	1.3k 1.0×	1.7k 2.0×	150 0.6×	91 0.4×	172 0.8×	14	2.5k
Eitan Harel Israel	19	1.1k 0.9×	743 0.9×	319 1.2×	53 0.2×	160 0.7×	27	1.9k
Joshua R. Widhalm United States	22	945 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	218 0.8×	100 0.4×	98 0.4×	36	2.2k
G. Hrazdina United States	31	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.7×	252 1.0×	92 0.4×	125 0.6×	87	2.7k
David Weisleder United States	25	798 0.6×	679 0.8×	105 0.4×	365 1.5×	150 0.7×	82	1.8k
A. Fuchs Netherlands	20	761 0.6×	381 0.4×	114 0.4×	83 0.3×	167 0.8×	45	1.3k
Hanns Ulrich Seitz Germany	26	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	296 1.1×	64 0.3×	82 0.4×	63	2.3k
Helen A. Stafford United States	25	878 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	127 0.5×	69 0.3×	108 0.5×	63	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mamoru Honma

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Ose, Toyoyuki, Kenji Watanabe, Ming Yao, et al.. (2004). Structure of macrophomate synthase. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 60(7). 1187–1197. 13 indexed citations

Fujino, Aiko, Min Yao, Tetsuo Tokiwano, et al.. (2004). Structural and Enzymatic Properties of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate Deaminase Homologue from Pyrococcus horikoshii. Journal of Molecular Biology. 341(4). 999–1013. 30 indexed citations

Ose, Toyoyuki, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Mie, et al.. (2003). Insight into a natural Diels–Alder reaction from the structure of macrophomate synthase. Nature. 422(6928). 185–189. 158 indexed citations

Nozaki, Kouichi, Shigeki Hamada, Ito H, et al.. (2001). Major Isoforms of Starch Branching Enzymes in Premature Seeds of Kidney Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 65(5). 1141–1148. 16 indexed citations

Watanabe, Kenji, Takashi Mie, Akitami Ichihara, Hideaki Oikawa, & Mamoru Honma. (2000). Detailed Reaction Mechanism of Macrophomate Synthase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(49). 38393–38401. 66 indexed citations

Hiraga, Susumu, Kimiko Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ito, et al.. (2000). Diverse expression profiles of 21 rice peroxidase genes. FEBS Letters. 471(2-3). 245–250. 81 indexed citations

H, Ito, et al.. (2000). 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) Deaminase Induced by ACC Synthesized and Accumulated inPenicillium citrinumIntracellular Spaces. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 64(2). 299–305. 37 indexed citations

Yao, Min, Toyoyuki Ose, Hiroshi Sugimoto, et al.. (2000). Crystal Structure of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate Deaminase from Hansenula saturnus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(44). 34557–34565. 46 indexed citations

Watanabe, Kenji, Takashi Mie, Akitami Ichihara, Hideaki Oikawa, & Mamoru Honma. (2000). Substrate Diversity of Macrophomate Synthase Catalyzing an Unusual Multistep Transformation from 2-Pyrones to Benzoates. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 64(3). 530–538. 14 indexed citations

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Igarashi, Toshinori, et al.. (1999). Synthesis and Degradation of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid byPenicillium citrinum. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 63(3). 542–549. 81 indexed citations

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Nozaki, Kouichi, Hirokazu Matsui, Haruhide Mori, et al.. (1998). Amylases and Branching Enzyme of Developing Kidney Bean Seeds on Native Electrophoretic Gel. Journal of Applied Glycoscience. 45(2). 117–122. 4 indexed citations

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Katayama, Kinya, Tomonori Kobayashi, Hideaki Oikawa, Mamoru Honma, & Akitami Ichihara. (1998). Enzymatic activity and partial purification of solanapyrone synthase: first enzyme catalyzing Diels–Alder reaction. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1384(2). 387–395. 72 indexed citations

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MURATA, Susumu, et al.. (1996). Identification of Essential Ionizable Groups of Rice α-Glucosidase II. Journal of Applied Glycoscience. 43(1). 67–71. 3 indexed citations

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Matsui, Hirokazu, et al.. (1996). Enzymatic Properties of Three α-Glucosidases from Aspergillus oryzae. Journal of Applied Glycoscience. 43(3). 325–330. 1 indexed citations

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Onodera, Shuichi, Ito H, Haruhide Mori, et al.. (1996). Molecular Cloning and Nucleotide Sequences of cDNA and Gene Encodingendo-Inulinase fromPenicillium purpurogenum. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 60(11). 1780–1785. 35 indexed citations

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Matsui, Hirokazu, Atsuo Kimura, Hiroyuki Ito, et al.. (1995). Chemical Modification and Amino Acid Sequence of Active Site in Sugar Beetα-Glucosidase. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 59(3). 459–463. 29 indexed citations

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Ito, Hiroyuki, Fusao Kimizuka, Akira Ohbayashi, et al.. (1994). Molecular cloning and characterization of two complementary DNAs encoding putative peroxidases from rice (Oryza sativa L.) shoots. Plant Cell Reports. 13(7). 361–6. 18 indexed citations

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Honma, Mamoru, Jun Kawai, & Masataka Yamada. (1993). Identification of the Reactive Sulfhydryl Group of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate Deaminase. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 57(12). 2090–2093. 12 indexed citations

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Kimura, Atsuo, Hirokazu Matsui, Mamoru Honma, & Seiya Chiba. (1992). Evidence for a Single Catalytic Site of Honeybee α-Glucosidase I by Chemical Modification with Diethylpyrocarbonate. The Journal of Biochemistry. 112(1). 127–131. 2 indexed citations

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Honma, Mamoru, et al.. (1992). Cysteine-conjugateβ-Lyase fromMucor javanicus. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 56(6). 963–964. 2 indexed citations

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