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Kazuaki Okawa

Institution: Kogakuin University
ORCID: 0000-0002-5764-2931
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-5764-2931
OpenAlex ID: A5032224871
Acidic mammalian chitinase is a proteases-resistant glycosidase in mouse digestive system
2016 · Misa Ohno, Masahiro Kimura, et al. · Scientific Reports · 77
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Quantification of Chitinase mRNA Levels in Human and Mouse Tissues by Real-Time PCR: Species-Specific Expression of Acidic Mammalian Chitinase in Stomach Tissues
2013 · Misa Ohno, Yuto Togashi, et al. · PLoS ONE · 52
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Loss and Gain of Human Acidic Mammalian Chitinase Activity by Nonsynonymous SNPs
2016 · Kazuaki Okawa, Misa Ohno, et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 46
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Protein A-Mouse Acidic Mammalian Chitinase-V5-His Expressed in Periplasmic Space of Escherichia coli Possesses Chitinase Functions Comparable to CHO-Expressed Protein
2013 · Akinori Kashimura, Kazuaki Okawa, et al. · PLoS ONE · 39
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Functional Properties of the Catalytic Domain of Mouse Acidic Mammalian Chitinase Expressed in Escherichia coli
2015 · Akinori Kashimura, Masahiro Kimura, et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 29
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Functional Properties of Mouse Chitotriosidase Expressed in the Periplasmic Space of Escherichia coli
2016 · Masahiro Kimura, Satoshi Wakita, et al. · PLoS ONE · 14
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Evolutionary insights into sequence modifications governing chitin recognition and chitinase inactivity in YKL-40 (HC-gp39, CHI3L1)
2024 · Keita Suzuki, Kazuaki Okawa, et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 12
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Direct comparison of chitinolytic properties and determination of combinatory effects of mouse chitotriosidase and acidic mammalian chitinase
2019 · Masahiro Kimura, Takatoshi Umeyama, et al. · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · 11
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Quantification of chitooligosaccharides by FACE method: Determination of combinatory effects of mouse chitinases
2020 · Masahiro Kimura, Takatoshi Umeyama, et al. · MethodsX · 7
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Irreversible evolutionary loss of chitin‐degrading ability in the chitinase‐like protein Y m1 under positive selection in rodents
2023 · Kazuaki Okawa, Eri Tabata, et al. · Protein Science · 3
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A Simplified Method for Evaluating Chitin-Binding Activity Applied to YKL-40 (HC-gp39, CHI3L1) and Chitotriosidase
2024 · Keita Suzuki, Hidetoshi Suzuki, et al. · Molecules · 2
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Hyperactivation of human acidic chitinase (Chia) for potential medical use
2024 · Kazuaki Okawa, Masashi Kijima, et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2
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Key Amino Acids Controlling pH Optima in Avian Chia Paralogs: Mechanistic Insights into Functional Divergence
2026 · Eri Tabata, Keita Suzuki, et al. · Molecules
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Citation count: 294
H-index: 8
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