Takanori Kumagai

Last Updated :2025/04/03

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences(Pharmaceutical Sciences), Associate Professor
E-mail
tkumahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
I carry out studies using some kind of microorganism, called 'Actinomycetes', known as producers of various beneficial secondary metabolites.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 1995/04/01, 2003/03/31, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Research Associate
  • 2003/04/01, 2004/01/31, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Assistant Professor
  • 2004/02/01, 2007/03/31, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Associate professor
  • 2007/04/01, 2012/03/31, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Associate professor
  • 2012/04/01, 2019/03/31, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Associate professor
  • 2019/04/01, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Associate Professor

Academic Degrees

  • Master of Pharmaceutical Science, Hiroshima University
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Science, Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Pharmaceutical Sciences : Program of Pharmaceutical Sciences : Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Pharmaceutical Sciences : Program of Medicinal Sciences : Medicinal Sciences
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences : Division of Integrated Health Sciences : Program of Medicinal Sciences
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences : Division of Integrated Health Sciences : Program of Medicinal Sciences

Research Fields

  • Medicine,dentistry, and pharmacy;Pharmacy;Natural medicines

Research Keywords

  • secondary metabolism
  • Genome analysis
  • heterologous production
  • antibiotic-producer
  • antibiotics

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The Society for Actinomycetes Japan, 1994/04
  • The Society for Biotechnology Japan, 1995/04
  • The Japanese Biochemical Society, 2005/04
  • The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, 2005/04
  • Japanese Society for Bacteriology, 2018/02

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Biochemistry II
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Practice of Microbiology
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Genetic Engineering
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Genetic Engineering
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Experiments of Microbial Chemistry
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Special laboratory Works in Pharmaceutical Sciences I
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Special laboratory Works in Pharmaceutical Sciences II
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special laboratory Works in Pharmaceutical Sciences III
  9. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Special laboratory Works in Clinical Pharmacy I
  10. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Special laboratory Works in Clinical Pharmacy II
  11. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Special laboratory Works in Clinical Pharmacy III
  12. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
  13. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Microbiology
  14. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Seminar on Microbiology
  15. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Research on Microbiology
  16. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Research on Microbiology
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Seminar on Microbiology
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Seminar on Microbiology
  19. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Research on Microbiology
  20. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Research on Microbiology
  21. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Antibiotic Biosynthesis
  22. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Seminar on Antibiotic Biosynthesis

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Genomic epidemiology and genetic characteristics of clinical Campylobacter species cocirculating in West Bengal, India, 2019, using whole genome analysis, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 69, 10.1128/aac.01108-24, 20241204
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  2. Construction of a temperature-sensitive shuttle vector between lactic acid bacteria and Escherichia coli and its application to a Tn10-based random mutagenesis tool in lactic acid bacteria, Biol. Pharm. Bull., 46, 840-847, 20230601
  3. Effects of the order of exposure to antimicrobials on the incidence of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Sci. Rep., 13, 8826, 20230531
  4. Whole-genome and plasmid comparative analysis of Campylobacter jejuni from human patients Toyama, Japan, from 2015 to 2019, Microbiol. Spectr., 11(1), e02659-22, 20230109
  5. Genome sequence-guided finding of lucensomycin production by Streptomyces achromogenes subsp. streptozoticus NBRC14001, Microorganisms, 10(1), 37, 20211226
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  6. Catalytic specificity of the Lactobacillus plantarum cystathionine gamma-lyase presumed by the crystallographic analysis, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1), 14886, 20200910
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  7. Comprehensive analysis of resistance-nodulation-cell division superfamily (RND) efflux pumps from Serratia marcescens, Db10, Scientific Reports, 9(1), 4854, 201903
  8. Expression of Genes Involved in Bacteriocin Production and Self-Resistance in Lactobacillus brevis 174A Is Mediated by Two Regulatory Proteins, APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 84(7), e02707-e02717, 201804
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  9. Characterization of the SN35N Strain-Specific Exopolysaccharide Encoded in the Whole Circular Genome of a Plant-Derived Lactobacillus plantarum, BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN, 41(4), 536-545, 201804
  10. Characterization of Exopolysaccharides Produced by Thermophilic Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Tropical Fruits of Thailand, BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN, 40(5), 621-629, 201705
  11. Antiobesity effect of Pediococcus pentosaceus LP28 on overweight subjects: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 70(5), 582-587, 201605
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  12. Characterization of the LP28 starin-specific exopolysaccharide biosynthetic gene cluster found in the whole circular genome of Pediococcus pentosaceus, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 5, 266-271, 2016
  13. Oral lactic acid bacteria that are related to occurrence and/or progression of dental caries in Japanese preschool children, Biosci. Microbiota Food Health, 34, 29-36, 2015
  14. The structural and mutational analyses of O-ureido-l-serine synthase necessary for d-cycloserine biosynthesis, FEBS JOURNAL, 282(20), 3929-3944, 201510
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  15. ★, High-Level Heterologous Production of D-Cycloserine by Escherichia coli, APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 81(22), 7881-7887, 201511
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  16. Characterization and Mutational Analysis of a Two-Polypeptide Bacteriocin Produced by Citrus Iyo-Derived Lactobacillus brevis 174A, BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN, 38(12), 1902-1909, 201512
  17. An alternative allosteric regulation mechanism of an acidophilic L-lactate dehydrogenase from Enterococcus mundtii 15-1A, FEBS OPEN BIO, 4, 834-847, 2014
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  18. Aspergillus oryzae S-03 produces gingipain inhibitors as a virulence factor for Porphyromonas gingivalis, J. Bacteriol. Virol., 44, 152-161, 2014
  19. Establishment of an In Vitro D-Cycloserine-Synthesizing System by Using O-Ureido-L-Serine Synthase and D-Cycloserine Synthetase Found in the Biosynthetic Pathway, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 57(6), 2603-2612, 201306
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  20. Crystallographic Study To Determine the Substrate Specificity of an L-Serine-Acetylating Enzyme Found in the D-Cycloserine Biosynthetic Pathway, JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 195(8), 1741-1749, 201304
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  21. Crystallographic and mutational analyses of tannase from Lactobacillus plantarum, PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS, 81(11), 2052-2058, 201311
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  22. The Obesity and Fatty Liver Are Reduced by Plant-Derived Pediococcus pentosaceus LP28 in High Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice, PLOS ONE, 7(2), 20120217
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  23. ★, Heme Protein and Hydroxyarginase Necessary for Biosynthesis of D-Cycloserine, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 56(7), 3682-3689, 201207
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  24. A Molecular Mechanism for Copper Transportation to Tyrosinase That Is Assisted by a Metallochaperone, Caddie Protein, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 286(34), 30219-30231, 20110826
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  25. Structural evidence that puromycin hydrolase is a new type of aminopeptidase with a prolyl oligopeptidase family fold, PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS, 79(10), 2999-3005, 201110
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  26. Catalytic Mechanism of Bleomycin N-Acetyltransferase Proposed on the Basis of Its Crystal Structure, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 285(2), 1446-1456, 20100108
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  27. Establishment of an in Vitro Peyer's Patch Cell Culture System Correlative to in Vivo Study Using Intestine and Screening of Lactic Acid Bacteria Enhancing Intestinal Immunity, BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN, 33(2), 289-293, 201002
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  28. ★, Molecular Cloning and Heterologous Expression of a Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for the Antitubercular Agent D-Cycloserine Produced by Streptomyces lavendulae, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 54(3), 1132-1139, 201003
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  29. Establishment of an Efficient Fermentation System of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid by a Lactic Acid Bacterium, Enterococcus avium G-15, Isolated from Carrot Leaves, BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN, 33(10), 1673-1679, 201010
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  30. Crystal structure and mutagenic analysis of a bacteriocin immunity protein, Mun-im, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 378(3), 574-578, 20090116
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  31. Crystal structure of SCCA1 and insight about the interaction with JNK1, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 380(1), 143-147, 20090227
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  32. Characterization of four plasmids harboured in a Lactobacillus brevis strain encoding a novel bacteriocin, brevicin 925A, and construction of a shuttle vector for lactic acid bacteria and Escherichia coli, MICROBIOLOGY-SGM, 155, 1726-1737, 200905
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  33. A novel tyrosine-phosphorylated protein inhibiting the growth of Streptomyces cells, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 385(4), 534-538, 20090807
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  34. Molecular Cloning and Functional Analysis of minD Gene from Streptomyces lavendulae ATCC25233, JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 106(3), 303-305, 200809
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  35. Self-protection mechanisms of antibiotic-producing microorganisms, Nippon rinsyo, 65, 669-673, 20070228
  36. ★, Cloning and characterization of a Streptomyces single module type non-ribosomal peptide synthetase catalyzing a blue pigment synthesis, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 282(12), 9073-9081, 20070323
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  37. Crystallographic evidence that the dinuclear copper center of tyrosinase is flexible during catalysis, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 281(13), 8981-8990, 20060331
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  38. Purification and characterization of the second Streptomyces phospholipase A(2) refolded from an inclusion body, PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION, 50(1), 82-88, 200611
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  39. The mitomycin C (MMC)-binding protein from MMC-producing microorganisms protects from the lethal effect of bleomycin: Crystallographic analysis to elucidate the binding mode of the antibiotic to the protein, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 360(2), 398-408, 20060707
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  40. Identification and kinetic study of tyrosinase inhibitors found in sake lees, JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, 54(26), 9827-9833, 20061227
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  41. A novel assay method for an amino acid racemase reaction based on circular dichroism, BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 389, 491-496, 20050715
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  42. An efficient method for the overexpression and purification of active tyrosinase from Streptomyces castaneoglobisporus, PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION, 34(2), 202-207, 200404
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  43. Self-protection mechanism in D-cycloserine-producing Streptomyces lavendulae - Gene cloning, characterization, and kinetics of its alanine racemase and D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase, which are target enzymes of D-cycloserine, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 279(44), 46143-46152, 20041029
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  44. Structural evidence that alanine racemase from a D-cycloserine-producing microorganism exhibits resistance to its own product, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 279(44), 46153-46161, 20041029
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  45. Cell differentiation and p38(MAPK) cascade are inhibited in human osteoblasts cultured in a three-dimensional clinostat., In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim, 39(1-2), 89-97, 20030101
  46. Physical stress by magnetic force accelerates differentiation of human osteoblasts, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 311(1), 32-38, 20031107
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  47. Molecular mechanism for the enhancement of arbekacin resistance in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, FEBS LETTERS, 546(2-3), 401-406, 20030710
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  48. Molecular cloning of a D-cycloserine resistance gene from D-cycloserine-producing Streptomyces garyphalus, JOURNAL OF ANTIBIOTICS, 56(9), 762-767, 200309
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  49. Streptomyces Phospholipase A2: Its Use in the Enzymatic Measurement of Calcium(II) Ion Content, Actinomycetologica, 16(2), 17-20, 20020401
  50. Molecular mechanisms for bleomycin resistance, Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso, 47(10), 1276-1284, 20020401
  51. The 1.6-A crystal structure of the copper(II)-bound bleomycin complexed with the bleomycin-binding protein from bleomycin-producing Streptomyces verticillus, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 277(3), 2311-2320, 20020118
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  52. Molecular and structural biology of bleomycin and its resistance determinants, JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 93(2), 105-116, 200202
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  53. Use of bleomycin- and heat shock-induced calreticulin promoter for construction of a mammalian expression vector, JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 129(5), 671-674, 200105
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  54. Crystal structures of the transposon Tn5-carried bleomycin resistance determinant uncomplexed and complexed with bleomycin, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 276(13), 9992-9999, 20010330
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  55. The 1.5 angstrom crystal structure of a bleomycin resistance determinant from bleomycin-producing Streptomyces verticillus, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 295(4), 915-925, 20000128
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  56. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of Streptomyces phospholipase A(2) in a calcium-binding form, JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY, 82(1-4), 221-223, 200011
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  57. Characterization of the bleomycin resistance determinant encoded on the transposon Tn5, FEBS Lett, 442, 34-38, 19990401
  58. Mutation of the N-terminal Proline 9 of BLMA from Streptomyces verticillus abolishes the binding affinity for bleomycin, FEBS Lett, 450, 227-230, 19990401
  59. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of bleomycin-binding protein encoded on the transposon Tn5, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. D, 55, 1095-1097, 19990501
  60. A mammalian vector carrying the bleomycin N-acetyltransferase gene from Streptomyces verticillus as a selective marker, J. Antibiot., 52, 895-899, 19990401
  61. Protection of mammalian cells from the toxicity of bleomycin by expression of a bleomycin-binding protein gene from Streptomyces verticillus, J. Biochem., 124, 835-841, 19980401
  62. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of bleomycin-binding protein from bleomycin-producing Streptomyces verticillus, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. D, 54, 127-128, 19980101
  63. Development of a useful vector system that enables visual detection of inhibitor of nucleic acid synthesis, J. Ferment. Bioeng., 84, 155-157, 19970401
  64. Blepharismin produced by a protozoan Blepharisma functions as an antibiotic effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 155, 67-71, 19970401
  65. Growth of human pancreatic cancer cells, induced by human pancreatic phospholipase A2, is mediated via its specific receptor but not via its catalytic property, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY, 9, 1219-1225, 19961201
  66. Overproduction of the bleomycin-binding proteins from bleomycin-producing Streptomyces verticillus and a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Escherichia coli and their immunological characterisation, FEBS Lett, 362, 80-84, 19950401
  67. Gene technology to overproduce the enzymes useful as diagnostic reagents, Rinsho Byori, 43(8), 765-771, 19950801
  68. Inactivation of bleomycin by an N-acetyltransferase in the bleomycin-producing strain Streptomyces verticillus, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 121, 81-86, 19940401
  69. Characterisation by molecular cloning of two genes from Streptomyces verticillus encoding resistance to bleomycin, Gene, 151, 11-16, 19940401