Bioplastic Research Team

Accomplishments

2015

Jiang N., and Abe H. (2015) Morphological changes in poly(L-lactide)/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) blends induced by different miscibility. Polymer, 66, 259-267.
ISI//000355884100032

Jiang N, and Abe H. (2015) Miscibility and morphology study on crystalline/crystalline partially miscible polymer blends of 6-arm Poly(L-lactide) and Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate). Polymer, 60, 260-266
ISI//000351117300031

Tomohiro Hiraishi, Hideki Abe, and Mizuo Maeda: Substrate stereoselectivity of poly(Asp) hydrolase-1 capable of cleaving beta-amide bonds as revealed by investigation of enzymatic hydrolysis of stereoisomeric beta-tri(Asp)s. AMB Express, 5, 1796-1803.
ISI//000358074600002

Jiang Ni, and Hideki Abe (2015) Effect of atactic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) block on the crystallization and degradation behavior of 6-arm poly(L-lactide)-b-atactic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). Polym. Degrad. Stab, 114, 8-15.
ISI//000353734700002

Jiang Ni, and Hideki Abe (2015) Crystallization and melting behavior of partially miscible six-armed poly(l-lactic acid)/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) blends. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 132.
ISI//000357525900027

Manami Hyakutake, Satoshi Tomizawa, Kouhei Mizuno, Tamao Hisano, Hideki Abe and Takeharu Tsuge (2015) A common active site of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase from Bacillus cereus YB-4 is involved in polymerization and alcoholysis reactions. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol, 99, 4701-4711.
ISI//000354617800013

2014

Tabata Y., and Abe H.(2014) Synthesis and Properties of Alternating Copolymers of 3-Hydroxybutyrate and Lactate Units with Different Stereocompositions. Macromolecules, 47, 7354-7361.
ISI://000344905800011

Hyakutake M., Tomizawa S., Mizuno K., Abe H. and Tsuge T.(2014) Alcoholytic Cleavage of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Chains by Class IV Synthases Induced by Endogenous and Exogenous Ethanol, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 80, 1421-1429.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24334666

2013

Tabata Y. and Abe H.(2013) Effects of composition and sequential structure on thermal properties for copolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate and lactate units, Polym. Degrad. Stab., 98, 1796-1803.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141391013001493

Tsuge T., Ko T., Tago M. and Abe H.(2013) Effect of glycerol and its analogs on polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis by recombinant Ralstonia eutropha: A quantitative structure-activity relationship study of chain transfer agents, Polym. Degrad. Stab., 98, 1586-1590.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141391013001973

Tomizawa S., Sato S., Lan JCW., Nakamura Y., Abe H. and Tsuge T.(2013) In vitro evidence of chain transfer to tetraethylene glycols in enzymatic polymerization of polyhydroxyalkanoate, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 97, 4821-4829.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23474615

2012

Abe H., Ishii N., Sato S. and Tsuge T.(2012) Thermal Properties and Crystallization Behaviors of Medium-chain-length Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)s, Polymer, 53, 3026-3034.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032386112003734

Watanabe Y., Ichinomiya Y., Shimada D., Saika A., Abe H., Taguchi S. and Tsuge T.(2012) Development and Validation of an HPLC-based Screening Method to Acquire Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthase Mutants with Altered Substrate Specificity, J. Biosci. Bioeng., 113, 286-292.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22088761

Hiraishi T., Yamashita K., Sakono M., Nakanishi J., Tan L.T., Sudesh K., Abe H. and Maeda M.(2012) Display of Functionally Active PHB depolymerase on Eschechia coli Surface, Macromol. Biosci., 12, 218-214.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22095689

Sato S., Ishii N., Hamada Y., Abe H. and Tsuge T.(2012)Utilization of 2-Alkenoic Acids for Biosynthesis of Medium-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates in Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli to Construct a Novel Chemical Recycling System, Polym. Degra. Stab., 97, 329-336.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141391011003971

2011

Tomizawa S., Hyakutake M., Saito Y., Agus J., Mizuno K., Abe H. and Tsuge T.(2011) Molecular Weight Change of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Caused by the PhaC Subunit of PHA Synthase from Bacillus cereus YB-4 in Recombinant Escherichia coli, Biomacromolecules, 12, 2660-2666.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21618968

Yamada M., Matsumoto K., Uramoto S., Motobayashi R., Abe H. and Taguchi S.(2011) Lactate Fraction Dependent Mechanical Properties of Semitransparent Poly(lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate)s Produced by Control of Lactyl-CoA Monomer Fluxes in Recombinant Escherichia coli, J. Biotechnol., 154, 255-260.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21640144

Hiraishi T.,Masuda E., Miyamoto D., Kanayama N, Abe H. and Maeda M.(2011) Enzymatic Synthesis of Poly(alpha-ethyl beta-aspartate) by Polyethylene Glycol Modified Poly(aspartate) Hydrolase-1, Macromol. Biosci., 11,187-191.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20954200

2010

Hiraishi T., Komiya N., Matsumoto N., Abe H., Fujita M., and Maeda M.(2010) Degradation and Adsorption Characteristics of PHB Depolymerase As Revealed by Kinetics of Mutant Enzymes with Amino Acid Substitution in Substrate-Binding Domain, Biomacromolecules, 11,113-119 .
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20058938

Kikkawa Y., Kurokawa K., Kimura R., Takahashi M., Kanesato M., and Abe H. (2010) Solvent-Induced Morphological Diversification in Poly(L-lactide-b-e-caprolactone) Block Copolymer Thin Films, Polym. Degrad. Stab., 95,1414-1420.

Tsuge T., Hamada Y., Watanabe Y., Tomizawa S., Yamamoto T., and Abe H.(2010) Characterization of Biosynthsized P(3HB-co-3HA)s Swellable in Organic Solvents, Polym. Degrad. Stab., 95, 1345-1348.

Bhubalan K., Rathi D.N., Abe H., Iwata T., and Sudesh K. (2010) Improved Synthesis of P(3HB-co-3HV-co-3HHx) Terpolymers by Mutant Cupriavidus necator Using the PHA Synthase Gene of Chromobacterium sp. USM2 with High Affinity Towards 3HV, Polym. Degrad. Stab, 95 ,1436-1442.

Tanadchangsaeng N., Tsuge T., and Abe H. (2010) Comonomer Compositional Distribution, Physical Properties and Enzymatic Degradability of Bacterial Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxy-4-methylvalerate) Copolyesters, Biomacromolecules, 11 ,1615-1622.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20441146

Tomizawa S., Sato Y., Hyakutake M., Nakamura Y., Abe H., and Tsuge T. (2010)Chain Transfer Reaction Catalyzed by Various Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthases with Poly(ethylene glycol) as an Exogenous Chain Transfer Agent, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol, 87, 1427-1435.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20422180