Doctor of Engineering, Shinshu University

1989, Shinshu University, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology

1991, Shinshu University, Graduate School, Division of Textile Science and Technology

Visualization of wall teichoic acid decoration in Bacillus subtilis.
Yutaka Koyano, Kiyoshirou Okajima, Mako Mihara, Hiroki Yamamoto
Journal of Bacteriology, 205(4), e0006623, 2023, Refereed, Not invited
Last, Corresponding

Digestion of peptidoglycan near the cross-link is necessary for the growth of Bacillus subtilis
Hashimoto, M., Matsushima, H., Suparthana I. P., Ogasawara, H., Yamamoto, H., Teng, C., Sekiguchi, J.
Microbiology, 164, 299～307, 2018, Refereed

The transmembrane segment of TagH is required for wall teichoic acid transport under heat stress in Bacillus subtilis
Yamada, T., Miyashita, M., Kasahara, J., Tanaka, T., Hashimoto, M., Yamamoto, H.
Microbiology, 164, 935-945, 2018, Refereed

Teichoic acid polymers affect expression and localization of DL-endopeptidase LytE required for lateral cell wall hydrolysis in Bacillus subtilis.
Kasahara, J., Y. Kiriyama, M. Miyashita, T. Kondo, T. Yamada, K. Yazawa, R. Yoshikawa and H. Yamamoto.
J. Bacteriol., 198(11), 1585-1594, 2016

Application of freeze-dried powders of Genetically engineered microbial strains as adsorbents for rare earth metal ions
Moriwaki, H., Masuda, R., Yamazaki, Y., Horiuchi, K., Miyashita, M., Kasahara, J., Tanaka, T., and Yamamoto, H.
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8(40), 26524-26531, 2016

分泌シグナルに基づく細胞表層タンパク質のターゲティング機構の解明
山本博規
IFO Research Communications, 28, 132-133, 2014

A cell wall protein (YqgA) is genetically related to the cell wall-degrading DL-endopeptidases in Bacillus subtilis.
Hashimoto, M., K. Fujikura, Y. Miyake, Y. Higashitsuji, Y. Kiriyama, T. Tanaka, H. Yamamoto and J. Sekiguchi.
Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 78(8), 1428-1434, 2014

Localization and expression of the Bacillus subtilis DL-endopeptidase LytF are influenced by mutations in LTA synthases and glycolipid anchor synthetic enzymes.
Kiriyama, Y., K. Yazawa, T. Tanaka, R. Yoshikawa, H. Yamane, M. Hashimoto, J. Sekiguchi, and H. Yamamoto.
Microbiology, 160, 2639-2649, 2014

Adsorption of rare earth ions onto the cell walls of wild type and lipoteichoic acid-defective strains of Bacillus subtilis
Moriwaki, H., R. Koide, R. Yoshikawa, Y. Warabino and H. Yamamoto
Appl. Microbiol. Biotech., 97(8), 3721-3728, 2013

Interactions of microorganisms with rare earth ions and their utilization for separation and environmental technology
Moriwaki, H., and H. Yamamoto
Appl. Microbiol. Biotech., 97(1), 1-8, 2013

Identification and characterization of novel cell wall hydrolase CwlT: a two-domain autolysin exhibiting n-acetylmuramidase and DL-endopeptidase activities
Fukushima, T., Kitajima, T., H. Yamaguchi, Q. Ouyang, K. Furuhata, H. Yamamoto, T. Shida, and J. Sekiguchi
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 283(17), 11117-11125, 2008

Post-translational control of vegetative cell separation enzymes through a direct interaction with specific inhibitor IseA in Bacillus subtilis.
Yamamoto, H., M. Hashimoto, Y. Higashitsuji, H. Harada, N. Hariyama, L. Takahashi, T. Iwashita, S. Ooiwa and J. Sekiguchi.
Molecular Microbiology, 70(1), 168-182, 2008

The major and minor wall teichoic acids prevent the sidewall localization of vegetative DL-endopeptidase LytF in Bacillus subtilis.
Yamamoto, H., Y. Miyake, M. Hisaoka, S. Kurosawa and Junichi Sekiguchi.
Molecular Microbiology, 70(2), 297-310, 2008

Characterization of new L,D-endopeptidase gene product CwlK (previous YcdD) that hydrolyzes peptidoglycan in Bacillus subtilis
Fukushima, T; Yao, Y; Kitajima, T; Yamamoto, H; Sekiguchi, J
Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 278(4), 371-383, 2007

A new D,L-endopeptidase gene product, YojL (renamed CwlS), plays a role in cell separation with LytE and LytF in Bacillus subtilis
Fukushima, T., A. Afkham, S. Kurosawa, T. Tanabe, H. Yamamoto, and J. Sekiguchi.
J. Bacteriol., 188(15), 5541-5550, 2006

Functional analysis of the YvrGHb two component system of Bacillus subtilis: Identification of the regulated genes by DNA microarray and Northern blot analyses
Serizawa, M., K. Kodama, H. Yamamoto, K. Kobayashi, N. Ogasawara, and J. Sekiguchi.
Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 59(11), 2155-2169, 2005

Systematic analysis of SigD-regulated genes in Bacillus subtilis by DNA microarray and Northern blotting analyses
Serizawa, M., H. Yamamoto, H. Yamaguchi, Y. Fujita, K. Kobayashi, N. Ogasawara, and J. Sekiguchi
GENE, 329, 125-136, 2004

Characterization of a new Bacillus subtilis peptidoglycan hydrolase gene, yvcE (named cwlO), and the enzymatic properties of its encoded protein
Yamaguchi, H., K. Furuhata, T. Fukushima, H. Yamamoto, and J. Sekiguchi
J. Biosci. Bioeng., 98(3), 174-181, 2004

Characterization of a polysaccharide deacetylase gene homologue (pdaB) on sporulation of Bacillus subtilis
Fukushima, T., T. Tanabe, H. Yamamoto, S. Hosoya, T. Sato, H. Yoshikawa and J. Sekiguchi
J. Biochemistry (Tokyo), 136(3), 283-291, 2004

Essential Bacillus subtilis genes
Kobayashi, K., T. Fukushima, S. Ishikawa, J. Sekiguchi, H. Yamamoto, N. Ogasawara （他93名）
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100(8), 4678-4683, 2003

Transcriptional, functional and cytochemical analyses of the veg gene in Bacillus subtilis
Fukushima, T., S. Ishikawa, H. Yamamoto, N. Ogasawara, and J. Sekiguchi
J. Biochemistry (Tokyo), 133(4), 475-483, 2003

Localization of vegetative cell wall hydrolases, LytC, LytE and LytF, on the Bacillus subtilis cell surface, and the stability of these enzymes to cell wall-bound or extracellular proteases
Yamamoto, H., S. Kurosawa, and J. Sekiguchi
J. Bacteriol., 185(22), 6666-6677, 2003

Production of long-chain levan by a sacC insertional mutant from Bacillus subtilis 327UH
Shida, T., K. Mukaijo, S. Ishikawa, H. Yamamoto, and J. Sekiguchi
Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 66(7), 1555-1558, 2002

Simultaneous display of bacterial and fungal lipases on the cell surface of Bacillus subtilis
Kobayashi, G., K. Fujii, M. Serizawa, H. Yamamoto, and J. Sekiguchi
J. Biosci. Bioeng., 93(1), 15-19, 2002

Stabilization of cell wall proteins in Bacillus subtilis: a proteomic approach
Antelmann, H., H. Yamamoto, J. Sekiguchi, and M. Hecker
PROTEOMICS, 2(5), 591-602, 2002

A polysaccharide deacetylase gene (pdaA) is required for germination and for production of muramic _-lactam residues in the spore cortex of Bacillus subtilis
Fukushima, T., H. Yamamoto, A. Atrih, S. J. Foster, and J. Sekiguchi
J. Bacteriol., 184(21), 6007-6015, 2002

Regulation of the glv operon in Bacillus subtilis: YfiA (GlvR) is a positive regulator of the operon that is repressed through CcpA and cre
H. Yamamoto/ M. Serizawa/ J. Thompson / J. Sekiguchi
J. Bacteriol., 183(17), 5110-5121, 2001

Accumulation of an artificial cell wall-binding lipase by Bacillus subtilis wprA and/or sigD mutants
Kobayashi, G; Toida, J; Akamatsu, T; Yamamoto, H; Shida, T; Sekiguchi, J
FEMS Microbiol. Letters, 188(2), 165-169, 2000

The CitST two-component system regulates the expression of the Mg-citrate transporter in Bacillus subtilis.
Yamamoto, H; Murata, M; Sekiguchi, J
Molecular Microbiology, 37(4), 898-912, 2000

Accumulation of a Recombinant Aspergillus oryzae Lipase artificially Localized on the Bacillus subtilis Cell Surface
G. Kobayashi/J. Toida/T. Akamatsu/ H. Yamamoto/T. Shida / J. Sekiguchi
J. Biosci. Bioeng., 90, 422-425, 2000

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the 6-phospho-alpha-glucosidase from Bacillus subtilis
Varrot, A; Yamamoto, H; Sekiguchi, J; Thompson, J; Davies, GJ
ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, 55, 1212-1214, 1999

Characterization of a new sigma K-dependent cell wall hydrolase gene that plays a role in Bacillus subtilis mother cell lysis
Nugroho, FA; Yamamoto, H; Kobayashi, Y; Sekiguchi, J
Journal of Bacteriology, 181(20), 6230-6237, 1999

Production of a recombinant lipase artificially localized on the Bacillus subtilis cell surface
Tsuchiya, A; Kobayashi, G; Yamamoto, H; Sekiguchi, J
FEMS Microbiol Letters, 176(2), 373-378, 1999

Transcription of genes near the sspE locus of the Bacillus subtilis genome
Yamamoto, H., M. Mori, and J. Sekiguchi
Microbiology, 145, 2171-2180, 1999

The gene glvA of Bacillus subtilis 168encodes a metal-requiring, NAD (H)-dependent 6-phospho-alpha-glucosidase - Assignment to family 4 of the glycosylhydrolase superfamily
Thompson, J; Pikis, A; Ruvinov, SB; Henrissat, B; Yamamoto, H; Sekiguchi, J
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 273(42), 27347-27356, 1998

A 23.4 kb segment at the 69 degree to 70 degree region of the Bacillus subtilis genome
Yamamoto, H; Uchiyama, S; Nugroho, FA; Sekiguchi, J
Microbiology, 143(4), 1317-1320, 1997

Cloning and sequencing of a 35.7 kb in the 70 degree - 73 degree region of the Bacillus subtilis genome reveal genes for a new two-component system, three spore germination protein, an iron uptake system and a stress response protein
Hiroki Yamamoto;Shigeki Uchiyama;Fajar Aji Nugroho;Junichi Sekiguchi
GENE, 194(2), 191-199, 1997

The complete genome sequence of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis
Kunst, F; Ogasawara, N; Moszer, I; Albertini, AM; Alloni, G; Azevedo, V; Bertero, MG; Bessieres, P; Bolotin, A; Borchert, S; Borriss, R; Boursier, L; Brans, A; Braun, M; Brignell, SC; Bron, S; Brouillet, S; Bruschi, CV; Caldwell, B; Capuano, V; Carter, NM; Choi, SK; Codani, JJ; Connerton, IF; Cummings, NJ; Daniel, RA; Denizot, F; Devine, KM; Dusterhoft, A; Ehrlich, SD; Emmerson, PT; Entian, KD; Errington, J; Fabret, C; Ferrari, E; Foulger, D; Fritz, C; Fujita, M; Fujita, Y; Fuma, S; Galizzi, A; Galleron, N; Ghim, SY; Glaser, P; Goffeau, A; Golightly, EJ; Grandi, G; Guiseppi, G; Guy, BJ; Haga, K; Haiech, J; Harwood, CR; Henaut, A; Hilbert, H; Holsappel, S; Hosono, S; Hullo, MF; Itaya, M; Jones, L; Joris, B; Karamata, D; Kasahara, Y; KlaerrBlanchard, M; Klein, C; Kobayashi, Y; Koetter, P; Koningstein, G; Krogh, S; Kumano, M; Kurita, K; Lapidus, A; Lardinois, S; Lauber, J; Lazarevic, V; Lee, SM; Levine, A; Liu, H; Masuda, S; Mauel, C; Medigue, C; Medina, N; Mellado, RP; Mizuno, M; Moestl, D; Nakai, S; Noback, M; Noone, D; OReilly, M; Ogawa, K; Ogiwara, A; Oudega, B; Park, SH; Parro, V; Pohl, TM; Portetelle, D; Porwollik, S; Prescott, AM; Presecan, E; Pujic, P; Purnelle, B; Rapoport, G; Rey, M; Reynolds, S; Rieger, M; Rivolta, C; Rocha, E; Roche, B; Rose, M; Sadaie, Y; Sato, T; Scanlan, E; Schleich, S; Schroeter, R; Scoffone, F; Sekiguchi, J; Sekowska, A; Seror, SJ; Serror,P; Shin, BS; Soldo, B; Sorokin, A; Tacconi, E; Takagi, T; Takahashi, H; Takemaru, K; Takeuchi, M; Tamakoshi, A; Tanaka, T; Terpstra, P; Tognoni, A; Tosato, V; Uchiyama, S; Vandenbol, M; Vannier, F;Vassarotti, A; Viari, A; Wambutt, R; Wedler, E; Wedler, H; Weitzenegger, T; Winters, P; Wipat, A; Yamamoto, H; Yamane, K; Yasumoto, K; Yata, K; Yoshida, K; Yoshikawa, HF; Zumstein, E; Yoshikawa, H; Danchin, A
Nature, 390(6657), 249-256, 1997

Determination of a 12 kb nucleotide sequence around the 76 degrees region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome
Yamamoto, H; Uchiyama, S; Fajar, AN; Ogasawara, N; Sekiguchi,J
MICROBIOLOGY-UK, 142, 1417-1421, 1996

Cloning and sequencing of a 40.6 kb segment in the 73 degree - 76 degree region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome containing genes for trehalose metabolism and acetoin utilization
Hiroki Yamamoto;Shigeki Uchiyama;Junichi Sekiguchi
Microbiology, 142(11), 3057-3065, 1996

The Bacillus subtilis chromosome region near 78 degrees contains the genes encoding a new two-component system, three ABC transporters and a lipase
Yamamoto, H; Uchiyama, S; Sekiguchi, J
GENE, 181(1-2), 147-151, 1996

Cloning and sequencing of a 27.8-kb nucleotide sequence of the 79 degree - 81 degree region of the Bacillus subtilis genome containing the sspE locus
Hiroki Yamamoto;Shigeki Uchiyama;Junichi Sekiguchi
DNA Res., 3, 257-262, 1996

Nucleotide sequence and characterization of the large mitochondrial rRNA gene of Penicillium urticae, and its comparison with those of other filamentous fungi
Hiroki Yamamoto;Atsushi Naruse;TakeshiOhsaki;Junichi Sekiguchi
J. Biochem., 117(4), 888-896, 1995

Nucleotide sequence and regulation of a new putative cell wall hydrolase gene, cwlD, which affects germination in Bacillus subtilis
Junichi Sekiguchi;Kazumi Akeo;Hiroki Yamamoto;Fuat K. Khasanov;Juan C. Alonso;Akio Kuroda
J. Bacteriol., 177(19), 5582-5589, 1995

Nucleotide sequence of the large mitochondrial rRNA gene of Penicillium chrysogenum
Naruse, A., H. Yamamoto, and J. Sekiguchi.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1172, 353-356, 1993

Transformation of Penicillium urticae with plasmids containing the hygromycin B resistance gene
Kiuchi, N., A. Naruse, H. Yamamoto, and J. Sekiguchi.
Agric. Biol. Chem., 55, 3053-3057, 1991

Autonomously replicating fragments of mitochondrial DNA from Penicillium urticae in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Yamamoto, H., Y. Yoshida, Y. Kitamura, and J. Sekiguchi.
J. Ferment. Bioeng., 71, 275-277, 1991

CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPARISON OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNAS AND RIBOSOMAL-RNAS FROM PENICILLIUM-URTICAE AND PENICILLIUM-CHRYSOGENUM
Sekiguchi, J., T. Ohsaki, H. Yamamoto, K. Koichi, and T. Shida.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY, 136, 535-543, 1990

In: Neil D. Rawlings and Guy S. Salvesen, editors, Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 3rd Edition.
Sekiguchi, J., and H. Yamamoto, Murein Peptidase LytF
Oxford: Academic Press, 2479-2482 2012

In: Y. Sadaie and K. Matsumoto, editors, The Frontiers of Molecular Microbiology Revisited
Sekiguchi, J., and H. Yamamoto, Cell wall structure of E. coli and B. subtilis
Kerala: Research Signpost, 115-148 2012

A Practical Manual, Chap. 5B, John Wiley&Sons
W. Schumann/S. D. Ehrlich /N. Ogasawara eds./ Yamamoto, H./K. Asai /K. Kobayashi, Joint work, Northern Blot Analysis with non-RI Detection Systems; Functional Analysis of Bacterial Genes
41-44 2001

Studies on relationship between cell surface modification and morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2006

Studies on the localization mechanism of the cell surface proteins
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2003

Functional analysis of the Bacillus subtilis genome
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
1997 - 2002