Licorice β-amyrin 11-oxidase, a cytochrome P450 with a key role in the biosynthesis of the triterpene sweetener glycyrrhizin H Seki, K Ohyama, S Sawai, M Mizutani, T Ohnishi, H Sudo, T Akashi, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (37), 14204-14209, 2008 | 441 | 2008 |
Triterpene functional genomics in licorice for identification of CYP72A154 involved in the biosynthesis of glycyrrhizin H Seki, S Sawai, K Ohyama, M Mizutani, T Ohnishi, H Sudo, ... The Plant Cell 23 (11), 4112-4123, 2011 | 338 | 2011 |
Triterpenoid biosynthesis and engineering in plants S Sawai, K Saito Frontiers in plant science 2, 25, 2011 | 282 | 2011 |
Sterol side chain reductase 2 is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of cholesterol, the common precursor of toxic steroidal glycoalkaloids in potato S Sawai, K Ohyama, S Yasumoto, H Seki, T Sakuma, T Yamamoto, ... The Plant Cell 26 (9), 3763-3774, 2014 | 260 | 2014 |
A new class of plant lipid is essential for protection against phosphorus depletion Y Okazaki, H Otsuki, T Narisawa, M Kobayashi, S Sawai, Y Kamide, ... Nature communications 4 (1), 1510, 2013 | 209 | 2013 |
Draft genome assembly and annotation of Glycyrrhiza uralensis, a medicinal legume K Mochida, T Sakurai, H Seki, T Yoshida, K Takahagi, S Sawai, ... The Plant Journal 89 (2), 181-194, 2017 | 159 | 2017 |
Combinatorial biosynthesis of legume natural and rare triterpenoids in engineered yeast EO Fukushima, H Seki, S Sawai, M Suzuki, K Ohyama, K Saito, ... Plant and cell physiology 54 (5), 740-749, 2013 | 146 | 2013 |
Functional and structural analysis of genes encoding oxidosqualene cyclases of Lotus japonicus S Sawai, T Shindo, S Sato, T Kaneko, S Tabata, S Ayabe, T Aoki Plant Science 170 (2), 247-257, 2006 | 91 | 2006 |
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Transcriptome Landscape and Study of Phytochemicals JA Ramilowski, S Sawai, H Seki, K Mochida, T Yoshida, T Sakurai, ... Plant and Cell Physiology 54 (5), 697-710, 2013 | 90 | 2013 |
Plant lanosterol synthase: divergence of the sterol and triterpene biosynthetic pathways in eukaryotes S Sawai, T Akashi, N Sakurai, H Suzuki, D Shibata, S Ayabe, T Aoki Plant and cell physiology 47 (5), 673-677, 2006 | 77 | 2006 |
Metabolic switching of astringent and beneficial triterpenoid saponins in soybean is achieved by a loss‐of‐function mutation in cytochrome P450 72A69 R Yano, K Takagi, Y Takada, K Mukaiyama, C Tsukamoto, T Sayama, ... The Plant Journal 89 (3), 527-539, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
Efficient genome engineering using Platinum TALEN in potato S Yasumoto, N Umemoto, HJ Lee, M Nakayasu, S Sawai, T Sakuma, ... Plant Biotechnology 36 (3), 167-173, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
Molecular characterization of an oxidosqualene cyclase that yields shionone, a unique tetracyclic triterpene ketone of Aster tataricus S Sawai, H Uchiyama, S Mizuno, T Aoki, T Akashi, S Ayabe, T Takahashi FEBS letters 585 (7), 1031-1036, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
Targeted genome editing in tetraploid potato through transient TALEN expression by Agrobacterium infection S Yasumoto, S Sawai, HJ Lee, M Mizutani, K Saito, N Umemoto, ... Plant Biotechnology 37 (2), 205-211, 2020 | 31 | 2020 |
Molecular basis of C-30 product regioselectivity of legume oxidases involved in high-value triterpenoid biosynthesis MZ Fanani, EO Fukushima, S Sawai, J Tang, M Ishimori, H Sudo, ... Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 1520, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
Allylic Hydroxylation Activity Is a Source of Saponin Chemodiversity in the Genus Glycyrrhiza MZ Fanani, S Sawai, H Seki, M Ishimori, K Ohyama, EO Fukushima, ... Plant and Cell Physiology 62 (2), 262-271, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |