Academic career
| 2005.03 Ph. D., The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University（Yamaguchi University）
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| 2005.04～2008.03 Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA
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| 2008.04～2009.05 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA
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| 2009.05～2010.03 Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University
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| 2010.04～2011.03 Mission Research Fellows, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University
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| 2011.04～present Assistant Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University | |
Research field
Plant Biochemisty, Molecular Biology
Current research
- Biosynthesis of Bioactive Compounds
- Molecular Evolution of Enzymes
Selected publications
- Koeduka, T.*, Watanabe, B., Suzuki, S., Hiratake, J., Mano, J. and Yazaki, K., Characterization of raspberry ketone/zingerone synthase, catalyzing the alpha, beta- hydrogenation of phenylbutenones in raspberry fruits. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 412, 104-108 (2011)
- Koeduka, T., Shitan, N., Kumano, T., Sasaki, K., Sugiyama, A., Linley, P., Kawasaki, T., Ezura, H., Kuzuyama, T. and Yazaki, K., Production of prenylated flavonoids in tomato fruits expressing a prenyltransferase gene from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Plant Biol. 13, 411-415 (2011)
- Koeduka, T., Orlova, I., Baiga, T.J., Noel, J.P., Dudareva, N. and Pichersky, E. , The lack of floral synthesis and emission of isoeugenol in Petunia axillaris subsp. parodii is due to a mutation in the isoeugenol synthase gene. Plant J. 58, 961-969 (2009)
- Koeduka, T., Baiga, T.J., Noel, J.P. and Pichersky, E. , Biosynthesis of t-anethole in anise (Pimpinella anisum): Characterization of t-anol/isoeugenol synthase and a O-methyltransferase specific for a C7-C8 propenyl side chain. Plant Physiol. 149, 384-394 (2009)
- Koeduka, T., Louie, G.V., Orlova, I., Kish, C.M., Ibdah, M., Wilkerson, C.G., Bowman, M.E., Baiga, T.J., Noel, J.P., Dudareva, N., Pichersky, E. , The multiple phenylpropene synthases in both Clarkia breweri and Petunia hybrida represent two distinct protein lineages. Plant J. 54, 362-374 (2008)
- Louie, G.V., Baiga, T.J., Bowman, M.E., Koeduka, T., Taylor, J.H., Spassova, S.M., Pichersky, E. and Noel, J.P. , Structure and reaction mechanism of basil eugenol synthase. PloS One. 2, e993 (2007)
- Koeduka, T., Kajiwara, T., and Matsui, K. , Cloning of lipoxygenase genes from a cyanobacteria, Nostoc punctiforme, and its expression in Eschelichia coli. Curr. Microbiol. 54, 315-319 (2007)
- Dexter, R., Qualley, A., Kish, C.M., Ma, C.J., Koeduka, T., Nagegowda, D.A., Dudareva, N., Pichersky, E. and Clark, D. , Characterization of a petunia acetyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the floral volatile isoeugenol. Plant J. 49, 265-275 (2007)
- Vassão, D.G., Gang, D.R., Koeduka, T., Jackson, B., Pichersky, E., Davin, L.B. and Lewis, N.G. , Chavicol formation in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum): cleavage of an esterified C9 hydroxyl group with NAD(P)H-dependent reduction. Org. Biomol. Chem. 4, 2733-2744 (2006)
- Koeduka, T., Fridman, E., Gang, D.R., Vassão, D.G., Jackson, B.L., Kish, C.M., Orlova, I., Spassova, S.M., Lewis, N.G., Noel, J.P., Baiga, T.J., Dudareva, N. and Pichersky, E. , Eugenol and isoeugenol, characteristic aromatic constituents of spices, are biosynthesized via reduction of coniferyl alcohol esters. (Cover page article) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 10128-10133 (2006)
- Koeduka, T., Matsui, K., Hasegawa, M., Akakabe, Y. and Kajiwara, T., Rice fatty acid alpha-dioxygenase is induced by pathogen attack and heavy metal stress: activation through jasmonate signaling. J. Plant Physiol. 162, 912-920 (2005)
- Koeduka, T., Stumpe, M., Matsui, K., Kajiwara, T. and Feussner, I., Kinetics of barley FA hydroperoxide lyase are modulated by salts and detergents. Lipids 38, 1167-1172 (2003)
- Koeduka, T., Matsui, K., Akakabe, Y. and Kajiwara, T. , Catalytic properties of rice alpha-oxygenase. A comparison with mammalian prostaglandin H synthases. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 22648-22655 (2002)
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