Faculty Information, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University   [ English | Japanese ]


KOTERA, Masaaki

Bioinformatics Center - Chemical Life Science -
Assistant Professor
PhD Science
URL:http://web.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~kot/
E-mail:
Tel:
Fax:

Academic career
    2008 (H20) Aug 01 - : Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
    Bioknowledge Systems Laboratory (Kanehisa Laboratory),
    Bioinformatics Centre, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University.
    2005 (H17) Apr 01 - 2008 (H20) Jul 31: Ph.D. Research Fellow
    Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Enzymology and Systems Biology (Keith Tipton Laboratory),
    School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, Trinity College Dublin, IRELAND.
    2004 (H16) Apr 01 - 2005 (H17) Mar 31: Associate Instructor
    Bioknowledge Systems Laboratory (Kanehisa Laboratory),
    Bioinformatics Centre, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University.
    2001 (H13) Apr 01 - 2004 (H16) Mar 31: Graduate student (Ph.D course)
    Bioknowledge Systems Laboratory (Kanehisa Laboratory),
    Department of Biophysics, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University.
    1999 (H11) Apr 01 - 2001 (H13) Mar 31: Graduate student (Master course)
    Laboratory of Plant Physiology (Izui Laboratory),
    Department of Responses to Environmental Signals and Stresses, Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University.
    1995 (H7) Apr 01 - 1999 (H11) Mar 31: Undergraduate student
    Graduation thesis in: Bio-Organic Chemistry Laboratory (Tamiaki Laboratory),
    Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Section of Applied Chemistry, The Institute of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University.
Research field
    Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics
Current research
  1. Enzyme reactions, drug metabolism, xenobiotic degradation, phytochemical compounds, microarray analysis, and drinking whiskey.
Selected publications
  1. Yoshihiro Yamanishi, Masahiro Hattori, Masaaki Kotera, Susumu Goto, Minoru Kanehisa, E-zyme: predicting potential EC numbers from the chemical transformation pattern of substrate-product pairs
  2. Masaaki Kotera, Andrew G. McDonald, Sinéad Boyce, Keith F. Tipton, Eliciting Possible Reaction Equations and Metabolic Pathways Involving Orphan Metabolites
  3. Masaaki Kotera, Andrew G. McDonald, Sinéad Boyce, Keith F. Tipton, Functional Group and Substructure Searching as a Tool in Metabolomics PLoS ONE 3,
  4. Akiko Takahashi-Terada, Masaaki Kotera, Kenta Ohshima, Tsuyoshi Furumoto, Hiroyoshi Matsumura, Yasushi Kai, Katsura Izui, Maize Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase. Mutations at the Putative Binding Site for Glucose 6-phosphate Caused Desensitization and Abolished Responsiveness to Regulatory Phosphorylation J. Biol. Chem. 280, 11798-11806 (2005)
  5. Masaaki Kotera, Yasushi Okuno, Masahiro Hattori, Susumu Goto, Minoru Kanehisa, Computational assignment of the EC numbers for genomic-scale analysis of enzymatic reactions J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 16487-16498 (2004)


Update: Aug 03,2012