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Noriaki Kitagawa

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1995
Enzyme Production and CharacterizationMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyPhytase and its ApplicationsFood composition and propertiesBiofuel production and bioconversion

Publications

11

Citations

35

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

31

Publishing since 1995

Research summary
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Noriaki Kitagawa studies enzymes that break down and rearrange carbohydrates, particularly ones that produce specialty sugars like isomaltose, isomaltooligosaccharides, and cycloisomaltotetraose from starch. This work involves discovering new enzymes from microorganisms, cloning their genes, and characterizing how they modify starch and sugar structures for potential use in food and biotechnology applications. The research combines microbiology, enzymology, and food science to develop more efficient methods for producing functional carbohydrates.

Carbohydrate-active enzymesStarch and oligosaccharide chemistryMicrobial enzyme discovery and cloningIsomaltooligosaccharide productionFood biotechnology applications

Publication activity began around 2021 after an apparent gap in the earlier part of the decade, with a small but steady output of about one to three papers per year since then.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
171819202021: 3 publications3212022: 3 publications3222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry×5
  • Food Hydrocolloids×2
  • Carbohydrate Research×2
  • Bulletin of Applied Glycoscience×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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