2014

        1.  Koichi Takaki, Kohei Yoshida, Tatsuya Saito, Tomohiro Kusaka, Ryo Yamaguchi, Kyusuke Takahashi, Yuichi Sakamoto(2014) Effect of Electrical Stimulation on Fruit Body Formation in Cultivating Mushrooms. Microorganisms 2(1) open access

        2.  Naotake Konno, Keiko Nakade, Yosuke Nishitani, Misashi Mizuno and Yuichi Sakamoto (2014) Lentinan degradation in the Lentinula edodes fruiting body during post-harvest preservation is reduced by downregulation of the exo-β-1,3-glucanase EXG2. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 62 (32), pp 8153–8157

         1.   Keiko Nakade, Yuko Nakagawa, Akira Yano, Naotake Konno, Toshitsugu Sato and Yuichi Sakamoto （2013）Effective Polypoprus brumalis   ibrc05015 laccase(pblac1) induction by copper  ion addition. in Fungal Biology 117:52-61

2.　 金野尚武、きのこ類が生産する糖質加水分解酵素、木材保存、39：60-70, (2013) in Japanese

3.   Shioya T, Nakamura H, Ishii N, Takahashi N, Sakamoto Y, Ozaki N, Kobayashi M, Okano K, Kamada T, Muraguchi H. 2013. The Coprinopsis cinerea septin Cc.Cdc3 is involved in stipe cell elongation.   (2013) Fungal Genetics and Biology (in press)

4.    Takeda, T., Nakano, Y., Takahashi, M., Sakamoto, Y., Konno, N. Polysaccharide-Inducible Endoglucanases from Lentinula edodes, Exhibit a Preferential Hydrolysis of 1,3-1,4-β-Glucan and Xyloglucan.   Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (in press)

5.    Nakatsuka T., Yamada. E., Takahashi, H., Imamura T., Suzuki, M., Ozeki, Y., Tsujimura, T., Saito M., Sakamoto Y., Sasaki, N., Nishihara M. (2013) Genetic engineering of yellow betalain pigments beyond the species barrier Scientific Report (Online journal: 3 : 1970) open access

6. Tao Y, Xie B, Yang Z, Chen Z, Chen B, Deng Y, Jiang Y, van Peer AF. (2013) Identification and expression analysis of a new glycoside hydrolase family 55 exo-β-1,3-glucanase-encoding gene in Volvariella volvacea suggests a role in fruiting body development. Gene. 2013 Sep 15;527(1):154-60

2012

1.　  Yuichi Sakamoto, Keiko Nakade, Naotake Konno, Toshitsugu Sato (2012) Senescence of the Lentinula edodes fruiting body after harvesting. Food Quality（chapter 6）

　　  2.　Naotake Konno, Hideyuki Takahashi, Masahiro Nakajima, Takumi Takeda, Yuichi Sakamoto (2012) Characterization of beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase (LeHex20A), a member of 

                glycoside hydrolase family 20, from Lentinula edodes (shiitake mushroom)  AMB Express 2012, 2:29 doi:10.1186/2191-0855-2-29  Open Access

3.   Keiko Nakade, Yuko Nakagawa, Akira Yano, Naotake Konno, Toshitsugu Sato and Yuichi Sakamoto （2012）Effective Polypoprus brumalis   ibrc05015 laccase(pblac1) induction by copper ion addition. in Fungal Biology (in press)

4. 高木浩一、齋藤達也、日下智博、坂本裕一、高橋久祐、成松眞樹、長根健一、山口諒（2012）食用きのこ増産用パルス高電圧発生装置の開発とその効果の検証農業機械学会誌74巻6号76: 483-489

5.Akira Yano, Naotake Konno, Susumu Imai, Hirohisa Kato. (2012) Inhibitory effects of polysaccharides on cariogenicactivities of Streptococcus mutans Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (in press). 

2011

1.       Sakamoto Y, Nakade K, Konno N. (2011) An endo- β -1,3-glucanase, GLU1, from Lentinula edodes fruiting body belongs to a new glycoside hydrolase family. Applid and Environmental Microbiology 77(23):8350-4

2.       Konno N., Sakamoto Y. (2011) An endo-β-1, 6-glucanase involved in Lentinula edodes fruiting body autolysis Applied Microbiology Biotechnology 91(5):1365-1373

3.       Nakade K., Watanabe H., Sakamoto Y. and Sato T. (2011) Gene silencing of the Lentinula edodes lcc1 gene by expression of a homologous inverted repeat sequence. Microbiological Research 166:484-493

4.       坂本裕一 (2011) シイタケ収穫後の子実体老化に関与する酵素の研究 日本きのこ学会誌 19: 73-78 (in Japanese)

2010

1.       Sakamoto Y. (2010) Protein expression during Flammulina velutipes fruiting body formation. Mycosceince 51(3) 163-169

2. Nakade K., Sakamoto, Y., Nakagawa, Y., Yano A. and Sato, T. (2010) Characterization of an extracellular laccase, PbLac1, purified from Polyporus brumalis. Fungal Biology 114: 609-618

3.　 Yuko Nakagawa, Yuichi Sakamoto, Sayaka Kikuchi, Toshitsugu Sato, Akira Yano (2010) A chimeric laccase with hybrid properties of the parental Lentinula edodes laccases. Microbiological Research 165: 392-401 

4.　 Nakagawa, Y., Kikuchi, S., Sakamoto Y. and Yano A. (2010) Identification and characterization of CcCTR1, a copper uptake transporter-like gene, in Coprinopsis cinerea. Microbiological Research 165(4):276-87

5.　 Yano A, Kikuchi S, Yamashita Y, Sakamoto Y, Nakagawa Y, Yoshida Y.（2010） The inhibitory effects of mushroom extracts on sucrosedependent oral biofilm formation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 86:615-23

2009

1.       Sakamoto Y., Nakade, K., Nagai, M., Uchimiya, H. and Sato, T. (2009) Cloning of Lentinula edodes lemnp2, a manganese peroxidase that is secreted abundantly in sawdust medium. Mycoscience 50(2) 116-122

2.       Sakamoto Y., Nakade, K., Sato, T. (2009) Characterization of the post-harvest changes in gene transcription in the gill of the Lentinula edodes fruiting body. Current Genetics 55: 409-423

3.       Yano A, Kikuchi S, Nakagawa Y, Sakamoto Y, Sato T. (2009) Secretory expression of the non-secretory-type Lentinula edodes laccase by Aspergillus oryzae. Microbiological Research 164:642-649.

4.       Sano, H., Kaneko, S., Sakamoto, Y., Sato, T., Shishido, K. (2009) The basidiomycetous mushroom Lentinula edodes white collar-2 homolog PHRB, a partner of putative blue-light photoreceptor PHRA, binds to a specific site in the promoter region of the L. edodes tyrosinase gene. Fungal Genetics and Biology 46(4) 333-341

5.       佐藤利次，永井勝，渡辺久敬，高橋真智子，中出啓子，坂本裕一，山内隆弘，青木貴行，枝克昌，鮎澤澄夫，小澤慶一，吉田敏裕，内宮博文 (2009) シイタケ上面栽培廃液（上面水）のラッカーゼ製剤としての利用 日本きのこ学会17(1) 11-17 (in Japanese)

6.       Nagai, M., Sakamoto, Y., Nakade, K., and Sato, T. (2009) Purification of a novel extracellular laccase from the solid-state culture of the edible mushroom Lentinula edodes Mycoscience 50: 208-312

7.       Sato, T., Kanda, K., Okawa, K., Takahashi M., Watanabe, H., Hirano, T., Yaegashi, K., Sakamoto, Y., and Uchimiya, H. (2009) The tyrosinase-encoding gene of Lentinula edodes, Letyr, is abundantly expressed in the gills of the fruit-body during post-harvest preservation Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 73: 1042-1047

8.       Nakagawa, Y., Kikuchi, S., Sakamoto Y. and Yano A. (2009) Identification and characterization of CcCTR1, a copper uptake transporter-like gene, in Coprinopsis cinerea. Microbiological Research 165(4):276-87

9.       Nakagawa, Y, Sakamoto, Y., Kikuchi, S, Sato, T and Yano A (2009) A chimeric laccase with hybrid properties of the parental Lentinula edodes laccases. Microbiological Research 165(5):392-401

10.    Yano, A., Kikuchi, S., Yamashita, Y., Sakamoto, Y., Nakagawa, Y., and Yoshida, Y. (2009) The inhibitory effects of mushroom extracts on sucrose-dependent oral biofilm formation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 86 (2), 615-623

11.    Konno N, Ishida T, Igarashi K, Fushinobu S, Habu N, Samejima M, Isogai A. (2009) Crystal structure of polysaccharide lyase family 20 endo-beta-1,4-glucuronan lyase from the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei. FEBS Lett. 2009 583:1323-1326

12.    Konno N, Igarashi K, Habu N, Samejima M, Isogai A. (2009) Cloning of the Trichoderma reesei cDNA encoding a glucuronan lyase belonging to a novel polysaccharide lyase family. Appl Environ Microbiol. 75:101-107 

2008

1.       Sakamoto Y., Nakade, K., Nagai, M., Uchimiya, H. and Sato, T. (2008) Cloning of Lentinula edodes lemnp2, a manganese peroxidase that is secreted abundantly in sawdust medium. Mycoscience 50 (2), 116-122

2.       Sakamoto Y., Nakade, K., Yano, A., Nakagawa, Y., Hirano, T., Irie, T., Watanabe, H., Nagai, M. and Sato, T. (2008) Heterogous expression of lcc1 from Lentinula edodes in tabacco BY-2 cells results in the production an active, secreted form of fungal laccase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 79, 971-980

2007

1.       Nagai, M., Sakamoto Y., Nakade, K., and Sato, T. (2007) Isolation and characterization of the gene encoding a manganese peroxidase from Lentinula edodes. Mycoscience 48: 125-130

2.       Sakamoto Y., Ando, T., Tamai, Y., and Yajima, T. (2007) Pileus differentiation and pleus-specific protein expression in Flammulina velutipes. Fungal Genetics and Biology 44: 14-24 

2006

1.       Sakamoto Y., Nagai, M., Watanabe, H., Nakade, K., Takahashi, M. and Sato, T. (2006) Lentinula edodes tlg1 encodes a thaumatin-like protein that is involved in lentinan degradation and fruiting body senescence. Plant Physiology 141: 793-801

2005

1.       Yuichi Sakamoto, Ken-ichiro Minato, Masaru Nagai, Masashi Mizuno, and Toshitsugu Sato,（2005）Characterization of the Lentinula edodes exg2 gene encoding a lentinan-degrading exo-β-1, 3-glucanase. Curr Genet 48:195-203.

2.       Yuichi Sakamoto, Toshikazu Irie and Toshitugu Sato,（2005）Isolation and characterization of a fruiting body specific exo-β-1, 3-glucanase-encoding gene, exg1, from Lentinula edodes., Curr Genet (2005) 47: 244－252.