Dr. Akihiro Saito

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsMetabolism, Biochemistry, and Genetics of Microorganisms
Keywordschitin, chitobiose, sugar transport, streptomycetes

Current contact address

CountryJapan
CityFukuroi
InstitutionShizuoka Institute of Science and Technology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hildgund SchrempfFachbereich Biologie / Chemie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2001

Programme(s)

2000Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2002F. Wang, X. Xiao, Akihiro Saito, H. Schrempf: Streptomyces olivaceoviridis possesses a phoshotransferase system that mediates specific, phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent uptake of N-acetylglucosamine. In: Mol Gent Genomics, 2002, 344-351
2002X. Xiao, F. Wang, Akihiro Saito, J. Majka, A. Schlösser, H. Schrempf: The novel Streptomyces olivaceoviridis ABC transporter Ngc mediates uptake of N-acetylglucosamine and N,N'-diacetylchitobiose. In: Mol Genet Genomics, 2002, 429-439