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Aiko Hirata is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work notably spans molecular biology, pharmacology, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific investigation.

The scientist's research interests include microbial natural products and biosynthesis, protist diversity and phylogeny, genomics and phylogenetic studies, algal biology and biofuel production, and microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction. These topics indicate a focus on understanding microbial processes and their applications in biotechnology and environmental science.

Their publication record shows contributions to recognized scientific venues, particularly the Journal of Bacteriology and Microbiology Spectrum. This selection of journals aligns with the thematic focus on microbiology and molecular biology.

Recent published papers authored or co-authored include:

  • Regulation of Sporangium Formation, Spore Dormancy, and Sporangium Dehiscence by a Hybrid Sensor Histidine Kinase in Actinoplanes missouriensis: Relationship with the Global Transcriptional Regulator TcrA (2020, Journal of Bacteriology)
  • The ssgB gene is required for the early stages of sporangium formation in Actinoplanes missouriensis (2024, Journal of Bacteriology)
  • Involvement of an orphan response regulator of the two-component regulatory system in the formation of physiologically mature sporangia in Actinoplanes missouriensis (2025, Microbiology Spectrum)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Takeaki Tezuka, Yasuo Ohnishi, Takuya Akutsu, Yuichiro Hashiguchi, and Yoshihiro Mouri. Collaboration patterns suggest ongoing partnerships and joint investigations within their research domains.

Best Publications

  • Two regulatory steps of ER-stress sensor Ire1 involving its cluster formation and interaction with unfolded proteins

    Yukio Kimata;Yuki Ishiwata-Kimata;Tatsuhiko Ito;Aiko Hirata

  • High-dimensional and large-scale phenotyping of yeast mutants

    Yoshikazu Ohya;Jim Sese;Masashi Yukawa;Fumi Sano

  • Mammalian Bax-induced plant cell death can be down-regulated by overexpression of Arabidopsis Bax Inhibitor-1 (AtBI-1)

    Maki Kawai-Yamada;Lihua Jin;Keiko Yoshinaga;Aiko Hirata

  • Reclassification of marine Agrobacterium species: Proposals of Stappia stellulata gen. nov., comb. nov., Stappia aggregata sp. nov., nom. rev., Ruegeria atlantica gen. nov., comb. nov., Ruegeria gelatinovora comb. nov., Ruegeria algicola comb. nov., and Ahrensia kieliense gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev.

    Yoshihito Uchino;Aiko Hirata;Akira Yokota;Junta Sugiyama

  • Vam2/Vps41p and Vam6/Vps39p Are Components of a Protein Complex on the Vacuolar Membranes and Involved in the Vacuolar Assembly in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae*

    Norihiro Nakamura;Aiko Hirata;Yoshinori Ohsumi;Yoh Wada

  • A cytoskeleton-related gene, uso1, is required for intracellular protein transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Harushi Nakajima;Aiko Hirata;Yuri Ogawa;Tadashi Yonehara

  • The yeast RER2 gene, identified by endoplasmic reticulum protein localization mutations, encodes cis-prenyltransferase, a key enzyme in dolichol synthesis.

    Miyuki Sato;Ken Sato;Shuh-ichi Nishikawa;Aiko Hirata

  • Three-dimensional ultrastructural study of oil and astaxanthin accumulation during encystment in the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis.

    Marina Wayama;Shuhei Ota;Hazuki Matsuura;Nobuhito Nango

  • Cold-sensitive nuclear division arrest mutants of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Takashi Toda;Kazuhiko Umesono;Aiko Hirata;Mitsuhiro Yanagida

  • Phenolic lipid synthesis by type III polyketide synthases is essential for cyst formation in Azotobacter vinelandii

    Nobutaka Funa;Hiroki Ozawa;Aiko Hirata;Sueharu Horinouchi

  • The Schizosaccharomyces pombe spo3+ Gene Is Required for Assembly of the Forespore Membrane and Genetically Interacts with psy1+-encoding Syntaxin-like Protein

    Taro Nakamura;Michiko Nakamura-Kubo;Aiko Hirata;Chikashi Shimoda

  • Starch and lipid accumulation in eight strains of six Chlorella species under comparatively high light intensity and aeration culture conditions.

    Tsuyoshi Takeshita;Shuhei Ota;Tomokazu Yamazaki;Aiko Hirata

  • Vam3p, a new member of syntaxin related protein, is required for vacuolar assembly in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Yoh Wada;Norihiro Nakamura;Yoshinori Ohsumi;Aiko Hirata

  • An evolutionarily conserved fission yeast protein, Ned1, implicated in normal nuclear morphology and chromosome stability, interacts with Dis3, Pim1/RCC1 and an essential nucleoporin.

    Yoshie Tange;Aiko Hirata;Osami Niwa

  • Organ culture with proinflammatory cytokines reproduces impairment of the beta-adrenoceptor-mediated relaxation in tracheas of a guinea pig antigen model.

    Marsha Wills-Karp;Yoshiyuki Uchida;Joanna Y. Lee;Jennifer Jinot

  • Sequential accumulation of starch and lipid induced by sulfur deficiency in Chlorella and Parachlorella species.

    Yusuke Mizuno;Atsushi Sato;Koichi Watanabe;Aiko Hirata

  • Movement of yeast 1,3-β-glucan synthase is essential for uniform cell wall synthesis

    Takahiko Utsugi;Masayo Minemura;Aiko Hirata;Mitsuhiro Abe

  • Mutations in yeast calmodulin cause defects in spindle pole body functions and nuclear integrity.

    Ge-Hong Sun;A. Hirata;Y. Ohya;Y. Anraku

  • Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-Golgi transport induces relocalization of binding protein (BiP) within the ER to form the BiP bodies.

    S.-I. Nishikawa;A. Hirata;A. Nakano

  • Cytoplasmic axial filaments in Escherichia coli cells: possible function in the mechanism of chromosome segregation and cell division.

    Y Okada;M Wachi;A Hirata;K Suzuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeyuki Kawano
Shigeyuki Kawano University of Tokyo
Hirofumi Uchimiya
Hirofumi Uchimiya Saitama University
Yoshikazu Ohya
Yoshikazu Ohya University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Nojima
Hiroshi Nojima Osaka University
Maki Kawai-Yamada
Maki Kawai-Yamada Saitama University
Masamichi Takagi
Masamichi Takagi Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences
Kenji Kohno
Kenji Kohno Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Akinori Ohta
Akinori Ohta Chubu University
Toshiya Endo
Toshiya Endo Kyoto Sangyo University

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