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10493
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1972 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Akira Kaji is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, specializing in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Ecology, and Genetics.

The main research topics covered by Akira Kaji include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Viral infections and immunology research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation

Recent publications reflect their focus on molecular biology and biochemistry. Notable papers authored or coauthored by Kaji include:

  • "A novel function for eukaryotic elongation factor 3: Inhibition of stop codon readthrough in yeast" (2023) published in Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • "Role of ribosome recycling factor in natural termination and translational coupling as a ribosome releasing factor" (2023) published in PLoS ONE
  • "Correlated Measurement of Endogenous ATE1 Activity on Native Acceptor Proteins in Tissues and Cultured Cells to Detect Cellular Aging" (2023) published in Methods in Molecular Biology
  • "Recollection of How We Came Across the Protein Modification with Amino Acids by Aminoacyl tRNA-Protein Transferase" (2023) published in Methods in Molecular Biology
  • "NEW GUIDANCE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TOOLS FOR NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS" (2025) published in Coastal Engineering Proceedings

The publication venues where Kaji has frequently appeared include Methods in Molecular Biology, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PLoS ONE, and Coastal Engineering Proceedings.

Collaborators working with Akira Kaji notably include:

  • Hideko Kaji
  • Soushi Kobayashi
  • Yoshio Inokuchi
  • Fabio Quaglia
  • Akikazu Hirashima

Akira Kaji was awarded the title of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1972.

Best Publications

  • Structural basis for aminoglycoside inhibition of bacterial ribosome recycling.

    Maria A Borovinskaya;Raj D Pai;Wen Zhang;Barbara S Schuwirth;Barbara S Schuwirth

  • Diagnostic system for installations with special operating conditions - uses neural network model for efficient, objective diagnosis

    Hiroshi Matsumoto;Masahide Nomura;Makoto Shimoda;Tadayoshi Saito

  • Effect of oncogenic virus on muscle differentiation

    H Holtzer;J Biehl;G Yeoh;R Meganathan

  • Crystal structure of Thermotoga maritima ribosome recycling factor: a tRNA mimic.

    Maria Selmer;Salam Al-Karadaghi;Go Hirokawa;Akira Kaji

  • Analysis of integrated avian RNA tumor virus DNA in transformed chicken, duck and quail fibroblasts.

    J L Sabran;T W Hsu;C Yeater;A Kaji

  • A SOLUBLE AMINO ACID-INCORPORATING SYSTEM FROM RAT LIVER.

    Hideko Kaji;G.D. Novelli;Akira Kaji

  • Visualization of ribosome-recycling factor on the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome: Functional implications

    Rajendra K. Agrawal;Manjuli R. Sharma;Michael C. Kiel;Go Hirokawa

  • Translation initiation with 70S ribosomes: an alternative pathway for leaderless mRNAs

    Isabella Moll;Go Hirokawa;Michael C. Kiel;Akira Kaji

  • SOLUBLE AMINO ACID-INCORPORATING SYSTEM. I. PREPARATION OF THE SYSTEM AND NATURE OF THE REACTION.

    Akira Kaji;Hideko Kaji;G. David Novelli

  • Ribosome recycling by ribosome recycling factor (RRF) — An important but overlooked step of protein biosynthesis

    Laszlo Janosi;Hiroto Hara;Shijie Zhang;Akira Kaji

  • Orientation of Ribosome Recycling Factor in the Ribosome from Directed Hydroxyl Radical Probing

    Laura Lancaster;Michael C. Kiel;Akira Kaji;Harry F. Noller

  • Evidence for in vivo ribosome recycling, the fourth step in protein biosynthesis

    Laszlo Janosi;Salim Mottagui‐Tabar;Leif A. Isaksson;Yasuhiko Sekine

  • Ribosome recycling factor (ribosome releasing factor) is essential for bacterial growth

    Laszlo Janosi;Ichiro Shimizu;Akira Kaji

  • Role of Elongation Factor G and a Protein Factor on the Release of Ribosomes from Messenger Ribonucleic Acid

    Akikazu Hirashima;Akira Kaji

  • Post-termination complex disassembly by ribosome recycling factor, a functional tRNA mimic.

    Go Hirokawa;Go Hirokawa;Michael C. Kiel;Aiko Muto;Maria Selmer

  • Release factor RF-3 GTPase activity acts in disassembly of the ribosome termination complex.

    Guido Grentzmann;Paul J. Kelly;Soumaya Laalami;Masahiro Shuda

  • HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor from Phyllanthus niruri.

    Takahiro Ogata;Hirotaka Higuchi;Shunji Mochida;Hideki Matsumoto

  • Factor-dependent release of ribosomes from messenger RNA. Requirement for two heat-stable factors.

    Akikazu Hirashima;Akira Kaji

  • The role of ribosome recycling factor in dissociation of 70S ribosomes into subunits

    Go Hirokawa;Romana M. Nijman;V. Samuel Raj;Hideko Kaji

  • Inhibitory mechanisms of tea polyphenols on the ultraviolet B-activated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent pathway.

    Masaaki Nomura;Akira Kaji;Zhiwei He;Wei Ya Ma

  • Adenosine triphosphatase activity of yeast hexokinase and its relation to the mechanism of the hexokinase reaction.

    Akira Kaji;Sidney P. Colowick

  • Antibiotic overproduction by rpsL and rsmG mutants of various actinomycetes.

    Yukinori Tanaka;Mamoru Komatsu;Susumu Okamoto;Shinji Tokuyama

  • Binding of specific soluble ribonucleic acid to ribosomes. Binding of soluble ribonucleic acid to the template-30 S subunits complex.

    Hideko Kaji;Iwao Suzuka;Akira Kaji

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuei Igarashi
Kazuei Igarashi Chiba University
Rajendra K. Agrawal
Rajendra K. Agrawal University at Albany, State University of New York
Jamie H. D. Cate
Jamie H. D. Cate University of California, Berkeley
Hirotada Mori
Hirotada Mori Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Susumu Uchiyama
Susumu Uchiyama Osaka University
Anders Liljas
Anders Liljas Lund University
William S. Mason
William S. Mason Fox Chase Cancer Center
John M. Taylor
John M. Taylor Fox Chase Cancer Center
Eiichi Ohtsubo
Eiichi Ohtsubo University of Tokyo
Tetsuya Hayashi
Tetsuya Hayashi Kyushu University

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