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Daisuke Kohda

Daisuke Kohda

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
10775
World Ranking
11021
National Ranking
757

Overview

Daisuke Kohda is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several specialized areas including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Plant Science.

The primary topics covered in Kohda's work include:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms

Kohda has published papers in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • The Plant Cell

Highlighted recent publications include:

  • The benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, berberine and coptisine, act against camptothecin-resistant topoisomerase I mutants (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • CHLOROPLAST UNUSUAL POSITIONING 1 is a plant-specific actin polymerization factor regulating chloroplast movement (2023, The Plant Cell)
  • Two conformations of DNA polymerase D-PCNA-DNA, an archaeal replisome complex, revealed by cryo-electron microscopy (2020, BMC Biology)
  • Uncoupling the hydrolysis of lipid-linked oligosaccharide from the oligosaccharyl transfer reaction by point mutations in yeast oligosaccharyltransferase (2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • The structure of an archaeal oligosaccharyltransferase provides insight into the strict exclusion of proline from the N-glycosylation sequon (2021, Communications Biology)

Kohda frequently collaborates with other researchers, notably:

  • Daisuke Fujinami, with 9 joint publications
  • Seiichiro Hayashi, with 7 joint publications
  • Takahiro Yamasaki, with 4 joint publications
  • Atsushi Shimada, with 3 joint publications
  • Hajime Motomura, with 3 joint publications

Best Publications

  • Structural basis of presequence recognition by the mitochondrial protein import receptor Tom20.

    Yoshito Abe;Toshihiro Shodai;Takanori Muto;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  • VHL-box and SOCS-box domains determine binding specificity for Cul2-Rbx1 and Cul5-Rbx2 modules of ubiquitin ligases

    Takumi Kamura;Katsumi Maenaka;Shuhei Kotoshiba;Masaki Matsumoto

  • Solution structure of the link module: A hyaluronan-binding domain involved in extracellular matrix stability and cell migration

    Daisuke Kohda;Craig J Morton;Ashfaq A Parkar;Hideki Hatanaka

  • Structural basis for recognition of the nonclassical MHC molecule HLA-G by the leukocyte Ig-like receptor B2 (LILRB2/LIR2/ILT4/CD85d)

    Mitsunori Shiroishi;Kimiko Kuroki;Linda Rasubala;Kouhei Tsumoto

  • Crystal structure of measles virus hemagglutinin provides insight into effective vaccines.

    Takao Hashiguchi;Mizuho Kajikawa;Nobuo Maita;Makoto Takeda

  • Phosphorylation of p47phox directs phox homology domain from SH3 domain toward phosphoinositides, leading to phagocyte NADPH oxidase activation.

    Tetsuro Ago;Futoshi Kuribayashi;Hidekazu Hiroaki;Ryu Takeya

  • Efficient Leukocyte Ig-like Receptor Signaling and Crystal Structure of Disulfide-linked HLA-G Dimer

    Mitsunori Shiroishi;Kimiko Kuroki;Toyoyuki Ose;Linda Rasubala

  • Diverse recognition of non-PxxP peptide ligands by the SH3 domains from p67phox, Grb2 and Pex13p

    Keiichiro Kami;Ryu Takeya;Hideki Sumimoto;Daisuke Kohda

  • Structure-guided identification of a new catalytic motif of oligosaccharyltransferase

    Mayumi Igura;Nobuo Maita;Jun Kamishikiryo;Masaki Yamada

  • Solution structure of the PX domain, a target of the SH3 domain.

    Hidekazu Hiroaki;Tetsuro Ago;Takashi Ito;Hideki Sumimoto

  • Tom20 recognizes mitochondrial presequences through dynamic equilibrium among multiple bound states

    Takashi Saitoh;Mayumi Igura;Takayuki Obita;Toyoyuki Ose

  • Functions of outer membrane receptors in mitochondrial protein import.

    Toshiya Endo;Daisuke Kohda

  • A comparative study of the solution structures of tachyplesin I and a novel anti-HIV synthetic peptide, T22 ([Tyr5,12, Lys7]-polyphemusin II), determined by nuclear magnetic resonance.

    Hirokazu Tamamura;Masataka Kuroda;Masao Masuda;Akira Otaka

  • Solution structure of the SH3 domain of phospholipase C-gamma.

    D. Kohda;H. Hatanaka;M. Odaka;V. Mandiyan

  • Active site of mu-conotoxin GIIIA, a peptide blocker of muscle sodium channels.

    K Sato;Y Ishida;K Wakamatsu;R Kato

  • Structural Basis for Marburg Virus Neutralization by a Cross-Reactive Human Antibody

    Takao Hashiguchi;Marnie L. Fusco;Zachary A. Bornholdt;Jeffrey E. Lee

  • The PX Domain as a Novel Phosphoinositide- Binding Module

    Tetsuro Ago;Ryu Takeya;Hidekazu Hiroaki;Futoshi Kuribayashi

  • NMR identification of the Tom20 binding segment in mitochondrial presequences

    Takanori Muto;Takayuki Obita;Yoshito Abe;Toshihiro Shodai

  • Disulfide bond structure of human epidermal growth factor receptor.

    Yoshito Abe;Masafumi Odaka;Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Irit Lax

  • Structure of the N-terminal SH3 domain of GRB2 complexed with a peptide from the guanine nucleotide releasing factor Sos

    Hiroaki Terasawa;Daisuke Kohda;Hideki Hatanaka;Shigeo Tsuchiya

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsumi Maenaka
Katsumi Maenaka Hokkaido University
Fuyuhiko Inagaki
Fuyuhiko Inagaki Hokkaido University
Hideki Sumimoto
Hideki Sumimoto Kyushu University
Yuji Sugita
Yuji Sugita RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Yoshizumi Ishino
Yoshizumi Ishino Kyushu University
Tatsuo Maruyama
Tatsuo Maruyama Kobe University
Hisao Masai
Hisao Masai Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Hisashi Arase
Hisashi Arase Osaka University
Toshiya Endo
Toshiya Endo Kyoto Sangyo University

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