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Hyouta Himeno

Hyouta Himeno

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
5539
World Ranking
18801
National Ranking
1348

Overview

Hyouta Himeno is affiliated with Hirosaki University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable contributions across several subfields including molecular biology, genetics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pharmacology, and ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within their field of study. Key areas of research include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering
  • Viral infections and immunology research
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Microbial natural products and biosynthesis
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Hyouta Himeno has published in various scientific venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Microorganisms
  • Communications Biology
  • npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Recent publications highlight molecular and cellular mechanisms related to ribosome function and bacterial genetics. Notable papers are:

  • Molecular determinants of release factor 2 for ArfA-mediated ribosome rescue, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Bacterial Ribosome Rescue Systems, 2022, Microorganisms
  • A stalled-ribosome rescue factor Pth3 is required for mitochondrial translation against antibiotics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Stalled ribosome rescue factors exert different roles depending on types of antibiotics in Escherichia coli, 2024, npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
  • Identification of a short form of a Caenorhabditis elegans Y RNA homolog Cel7 RNA, 2021, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Throughout their career, Hyouta Himeno has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Daisuke Kurita
  • Nobukazu Nameki
  • Chisato Ushida
  • Tatsuhiko Abo
  • Soichiro Hoshino

Their collaborative efforts reveal an engagement with various aspects of molecular biology and microbial genetics, strengthening the interdisciplinary nature of their work.

Best Publications

  • Role of the extra G-C pair at the end of the acceptor stem of tRNA(His) in aminoacylation.

    Hyouta Himeno;Tsunemi Hasegawa;Takuya Ueda;Kimitsuna Watanabe

  • Probing the structure of the Escherichia coli 10Sa RNA (tmRNA).

    Brice Felden;Hyouta Himeno;Akira Muto;John P. McCutcheon

  • Presence and location of modified nucleotides in Escherichia coli tmRNA: structural mimicry with tRNA acceptor branches

    Brice Felden;Kyoko Hanawa;John F. Atkins;Hyouta Himeno

  • tRNA-like structures in 10Sa RNAs of Mycoplasma capricolum and Bacillus subtilis

    Chisato Ushida;Hyouta Himeno;Tsuneaki Watanabe;Akira Muto

  • In vitro study of E.coli tRNA(Arg) and tRNA(Lys) identity elements.

    Koji Tamura;Hyouta Himeno;Haruichi Asahara;Tsunemi Hasegawa

  • A bacterial RNA that functions as both a tRNA and an mRNA

    Akira Muto;Chisato Ushida;Hyouta Himeno

  • Conversion of aminoacylation specificity from tRNA(Tyr) to tRNA(Ser) in vitro.

    Hyouta Himeno;Tsunemi Hasegawa;Takuya Ueda;Kimitsuna Watanabe

  • Strand-specific nucleotide composition bias in echinoderm and vertebrate mitochondrial genomes.

    Shuichi Asakawa;Yoshinori Kumazawa;Takeyoshi Araki;Hyouta Himeno

  • Recognition Nucleotides of Escherichia coli tRNALeu and Its Elements Facilitating Discrimination from tRNASer and tRNATyr

    Haruichi Asahara;Hyouta Himeno;Koji Tamura;Tsunemi Hasegawa

  • Requirement of transfer-messenger RNA for the growth of Bacillus subtilis under stresses.

    Akira Muto;Ai Fujihara;Ken-ichi Ito;Jun Matsuno

  • Synthesis of Crocin, Picrocrocin and Safranal by Saffron Stigma-like Structures Proliferated in Vitro

    Hyouta Himeno;Konosuke Sano

  • A novel GTPase activated by the small subunit of ribosome

    Hyouta Himeno;Kyoko Hanawa-Suetsugu;Takatsugu Kimura;Kuniaki Takagi

  • In vitro trans translation mediated by alanine-charged 10Sa RNA.

    Hyouta Himeno;Masakazu Sato;Toshimasa Tadaki;Masaaki Fukushima

  • SmpB functions in various steps of trans-translation

    Kyoko Hanawa-Suetsugu;Mitsuru Takagi;Hachiro Inokuchi;Hyouta Himeno

  • Escherichia coli Seryl-tRNA Synthetase Recognizes tRNASer by Its Characteristics Tertiary Structure

    Haruichi Asahara;Hyouta Himeno;Koji Tamura;Nobukazu Nameki

  • Functional and structural analysis of a pseudoknot upstream of the tag-encoded sequence in E. coli tmRNA.

    Nobukazu Nameki;Brice Felden;John F. Atkins;Raymond F. Gesteland

  • The role of anticodon bases and the discriminator nucleotide in the recognition of some E. coli tRNAs by their aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.

    Mikio Shimizu;Haruichi Asahara;Koji Tamura;Tsunemi Hasegawa

  • Identity elements of Saccharomyces cerevisiae tRNAHis

    Nobukazu Nameki;Haruichi Asahara;Mikio Shimizu;Norihiro Okada

  • The anticodon loop is a major identity determinant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae tRNA(Leu)

    Akiko Soma;Ritsuko Kumagai;Kazuya Nishikawa;Hyouta Himeno

  • Nucleotide sequence and gene organization of the starfish Asterina pectinifera mitochondrial genome.

    Shuichi Asakawa;Hyouta Himeno;Kin-ichiro Miura;Kimitsuna Watanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Kimitsuna Watanabe
Kimitsuna Watanabe National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Raymond F. Gesteland
Raymond F. Gesteland University of Utah
Mikako Shirouzu
Mikako Shirouzu RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
John F. Atkins
John F. Atkins University College Cork
Takuya Ueda
Takuya Ueda University of Tokyo
Haiteng Deng
Haiteng Deng Tsinghua University
Shuichi Asakawa
Shuichi Asakawa University of Tokyo
Brice Felden
Brice Felden University of Rennes
Norihiro Okada
Norihiro Okada National Cheng Kung University

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