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Katsuhide Yutani

Katsuhide Yutani

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Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
7210
World Ranking
13743
National Ranking
1061

Overview

Katsuhide Yutani is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, engaging in research that spans multiple scientific disciplines. Their work integrates aspects of materials science, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and chemistry.

Their research includes contributions to specific subfields such as materials chemistry, molecular biology, and spectroscopy. This interdisciplinary approach supports investigations into biological molecules and their physical properties.

Yutani's research topics include enzyme structure and function, protein structure and dynamics, and mass spectrometry techniques and applications. These areas reflect a focus on understanding the mechanisms and behaviors of proteins at the molecular level.

Among Yutani's recent publications is the paper titled "Site-specific relaxation of peptide bond planarity induced by electrically attracted proton/deuteron observed by neutron crystallography", published in 2023 in the journal Protein Science.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Kaori Chiba
  • Takuro Matsui
  • Toshiyuki Chatake
  • Takashi Ohhara
  • Ichiro Tanaka

Yutani has published primarily in the venue Protein Science, representing a key platform for disseminating their research findings.

Best Publications

  • Dependence of conformational stability on hydrophobicity of the amino acid residue in a series of variant proteins substituted at a unique position of tryptophan synthase alpha subunit

    Katsuhide Yutani;Kyoko Ogasahara;Tadahiro Tsujita;Yoshinobu Sugino

  • Amyloid protofilament formation of hen egg lysozyme in highly concentrated ethanol solution.

    Shuichiro Goda;Kazufumi Takano;Yuriko Yamagata;Ryou Nagata

  • Crystal structure of methionine aminopeptidase from hyperthermophile, Pyrococcus furiosus.

    Tahir H Tahirov;Hideyuki Oki;Tomitake Tsukihara;Kyoko Ogasahara

  • Contribution of hydrophobic residues to the stability of human lysozyme: calorimetric studies and X-ray structural analysis of the five isoleucine to valine mutants.

    Kazufumi Takano;Kyoko Ogasahara;Hidetomo Kaneda;Yuriko Yamagata

  • Effect of a single amino acid substitution on stability of conformation of a protein.

    Katsuhide Yutani;Kyoko Ogasahara;Yoshinobu Sugino;Aizo Matsushiro

  • Absence of the thermal transition in apo-α-lactalbumin in the molten globule state: A study by differential scanning microcalorimetry☆

    Katsuhide Yutani;Kyoko Ogasahara;Kunihiro Kuwajima

  • Contribution of water molecules in the interior of a protein to the conformational stability.

    Kazufumi Takano;Jun Funahashi;Yuriko Yamagata;Satoshi Fujii

  • Contribution of salt bridges near the surface of a protein to the conformational stability.

    Kazufumi Takano;Kimiko Tsuchimori;Yuriko Yamagata;Katsuhide Yutani

  • Contribution of the hydrophobic effect to the stability of human lysozyme: calorimetric studies and X-ray structural analyses of the nine valine to alanine mutants.

    Kazufumi Takano;Yuriko Yamagata;Satoshi Fujii;Katsuhide Yutani

  • Guanidine hydrochloride induced unfolding of the alpha subunit of tryptophan synthase and of the two alpha proteolytic fragments: evidence for stepwise unfolding of the two alpha domains.

    Edith Wilson Miles;Katsuhide Yutani;Kyoko Ogasahara

  • The structure, stability, and folding process of amyloidogenic mutant human lysozyme.

    Jun Funahashi;Kazufumi Takano;Kyoko Ogasahara;Yoriko Yamagata

  • Buried water molecules contribute to the conformational stability of a protein

    Kazufumi Takano;Yuriko Yamagata;Katsuhide Yutani

  • An Insight into the pathway of the amyloid fibril formation of hen egg white lysozyme obtained from a small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering study.

    Yasushige Yonezawa;Shinpei Tanaka;Tomomi Kubota;Katsuzo Wakabayashi

  • Enthalpic destabilization of a mutant human lysozyme lacking a disulfide bridge between cysteine-77 and cysteine-95

    Ryota Kuroki;Koji Inaka;Yoshio Taniyama;Shunichi Kidokoro

  • Role of Tyr Residues in the Contact Region of Anti-lysozyme Monoclonal Antibody HyHEL10 for Antigen Binding

    Kouhei Tsumoto;Kyoko Ogasahara;Yoshitaka Ueda;Kimitsuna Watanabe

  • Interactions of the major cold shock protein of Bacillus subtilis CspB with single-stranded DNA templates of different base composition.

    Maria M. Lopez;Katsuhide Yutani;George I. Makhatadze

  • Contribution of intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds to the conformational stability of human lysozyme(,).

    Kazufumi Takano;Yuriko Yamagata;Jun Funahashi;Yusaku Hioki

  • Thermodynamics of protein denaturation at temperatures over 100 °C: CutA1 mutant proteins substituted with hydrophobic and charged residues.

    Yoshinori Matsuura;Michiyo Takehira;Yasumasa Joti;Kyoko Ogasahara

  • Tryptophan synthase alpha subunit glutamic acid 49 is essential for activity. Studies with 19 mutants at position 49.

    K Yutani;K Ogasahara;T Tsujita;K Kanemoto

  • Role of proline residues in human lysozyme stability: a scanning calorimetric study combined with X-ray structure analysis of proline mutants.

    Thierry Herning;Katsuhide Yutani;Koji Inaka;Ryota Kuroki

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuriko Yamagata
Yuriko Yamagata Kumamoto University
Kazufumi Takano
Kazufumi Takano Kyoto Prefectural University
Tomitake Tsukihara
Tomitake Tsukihara University of Hyogo
Susumu Tsunasawa
Susumu Tsunasawa Osaka University
Kouhei Tsumoto
Kouhei Tsumoto University of Tokyo
Tetsuya Yomo
Tetsuya Yomo East China Normal University
Izumi Kumagai
Izumi Kumagai Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Kenji Inaba
Kenji Inaba University of Southern California
Seiki Kuramitsu
Seiki Kuramitsu Osaka University
Ikunoshin Kato
Ikunoshin Kato Fujita Health University

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