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Katsuhiko S. Murakami

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
12951
World Ranking
16518
National Ranking
6840

Katsuhiko S. Murakami publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Katsuhiko S. Murakami sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 234 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Katsuhiko S. Murakami D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Katsuhiko S. Murakami sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Katsuhiko S. Murakami is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and focuses on research primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work covers several core scientific areas and has been published extensively in various reputable academic venues.

The main fields of study for Murakami include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within this broad field, the subfields they focus on are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology

Their research topics address a range of complex biological processes and applications:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Katsuhiko S. Murakami has contributed to multiple significant scientific publications. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Identification of SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors targeting Mpro and PLpro using in-cell-protease assay (2022, Communications Biology)
  • Structural basis of ribosomal RNA transcription regulation (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Programmable RNA targeting by bacterial Argonaute nucleases with unconventional guide binding and cleavage specificity (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Comprehensive transcription terminator atlas for Bacillus subtilis (2022, Nature Microbiology)
  • Mycobacterial HelD is a nucleic acids-clearing factor for RNA polymerase (2020, Nature Communications)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Murakami are:

  • Yeonoh Shin
  • M. Zuhaib Qayyum
  • M. Narwal
  • Rishi K. Vishwakarma
  • Andrey Kulbachinskiy

Murakami's research has appeared repeatedly in these publication venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among the recognitions received, Murakami was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Structural Mechanism for Rifampicin Inhibition of Bacterial RNA Polymerase

    Elizabeth A. Campbell;Nataliya Korzheva;Arkady Mustaev;Katsuhiko Murakami

  • Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs

    Toshio Ota;Yutaka Suzuki;Tetsuo Nishikawa;Tetsuji Otsuki

  • Recent functional insights into the role of (p)ppGpp in bacterial physiology

    Vasili Hauryliuk;Gemma C. Atkinson;Katsuhiko S. Murakami;Tanel Tenson

  • Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation: An RNA Polymerase Holoenzyme-DNA Complex

    Katsuhiko S. Murakami;Shoko Masuda;Elizabeth A. Campbell;Oriana Muzzin

  • Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation: RNA Polymerase Holoenzyme at 4 Å Resolution

    Katsuhiko S. Murakami;Shoko Masuda;Seth A. Darst

  • Bacterial RNA polymerases: the wholo story

    Katsuhiko S Murakami;Seth A Darst

  • Catabolite activator protein: DNA binding and transcription activation

    Catherine L Lawson;David Swigon;Katsuhiko S Murakami;Seth A Darst

  • Single-Molecule Imaging of RNA Polymerase-DNA Interactions in Real Time

    Yoshie Harada;Takashi Funatsu;Katsuhiko Murakami;Yoshikazu Nonoyama

  • The X-ray crystal structure of RNA polymerase from Archaea.

    Akira Hirata;Brianna J. Klein;Katsuhiko S. Murakami

  • X-ray Crystal Structure of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase σ70 Holoenzyme

    Katsuhiko S. Murakami

  • Involvement of multiple genetic determinants in high-level methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.

    K Murakami;A Tomasz

  • Differential regulation by ppGpp versus pppGpp in Escherichia coli

    Undine Mechold;Katarzyna Potrykus;Helen Murphy;Katsuhiko S. Murakami

  • RNA polymerase and transcription elongation factor Spt4/5 complex structure

    Brianna J. Klein;Daniel Bose;Kevin J. Baker;Zahirah M. Yusoff

  • Transcription factor recognition surface on the RNA polymerase alpha subunit is involved in contact with the DNA enhancer element.

    Katsuhiko Murakami;Nobuyuki Fujita;Akira Ishihama

  • Co-overexpression of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase subunits allows isolation and analysis of mutant enzymes lacking lineage-specific sequence insertions.

    Irina Artsimovitch;Vladimir Svetlov;Katsuhiko S. Murakami;Robert Landick

  • Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation by Bacterial RNA Polymerase Holoenzyme

    Ritwika S. Basu;Brittany A. Warner;Vadim Molodtsov;Danil Pupov

  • Nature of DNA binding and RNA polymerase interaction of the Bordetella pertussis BvgA transcriptional activator at the fha promoter.

    Philip E. Boucher;Katsuhiko Murakami;Akira Ishihama;Scott Stibitz

  • Structural biology of bacterial RNA polymerase.

    Katsuhiko S. Murakami

  • Mapping the σ70 subunit contact sites on Escherichia coli RNA polymerase with a σ70-conjugated chemical protease

    Jeffrey T. Owens;Reiko Miyake;Katsuhiko Murakami;Albert J. Chmura

  • Erratum: The X-ray crystal structure of RNA polymerase from Archaea

    Akira Hirata;Brianna J. Klein;Katsuhiko S. Murakami

Frequent Co-Authors

Akira Ishihama
Akira Ishihama Hosei University
Seth A. Darst
Seth A. Darst Rockefeller University
Takashi Gojobori
Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Nobuyuki Fujita
Nobuyuki Fujita National Institute of Genetics
Claude F. Meares
Claude F. Meares University of California, Davis
James G. Ferry
James G. Ferry Pennsylvania State University
Michael Cashel
Michael Cashel National Institutes of Health
Elizabeth A. Campbell
Elizabeth A. Campbell Rockefeller University
Tomasz Skorski
Tomasz Skorski Temple University
Claire Wyman
Claire Wyman Erasmus MC

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