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Kazuhisa Nakayama

Kazuhisa Nakayama

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
19172
World Ranking
4610
National Ranking
305

Overview

Kazuhisa Nakayama is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans 95 publications, with a focus on molecular mechanisms associated with cellular transport and genetic diseases.

The main subfields of Nakayama's research include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology
  • Oral Surgery
  • Physiology

Nakayama's work primarily addresses topics such as:

  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Architecture of the IFT ciliary trafficking machinery and interplay between its components," 2020, Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • "Cooperation of the IFT-A complex with the IFT-B complex is required for ciliary retrograde protein trafficking and GPCR import," 2020, Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • "Anterograde trafficking of ciliary MAP kinase-like ICK/CILK1 by the intraflagellar transport machinery is required for intraciliary retrograde protein trafficking," 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Impaired cooperation between IFT74/BBS22-IFT81 and IFT25-IFT27/BBS19 causes Bardet-Biedl syndrome," 2021, Human Molecular Genetics
  • "Interaction of INPP5E with ARL13B is essential for its ciliary membrane retention but dispensable for its ciliary entry," 2020, Biology Open

Frequently published venues for Nakayama include:

  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • Biology Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborative efforts are noted with several co-authors who have contributed multiple times alongside Nakayama. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Yohei Katoh
  • Hye-Won Shin
  • Hiroyuki Takatsu
  • Shuhei Chiba
  • Yamato Ishida

Best Publications

  • Furin: a mammalian subtilisin/Kex2p-like endoprotease involved in processing of a wide variety of precursor proteins.

    Kazuhisa Nakayama

  • cDNA cloning of bovine substance-K receptor through oocyte expression system.

    Yasuo Masu;Kazuhisa Nakayama;Hiromi Tamaki;Yoshio Harada

  • Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphate 5-Kinase α Is a Downstream Effector of the Small G Protein ARF6 in Membrane Ruffle Formation

    Akira Honda;Masahiro Nogami;Takeaki Yokozeki;Masakazu Yamazaki

  • Arg-X-Lys/Arg-Arg motif as a signal for precursor cleavage catalyzed by furin within the constitutive secretory pathway.

    M. Hosaka;M. Nagahama;Won-Sin Kim;T. Watanabe

  • Rab11 regulates exocytosis of recycling vesicles at the plasma membrane

    Senye Takahashi;Keiji Kubo;Satoshi Waguri;Atsuko Yabashi

  • Tissue distribution of rat angiotensinogen mRNA and structural analysis of its heterogeneity.

    H Ohkubo;K Nakayama;T Tanaka;S Nakanishi

  • Proprotein-processing endoproteases PC6 and furin both activate hemagglutinin of virulent avian influenza viruses.

    T Horimoto;K Nakayama;S P Smeekens;Y Kawaoka

  • Identification of the fourth member of the mammalian endoprotease family homologous to the yeast Kex2 protease. Its testis-specific expression.

    K Nakayama;W S Kim;S Torii;M Hosaka

  • Structure and Expression of Mouse Furin, a Yeast Kex2-related Protease. Lack of Processing of Coexpressed Prorenin in GH4C1 Cells

    K Hatsuzawa;M Hosaka;T Nakagawa;M Nagase

  • Golgi-localizing, γ-Adaptin Ear Homology Domain, ADP-ribosylation Factor-binding (GGA) Proteins Interact with Acidic Dileucine Sequences within the Cytoplasmic Domains of Sorting Receptors through Their Vps27p/Hrs/STAM (VHS) Domains

    Hiroyuki Takatsu;Yohei Katoh;Yoko Shiba;Kazuhisa Nakayama

  • Cloning and characterization of a 23-kDa stress-induced mouse peritoneal macrophage protein.

    T Ishii;M Yamada;H Sato;M Matsue

  • mRNA sequence for human cardiodilatin–atrial natriuretic factor precursor and regulation of precursor mRNA in rat atria

    Kazuhisa Nakayama;Hiroaki Ohkubo;Tadaaki Hirose;Seiichi Inayama

  • Identification and Functional Expression of a New Member of the Mammalian Kex2-Like Processing Endoprotease Family: Its Striking Structural Similarity to PACE4.

    Tsutomu Nakagawa;Masahiro Hosaka;Seiji Torii;Toshio Watanabe

  • Architectures of multisubunit complexes revealed by a visible immunoprecipitation assay using fluorescent fusion proteins

    Yohei Katoh;Shohei Nozaki;David Hartanto;Rie Miyano

  • Purification and characterization of furin, a Kex2-like processing endoprotease, produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells

    K Hatsuzawa;M Nagahama;S Takahashi;K Takada

  • Tollip and Tom1 form a complex and recruit ubiquitin-conjugated proteins onto early endosomes.

    Yohei Katoh;Yoko Shiba;Yoko Shiba;Hiroko Mitsuhashi;Yuko Yanagida

  • Structural similarity of bovine lung prostaglandin F synthase to lens epsilon-crystallin of the European common frog.

    Kikuko Watanabe;Yutaka Fujii;Kazuhisa Nakayama;Hiroaki Ohkubo

  • The isoforms of proprotein convertase PC5 are sorted to different subcellular compartments.

    I De Bie;M Marcinkiewicz;D Malide;C Lazure

  • GBF1, a Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor for ADP-Ribosylation Factors, is Localized to the cis-Golgi and Involved in Membrane Association of the COPI Coat

    Kazumasa Kawamoto;Yusaku Yoshida;Hideaki Tamaki;Seiji Torii

  • BIG2, A Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor for ADP-Ribosylation Factors: Its Localization to Recycling Endosomes and Implication in the Endosome Integrity

    Hye-Won Shin;Naoko Morinaga;Masatoshi Noda;Kazuhisa Nakayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuo Murakami
Kazuo Murakami University of Tsukuba
Soichi Wakatsuki
Soichi Wakatsuki Stanford University
Shigetada Nakanishi
Shigetada Nakanishi Kyoto University
Satoshi Waguri
Satoshi Waguri Fukushima Medical University
Atsushi Ichikawa
Atsushi Ichikawa Mukogawa Women's University
Mikio Kataoka
Mikio Kataoka Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Yukihiko Sugimoto
Yukihiko Sugimoto Kumamoto University
Koichi Kato
Koichi Kato National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Yasuo Uchiyama
Yasuo Uchiyama Juntendo University
Yoshiki Yamaguchi
Yoshiki Yamaguchi Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University

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