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Koreaki Ito is a researcher affiliated with Kyoto Sangyo University in Japan. Their work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Infectious Diseases. Additional subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Ecology.

Their research topics encompass a variety of areas related to microbial and viral studies, with key focuses on:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Koreaki Ito has published several papers in respected venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Proteome-wide Capture of Co-translational Protein Dynamics in Bacillus subtilis Using TnDR, a Transposable Protein-Dynamics Reporter," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Research is life itself: in memory of Takashi Yura," 2023, Cell Stress and Chaperones
  • "Faculty Opinions recommendation of An infectivity-enhancing site on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein targeted by antibodies," 2021, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • "Faculty Opinions recommendation of Lipid Nanoparticles as Delivery Systems for RNA-Based Vaccines," 2021, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • "Faculty Opinions recommendation of Bacterial RF3 senses chaperone function in co-translational folding," 2021, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

The researcher has frequent contributions to the following publication venues:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Cell Reports
  • Cell Stress and Chaperones

Koreaki Ito has collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Keigo Fujiwara
  • Yutaro Katagi
  • Shinobu Chiba

Best Publications

  • The Ribosomal Exit Tunnel Functions as a Discriminating Gate

    Hitoshi Nakatogawa;Koreaki Ito

  • SecA protein hydrolyzes ATP and is an essential component of the protein translocation ATPase of Escherichia coli.

    R. Lill;K. Cunningham;L. A. Brundage;K. Ito

  • CELLULAR FUNCTIONS, MECHANISM OF ACTION, AND REGULATION OF FTSH PROTEASE

    Koreaki Ito;Yoshinori Akiyama

  • Protein localization in E. coli: Is there a common step in the secretion of periplasmic and outer-membrane proteins?

    Koreaki Ito;Philip J. Bassford;Jon Beckwith

  • The Sec protein-translocation pathway

    Hiroyuki Mori;Koreaki Ito

  • YaeL (EcfE) activates the ςE pathway of stress response through a site-2 cleavage of anti-ςE, RseA

    Kazue Kanehara;Koreaki Ito;Yoshinori Akiyama

  • Identification and characterization of an Escherichia coli gene required for the formation of correctly folded alkaline phosphatase, a periplasmic enzyme.

    S. Kamitani;Y. Akiyama;K. Ito

  • FtsH is required for proteolytic elimination of uncomplexed forms of SecY, an essential protein translocase subunit.

    Akio Kihara;Yoshinori Akiyama;Koreaki Ito

  • Effects of mutations in heat-shock genes groES and groEL on protein export in Escherichia coli.

    N. Kusukawa;T. Yura;C. Ueguchi;Y. Akiyama

  • Arrest Peptides: Cis-Acting Modulators of Translation

    Koreaki Ito;Shinobu Chiba

  • Topology analysis of the SecY protein, an integral membrane protein involved in protein export in Escherichia coli.

    Y Akiyama;K Ito

  • Crystal structure of the DsbB-DsbA complex reveals a mechanism of disulfide bond generation.

    Kenji Inaba;Kenji Inaba;Satoshi Murakami;Satoshi Murakami;Mamoru Suzuki;Atsushi Nakagawa

  • Respiratory chain is required to maintain oxidized states of the DsbA-DsbB disulfide bond formation system in aerobically growing Escherichia coli cells

    Taeko Kobayashi;Satoshi Kishigami;Michio Sone;Hachiro Inokuchi

  • Structure and function of a membrane component SecDF that enhances protein export

    Tomoya Tsukazaki;Hiroyuki Mori;Yuka Echizen;Ryuichiro Ishitani

  • Structural basis of Sec-independent membrane protein insertion by YidC

    Kaoru Kumazaki;Shinobu Chiba;Mizuki Takemoto;Arata Furukawa

  • A temperature-sensitive mutant of E. coli exhibiting slow processing of exported proteins

    Koreaki Ito;Michael Wittekind;Masayasu Nomura;Kiyotaka Shiba

  • Conformational transition of Sec machinery inferred from bacterial SecYE structures

    Tomoya Tsukazaki;Hiroyuki Mori;Shuya Fukai;Shuya Fukai;Ryuichiro Ishitani

  • Secretion Monitor, SecM, Undergoes Self-Translation Arrest in the Cytosol

    Hitoshi Nakatogawa;Koreaki Ito

  • Synthesis, assembly into the cytoplasmic membrane, and proteolytic processing of the precursor of coliphage M13 coat protein.

    K Ito;T Date;W Wickner

  • FtsH (HflB) is an ATP-dependent protease selectively acting on SecY and some other membrane proteins.

    Yoshinori Akiyama;Akio Kihara;Hajime Tokuda;Koreaki Ito

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshinori Akiyama
Yoshinori Akiyama Kyoto University
Takashi Yura
Takashi Yura Kyoto University
Kenji Inaba
Kenji Inaba University of Southern California
Akio Kihara
Akio Kihara Hokkaido University
Hitoshi Nakatogawa
Hitoshi Nakatogawa Tokyo Institute of Technology
Osamu Nureki
Osamu Nureki University of Tokyo
Dmitry G. Vassylyev
Dmitry G. Vassylyev University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kiyotaka Shiba
Kiyotaka Shiba Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
William Wickner
William Wickner Dartmouth College
Yoshikazu Nakamura
Yoshikazu Nakamura University of Tokyo

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