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Masahiro Kinoshita

Masahiro Kinoshita

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8245
World Ranking
13668
National Ranking
1052

Overview

Masahiro Kinoshita is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering. Their publication record includes contributions to various subfields such as molecular biology, materials chemistry, aerospace engineering, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main research topics cover areas including protein structure and dynamics, ATP synthase and ATPases research, receptor mechanisms and signaling, material dynamics and properties, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Protein Science
  • Biophysical Reviews
  • Proceedings of the International Display Workshops

Recent papers authored by or associated with the scientist include:

  • Hydration properties of a protein at low and high pressures: Physics of pressure denaturation (2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics)
  • Development and structural determination of an anti-PrPC aptamer that blocks pathological conformational conversion of prion protein (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • How Does a Microbial Rhodopsin RxR Realize Its Exceptionally High Thermostability with the Proton-Pumping Function Being Retained? (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B)
  • Ensitrelvir in patients with SARS-CoV-2: A retrospective chart review (2024, Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy)
  • Enhanced enzymatic activity exerted by a packed assembly of a single type of enzyme (2020, Chemical Science)

The scientist has published a book titled Mechanism of Functional Expression of F1-ATPase through Springer Nature in 2020.

Collaborators frequently working with the scientist include:

  • Tomohiko Hayashi
  • Takeshi Murata
  • Satoshi Yasuda
  • Simon Hikiri
  • Mitsunori Ikeguchi

Best Publications

  • Capacity fade of LiAlyNi1−x−yCoxO2 cathode for lithium-ion batteries during accelerated calendar and cycle life tests (surface analysis of LiAlyNi1−x−yCoxO2 cathode after cycle tests in restricted depth of discharge ranges)

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  • Capacity fading of LiAlyNi1−x−yCoxO2 cathode for lithium-ion batteries during accelerated calendar and cycle life tests (effect of depth of discharge in charge–discharge cycling on the suppression of the micro-crack generation of LiAlyNi1−x−yCoxO2 particle)

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  • Translational-Entropy Gain of Solvent upon Protein Folding

    Yuichi Harano;Masahiro Kinoshita

  • A theoretical analysis on hydration thermodynamics of proteins

    Takashi Imai;Yuichi Harano;Masahiro Kinoshita;Andriy Kovalenko

  • Morphometric approach to the solvation free energy of complex molecules

    Roland Roth;Yuichi Harano;Masahiro Kinoshita

  • Spatial distribution of a depletion potential between a big solute of arbitrary geometry and a big sphere immersed in small spheres

    Masahiro Kinoshita

  • Molecular origin of the hydrophobic effect: analysis using the angle-dependent integral equation theory.

    Masahiro Kinoshita

  • Large gain in translational entropy of water is a major driving force in protein folding

    Yuichi Harano;Masahiro Kinoshita

  • Cytotoxic sesterterpenes, 6-epi-ophiobolin G and 6-epi-ophiobolin N, from marine derived fungus Emericella variecolor GF10

    Hong Wei;Takuya Itoh;Masahiro Kinoshita;Yasuhide Nakai

  • Ligand binding to human prostaglandin E receptor EP 4 at the lipid-bilayer interface

    Yosuke Toyoda;Yosuke Toyoda;Kazushi Morimoto;Ryoji Suno;Shoichiro Horita

  • Importance of translational entropy of water in biological self-assembly processes like protein folding.

    Masahiro Kinoshita

  • Theoretical study for partial molar volume of amino acids in aqueous solution: Implication of ideal fluctuation volume

    Takashi Imai;Masahiro Kinoshita;Fumio Hirata

  • Analysis of the Bulk and Surface-Induced Structure of Electrolyte Solutions Using Integral Equation Theories

    M. Kinoshita;D.R. Bérard

  • Theoretical study for partial molar volume of amino acids and polypeptides by the three-dimensional reference interaction site model

    Yuichi Harano;Takashi Imai;Andriy Kovalenko;Masahiro Kinoshita

  • Theoretical analysis on changes in thermodynamic quantities upon protein folding: essential role of hydration.

    Takashi Imai;Yuichi Harano;Masahiro Kinoshita;Andriy Kovalenko

  • Analysis of salt effects on solubility of noble gases in water using the reference interaction site model theory

    Masahiro Kinoshita;Fumio Hirata

  • A new theoretical approach to biological self-assembly

    Masahiro Kinoshita

  • Interaction between macroparticles in Lennard‐Jones fluids or in hard‐sphere mixtures

    Masahiro Kinoshita;Shin‐ya Iba;Ken Kuwamoto;Makoto Harada

  • Roles of translational motion of water molecules in sustaining life.

    Masahiro Kinoshita

  • First-Principle Determination of Peptide Conformations in Solvents: Combination of Monte Carlo Simulated Annealing and RISM Theory

    Masahiro Kinoshita;and Yuko Okamoto;Fumio Hirata

  • Thermodynamics of apoplastocyanin folding: comparison between experimental and theoretical results.

    Takashi Yoshidome;Masahiro Kinoshita;Shun Hirota;Shun Hirota;Naoki Baden

  • Numerical solution of the RHNC theory for water-like fluids near a macroparticle and a planar wall

    M. Kinoshita;M. Harada

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumio Hirata
Fumio Hirata Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan)
Yuji Sugita
Yuji Sugita RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Nobuyuki Matubayasi
Nobuyuki Matubayasi Osaka University
Andriy Kovalenko
Andriy Kovalenko University of Alberta
Tetsuo Sakka
Tetsuo Sakka Kyoto University
So Iwata
So Iwata Kyoto University
Shun Hirota
Shun Hirota Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Takeshi Abe
Takeshi Abe Kyoto University
Masaki Yamamoto
Masaki Yamamoto University of Hyogo
Masahide Terazima
Masahide Terazima Kyoto University

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