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Michio Murata

Michio Murata

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Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
16835
World Ranking
7595
National Ranking
506

Overview

Michio Murata is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their academic contributions encompass a broad range of topics related to molecular biology, materials chemistry, spectroscopy, biomedical engineering, and physiology.

The main fields of study associated with Michio Murata involve:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

More specifically, their subfields of study include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Physiology

The research topics addressed in Murata's work cover several areas such as:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Michio Murata has contributed numerous papers, including the following recent publications:

  • "Amphotericin B assembles into seven-molecule ion channels: An NMR and molecular dynamics study," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Pivotal Role of Interdigitation in Interleaflet Interactions: Implications from Molecular Dynamics Simulations," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "A New Pathway for CO2 Reduction Relying on the Self-Activation Mechanism of Boron-Doped Diamond Cathode," 2022, JACS Au
  • "Molecular substructure of the liquid-ordered phase formed by sphingomyelin and cholesterol: sphingomyelin clusters forming nano-subdomains are a characteristic feature," 2022, Biophysical Reviews
  • "Sphingomyelins and ent-Sphingomyelins Form Homophilic Nano-Subdomains within Liquid Ordered Domains," 2020, Biophysical Journal

Publications by Michio Murata have appeared frequently in several scientific journals, including:

  • Langmuir
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters

The scientist has collaborated often with peers such as:

  • Shinya Hanashima (22 coauthored papers)
  • Yuichi Umegawa (12 coauthored papers)
  • Tomokazu Yasuda (11 coauthored papers)
  • Hiroshi Tsuchikawa (8 coauthored papers)
  • J. Peter Slotte (8 coauthored papers)

Best Publications

  • Stereochemical Determination of Acyclic Structures Based on Carbon−Proton Spin-Coupling Constants. A Method of Configuration Analysis for Natural Products

    Nobuaki Matsumori;Daisuke Kaneno;Michio Murata;Hideshi Nakamura

  • Diarrhetic shellfish toxins

    T. Yasumoto;M. Murata;Y. Oshima;M. Sano

  • Structures and Configurations of Ciguatoxin from the Moray Eel Gymnothorax javanicus and Its Likely Precursor from the Dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus

    Michio Murata;Anne M. Legrand;Yoshihiko Ishibashi;Masakazu Fukui

  • Isolation and structure of yessotoxin, a novel polyether compound implicated in diarrhetic shellfish poisoning

    Michio Murata;Masanori Kumagai;Jong Soo Lee;Takeshi Yasumoto

  • A three-dimensional movie of structural changes in bacteriorhodopsin

    Eriko Nango;Antoine Royant;Antoine Royant;Minoru Kubo;Takanori Nakane

  • Structures of ciguatoxin and its congener

    Michio Murata;Anne M. Legrand;Yoshihiko Ishibashi;Takeshi Yasumoto

  • Isolation and structural elucidation of the causative toxin of the diarrhetic shellfish poisoning.

    Michio Murata;Masaharu Shimatani;Hiroshi Sugitani;Yasukatsu Oshima

  • The structure of CTX3C, a ciguatoxin congener isolated from cultured Gambierdiscus toxicus

    Masayuki Satake;Michio Murata;Takeshi Yasumoto

  • The structure elucidation and biological activities ofhigh molecular weight algal toxins: maitotoxin, prymnesins andzooxanthellatoxins

    Michio Murata;Takeshi Yasumoto

  • Structure of maitotoxin

    Michio Murata;Hideo Naoki;Takashi Iwashita;Shigeki Matsunaga

  • TOXINS PRODUCED BY BENTHIC DINOFLAGELLATES

    Takeshi Yasumoto;Naoko Seino;Yasutaka Murakami;Michio Murata

  • Gambierol: a new toxic polyether compound isolated from the marine dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus

    Masayuki Satake;Michio Murata;Takeshi Yasumoto

  • Inhibitory effect of okadaic acid derivatives on protein phosphatases. A study on structure-affinity relationship.

    A Takai;M Murata;K Torigoe;M Isobe

  • Structure and Partial Stereochemical Assignments for Maitotoxin, the Most Toxic and Largest Natural Non-Biopolymer

    Michio Murata;Hideo Naoki;Shigeki Matsunaga;Masayuki Satake

  • Grease matrix as a versatile carrier of proteins for serial crystallography.

    Michihiro Sugahara;Eiichi Mizohata;Eriko Nango;Mamoru Suzuki

  • Amphidinol, a polyhydroxy-polyene antifungal agent with an unprecedented structure, from a marine dinoflagellate, Amphidinium klebsii

    Masayuki Satake;Michio Murata;Takeshi Yasumoto;Tsuyoshi Fujita

  • Absolute configuration of amphidinol 3, the first complete structure determination from amphidinol homologues: Application of a new configuration analysis based on carbon-hydrogen spin-coupling constants

    Michio Murata;Shigeru Matsuoka;Nobuaki Matsumori;Gopal K. Paul

  • Okadaic Acid as the Causative Toxin of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning in Europe

    Masanori Kumagai;Toshihiko Yanagi;Michio Murata;Takeshi Yasumoto

  • Gambieric acids, new potent antifungal substances with unprecedented polyether structures from a marine dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus

    Hiroshi Nagai;Michio Murata;Koichiro Torigoe;Masayuki Satake

  • Dysiherbaine: A New Neurotoxic Amino Acid from the Micronesian Marine Sponge Dysidea herbacea

    Ryuichi Sakai;Hisao Kamiya;Michio Murata;Keiko Shimamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Yasumoto
Takeshi Yasumoto Tohoku University
Kazuo Tachibana
Kazuo Tachibana University of Tokyo
Makoto Sasaki
Makoto Sasaki Tohoku University
J. Peter Slotte
J. Peter Slotte Åbo Akademi University
Hideo Naoki
Hideo Naoki Tohoku University
Tsuyoshi Inoue
Tsuyoshi Inoue Osaka University
Masayuki Satake
Masayuki Satake University of Tokyo
Yasukatsu Oshima
Yasukatsu Oshima Tohoku University
Saburo Aimoto
Saburo Aimoto Osaka University
Tsuyoshi Fujita
Tsuyoshi Fujita University of Tokyo

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