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Mikio Kataoka is affiliated with the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these broad areas, they have contributed extensively to Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, alongside involvement in Materials Chemistry, Plant Science, and Physiology.

The scientist's work encompasses several focused topics including:

  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Enzyme Structure and Function

Mikio Kataoka has published research in a number of academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Biophysics and Physicobiology
  • Biophysical Reviews
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Seibutsu Butsuri
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects

Some recent research papers reflect the scope and evolution of their work. These include:

  • "Rigidity of protein structure revealed by incoherent neutron scattering," 2020, published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
  • "Skeletal Structure of the Chromophore of Photoactive Yellow Protein in the Excited State Investigated by Ultraviolet Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy," 2021, published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Biophysical Society of Japan, 45 years ago," 2020, published in Biophysical Reviews
  • "Half a century of biophysics: a comparison of participant statistics from the 6th and 21st IUPAB congresses," 2025, published in Biophysical Reviews
  • "Regulation of Photocycle Kinetics of Photoactive Yellow Protein by Modulating Flexibility of the β-Turn," 2020, published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

The scientist collaborates frequently with several peers, including Kuniaki Nagayama, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Hironari Kamikubo, Hikaru Kuramochi, and Satoshi Takeuchi. These collaborations contribute to ongoing research projects and publications in their areas of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Molten globule of cytochrome c studied by small angle X-ray scattering.

    Mikio Kataoka;Yoshihisa Hagihara;Ken'ichi Mihara;Yuji Goto

  • Structural Characterization of the Molten Globule and Native States of Apomyoglobin by Solution X-ray Scattering

    Mikio Kataoka;Ichiro Nishii;Tetsuro Fujisawa;Tatzuo Ueki

  • Study on the Size and Shape of CuCl Microcrystals Embedded in Alkali-Chloride Matrices and Their Correlation with Exciton Confinement

    T. Itoh;Y. Iwabuchi;M. Kataoka

  • Truncated staphylococcal nuclease is compact but disordered.

    John M. Flanagan;Mikio Kataoka;David Shortle;Donald M. Engelman

  • Low-barrier hydrogen bond in photoactive yellow protein.

    Shigeo Yamaguchi;Hironari Kamikubo;Kazuo Kurihara;Ryota Kuroki

  • Aggregation of bovine serum albumin upon cleavage of its disulfide bonds, studied by the time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering technique with synchrotron radiation

    Tatzuo Ueki;Yuzuru Hiragi;Mikio Kataoka;Yōji Inoko

  • Watching a signaling protein function in real time via 100-ps time-resolved Laue crystallography

    Friedrich Schotte;Hyun Sun Cho;Ville R. I. Kaila;Hironari Kamikubo

  • Structural characterization of the molten globule of alpha-lactalbumin by solution X-ray scattering.

    M. Kataoka;K. Kuwajima;F. Tokunaga;Y. Goto

  • The Methanol-induced Globular and Expanded Denatured States of Cytochromec: A Study by CD Fluorescence, NMR and Small-angle X-ray Scattering

    Yuji O. Kamatari;Yuji O. Kamatari;Takashi Konno;Takashi Konno;Mikio Kataoka;Mikio Kataoka;Kazuyuki Akasaka;Kazuyuki Akasaka

  • Cytochrome c polymerization by successive domain swapping at the C-terminal helix

    Shun Hirota;Yoko Hattori;Satoshi Nagao;Midori Taketa

  • Melittin binding causes a large calcium-dependent conformational change in calmodulin

    Mikio Kataoka;James F. Head;Barbara A. Seaton;Donald M. Engelman

  • Cold Denaturation of the Molten Globule States of Apomyoglobin and a Profile for Protein Folding

    Ichiro Nishii;Mikio Kataoka;Fumio Tokunaga;Yuji Goto

  • Energy coupling in an ion pump: The reprotonation switch of bacteriorhodopsin

    Mikio Kataoka;Hironari Kamikubo;Fumio Tokunagga;Leonid S. Brown

  • Novel Photochromic Molecules Based on 4,5-Dithienyl Thiazole with Fast Thermal Bleaching Rate

    Shigekazu Kawai;Takuya Nakashima;Kazuhiko Atsumi;Toshiyuki Sakai

  • Reconstitution photoactive yellow protein from apoprotein and p-coumaric acid derivatives

    Yasushi Imamoto;Takeshi Ito;Mikio Kataoka;Fumio Tokunaga

  • Fingerprint signatures of lanthanide circularly polarized luminescence from proteins covalently labeled with a β-diketonate europium(III) chelate

    Junpei Yuasa;Tomoko Ohno;Hiroyuki Tsumatori;Rumi Shiba

  • Functional Expression and Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Photoactive Yellow Protein

    Ken′ichi Mihara;Osamu Hisatomi;Yasushi Imamoto;Mikio Kataoka

  • Molecular dissection of IZUMO1, a sperm protein essential for sperm-egg fusion

    Naokazu Inoue;Naokazu Inoue;Daizo Hamada;Hironari Kamikubo;Kunio Hirata

  • Thermodynamic stability of the molten globule states of apomyoglobin.

    Ichiro Nishii;Mikio Kataoka;Yuji Goto

  • Photoreaction cycle of photoactive yellow protein from Ectothiorhodospira halophila studied by low-temperature spectroscopy.

    Yasushi Imamoto;Mikio Kataoka;Fumio Tokunaga

  • Structure of the N intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin revealed by x-ray diffraction

    Hironari Kamikubo;Mikio Kataoka;Gyorgy Varo;Toshihiko Oka

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahide Terazima
Masahide Terazima Kyoto University
Shun Hirota
Shun Hirota Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Soichi Wakatsuki
Soichi Wakatsuki Stanford University
Yuji Goto
Yuji Goto Osaka University
Janos K. Lanyi
Janos K. Lanyi University of California, Irvine
Richard Needleman
Richard Needleman Wayne State University
Tsuyoshi Kawai
Tsuyoshi Kawai Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Kazuhisa Nakayama
Kazuhisa Nakayama Kyoto University
Yasuchika Hasegawa
Yasuchika Hasegawa Hokkaido University
Frans A. A. Mulder
Frans A. A. Mulder Aarhus University

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