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Takao Kondo

Takao Kondo

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
15080
World Ranking
11831
National Ranking
809

Overview

Takao Kondo is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has contributed to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Oncology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Computer Networks and Communications.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, especially focusing on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Bone Metabolism and Diseases, Bone Health and Treatments, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Bone and Joint Diseases, and Light Effects on Plants.

Kondo has authored several papers in prominent publication venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Tuning the circadian period of cyanobacteria up to 6.6 days by the single amino acid substitutions in KaiC (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • IL-1β promotes osteoclastogenesis by increasing the expression of IGF2 and chemokines in non-osteoclastic cells (2022, Journal of Pharmacological Sciences)
  • Elucidation of master allostery essential for circadian clock oscillation in cyanobacteria (2022, Science Advances)
  • The Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Pathway Promotes Osteoclastogenesis under Hypoxic Culture Conditions (2021, American Journal Of Pathology)
  • Insulin-like growth factor 2 promotes osteoclastogenesis increasing inflammatory cytokine levels under hypoxia (2022, Journal of Pharmacological Sciences)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Takao Kondo include Kumiko Ito-Miwa, Yoshihiko Furuike, Shuji Akiyama, Yuto Otsuka, and Hiromasa Aoki.

Kondo's research has been published multiple times in journals such as the Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal Of Pathology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Science Advances.

Best Publications

  • Reconstitution of circadian oscillation of cyanobacterial KaiC phosphorylation in vitro

    Masato Nakajima;Keiko Imai;Hiroshi Ito;Taeko Nishiwaki

  • Resonating circadian clocks enhance fitness in cyanobacteria

    Yan Ouyang;Carol R. Andersson;Takao Kondo;Susan S. Golden

  • Expression of a gene cluster kaiABC as a circadian feedback process in cyanobacteria.

    Masahiro Ishiura;Shinsuke Kutsuna;Setsuyuki Aoki;Hideo Iwasaki

  • Circadian rhythms in prokaryotes: luciferase as a reporter of circadian gene expression in cyanobacteria

    Takao Kondo;Carl A. Strayer;Resham D. Kulkarni;Walter Taylor

  • No Transcription-Translation Feedback in Circadian Rhythm of KaiC Phosphorylation

    Jun Tomita;Masato Nakajima;Takao Kondo;Hideo Iwasaki

  • KaiA-stimulated KaiC phosphorylation in circadian timing loops in cyanobacteria.

    Hideo Iwasaki;Taeko Nishiwaki;Yohko Kitayama;Masato Nakajima

  • Circadian oscillations of cytosolic and chloroplastic free calcium in plants.

    Carl Hirschie Johnson;Marc R. Knight;Takao Kondo;Patrick Masson

  • Circadian orchestration of gene expression in cyanobacteria.

    Yi Liu;Nicholas F. Tsinoremas;Carl Hirschie Johnson;Nadya V. Lebedeva

  • KaiB functions as an attenuator of KaiC phosphorylation in the cyanobacterial circadian clock system.

    Yohko Kitayama;Hideo Iwasaki;Taeko Nishiwaki;Takao Kondo

  • Circadian clock mutants of cyanobacteria

    Takao Kondo;Nicholas F. Tsinoremas;Susan S. Golden;Carl Hirschie Johnson

  • ATPase activity of KaiC determines the basic timing for circadian clock of cyanobacteria.

    Kazuki Terauchi;Yohko Kitayama;Taeko Nishiwaki;Kumiko Miwa

  • CikA, a Bacteriophytochrome That Resets the Cyanobacterial Circadian Clock

    Oliver Schmitz;Mitsunori Katayama;Mitsunori Katayama;Stanly B. Williams;Takao Kondo

  • A kaiC-interacting sensory histidine kinase, SasA, necessary to sustain robust circadian oscillation in cyanobacteria

    Hideo Iwasaki;Stanly B Williams;Yohko Kitayama;Masahiro Ishiura

  • A sequential program of dual phosphorylation of KaiC as a basis for circadian rhythm in cyanobacteria.

    Taeko Nishiwaki;Yoshinori Satomi;Yohko Kitayama;Kazuki Terauchi

  • CYANOBACTERIAL CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS.

    Susan S. Golden;Masahiro Ishiura;Carl Hirschie Johnson;Takao Kondo

  • Nucleotide binding and autophosphorylation of the clock protein KaiC as a circadian timing process of cyanobacteria

    Taeko Nishiwaki;Hideo Iwasaki;Masahiro Ishiura;Takao Kondo

  • Role of KaiC phosphorylation in the circadian clock system of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

    Taeko Nishiwaki;Yoshinori Satomi;Masato Nakajima;Cheolju Lee;Cheolju Lee

  • A KaiC-associating SasA–RpaA two-component regulatory system as a major circadian timing mediator in cyanobacteria

    Naoki Takai;Masato Nakajima;Tokitaka Oyama;Ryotaku Kito

  • Cyanobacterial Circadian Pacemaker: Kai Protein Complex Dynamics in the KaiC Phosphorylation Cycle In Vitro

    Hakuto Kageyama;Taeko Nishiwaki;Masato Nakajima;Hideo Iwasaki

  • Physical interactions among circadian clock proteins KaiA, KaiB and KaiC in cyanobacteria

    Hideo Iwasaki;Yasuhito Taniguchi;Masahiro Ishiura;Takao Kondo

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan S. Golden
Susan S. Golden University of California, San Diego
Carl Hirschie Johnson
Carl Hirschie Johnson Vanderbilt University
Hiroki R. Ueda
Hiroki R. Ueda University of Tokyo
Yoshihiro Ohmiya
Yoshihiro Ohmiya National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Eiki Yamashita
Eiki Yamashita Osaka University
Kan Tanaka
Kan Tanaka Tokyo Institute of Technology
Masaru Tanokura
Masaru Tanokura University of Tokyo
Mamoru Sugita
Mamoru Sugita Nagoya University
Toshifumi Takao
Toshifumi Takao Osaka University
Cheolju Lee
Cheolju Lee Korea Institute of Science and Technology

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