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Teru Ogura publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Teru Ogura sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 161 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Teru Ogura D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Teru Ogura sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Teru Ogura is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Immunology, and Biotechnology. The scientific work covers various topics such as Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Heat shock proteins research, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Biochemical and Molecular Research, and Transgenic Plants and Applications.

Among their recent scholarly contributions are papers published in well-regarded journals and repositories. These include:

  • Distinct roles and actions of protein disulfide isomerase family enzymes in catalysis of nascent-chain disulfide bond formation (2021, iScience)
  • Hierarchical Model for the Role of J-Domain Proteins in Distinct Cellular Functions (2020, Journal of Molecular Biology)
  • Split conformation of Chaetomium thermophilum Hsp104 disaggregase (2021, Structure)
  • The Cdc48-20S proteasome degrades a class of endogenous proteins in a ubiquitin-independent manner (2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications)
  • Hierarchical Model for the Role of J-Domain Proteins in Distinct Cellular Functions (2020, bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Teru Ogura collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors who contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of their studies. These frequent collaborators include Kentaro Noi, Chihiro Hirayama, Kodai Machida, Tadayoshi Murakawa, and Masaki Okumura.

The publication venues where Teru Ogura's work frequently appears highlight their active engagement in diverse scientific forums. These venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), iScience, Journal of Molecular Biology, Structure, and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

Best Publications

  • AAA+ superfamily ATPases: common structure--diverse function.

    Teru Ogura;Anthony J. Wilkinson

  • Mini-F plasmid genes that couple host cell division to plasmid proliferation.

    Teru Ogura;Sota Hiraga

  • The new gene mukB codes for a 177 kd protein with coiled-coil domains involved in chromosome partitioning of E. coli.

    Hironori Niki;Aline Jaffé;Ryu Imamura;Teru Ogura

  • Escherichia coli FtsH is a membrane-bound, ATP-dependent protease which degrades the heat-shock transcription factor sigma 32.

    T. Tomoyasu;J. Gamer;B. Bukau;M. Kanemori

  • Chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli: novel mutants producing anucleate cells.

    S Hiraga;H Niki;T Ogura;C Ichinose

  • Conserved arginine residues implicated in ATP hydrolysis, nucleotide-sensing, and inter-subunit interactions in AAA and AAA+ ATPases

    Teru Ogura;Sidney W Whiteheart;Anthony J Wilkinson

  • Balanced biosynthesis of major membrane components through regulated degradation of the committed enzyme of lipid A biosynthesis by the AAA protease FtsH (HflB) in Escherichia coli.

    Teru Ogura;Koichi Inoue;Takashi Tatsuta;Toshinobu Suzaki

  • Dissecting the role of a conserved motif (the second region of homology) in the AAA family of ATPases. Site-directed mutagenesis of the ATP-dependent protease FtsH.

    Kiyonobu Karata;Takabumi Inagawa;Anthony J. Wilkinson;Takashi Tatsuta

  • Levels of DnaK and DnaJ provide tight control of heat shock gene expression and protein repair in Escherichia coli

    Toshifumi Tomoyasu;Teru Ogura;Takashi Tatsuta;Bernd Bukau

  • E.coli MukB protein involved in chromosome partition forms a homodimer with a rod-and-hinge structure having DNA binding and ATP/GTP binding activities.

    Hironori Niki;Ryu Imamura;Mitsuhiko Kitaoka;Kunitoshi Yamanaka

  • Recent advances in p97/VCP/Cdc48 cellular functions.

    Kunitoshi Yamanaka;Yohei Sasagawa;Teru Ogura

  • Topology and subcellular localization of FtsH protein in Escherichia coli.

    T Tomoyasu;K Yamanaka;K Murata;T Suzaki

  • Conserved pore residues in the AAA protease FtsH are important for proteolysis and its coupling to ATP hydrolysis.

    Tomoko Yamada-Inagawa;Takashi Okuno;Kiyonobu Karata;Kunitoshi Yamanaka

  • Cell growth and lambda phage development controlled by the same essential Escherichia coli gene, ftsH/hflB.

    Christophe Herman;Teru Ogura;Toshifumi Tomoyasu;Sota Hiraga

  • Purification and Characterization of SopA and SopB Proteins Essential for F Plasmid Partitioning

    H Mori;Y Mori;C Ichinose;H Niki

  • Heat shock regulation in the ftsH null mutant of Escherichia coli: dissection of stability and activity control mechanisms of sigma32 in vivo

    Takashi Tatsuta;Toshifumi Tomoyasu;Bernd Bukau;Masanari Kitagawa

  • The crystal structure of the AAA domain of the ATP-dependent protease FtsH of Escherichia coli at 1.5 A resolution.

    Szymon Krzywda;Andrzej M. Brzozowski;Chandra Verma;Kiyonobu Karata

  • Proteolysis of the phage lambda CII regulatory protein by FtsH (HflB) of Escherichia coli.

    Y. Shotland;S. Koby;D. Teff;N. Mansur

  • Identification of the cpdA gene encoding cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase in Escherichia coli.

    Ryu Imamura;Kunitoshi Yamanaka;Teru Ogura;Sota Hiraga

  • Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of multicopy suppressors of a mukB mutation in Escherichia coli

    Kunitoshl Yamanaka;Tadao Mitani;Teru Ogura;Hironorl Niki

Frequent Co-Authors

Sota Hiraga
Sota Hiraga Kumamoto University
Hironori Niki
Hironori Niki National Institute of Genetics
Hirotada Mori
Hirotada Mori Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Anthony J. Wilkinson
Anthony J. Wilkinson University of York
Kenji Inaba
Kenji Inaba University of Southern California
Bernd Bukau
Bernd Bukau Heidelberg University
Keiichi Noguchi
Keiichi Noguchi Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Masafumi Yohda
Masafumi Yohda Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Chandra S. Verma
Chandra S. Verma Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Yoshinori Akiyama
Yoshinori Akiyama Kyoto University

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