2026 Tohru Kataoka: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	63	10240	9459	686	644	172	13777

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Biology and Biochemistry

10240

9459

686

644

172

13777

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

13777

World Ranking

10240

National Ranking

686

Overview

Tohru Kataoka is affiliated with Kobe University in Japan and has contributed to multiple research areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans molecular biology, oncology, immunology, and materials chemistry.

The scientist has published in several journals, with frequent contributions to:

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
BMC Biology
Biophysical Journal
Scientific Reports

Key research topics covered by Kataoka include:

Chemokine receptors and signaling
Enzyme structure and function
Protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling
Cell adhesion molecules research
Immunotherapy and immune responses
Protein structure and dynamics
T-cell and B-cell immunology

Their recent publications comprise the following works:

"Phosphatidic acid regulates subcellular distribution of RA-GEFs critical for chemokine-dependent migration," 2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
"Oncogenic mutations Q61L and Q61H confer active form-like structural features to the inactive state (state 1) conformation of H-Ras protein," 2021, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
"Phosphatidic acid-dependent localization and basal de-phosphorylation of RA-GEFs regulate lymphocyte trafficking," 2020, BMC Biology
"Novel Insights into the Structural Perturbation Induced by the Oncogenic Mutations, Q61L and Q61H, in Ras State 1," 2020, Biophysical Journal
"Increase of intracellular Zn2+ concentration directly inhibits phospholipase Cε and suppresses inflammation and tumour formation in mice," 2025, Scientific Reports

Throughout their career, Kataoka has frequently collaborated with researchers including:

Shigeyuki Matsumoto
Guangwei Du
Koko Katagiri
Haruka Taniguchi-Tamura
Mitsugu Araki

Best Publications

In yeast, RAS proteins are controlling elements of adenylate cyclase

Takashi Toda;Isao Uno;Tatsuo Ishikawa;Scott Powers

1299
Citations
Multiple roles of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C isozymes.

Pann-Ghill Suh;Jae-Il Park;Lucia Manzoli;Lucio Cocco

596
Citations
Genetic analysis of yeast RAS1 and RAS2 genes.

T. Kataoka;S. Powers;C. McGill;O. Fasano

574
Citations
Regulation of a Novel Human Phospholipase C, PLCε, through Membrane Targeting by Ras

Chunhua Song;Chang Deng Hu;Misa Masago;Ken Ichi Kariya

421
Citations
In silico discovery of small-molecule Ras inhibitors that display antitumor activity by blocking the Ras-effector interaction.

Fumi Shima;Yoko Yoshikawa;Min Ye;Mitsugu Araki

406
Citations
Functional homology of mammalian and yeast RAS genes

Tohru Kataoka;Scott Powers;Scott Cameron;Ottavio Fasano

399
Citations
Organization of immunoglobulin heavy chain genes and allelic deletion model

Tasuku Honjo;Tohru Kataoka

351
Citations
Cloning and characterization of CAP, the S. cerevisiae gene encoding the 70 kd adenylyl cyclase-associated protein

J. Field;A. Vojtek;R. Ballester;G. Bolger

310
Citations
Cloning and complete nucleotide sequence of mouse immunoglobulin γ1 chain gene

Tasuku Honjo;Masanori Obata;Yuriko Yamawaki-Kataoka;Tohru Kataoka

280
Citations
Crucial Role of Phospholipase Cε in Chemical Carcinogen-Induced Skin Tumor Development

Yunfeng Bai;Hironori Edamatsu;Sakan Maeda;Hiromitsu Saito

264
Citations
Repetitive sequences in class-switch recombination regions of immunoglobulin heavy chain genes

Tohru Kataoka;Takashi Miyata;Tasuku Honjo

245
Citations
Rearrangement of immunoglobulin gamma 1-chain gene and mechanism for heavy-chain class switch

Tohru Kataoka;Toshiaki Kawakami;Naoki Takahashi;Tasuku Honjo

241
Citations
Cysteine-rich region of Raf-1 interacts with activator domain of post-translationally modified Ha-Ras.

Chang-Deng Hu;Ken-ichi Kariya;Masako Tamada;Kazuhito Akasaka

222
Citations
Structural basis for conformational dynamics of GTP-bound Ras protein

Fumi Shima;Yuichi Ijiri;Shin Muraoka;Jingling Liao

204
Citations
Role of the CDC25 Homology Domain of Phospholipase Cε in Amplification of Rap1-dependent Signaling

Tai Guang Jin;Takaya Satoh;Yanhong Liao;Chunhua Song

186
Citations
Leucine-rich repeats and carboxyl terminus are required for interaction of yeast adenylate cyclase with RAS proteins.

Noboru Suzuki;Hye-Ryun Choe;Yoshimitsu Nishida;Yuriko Yamawaki-Kataoka

178
Citations
Identification of PLC210, a Caenorhabditis elegans Phospholipase C, as a Putative Effector of Ras*

Mitsushige Shibatohge;Ken-ichi Kariya;Yanhong Liao;Chang-Deng Hu

172
Citations
Differential roles of Ras and Rap1 in growth factor-dependent activation of phospholipase Cε

Chunhua Song;Takaya Satoh;Hironori Edamatsu;Dongmei Wu

150
Citations
Coassociation of Rap1A and Ha-Ras with Raf-1 N-terminal region interferes with ras-dependent activation of Raf-1.

Chang-Deng Hu;Ken-ichi Kariya;George Kotani;Mikako Shirouzu

146
Citations
Adenylate cyclases in yeast: a comparison of the genes from Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Yuriko Yamawaki-Kataoka;Tatsuya Tamaoki;Hye-Ryun Choe;Hideho Tanaka

144
Citations