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Tohru Kataoka

Tohru Kataoka

Kobe University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
13777
World Ranking
10240
National Ranking
686

Tohru Kataoka 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 Tohru Kataoka sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 172 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tohru Kataoka 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 Tohru Kataoka sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Multiple roles of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C isozymes.

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

  • Genetic analysis of yeast RAS1 and RAS2 genes.

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Functional homology of mammalian and yeast RAS genes

    Tohru Kataoka;Scott Powers;Scott Cameron;Ottavio Fasano

  • Organization of immunoglobulin heavy chain genes and allelic deletion model

    Tasuku Honjo;Tohru Kataoka

  • 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

  • Cloning and complete nucleotide sequence of mouse immunoglobulin γ1 chain gene

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

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

    Yunfeng Bai;Hironori Edamatsu;Sakan Maeda;Hiromitsu Saito

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

    Tohru Kataoka;Takashi Miyata;Tasuku Honjo

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

    Tohru Kataoka;Toshiaki Kawakami;Naoki Takahashi;Tasuku Honjo

  • 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

  • Structural basis for conformational dynamics of GTP-bound Ras protein

    Fumi Shima;Yuichi Ijiri;Shin Muraoka;Jingling Liao

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

    Chunhua Song;Takaya Satoh;Hironori Edamatsu;Dongmei Wu

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Takaya Satoh
Takaya Satoh Osaka Metropolitan University
Tasuku Honjo
Tasuku Honjo Kyoto University
Michael Wigler
Michael Wigler Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Masaki Yamamoto
Masaki Yamamoto University of Hyogo
Naoki Takahashi
Naoki Takahashi Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Shigeyuki Yokoyama
Shigeyuki Yokoyama RIKEN
Akira Kikuchi
Akira Kikuchi Osaka University
Mikako Shirouzu
Mikako Shirouzu RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Sohei Kitazawa
Sohei Kitazawa Ehime University
Yasuhiro Minami
Yasuhiro Minami Kobe University

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