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Tomitake Tsukihara

Tomitake Tsukihara

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
19522
World Ranking
9105
National Ranking
640

Tomitake Tsukihara publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tomitake Tsukihara sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 471 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Tomitake Tsukihara D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tomitake Tsukihara sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tomitake Tsukihara is affiliated with the University of Hyogo in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work related to neuroscience. The scientist's main research subfields include molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, inorganic chemistry, atomic and molecular physics, optics, as well as electrical and electronic engineering.

The core research topics Tsukihara has explored involve photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, mitochondrial function and pathology, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, ATP synthase and ATPases research, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, and electrochemical sensors and biosensors.

Frequent co-authors in Tsukihara's work include Shinya Yoshikawa, Atsuhiro Shimada, Kyoko Shinzawa-Itoh, Eiki Yamashita, and Kazumasa Muramoto.

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent venues. Among the frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • The Journal of Biochemistry
  • Frontiers in Chemistry
  • BBA Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Tsukihara include:

  • X-ray structures of catalytic intermediates of cytochrome c oxidase provide insights into its O2 activation and unidirectional proton-pump mechanisms, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Critical roles of the CuB site in efficient proton pumping as revealed by crystal structures of mammalian cytochrome c oxidase catalytic intermediates, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Recent progress in experimental studies on the catalytic mechanism of cytochrome c oxidase, 2023, Frontiers in Chemistry
  • The 1.3-Å resolution structure of bovine cytochrome c oxidase suggests a dimerization mechanism, 2021, BBA Advances
  • Forty years of the structure of plant-type ferredoxin, 2021, The Journal of Biochemistry

Best Publications

  • The whole structure of the 13-subunit oxidized cytochrome c oxidase at 2.8 A.

    Tomitake Tsukihara;Hiroshi Aoyama;Eiki Yamashita;Takashi Tomizaki

  • Structures of metal sites of oxidized bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase at 2.8 A

    Tomitake Tsukihara;Hiroshi Aoyama;Eiki Yamashita;Takashi Tomizaki

  • Redox-coupled crystal structural changes in bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase.

    Shinya Yoshikawa;Kyoko Shinzawa-Itoh;Ryosuke Nakashima;Rieko Yaono

  • Structure of the connexin 26 gap junction channel at 3.5 Å resolution

    Shoji Maeda;So Nakagawa;Michihiro Suga;Eiki Yamashita

  • The structure of the mammalian 20S proteasome at 2.75 A resolution.

    Masaki Unno;Tsunehiro Mizushima;Yukio Morimoto;Yoshikazu Tomisugi

  • Structure of human monoamine oxidase A at 2.2-A resolution: The control of opening the entry for substrates/inhibitors

    Se-Young Son;Jichun Ma;Youhei Kondou;Masato Yoshimura

  • A High-Resolution Structure of the Pre-microRNA Nuclear Export Machinery

    Chimari Okada;Chimari Okada;Eiki Yamashita;Soo Jae Lee;Satoshi Shibata

  • The low-spin heme of cytochrome c oxidase as the driving element of the proton-pumping process

    Tomitake Tsukihara;Kunitoshi Shimokata;Yukie Katayama;Hideo Shimada

  • Structures and physiological roles of 13 integral lipids of bovine heart cytochrome c oxidase

    Kyoko Shinzawa-Itoh;Hiroshi Aoyama;Kazumasa Muramoto;Hirohito Terada

  • Crystal Structure of the Membrane Fusion Protein, MexA, of the Multidrug Transporter in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Hiroyuki Akama;Takanori Matsuura;Sachiko Kashiwagi;Hiroshi Yoneyama

  • Crystal Structure of the Drug Discharge Outer Membrane Protein, OprM, of Pseudomonas aeruginosa DUAL MODES OF MEMBRANE ANCHORING AND OCCLUDED CAVITY END

    Hiroyuki Akama;Misa Kanemaki;Masato Yoshimura;Tomitake Tsukihara

  • The Structure of Importin-ß Bound to SREBP-2: Nuclear Import of a Transcription Factor

    Soo Jae Lee;Toshihiro Sekimoto;Eiki Yamashita;Emi Nagoshi

  • Determination of damage-free crystal structure of an X-ray-sensitive protein using an XFEL

    Kunio Hirata;Kyoko Shinzawa-Itoh;Naomine Yano;Shuhei Takemura

  • Structure of Rat Monoamine Oxidase A and Its Specific Recognitions for Substrates and Inhibitors

    Jichun Ma;Masato Yoshimura;Eiki Yamashita;Atsushi Nakagawa

  • X-Ray Analysis of a [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxin from ‘Spirulina platensis. Main Chain Fold and Location of Side Chains at 2.5 Å Resolution

    Tomitake Tsukihara;Keiichi Fukuyama;Masahiro Nakamura;Yukiteru Katsube

  • Structure of S. platensis [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin and evolution of chloroplast-type ferredoxins

    Keiichi Fukuyama;Toshiharu Hase;Satoshi Matsumoto;Tomitake Tsukihara

  • Processing and post-refinement of oscillation camera data

    M. G. Rossmann;A. G. W. Leslie;S. S. Abdel-Meguid;T. Tsukihara

  • The structure of rat liver vault at 3.5 angstrom resolution

    Hideaki Tanaka;Koji Kato;Eiki Yamashita;Tomoyuki Sumizawa

  • Architecture of helix bundle membrane proteins: An analysis of cytochrome c oxidase from bovine mitochondria

    Erik Wallin;T. Tsukihara;S. Yoshikawa;G. von Heijne

  • X-ray structure of beta-carbonic anhydrase from the red alga, Porphyridium purpureum, reveals a novel catalytic site for CO(2) hydration.

    Satoshi Mitsuhashi;Tsunehiro Mizushima;Eiki Yamashita;Masaki Yamamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinya Yoshikawa
Shinya Yoshikawa University of Hyogo
Eiki Yamashita
Eiki Yamashita Osaka University
Atsushi Nakagawa
Atsushi Nakagawa Osaka University
Keiichi Fukuyama
Keiichi Fukuyama Osaka University
Hiroshi Matsubara
Hiroshi Matsubara Osaka Metropolitan University
Masaki Yamamoto
Masaki Yamamoto University of Hyogo
Min Yao
Min Yao Hokkaido University
Makoto Suematsu
Makoto Suematsu Keio University
Toshiharu Hase
Toshiharu Hase Osaka University

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