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Toshiaki Katada

Toshiaki Katada

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
27618
World Ranking
2337
National Ranking
142

Overview

Toshiaki Katada is affiliated with Musashino University in Japan and has contributed significantly to research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The focus of their work spans several specialized areas, including molecular biology, epidemiology, genetics, cell biology, and pharmacology. Their main research topics include nail diseases and treatments, protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling, genetic and kidney cyst diseases, hedgehog signaling pathway studies, fungal biology and applications, fungal infections, and cellular transport and secretion.

Katada's research has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, with multiple papers appearing in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. They have also published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Microbiology Spectrum, and PLoS Genetics. This distribution reflects a diverse engagement with molecular and cellular biology research areas.

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Masaki Ishii and Shinya Ohata, each with six joint publications, as well as Kenji Kontani, Yasuhiko Matsumoto, and Hideko Uga.

The recent research output of Toshiaki Katada includes the following papers:

  • "Caenorhabditis elegans PTR/PTCHD PTR-18 promotes the clearance of extracellular hedgehog-related protein via endocytosis" (2021), PLoS Genetics
  • "Ependymoma associated protein Zfta is expressed in immature ependymal cells but is not essential for ependymal development in mice" (2022), Scientific Reports
  • "TrCla4 promotes actin polymerization at the hyphal tip and mycelial growth in Trichophyton rubrum" (2023), Microbiology Spectrum
  • "Development of a versatile HPLC-based method to evaluate the activation status of small GTPases" (2021), Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Targeting dermatophyte Cdc42 and Rac GTPase signaling to hinder hyphal elongation and virulence" (2024), iScience

Best Publications

  • Direct modification of the membrane adenylate cyclase system by islet-activating protein due to ADP-ribosylation of a membrane protein.

    Toshiaki Katada;Michio Ui

  • Protein kinase C phosphorylates the inhibitory guanine-nucleotide-binding regulatory component and apparently suppresses its function in hormonal inhibition of adenylate cyclase.

    Toshiaki Katada;Alfred G. Gilman;Yasuhiro Watanabe;Silvia Bauer

  • Subunit structure of islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin, in conformity with the A-B model.

    Makoto Tamura;Katsumi Nogimori;Satoshi Murai;Motoyuki Yajima

  • Specific uncoupling by islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin, of negative signal transduction via alpha-adrenergic, cholinergic, and opiate receptors in neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells.

    H Kurose;T Katada;T Amano;M Ui

  • The inhibitory guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory component of adenylate cyclase. Properties and function of the purified protein.

    T Katada;G M Bokoch;J K Northup;M Ui

  • Molecular cloning and sequence determination of cDNAs for alpha subunits of the guanine nucleotide-binding proteins Gs, Gi, and Go from rat brain.

    H. Itoh;T. Kozasa;S. Nagata;S. Nakamura

  • Two guanine nucleotide-binding proteins in rat brain serving as the specific substrate of islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin. Interaction of the alpha-subunits with beta gamma-subunits in development of their biological activities.

    T Katada;M Oinuma;M Ui

  • A simple structure encodes G protein-activating function of the IGF-II/mannose 6-phosphate receptor

    Takashi Okamoto;Toshiaki Katada;Yoshitake Murayama;Michio Ui

  • The inhibitory guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory component of adenylate cyclase. Subunit dissociation and guanine nucleotide-dependent hormonal inhibition.

    T Katada;J K Northup;G M Bokoch;M Ui

  • Coupling of the guanine nucleotide regulatory protein to chemotactic peptide receptors in neutrophil membranes and its uncoupling by islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin. A possible role of the toxin substrate in Ca2+-mobilizing receptor-mediated signal transduction.

    F Okajima;T Katada;M Ui

  • Heterodimeric Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Consisting of p85 and p110β Is Synergistically Activated by the βγ Subunits of G Proteins and Phosphotyrosyl Peptide

    Hiroshi Kurosu;Tomohiko Maehama;Taro Okada;Toshiyoshi Yamamoto

  • The eukaryotic polypeptide chain releasing factor (eRF3/GSPT) carrying the translation termination signal to the 3'-Poly(A) tail of mRNA. Direct association of erf3/GSPT with polyadenylate-binding protein.

    Shin-ichi Hoshino;Mariko Imai;Tetsuo Kobayashi;Naoyuki Uchida

  • Direct evidence for involvement of a guanine nucleotide-binding protein in chemotactic peptide-stimulated formation of inositol bisphosphate and trisphosphate in differentiated human leukemic (HL-60) cells. Reconstitution with Gi or Go of the plasma membranes ADP-ribosylated by pertussis toxin.

    A Kikuchi;O Kozawa;K Kaibuchi;T Katada

  • A Novel Role of the Mammalian GSPT/eRF3 Associating with Poly(A)-binding Protein in Cap/Poly(A)-dependent Translation *

    Naoyuki Uchida;Shin-ichi Hoshino;Hiroaki Imataka;Nahum Sonenberg

  • GTP binding is essential to the protein kinase activity of LRRK2, a causative gene product for familial Parkinson's disease.

    Genta Ito;Takuro Okai;Go Fujino;Kohsuke Takeda

  • Mechanisms for inhibition of the catalytic activity of adenylate cyclase by the guanine nucleotide-binding proteins serving as the substrate of islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin.

    T Katada;M Oinuma;M Ui

  • Differential activation of adenylyl cyclase by protein kinase C isoenzymes.

    J.-I. Kawabe;G. Iwami;T. Ebina;S. Ohno

  • Ski7p G protein interacts with the exosome and the Ski complex for 3'-to-5' mRNA decay in yeast.

    Yasuhiro Araki;Shinya Takahashi;Tetsuo Kobayashi;Hiroaki Kajiho

  • The A protomer of islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin, as an active peptide catalyzing ADP-ribosylation of a membrane protein

    Toshiaki Katada;Makoto Tamura;Michio Ui

  • A new GTP-binding protein in brain tissues serving as the specific substrate of islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin

    Toshiaki Katada;Masayuki Oinuma;Kayoko Kusakabe;Michio Ui

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Nishina
Hiroshi Nishina Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Josef M. Penninger
Josef M. Penninger University of British Columbia
Yoshihisa Kurachi
Yoshihisa Kurachi Osaka University
Hiroshi Ueda
Hiroshi Ueda Kyoto University
Makoto Furutani-Seiki
Makoto Furutani-Seiki Yamaguchi University
Ichio Shimada
Ichio Shimada University of Tokyo
Takehiko Sasaki
Takehiko Sasaki Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Yasunori Kanaho
Yasunori Kanaho University of Tsukuba
Hisato Kondoh
Hisato Kondoh Kyoto Sangyo University

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