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Toshiya Muranaka

Toshiya Muranaka

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
8951
World Ranking
17649
National Ranking
1272

Toshiya Muranaka 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 Toshiya Muranaka sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 195 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Toshiya Muranaka 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 Toshiya Muranaka sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Toshiya Muranaka is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has a substantial publication record primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences. Their research encompasses various subfields such as molecular biology, plant science, pharmacology, food science, and biotechnology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Pharmacological effects of natural compounds
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Potato plant research
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering
  • Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
  • Transgenic plants and applications

Muranaka's recent published papers include:

  • A cellulose synthase-derived enzyme catalyses 3-O-glucuronosylation in saponin biosynthesis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The biosynthetic pathway of potato solanidanes diverged from that of spirosolanes due to evolution of a dioxygenase, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Targeted genome editing in tetraploid potato through transient TALEN expression by Agrobacterium infection, 2020, Plant Biotechnology
  • Tomato E8 Encodes a C-27 Hydroxylase in Metabolic Detoxification of α-Tomatine during Fruit Ripening, 2021, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Characterization of C-26 aminotransferase, indispensable for steroidal glycoalkaloid biosynthesis, 2021, The Plant Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Muranaka include:

  • Hikaru Seki
  • Shuhei Yasumoto
  • Kazuki Saito
  • Naoyuki Umemoto
  • Masaharu Mizutani

Among the venues where Muranaka most often publishes are:

  • Plant Biotechnology
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Nature Communications
  • New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • Licorice β-amyrin 11-oxidase, a cytochrome P450 with a key role in the biosynthesis of the triterpene sweetener glycyrrhizin

    Hikaru Seki;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Satoru Sawai;Masaharu Mizutani

  • Triterpene Functional Genomics in Licorice for Identification of CYP72A154 Involved in the Biosynthesis of Glycyrrhizin

    Hikaru Seki;Satoru Sawai;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Masaharu Mizutani

  • CYP716A Subfamily Members are Multifunctional Oxidases in Triterpenoid Biosynthesis

    Ery O. Fukushima;Hikaru Seki;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Eiichiro Ono

  • Sterol Side Chain Reductase 2 Is a Key Enzyme in the Biosynthesis of Cholesterol, the Common Precursor of Toxic Steroidal Glycoalkaloids in Potato

    Satoru Sawai;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Shuhei Yasumoto;Hikaru Seki

  • Regulatory interaction of PRL1 WD protein with Arabidopsis SNF1-like protein kinases

    Rishikesh P. Bhalerao;Klaus Salchert;László Bakó;László Ökrész

  • Loss of function of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase 1 (HMG1) in Arabidopsis leads to dwarfing, early senescence and male sterility, and reduced sterol levels.

    Masashi Suzuki;Yukiko Kamide;Noriko Nagata;Hikaru Seki

  • Generation of α-solanine-free hairy roots of potato by CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing of the St16DOX gene.

    Masaru Nakayasu;Ryota Akiyama;Hyoung Jae Lee;Keishi Osakabe

  • P450s and UGTs: Key Players in the Structural Diversity of Triterpenoid Saponins

    Hikaru Seki;Keita Tamura;Toshiya Muranaka

  • Dual biosynthetic pathways to phytosterol via cycloartenol and lanosterol in Arabidopsis.

    Kiyoshi Ohyama;Masashi Suzuki;Jun Kikuchi;Kazuki Saito

  • Draft genome assembly and annotation of Glycyrrhiza uralensis, a medicinal legume.

    Keiichi Mochida;Keiichi Mochida;Tetsuya Sakurai;Hikaru Seki;Takuhiro Yoshida

  • Characterization of tobacco protein kinase NPK5, a homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae SNF1 that constitutively activates expression of the glucose-repressible SUC2 gene for a secreted invertase of S. cerevisiae.

    T Muranaka;H Banno;Y Machida

  • Lanosterol synthase in dicotyledonous plants.

    Masashi Suzuki;Ting Xiang;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Hikaru Seki

  • Plants utilize isoprene emission as a thermotolerance mechanism.

    Kanako Sasaki;Takuya Saito;Mari Lämsä;Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey

  • Upregulation of phytosterol and triterpene biosynthesis in Centella asiatica hairy roots overexpressed ginseng farnesyl diphosphate synthase

    Ok Tae Kim;Sun Hee Kim;Kiyoshi Ohyama;Toshiya Muranaka

  • DNA polymorphisms in the tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) synthase gene in "drug-type" and "fiber-type" Cannabis sativa L.

    Mareshige Kojoma;Hikaru Seki;Shigeo Yoshida;Toshiya Muranaka

  • Combinatorial Biosynthesis of Legume Natural and Rare Triterpenoids in Engineered Yeast

    Ery O. Fukushima;Ery O. Fukushima;Hikaru Seki;Hikaru Seki;Satoru Sawai;Munenori Suzuki;Munenori Suzuki

  • Fungal and bacterial disease resistance in transgenic plants expressing human lysozyme

    H. Nakajima;T. Muranaka;F. Ishige;K. Akutsu

  • Mevalonic acid partially restores chloroplast and etioplast development in Arabidopsis lacking the non-mevalonate pathway

    Noriko Nagata;Masashi Suzuki;Shigeo Yoshida;Toshiya Muranaka

  • Molecular Genetics of Plant Sterol Backbone Synthesis

    Masashi Suzuki;Toshiya Muranaka

  • Allelic mutant series reveal distinct functions for Arabidopsis cycloartenol synthase 1 in cell viability and plastid biogenesis.

    Elena Babiychuk;Pierrette Bouvier-Navé;Vincent Compagnon;Masashi Suzuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaharu Mizutani
Masaharu Mizutani Kobe University
Shigeo Yoshida
Shigeo Yoshida Kurume University
Yukihiro Sugimoto
Yukihiro Sugimoto Kobe University
Yasunori Machida
Yasunori Machida Nagoya University
Takayuki Hoson
Takayuki Hoson Osaka Metropolitan University
Takashi Hashimoto
Takashi Hashimoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Masao Ishimoto
Masao Ishimoto National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Seiichiro Kamisaka
Seiichiro Kamisaka University of Toyama

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