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Overview

Yoh Wada is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, focusing primarily on research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Epidemiology, Oncology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Frequent publication venues for Yoh Wada include Scientific Reports with four publications, Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin with two, as well as single contributions to Cell Reports, Experimental Cell Research, and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Notable recent papers illustrate the focus and scope of their work:

  • "Rab7-Mediated Endocytosis Establishes Patterning of Wnt Activity through Inactivation of Dkk Antagonism," 2020, published in Cell Reports
  • "The lysosomal V-ATPase a3 subunit is involved in localization of Mon1-Ccz1, the GEF for Rab7, to secretory lysosomes in osteoclasts," 2022, published in Scientific Reports
  • "V-ATPase a3 isoform mutations identified in osteopetrosis patients abolish its expression and disrupt osteoclast function," 2020, published in Experimental Cell Research
  • "Characterization of Rab32- and Rab38-positive lysosome-related organelles in osteoclasts and macrophages," 2023, published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Functional complementation of V-ATPase a subunit isoforms in osteoclasts," 2020, published in The Journal of Biochemistry

Yoh Wada has also collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Ge-Hong Sun-Wada (12 joint works)
  • Naomi Matsumoto (4 joint works)
  • Mayumi Nakanishi-Matsui (4 joint works)
  • Kazuya Noda (3 joint works)
  • Shiou-Ling Lu (3 joint works)

Best Publications

  • Mechanical rotation of the c subunit oligomer in ATP synthase (F0F1): direct observation.

    Yoshihiro Sambongi;Yuko Iko;Mikio Tanabe;Hiroshi Omote

  • Apg1p, a novel protein kinase required for the autophagic process in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Akira Matsuura;Miki Tsukada;Yoh Wada;Yoshinori Ohsumi

  • Novel system for monitoring autophagy in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    T. Noda;A. Matsuura;Y. Wada;Y. Ohsumi

  • From Lysosomes to the Plasma Membrane LOCALIZATION OF VACUOLAR TYPE H+-ATPase WITH THE a3 ISOFORM DURING OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION

    Takao Toyomura;Yoshiko Murata;Akitsugu Yamamoto;Toshihiko Oka

  • Charged collagen structure mediates the recognition of negatively charged macromolecules by macrophage scavenger receptors

    T Doi;K Higashino;Y Kurihara;Y Wada

  • The (Pro)renin Receptor/ATP6AP2 is Essential for Vacuolar H+-ATPase Assembly in Murine Cardiomyocytes

    Kenichiro Kinouchi;Atsuhiro Ichihara;Motoaki Sano;Ge Hong Sun-Wada

  • Three subunit a isoforms of mouse vacuolar H(+)-ATPase. Preferential expression of the a3 isoform during osteoclast differentiation.

    Takao Toyomura;Toshihiko Oka;Chie Yamaguchi;Yoh Wada

  • The a3 isoform of V-ATPase regulates insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells

    Ge-Hong Sun-Wada;Takao Toyomura;Yoshiko Murata;Akitsugu Yamamoto

  • Genes for directing vacuolar morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. I. Isolation and characterization of two classes of vam mutants.

    Yoh Wada;Yoshinori Ohsumi;Yasuhiro Anraku

  • Vam2/Vps41p and Vam6/Vps39p Are Components of a Protein Complex on the Vacuolar Membranes and Involved in the Vacuolar Assembly in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae*

    Norihiro Nakamura;Aiko Hirata;Yoshinori Ohsumi;Yoh Wada

  • Subunit rotation of vacuolar-type proton pumping ATPase: relative rotation of the G and C subunits.

    Tomoyuki Hirata;Atsuko Iwamoto-Kihara;Ge-Hong Sun-Wada;Toshihide Okajima

  • A complex and mobile structure forms a distinct subregion within the continuous vacuolar membrane in young cotyledons of Arabidopsis

    Chieko Saito;Takashi Ueda;Hiroshi Abe;Yoh Wada

  • Dynamic visualization of RANKL and Th17-mediated osteoclast function

    Junichi Kikuta;Yoh Wada;Toshiyuki Kowada;Ze Wang

  • Luminal acidification of diverse organelles by V-ATPase in animal cells.

    Masamitsu Futai;Toshihiko Oka;Ge Hong Sun-Wada;Yoshinori Moriyama

  • Sensing of cadmium and copper ions by externally exposed ADL, ASE, and ASH neurons elicits avoidance response in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Yoshihiro Sambongi;Takashi Nagae;Yanna Liu;Takao Yoshimizu

  • Direct recruitment of H+-ATPase from lysosomes for phagosomal acidification.

    Ge-Hong Sun-Wada;Hiroyuki Tabata;Nobuyuki Kawamura;Minako Aoyama

  • The γ-subunit rotation and torque generation in F1-ATPase from wild-type or uncoupled mutant Escherichia coli

    Hiroshi Omote;Noriko Sambonmatsu;Kiwamu Saito;Yoshihiro Sambongi

  • a4, a Unique Kidney-specific Isoform of Mouse Vacuolar H +-ATPase Subunit a

    Toshihiko Oka;Yoshiko Murata;Miwako Namba;Takao Yoshimizu

  • The a3 Isoform Vacuolar Type H+-ATPase Promotes Distant Metastasis in the Mouse B16 Melanoma Cells

    Toshihiko Nishisho;Kenji Hata;Masako Nakanishi;Yoshihiro Morita

  • Brief Ultrarapid Communication The (Pro)renin Receptor/ATP6AP2 is Essential for Vacuolar H-ATPase Assembly in Murine Cardiomyocytes

    Kenichiro Kinouchi;Atsuhiro Ichihara;Motoaki Sano;Ge-Hong Sun-Wada

Frequent Co-Authors

Masamitsu Futai
Masamitsu Futai Osaka University
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Akitsugu Yamamoto
Akitsugu Yamamoto Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology
Yasuhiro Anraku
Yasuhiro Anraku University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Itoh
Hiroshi Itoh Keio University
Kazuo Makishima
Kazuo Makishima University of Tokyo
Keiichi Fukuda
Keiichi Fukuda Keio University
Mikio Nishimura
Mikio Nishimura National Institute for Basic Biology
Masayoshi Maeshima
Masayoshi Maeshima Nagoya University
Kazuhiro Nakazawa
Kazuhiro Nakazawa Nagoya University

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