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Yuriko Yamagata

Yuriko Yamagata

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
42
Citations
5447
World Ranking
3038
National Ranking
221

Overview

Yuriko Yamagata is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work covers various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cancer Research, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's research topics focus on DNA Repair Mechanisms, Biochemical and Molecular Research, NF-κB Signaling Pathways, interferon and immune responses, Immune Response and Inflammation, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, as well as Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics.

Frequent publication venues for Yuriko Yamagata's work include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Virology
  • FEBS Letters

Notable recent papers featuring Yuriko Yamagata's research or collaborations are:

  • Structure of the mammalian adenine DNA glycosylase MUTYH: insights into the base excision repair pathway and cancer (2021), Nucleic Acids Research
  • Visualization of mutagenic nucleotide processing by Escherichia coli MutT, a Nudix hydrolase (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Structural analysis of TIFA: Insight into TIFA-dependent signal transduction in innate immunity (2020), Scientific Reports
  • A Conformational Escape Reaction of HIV-1 against an Allosteric Integrase Inhibitor (2020), Journal of Virology
  • Crystal Structures of Metallo-β-Lactamase (IMP-1) and Its D120E Mutant in Complexes with Citrate and the Inhibitory Effect of the Benzyl Group in Citrate Monobenzyl Ester (2021), Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Yuriko Yamagata has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Teruya Nakamura, Mami Chirifu, Shinji Ikemizu, Hiroshi Morioka, and Kohtaro Okabe.

Best Publications

  • Solution of the structure of the TNF-TNFR2 complex

    Y. Mukai;T. Nakamura;M. Yoshikawa;Y. Yoshioka

  • Amyloid protofilament formation of hen egg lysozyme in highly concentrated ethanol solution.

    Shuichiro Goda;Kazufumi Takano;Yuriko Yamagata;Ryou Nagata

  • Three-Dimensional Structure of a DNA Repair Enzyme, 3-Methyladenine DNA Glycosylase II, from Escherichia coli

    Yuriko Yamagata;Masato Kato;Kyoko Odawara;Yoshiteru Tokuno

  • Contribution of salt bridges near the surface of a protein to the conformational stability.

    Kazufumi Takano;Kimiko Tsuchimori;Yuriko Yamagata;Katsuhide Yutani

  • Creation and X-ray Structure Analysis of the Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-1-selective Mutant of a Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Antagonist

    Hiroko Shibata;Yasuo Yoshioka;Akiko Ohkawa;Kyoko Minowa

  • Mammalian enzymes for preventing transcriptional errors caused by oxidative damage

    Toru Ishibashi;Hiroshi Hayakawa;Riyoko Ito;Masayuki Miyazawa

  • Identification of TIFA as an adapter protein that links tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) to interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor-associated kinase-1 (IRAK-1) in IL-1 receptor signaling.

    Hiroshi Takatsuna;Hiroki Kato;Hiroki Kato;Jin Gohda;Taishin Akiyama

  • Human MTH3 (NUDT18) Protein Hydrolyzes Oxidized Forms of Guanosine and Deoxyguanosine Diphosphates: COMPARISON WITH MTH1 AND MTH2*

    Yasumitsu Takagi;Daiki Setoyama;Riyoko Ito;Hiroyuki Kamiya

  • Crystal structure of the IL-15-IL-15Ralpha complex, a cytokine-receptor unit presented in trans

    Mami Chirifu;Chiharu Hayashi;Teruya Nakamura;Sachiko Toma;Sachiko Toma

  • Crystal structure of the lysine-, arginine-, ornithine-binding protein (LAO) from Salmonella typhimurium at 2.7-A resolution.

    Chul Hee Kang;Whan Chul Shin;Yuriko Yamagata;Sabiha Gokcen

  • Structural Insights into Differences in Drug-binding Selectivity between Two Forms of Human α1-Acid Glycoprotein Genetic Variants, the A and F1*S Forms

    Koji Nishi;Tomomi Ono;Teruya Nakamura;Naoko Fukunaga

  • The Crystal Structure of the Green Tea Polyphenol (−)-Epigallocatechin Gallate−Transthyretin Complex Reveals a Novel Binding Site Distinct from the Thyroxine Binding Site,

    Masanori Miyata;Takashi Sato;Miyuki Kugimiya;Misato Sho

  • Functionalization of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Using Phage Display Technique and PEGylation Improves Its Antitumor Therapeutic Window

    Hiroko Shibata;Yasuo Yoshioka;Shinji Ikemizu;Kyoko Kobayashi

  • Contribution of intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds to the conformational stability of human lysozyme(,).

    Kazufumi Takano;Yuriko Yamagata;Jun Funahashi;Yusaku Hioki

  • Irreversible inhibition of metallo-β-lactamase (IMP-1) by 3-(3-mercaptopropionylsulfanyl)-propionic acid pentafluorophenyl ester

    Hiromasa Kurosaki;Yoshihiro Yamaguchi;Toshihiro Higashi;Kimitaka Soga

  • Structure-function relationship of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and its receptor interaction based on 3D structural analysis of a fully active TNFR1-selective TNF mutant.

    Yohei Mukai;Hiroko Shibata;Teruya Nakamura;Yasuo Yoshioka

  • A general rule for the relationship between hydrophobic effect and conformational stability of a protein: stability and structure of a series of hydrophobic mutants of human lysozyme.

    Kazufumi Takano;Yuriko Yamagata;Katsuhide Yutani

  • Optimal site-specific PEGylation of mutant TNF-α improves its antitumor potency

    Yasuo Yoshioka;Yasuo Tsutsumi;Shinji Ikemizu;Yoko Yamamoto

  • Probing the Role of Asp-120(81) of Metallo-β-lactamase (IMP-1) by Site-directed Mutagenesis, Kinetic Studies, and X-ray Crystallography

    Yoshihiro Yamaguchi;Takahiro Kuroki;Hisami Yasuzawa;Toshihiro Higashi

  • Recognition of forked and single-stranded DNA structures by human RAD18 complexed with RAD6B protein triggers its recruitment to stalled replication forks.

    Yuri Tsuji;Kenji Watanabe;Kimi Araki;Masanori Shinohara

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsuhide Yutani
Katsuhide Yutani Osaka University
Kazufumi Takano
Kazufumi Takano Kyoto Prefectural University
Yusaku Nakabeppu
Yusaku Nakabeppu Kyushu University
Shinsaku Nakagawa
Shinsaku Nakagawa Osaka University
mutsuo sekiguchi
mutsuo sekiguchi Fukuoka Dental College
Yoshichika Arakawa
Yoshichika Arakawa Fujita Health University
Masahiro Shirakawa
Masahiro Shirakawa Kyoto University
Simon J. Davis
Simon J. Davis University of Oxford
Keiichi Namba
Keiichi Namba Osaka University
Hiroyuki Kamiya
Hiroyuki Kamiya Hiroshima University

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