Kunitoshi Yamanaka

Kumamoto University — Japan

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(19), Heat shock proteins research(19), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms(15), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease(14), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(13)

Publications81 total

Periplasmic Serine Protease Prc is Responsible for Amyloid Subunit CsgA Degradation and Proteostasis in Escherichia coli
Journal of Molecular Biology·2025
Catalytic Photooxygenation Demonstrates Therapeutic Efficacy in Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2025· 3 cited
Periplasmic serine protease Prc is responsible for amyloid subunit CsgA degradation and proteostasis in <i>Escherichia coli</i>
2024Open Access
Small molecule amyloid disrupters demonstrate therapeutic efficacy for transthyretin amyloidosis
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Hierarchical Model for the Role of J-Domain Proteins in Distinct Cellular Functions
Journal of Molecular Biology·2020· 10 citedOpen Access
Hierarchical Model for the Role of J-Domain Proteins in Distinct Cellular Functions
2020Open Access
Functional characterization of UBXN-6, a C-terminal cofactor of CDC-48, in C. elegans
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·2018Open Access
Development of transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans expressing human transthyretin as a model for drug screening
Scientific Reports·2018· 13 citedOpen Access
Inhibitory effects of Myricetin derivatives on curli-dependent biofilm formation in Escherichia coli
Scientific Reports·2018· 70 citedOpen Access
Multitasking of Hsp70 chaperone in the biogenesis of bacterial functional amyloids
Communications Biology·2018· 23 citedOpen Access
Triage of AAA+ protease substrates by Hsp70 chaperone
The Japanese Biochemical Society/The Molecular Biology Society of Japan·2017
Quality Control of Proteins in Biogenesis of Extracellular Amyloid fibrils
The Molecular Biology Society of Japan·2016
Imaging of bacterial multicellular behaviour in biofilms in liquid by atmospheric scanning electron microscopy
Scientific Reports·2016· 82 citedOpen Access
Thioflavin T as a fluorescence probe for monitoring RNA metabolism at molecular and cellular levels
Nucleic Acids Research·2015· 86 citedOpen Access
Characterization of C-terminal adaptors, UFD-2 and UFD-3, of CDC-48 on the polyglutamine aggregation in C. elegans
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·2015· 7 cited
Mild Electrical Stimulation Increases Stress Resistance and Suppresses Fat Accumulation via Activation of LKB1-AMPK Signaling Pathway in C. elegans
PLoS ONE·2014· 18 citedOpen Access
Novel Strategy for Biofilm Inhibition by Using Small Molecules Targeting Molecular Chaperone DnaK
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy·2014· 82 citedOpen Access
Successful leukocytapheresis therapy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis on maintenance hemodialysis
Modern Rheumatology·2014· 1 cited
Successful leukocytapheresis therapy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis on maintenance hemodialysis
Modern Rheumatology·2013
CDC-48/p97 is required for proper meiotic chromosome segregation via controlling AIR-2/Aurora B kinase localization in Caenorhabditis elegans
Journal of Structural Biology·2012· 13 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Teru Ogura(34), Masayori Inouye(8), Shinya Sugimoto(8), Yohei Sasagawa(7), Hironori Niki(6), Yoshimitsu Mizunoe(6), Shingo Nishikori(6), Sota Hiraga(5), Tatsuhiko Ooie(4), Naohiko Takahashi(4), Tetsunori Saikawa(4), Takashi Okuno(4), Masatoshi Esaki(4), Masahide Hara(3), Ken-ichi Arita-Morioka(3), Tetsuji Shinohara(3), Yuka Matsushita‐Ishiodori(3), Tomoko Nawata(2), Masaya Arikawa(2), Tatsuo Shimada(2)