Hideo Ago

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Hideo Ago is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hideo Ago has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Hideo Ago's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (16 papers), Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (6 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Hideo Ago is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (16 papers), Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (6 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Hideo Ago collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Hideo Ago's co-authors include Masaki Yamamoto, Masashi Miyano, Kunio Hirata, Go Ueno, Keitaro Yamashita, Jian‐Ren Shen, Hironori Murakami, Tetsuya Shimizu, Yoshiki Nakajima and Michihiro Suga and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hideo Ago

53 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 Å resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses

2014 938 citations Kunio Hirata, Go Ueno et al. Nature profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hideo Ago Japan	25	2.0k	668	389	361	316	56	3.1k
Dirk W. Heinz Germany	42	3.6k 1.8×	972 1.5×	130 0.3×	289 0.8×	101 0.3×	101	5.3k
Charles R. Kissinger United States	21	4.4k 2.2×	1.2k 1.7×	216 0.6×	155 0.4×	101 0.3×	31	5.5k
Wolf‐Dieter Schubert Germany	34	2.2k 1.1×	333 0.5×	459 1.2×	370 1.0×	323 1.0×	74	3.4k
Chong‐Hwan Chang United States	28	1.8k 0.9×	321 0.5×	217 0.6×	110 0.3×	301 1.0×	51	3.0k
Hans E. Parge United States	23	2.0k 1.0×	277 0.4×	114 0.3×	128 0.4×	57 0.2×	44	3.7k
Maria Miller United States	28	2.7k 1.4×	545 0.8×	87 0.2×	120 0.3×	222 0.7×	68	4.5k
Neil A. Farrow United States	30	3.8k 1.9×	1.1k 1.6×	260 0.7×	50 0.1×	179 0.6×	51	5.6k
John M. Flanagan United States	34	5.1k 2.6×	1.3k 1.9×	256 0.7×	121 0.3×	152 0.5×	76	6.6k
Meitian Wang Switzerland	39	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	250 0.6×	48 0.1×	51 0.2×	129	4.1k
Jan Konvalinka Czechia	43	2.3k 1.2×	724 1.1×	380 1.0×	50 0.1×	136 0.4×	171	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hideo Ago

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Ago, Hideo, Naoki Sakai, Tomohisa Hasunuma, et al.. (2025). Engineering of acyl ligase domain in non-ribosomal peptide synthetases to change fatty acid moieties of lipopeptides. Communications Chemistry. 8(1). 17–17. 2 indexed citations

Nagao, Satoshi, Takehiko Tosha, Keitaro Yamashita, et al.. (2025). XFEL crystallography reveals catalytic cycle dynamics during non-native substrate oxidation by cytochrome P450BM3. Communications Chemistry. 8(1). 63–63. 1 indexed citations

Hirano, T, Akemi Koyanagi, Hideo Ago, et al.. (2024). Allosteric inhibition of IgE–FcεRI interactions by simultaneous targeting of IgE F(ab’)2 epitopes. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1042–1042. 1 indexed citations

Okatsu, Kei, Shuya Fukai, Hideo Ago, et al.. (2023). Structure of a putative immature form of a Rieske-type iron-sulfur protein in complex with zinc chloride. Communications Chemistry. 6(1). 190–190.

Ando, Ryoko, Satoshi Shimozono, Hideo Ago, et al.. (2023). StayGold variants for molecular fusion and membrane-targeting applications. Nature Methods. 21(4). 648–656. 52 indexed citations

Antonyuk, S.V., Daisuke Sasaki, Keitaro Yamashita, et al.. (2021). An unprecedented insight into the catalytic mechanism of copper nitrite reductase from atomic-resolution and damage-free structures. Science Advances. 7(1). 33 indexed citations

Ago, Hideo, Daisuke Irikura, Go Ueno, et al.. (2011). The Catalytic Architecture of Leukotriene C4 Synthase with Two Arginine Residues. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(18). 16392–16401. 29 indexed citations

Ago, Hideo & Masashi Miyano. (2010). Recent Advances in Biology of Crysteinyl Leukotriene. Nihon Kessho Gakkaishi. 52(1). 69–75.

Shimamura, Tatsuro, Kenji Hiraki, Naoko Takahashi, et al.. (2008). Crystal Structure of Squid Rhodopsin with Intracellularly Extended Cytoplasmic Region. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(26). 17753–17756. 102 indexed citations

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Kurahashi, Yuko, Mitsuaki Sugahara, Hideo Ago, et al.. (2008). Crystallization and preliminary diffraction studies of prostaglandin E₂-specific monoclonal antibody Fab fragment in the ligand complex. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 64(11). 1027–1030. 3 indexed citations

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Nishibori, Eiji, Takahiro Nakamura, Shinobu Aoyagi, et al.. (2008). Application of maximum-entropy maps in the accurate refinement of a putative acylphosphatase using 1.3 Å X-ray diffraction data. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 64(3). 237–247. 7 indexed citations

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Ago, Hideo, Yoshihide Kanaoka, Daisuke Irikura, et al.. (2007). Crystal structure of a human membrane protein involved in cysteinyl leukotriene biosynthesis. Nature. 448(7153). 609–612. 113 indexed citations

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Tsuge, Hideaki, Ryushi Kawakami, Haruhiko Sakuraba, et al.. (2005). Crystal Structure of a Novel FAD-, FMN-, and ATP-containing l-Proline Dehydrogenase Complex from Pyrococcus horikoshii. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(35). 31045–31049. 33 indexed citations

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Hori, Tetsuya, Takehiko Yokomizo, Hideo Ago, et al.. (2004). Structural Basis of Leukotriene B4 12-Hydroxydehydrogenase/15-Oxo-prostaglandin 13-Reductase Catalytic Mechanism and a Possible Src Homology 3 Domain Binding Loop. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(21). 22615–22623. 52 indexed citations

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Okuno, Toshiaki, Hideo Ago, Kan Terawaki, et al.. (2003). Helix 8 of the Leukotriene B4 Receptor Is Required for the Conformational Change to the Low Affinity State after G-protein Activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(42). 41500–41509. 50 indexed citations

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Ago, Hideo, Noriyuki Habuka, Jiro Kataoka, et al.. (1994). Improved crystals of the toxic protein MAP by protein engineering towards the host specificity. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 50(4). 404–407. 3 indexed citations

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Ago, Hideo, Jiro Kataoka, Hideaki Tsuge, et al.. (1994). X‐ray Structure of a Pokeweed Antiviral Protein, Coded by a New Genomic Clone, at 0.23 nm Resolution. European Journal of Biochemistry. 225(1). 369–374. 21 indexed citations

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Kataoka, Jiro, Hideo Ago, Noriyuki Habuka, et al.. (1993). Expression of a pokeweed antiviral protein in Escherichia coli and its characterization. FEBS Letters. 320(1). 31–34. 15 indexed citations

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Ago, Hideo, Yasuyuki Kitagawa, Akira Fujishima, Y. Matsuura, & Yukiteru Katsube. (1991). Crystal Structure of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor at 1.6 Å Resolution. The Journal of Biochemistry. 110(3). 360–363. 74 indexed citations

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Kito, Taketoshi, et al.. (1970). Carboxylation of Potassium Phenoxide with Potassium Alkyl Carbonates in Solvents. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry Japan. 73(4). 742–745. 3 indexed citations

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