Kaoru Mitsuoka

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Kaoru Mitsuoka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Structural Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaoru Mitsuoka has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Structural Biology and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kaoru Mitsuoka's work include ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (18 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (11 papers). Kaoru Mitsuoka is often cited by papers focused on ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (18 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (11 papers). Kaoru Mitsuoka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Kaoru Mitsuoka's co-authors include Yoshinori Fujiyoshi, Kazuyoshi Murata, Teruhisa Hirai, Andreas Engel, Peter Agre, Thomas Walz, Atsuo Miyazawa, Yoshiaki Kimura, Akinori Kidera and Nobuhiko Gyobu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kaoru Mitsuoka

60 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The three-dimensional structure of aquaporin-1

1997 359 citations Thomas Walz, Teruhisa Hirai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaoru Mitsuoka Japan	25	2.4k	500	332	303	285	61	3.2k
Teruhisa Hirai Japan	23	2.5k 1.1×	611 1.2×	429 1.3×	199 0.7×	590 2.1×	52	3.6k
Pingyong Xu China	26	1.6k 0.7×	589 1.2×	277 0.8×	355 1.2×	447 1.6×	71	3.5k
Kazutoshi Tani Japan	33	2.8k 1.2×	346 0.7×	241 0.7×	172 0.6×	185 0.6×	84	3.7k
Yoko Hiroaki Japan	19	1.7k 0.7×	247 0.5×	195 0.6×	208 0.7×	191 0.7×	27	2.0k
Hiromi Imamura Japan	39	3.2k 1.4×	467 0.9×	337 1.0×	179 0.6×	306 1.1×	89	4.7k
Ammasi Periasamy United States	34	2.3k 1.0×	331 0.7×	289 0.9×	135 0.4×	683 2.4×	108	4.2k
Luc Reymond Switzerland	28	3.6k 1.5×	386 0.8×	868 2.6×	250 0.8×	553 1.9×	45	5.4k
Mark A. Hink Netherlands	30	2.8k 1.2×	571 1.1×	342 1.0×	87 0.3×	393 1.4×	66	4.5k
Keitaro Yamashita Japan	34	2.8k 1.2×	821 1.6×	989 3.0×	224 0.7×	221 0.8×	102	4.5k
Dmitriy B. Staroverov Russia	29	3.3k 1.4×	649 1.3×	293 0.9×	151 0.5×	488 1.7×	64	5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaoru Mitsuoka

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Kishikawa, Jun-ichi, et al.. (2025). Structures of rotary ATP synthase from Thermus thermophilus during proton powered ATP synthesis. Science Advances. 11(42). eadx8771–eadx8771.

Kobayashi, Ryōji, Akio Nakano, Kaoru Mitsuoka, & Ken Yokoyama. (2025). ADP-inhibited structure of non-catalytic site-depleted FoF1-ATPase from thermophilic Bacillus sp. PS-3. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1866(2). 149536–149536. 3 indexed citations

Kishikawa, Jun-ichi, et al.. (2024). Rotary mechanism of the prokaryotic Vo motor driven by proton motive force. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9883–9883. 2 indexed citations

Tsuyama, Taiichi, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM structure of the human Pannexin-3 channel. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 745. 151227–151227. 2 indexed citations

Kishikawa, Jun-ichi, et al.. (2023). Mechanism of ATP hydrolysis dependent rotation of bacterial ATP synthase. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4090–4090. 16 indexed citations

Nakanishi, Atsuko, Jun-ichi Kishikawa, Kaoru Mitsuoka, & Ken Yokoyama. (2023). Cryo-EM analysis of V/A-ATPase intermediates reveals the transition of the ground-state structure to steady-state structures by sequential ATP binding. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(2). 102884–102884. 3 indexed citations

Watanabe, Nozomi Morishita, Keishi Suga, Naoko Kajimura, et al.. (2023). Dispersibility and surface properties of hydrocortisone-incorporated self-assemblies. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 665. 131217–131217. 5 indexed citations

Watanabe, Nozomi Morishita, Yukihiro Okamoto, Keishi Suga, et al.. (2022). Dependence of the Core–Shell Structure on the Lipid Composition of Nanostructured Lipid Carriers: Implications for Drug Carrier Design. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(7). 9958–9969. 24 indexed citations

Imasaki, Tsuyoshi, Satoshi Kikkawa, Shinsuke Niwa, et al.. (2022). CAMSAP2 organizes a γ-tubulin-independent microtubule nucleation centre through phase separation. eLife. 11. 22 indexed citations

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Yamanaka, Tomoyuki, et al.. (2018). Biochemical and morphological classification of disease-associated alpha-synuclein mutants aggregates. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 508(3). 729–734. 15 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Kotaro, Shuichi Takeda, Kaoru Mitsuoka, et al.. (2018). Structural basis for cofilin binding and actin filament disassembly. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1860–1860. 125 indexed citations

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Koike‐Takeshita, Ayumi, Kaoru Mitsuoka, & Hideki Taguchi. (2014). Asp-52 in Combination with Asp-398 Plays a Critical Role in ATP Hydrolysis of Chaperonin GroEL. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(43). 30005–30011. 12 indexed citations

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Tamakoshi, Masatada, Shigeki Takeda, Takashi Izumi, et al.. (2011). Genomic and proteomic characterization of the largeMyoviridaebacteriophage ϕTMA of the extreme thermophileThermus thermophilus. PubMed. 1(3). 152–164. 25 indexed citations

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Hiroaki, Yoko, Kenichi Ishibashi, Eisei Sohara, et al.. (2006). Aquaporin-11 containing a divergent NPA motif has normal water channel activity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1768(3). 688–693. 129 indexed citations

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Holm, Peter J., Caroline Jegerschöld, Nobuhiko Gyobu, et al.. (2006). Structural Basis for Detoxification and Oxidative Stress Protection in Membranes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 360(5). 934–945. 119 indexed citations

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Gyobu, Nobuhiko, Kazutoshi Tani, Yoko Hiroaki, et al.. (2004). Improved specimen preparation for cryo-electron microscopy using a symmetric carbon sandwich technique. Journal of Structural Biology. 146(3). 325–333. 87 indexed citations

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Fujiyoshi, Yoshinori, Kaoru Mitsuoka, Bert L. de Groot, et al.. (2002). Structure and Function of Water Channels. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 12(4). 509–515. 213 indexed citations

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Murata, Kazuyoshi, Kaoru Mitsuoka, Teruhisa Hirai, et al.. (2001). Molecular basis of water selectivity on aquaporin-1. Kidney International. 60(2). 399–399. 1 indexed citations

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Mitsuoka, Kaoru, Teruhisa Hirai, Kazuyoshi Murata, et al.. (1999). The structure of bacteriorhodopsin at 3.0 Å resolution based on electron crystallography: implication of the charge distribution 1 1Edited by R. Huber. Journal of Molecular Biology. 286(3). 861–882. 224 indexed citations

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Ohtaki, Tetsuya, Kazuhiro Ogi, Yasushi Masuda, et al.. (1998). Expression, Purification, and Reconstitution of Receptor for Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-activating Polypeptide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(25). 15464–15473. 42 indexed citations

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