Keiko Kubota

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Keiko Kubota is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keiko Kubota has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Keiko Kubota's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (6 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (5 papers). Keiko Kubota is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (6 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (5 papers). Keiko Kubota collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. Keiko Kubota's co-authors include Masaru Tanokura, Ken‐ichi Miyazono, Yoriko Sawano, Hee‐Jin Kang, Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki, Yasunari Fujita, Takuya Yoshida, Yumiko Miyauchi, Mihoko Takahashi and Takuya Miyakawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Keiko Kubota

36 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Structural basis of abscisic acid signalling

2009 447 citations Ken‐ichi Miyazono, Takuya Miyakawa et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keiko Kubota Japan	16	695	456	153	105	98	36	1.2k
E.M. Quistgaard Sweden	18	789 1.1×	582 1.3×	238 1.6×	64 0.6×	112 1.1×	30	1.7k
Rosa Farrás Spain	17	1.0k 1.4×	548 1.2×	258 1.7×	142 1.4×	25 0.3×	37	1.5k
Odile Mulner‐Lorillon France	24	1.1k 1.6×	318 0.7×	97 0.6×	99 0.9×	33 0.3×	63	1.6k
Wei‐Qing Wang China	24	839 1.2×	686 1.5×	80 0.5×	199 1.9×	26 0.3×	54	1.4k
Robert Bellé France	21	828 1.2×	289 0.6×	66 0.4×	77 0.7×	33 0.3×	54	1.3k
Chiharu Hitomi United States	9	946 1.4×	597 1.3×	158 1.0×	20 0.2×	96 1.0×	10	1.4k
Joseph Mendicino United States	25	1.0k 1.4×	235 0.5×	190 1.2×	112 1.1×	87 0.9×	74	1.7k
Andrew J.M. Howden United Kingdom	22	916 1.3×	577 1.3×	156 1.0×	338 3.2×	21 0.2×	35	1.9k
Nancy L. Andon United States	13	827 1.2×	243 0.5×	68 0.4×	74 0.7×	33 0.3×	16	1.3k

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Miyazono, Ken‐ichi, Keiko Kubota, Kenji Takahashi, & Masaru Tanokura. (2022). Crystal structure and substrate recognition mechanism of the prolyl endoprotease PEP from Aspergillus niger. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 591. 76–81. 8 indexed citations

Sato, Yusuke, Eiji Gotō, Y. Shibata, et al.. (2015). Structures of CYLD USP with Met1- or Lys63-linked diubiquitin reveal mechanisms for dual specificity. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 22(3). 222–229. 114 indexed citations

Nakamura, Akira, Jun Ohtsuka, Ken‐ichi Miyazono, et al.. (2012). Improvement in Quality of Protein Crystals Grown in a High Magnetic Field Gradient. Crystal Growth & Design. 12(3). 1141–1150. 33 indexed citations

Kubota, Keiko, Atsushi Yamagata, Yusuke Sato, Sakurako Goto‐Ito, & Shuya Fukai. (2012). Get1 Stabilizes an Open Dimer Conformation of Get3 ATPase by Binding Two Distinct Interfaces. Journal of Molecular Biology. 422(3). 366–375. 23 indexed citations

Miyazono, Ken‐ichi, Keiko Kubota, Takuya Yoshida, et al.. (2012). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of OsAREB8 from rice, a member of the AREB/ABF family of bZIP transcription factors, in complex with its cognate DNA. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 68(4). 491–494. 6 indexed citations

Kubota, Keiko, et al.. (2011). Structure of flap endonuclease 1 from the hyperthermophilic archaeonDesulfurococcus amylolyticus. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 67(2). 209–213. 7 indexed citations

Kubota, Keiko, Koji Nagata, Masahiko Okai, et al.. (2011). The Crystal Structure of l-Sorbose Reductase from Gluconobacter frateurii Complexed with NADPH and l-Sorbose. Journal of Molecular Biology. 407(4). 543–555. 18 indexed citations

Takahashi, Kenji, Takehiro Suzuki, Wataru Nishii, et al.. (2011). A Cysteine Endopeptidase (“Dionain”) Is Involved in the Digestive Fluid ofDionaea muscipula(Venus’s Fly-trap). Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 75(2). 346–348. 14 indexed citations

Sano, Kaori, Koji Nagata, Shigeki Yasumasu, et al.. (2010). Crystal Structure of Zebrafish Hatching Enzyme 1 from the Zebrafish Danio rerio. Journal of Molecular Biology. 402(5). 865–878. 37 indexed citations

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Kubota, Keiko, et al.. (2010). Stability Profiles of Nepenthesin in Urea and Guanidine Hydrochloride: Comparison with Porcine Pepsin A. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 74(11). 2323–2326. 11 indexed citations

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Miyazono, Ken‐ichi, Takuya Miyakawa, Yoriko Sawano, et al.. (2009). Structural basis of abscisic acid signalling. Nature. 462(7273). 609–614. 447 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nishii, Wataru, Keiko Kubota, & Kenji Takahashi. (2009). The P1 and P1′ Residue Specificities of Physarolisin I, a Serine-Carboxyl Peptidase from the True Slime MoldPhysarum polycephalum. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 73(5). 1168–1171. 2 indexed citations

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Kang, Hee‐Jin, et al.. (2009). Crystal structure of KaiC‐like protein PH0186 from hyperthermophilic archaea Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 75(4). 1035–1039. 11 indexed citations

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Okai, Masahiko, Keiko Kubota, Masao Fukuda, et al.. (2009). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase LinA fromSphingobium japonicumUT26. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 65(8). 822–824. 4 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Kenji, et al.. (2008). Widespread tissue expression of nepenthesin-like aspartic protease genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 46(7). 724–729. 32 indexed citations

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Tanji, Masao, Keiko Kubota, Takashi Kageyama, et al.. (2008). Structural and phylogenetic comparison of three pepsinogens from Pacific bluefin tuna: Molecular evolution of fish pepsinogens. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 152(1). 9–19. 28 indexed citations

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Kubota, Keiko, et al.. (2006). Dimethyl sulfoxide-respiring bacteria in Suribati Ike, a hypersaline lake, in Antarctica and the marine environment. Institutional Repository National Institute of Polar Research (National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)). 20. 73–81. 12 indexed citations

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Kubota, Keiko, Wataru Nishii, Masaki Kojima, & Kenji Takahashi. (2004). Specific Inhibition and Stabilization of Aspergilloglutamic Peptidase by the Propeptide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(2). 999–1006. 11 indexed citations

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Sawada, Akihisa, Yoshihiro Takihara, Ji Yoo Kim, et al.. (2003). A congenital mutation of the novel gene LRRC8 causes agammaglobulinemia in humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 112(11). 1707–1713. 111 indexed citations

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Kubota, Keiko, Yoshinobu Nakamura, Masaru Miyayama, & Hiroaki Yanagida. (1988). Effect of Water Vapor on Electrical Resistance of Acid-Base Hetero-Contact. Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan. 96(1117). 958–960. 1 indexed citations

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