Mamoru Komatsu

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Mamoru Komatsu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mamoru Komatsu has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Pharmacology and 6 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Mamoru Komatsu's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (24 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (7 papers). Mamoru Komatsu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (24 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (7 papers). Mamoru Komatsu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Thailand. Mamoru Komatsu's co-authors include Haruo Ikeda, Satoshi Ōmura, David E. Cane, Kazuo Shin‐ya, Yuuki Yamada, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Hideaki Oikawa, Muneya Tsuda, Junko Hashimoto and Ikuko Kozone and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mamoru Komatsu

41 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Terpene synthases are widely distributed in bacteria

2014 404 citations Yuuki Yamada, Tomohisa Kuzuyama et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Genome-minimized Streptomyces host for the heterologous expression of secondary metabolism

2010 399 citations Mamoru Komatsu, Satoshi Ōmura et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Shinya Kodani Japan

Keishi Ishida Germany

Emmanuel L. C. de los Santos United Kingdom

Francisco Barona‐Gómez Mexico

Torsten Schwecke Germany

Robert Finking Germany

Hong Gao China

Jason C. Kwan United States

Christopher J. Schwalen United States

Reiko Ueoka Japan

Shinya Kodani Japan

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Countries citing papers authored by Mamoru Komatsu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mamoru Komatsu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mamoru Komatsu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mamoru Komatsu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mamoru Komatsu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mamoru Komatsu. Mamoru Komatsu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Shimizu, Ikuo, Kiyoshi Shikino, Yukinori Harada, et al.. (2025). Differences in contributing factors to diagnostic errors between physicians and allied health professionals: a nationwide analysis in Japan. BMJ Open Quality. 14(4). e003419–e003419.

Hashimoto, Takuya, Junko Hashimoto, Ikuko Kozone, et al.. (2020). In vitro Cas9-assisted editing of modular polyketide synthase genes to produce desired natural product derivatives. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4022–4022. 33 indexed citations

Komatsu, Mamoru, et al.. (2020). Modifications to central carbon metabolism in an engineered Streptomyces host to enhance secondary metabolite production. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 130(6). 563–570. 5 indexed citations

Kasuga, Kano, Akira Sasaki, Takashi Matsuo, et al.. (2017). Heterologous production of kasugamycin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic from Streptomyces kasugaensis, in Streptomyces lividans and Rhodococcus erythropolis L-88 by constitutive expression of the biosynthetic gene cluster. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 101(10). 4259–4268. 23 indexed citations

Hashimoto, Takuya, et al.. (2017). Characterization of bafilomycin biosynthesis in Kitasatospora setae KM-6054 and comparative analysis of gene clusters in Actinomycetales microorganisms. The Journal of Antibiotics. 70(5). 616–624. 19 indexed citations

Yamada, Yuuki, Mamoru Komatsu, & Haruo Ikeda. (2016). Chemical diversity of labdane-type bicyclic diterpene biosynthesis in Actinomycetales microorganisms. The Journal of Antibiotics. 69(7). 515–523. 18 indexed citations

Izumikawa, Miho, Ikuko Kozone, Junko Hashimoto, et al.. (2015). Novel thioviridamide derivative—JBIR-140: heterologous expression of the gene cluster for thioviridamide biosynthesis. The Journal of Antibiotics. 68(8). 533–536. 30 indexed citations

Komatsu, Mamoru, et al.. (2014). Discovery of Gene Cluster for Mycosporine-Like Amino Acid Biosynthesis from Actinomycetales Microorganisms and Production of a Novel Mycosporine-Like Amino Acid by Heterologous Expression. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(16). 5028–5036. 77 indexed citations

Yamada, Yuuki, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Mamoru Komatsu, et al.. (2014). Terpene synthases are widely distributed in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(3). 857–862. 404 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kitani, Shigeru, Junko Hashimoto, Miho Izumikawa, et al.. (2012). Pleiotropic Control of Secondary Metabolism and Morphological Development by KsbC, a Butyrolactone Autoregulator Receptor Homologue in Kitasatospora setae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(22). 8015–8024. 28 indexed citations

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Morita, Kentaro, Naoki Fusada, Mamoru Komatsu, et al.. (2011). Site-specific genome integration in alphaproteobacteria mediated by TG1 integrase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 93(1). 295–304. 6 indexed citations

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Takamatsu, Satoshi, et al.. (2010). Characterization of a silent sesquiterpenoid biosynthetic pathway in Streptomyces avermitilis controlling epi ‐isozizaene albaflavenone biosynthesis and isolation of a new oxidized epi ‐isozizaene metabolite. Microbial Biotechnology. 4(2). 184–191. 55 indexed citations

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Takamatsu, Satoshi, Lian‐Hua Xu, Shinya Fushinobu, et al.. (2010). Pentalenic acid is a shunt metabolite in the biosynthesis of the pentalenolactone family of metabolites: hydroxylation of 1-deoxypentalenic acid mediated by CYP105D7 (SAV_7469) of Streptomyces avermitilis. The Journal of Antibiotics. 64(1). 65–71. 33 indexed citations

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Morita, Kentaro, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Naoki Fusada, et al.. (2009). In vitro characterization of the site-specific recombination system based on actinophage TG1 integrase. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 282(6). 607–16. 21 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Mamoru, Muneya Tsuda, Satoshi Ōmura, Hideaki Oikawa, & Haruo Ikeda. (2008). Identification and functional analysis of genes controlling biosynthesis of 2-methylisoborneol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(21). 7422–7427. 202 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Mamoru, et al.. (2006). Proteins encoded by the conservon of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) comprise a membrane‐associated heterocomplex that resembles eukaryotic G protein‐coupled regulatory system. Molecular Microbiology. 62(6). 1534–1546. 36 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Mamoru, et al.. (2003). Cloning of the conserved regulatory operon by its aerial mycelium-inducing activity in an amfR mutant of Streptomyces griseus. Gene. 306. 79–89. 24 indexed citations

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Ohnuma, Katsuhiko, Masaki Yokoo, K. Ito, et al.. (2000). Study of Early Pregnancy Factor (EPF) in Equine (Equus caballus). American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 43(3). 174–179. 12 indexed citations

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Ohya, Yuichi, et al.. (2000). Sequential arrangement of chromophores and energy transfer behavior on oligonucleotides assemblies. Polymers for Advanced Technologies. 11(8-12). 845–855. 15 indexed citations

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Ohya, Yuichi, et al.. (1996). Synthesis of Symmetric Oligo-DNA Dimers and Their Formation of Polymeric Supramolecular Assembly. Chemistry Letters. 25(6). 447–448. 13 indexed citations

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