Masaaki Sokabe

1.3k total citations
20 papers, 881 citations indexed

About

Masaaki Sokabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaaki Sokabe has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 881 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Genetics and 1 paper in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Masaaki Sokabe's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). Masaaki Sokabe is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). Masaaki Sokabe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Masaaki Sokabe's co-authors include Christopher S. Fraser, Jailson Brito Querido, V. Ramakrishnan, Yuliya Gordiyenko, Isao Tanaka, John W.B. Hershey, Min Yao, Mark Skehel, S.H.W. Kraatz and Jonathan S. Weissman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masaaki Sokabe

20 papers receiving 879 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masaaki Sokabe United States 15 759 125 52 51 48 20 881
Alain Ibáñez de Opakua Germany 19 787 1.0× 113 0.9× 34 0.7× 44 0.9× 64 1.3× 38 1.1k
David M. Kern United States 12 457 0.6× 158 1.3× 32 0.6× 37 0.7× 16 0.3× 17 634
Stephen Boulton Canada 17 539 0.7× 60 0.5× 24 0.5× 60 1.2× 62 1.3× 29 706
Jonathan P. Schlebach United States 18 645 0.8× 174 1.4× 22 0.4× 46 0.9× 67 1.4× 39 819
Laura R. Ganser United States 13 791 1.0× 36 0.3× 41 0.8× 39 0.8× 36 0.8× 22 881
Rodolfo Ciuffa Switzerland 10 399 0.5× 181 1.4× 133 2.6× 16 0.3× 47 1.0× 13 554
Fernanda L. Sirota Singapore 13 407 0.5× 73 0.6× 101 1.9× 15 0.3× 32 0.7× 21 550
Michael Forstner Switzerland 15 453 0.6× 78 0.6× 21 0.4× 34 0.7× 25 0.5× 21 589
Tara L. Davis Canada 15 541 0.7× 86 0.7× 44 0.8× 18 0.4× 22 0.5× 17 723
Marc S. Sherman United States 6 487 0.6× 79 0.6× 16 0.3× 32 0.6× 22 0.5× 18 648

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masaaki Sokabe

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Querido, Jailson Brito, Masaaki Sokabe, Irene Díaz‐López, et al.. (2024). Human tumor suppressor protein Pdcd4 binds at the mRNA entry channel in the 40S small ribosomal subunit. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6633–6633. 7 indexed citations
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Querido, Jailson Brito, Masaaki Sokabe, Irene Díaz‐López, et al.. (2024). The structure of a human translation initiation complex reveals two independent roles for the helicase eIF4A. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 31(3). 455–464. 34 indexed citations
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Lapointe, Christopher P., Rosslyn Grosely, Masaaki Sokabe, et al.. (2022). eIF5B and eIF1A reorient initiator tRNA to allow ribosomal subunit joining. Nature. 607(7917). 185–190. 38 indexed citations
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Sokabe, Masaaki, et al.. (2022). Human eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) and the nucleotide-bound state of eIF4A regulate eIF4F binding to RNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(10). 102368–102368. 5 indexed citations
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Querido, Jailson Brito, Masaaki Sokabe, S.H.W. Kraatz, et al.. (2020). Structure of a human 48 S translational initiation complex. Science. 369(6508). 1220–1227. 149 indexed citations
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Sokabe, Masaaki & Christopher S. Fraser. (2018). Toward a Kinetic Understanding of Eukaryotic Translation. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 11(2). a032706–a032706. 39 indexed citations
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Sokabe, Masaaki & Christopher S. Fraser. (2017). A helicase-independent activity of eIF4A in promoting mRNA recruitment to the human ribosome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(24). 6304–6309. 64 indexed citations
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Sidrauski, Carmela, Jordan C. Tsai, Martin Kampmann, et al.. (2015). Pharmacological dimerization and activation of the exchange factor eIF2B antagonizes the integrated stress response. eLife. 4. e07314–e07314. 187 indexed citations
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Sokabe, Masaaki & Christopher S. Fraser. (2014). Human Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 (eIF2)-GTP-Met-tRNAi Ternary Complex and eIF3 Stabilize the 43 S Preinitiation Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(46). 31827–31836. 48 indexed citations
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Sokabe, Masaaki, Christopher S. Fraser, & John W.B. Hershey. (2011). The human translation initiation multi-factor complex promotes methionyl-tRNA i binding to the 40S ribosomal subunit. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(2). 905–913. 58 indexed citations
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Zheng, Aiping, et al.. (2011). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of eIF5BΔN and the eIF5BΔN–eIF1AΔN complex. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 67(6). 730–733. 3 indexed citations
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Andaya, Armann, Weitao Jia, Masaaki Sokabe, et al.. (2011). Phosphorylation of Human Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2γ: Novel Site Identification and Targeted PKC Involvement. Journal of Proteome Research. 10(10). 4613–4623. 3 indexed citations
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Lee, Sean Bong, et al.. (2010). Production of active recombinant eIF5A: reconstitution in E.coli of eukaryotic hypusine modification of eIF5A by its coexpression with modifying enzymes. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 24(3). 301–309. 23 indexed citations
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Lee, Seung Bum, Jong Hwan Park, John E. Folk, et al.. (2010). Inactivation of eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) by specific acetylation of its hypusine residue by spermidine/spermine acetyltransferase 1 (SSAT1). Biochemical Journal. 433(1). 205–213. 29 indexed citations
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Sokabe, Masaaki, Toyoyuki Ose, Akiyoshi Nakamura, et al.. (2009). The structure of alanyl-tRNA synthetase with editing domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(27). 11028–11033. 37 indexed citations
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Leary, Julie A., Matthew R. Schenauer, Raluca Ştefănescu, et al.. (2009). Methodology for measuring conformation of solvent-disrupted protein subunits using T-WAVE ion mobility MS: An investigation into eukaryotic initiation factors. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 20(9). 1699–1706. 46 indexed citations
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Nakakido, Makoto, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Masaaki Sokabe, & Kouhei Tsumoto. (2008). Thermodynamic analysis reveals that GTP binding affects the interaction between the α- and γ-subunits of translation initiation factor 2. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 371(4). 596–599. 3 indexed citations
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Sokabe, Masaaki, et al.. (2006). Structure of archaeal translational initiation factor 2 βγ–GDP reveals significant conformational change of the β-subunit and switch 1 region. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(35). 13016–13021. 40 indexed citations
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Sokabe, Masaaki, et al.. (2005). Molecular basis of alanine discrimination in editing site. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(33). 11669–11674. 52 indexed citations
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Sokabe, Masaaki, Takashi Kawamura, Naoki Sakai, et al.. (2002). The X-ray crystal structure of pyrrolidone–carboxylate peptidase from hyperthermophilic archaea Pyrococcus horikoshii. Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics. 2(3). 145–154. 16 indexed citations

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