Masami Kusunoki

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Masami Kusunoki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Masami Kusunoki has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Masami Kusunoki's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (29 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (27 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (17 papers). Masami Kusunoki is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (29 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (27 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (17 papers). Masami Kusunoki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Masami Kusunoki's co-authors include Y. Matsuura, Masao Kakudo, Wakako Harada, Shigeyoshi Osaki, Gunzi Saito, Ken‐ichi Sakaguchi, Hideo Miyake, Genji Kurisu, Keizô Yamamoto and Toshiharu Hase and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Masami Kusunoki

114 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Structure and Possible Catalytic Residues of Taka-Amylase A

1984 555 citations Y. Matsuura, Masami Kusunoki et al. The Journal of Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masami Kusunoki Japan	36	2.5k	935	710	686	612	117	4.5k
Carme Rovira Spain	47	3.8k 1.5×	1.8k 2.0×	964 1.4×	1000 1.5×	713 1.2×	215	7.5k
Felix Frolow Israel	45	6.3k 2.5×	1.9k 2.0×	788 1.1×	600 0.9×	176 0.3×	193	10.8k
Paul Carey United States	42	3.3k 1.3×	876 0.9×	249 0.4×	140 0.2×	317 0.5×	223	6.2k
Peter F. Knowles United Kingdom	42	4.3k 1.7×	776 0.8×	115 0.2×	1.4k 2.0×	450 0.7×	120	6.7k
William M. Westler United States	41	3.4k 1.4×	865 0.9×	242 0.3×	358 0.5×	98 0.2×	146	5.6k
Rudolf Ladenstein Sweden	47	5.8k 2.3×	2.7k 2.9×	410 0.6×	482 0.7×	118 0.2×	131	7.8k
Keiichi Fukuyama Japan	39	3.0k 1.2×	766 0.8×	259 0.4×	796 1.2×	81 0.1×	200	4.9k
M. Martínez‐Ripoll Spain	38	1.5k 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	297 0.4×	1.0k 1.5×	607 1.0×	217	4.9k
Alejandro J. Vila Argentina	46	3.1k 1.2×	681 0.7×	98 0.1×	559 0.8×	199 0.3×	203	6.7k
Bernard D. Santarsiero United States	47	2.6k 1.0×	830 0.9×	280 0.4×	1.7k 2.5×	307 0.5×	164	7.2k

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Ohara, Kazuhiro, Hideaki Unno, Masami Kusunoki, et al.. (2024). Lowering pH optimum of activity of SshEstI, a slightly alkaliphilic archaeal esterase of the hormone-sensitive lipase family. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 138(3). 188–195. 1 indexed citations

Imamura, Kayo, Takanori Matsuura, Atsushi Nakagawa, et al.. (2020). Structural analysis and reaction mechanism of the disproportionating enzyme (D‐enzyme) from potato. Protein Science. 29(10). 2085–2100. 13 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Keizô, Hideo Miyake, Masami Kusunoki, & Shigeyoshi Osaki. (2011). Steric hindrance by 2 amino acid residues determines the substrate specificity of isomaltase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 112(6). 545–550. 81 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Keizô, Hideo Miyake, Masami Kusunoki, & Shigeyoshi Osaki. (2010). Crystal structures of isomaltase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and in complex with its competitive inhibitor maltose. FEBS Journal. 277(20). 4205–4214. 305 indexed citations

Unno, Hideaki, Tetsuo Yamashita, Nobuaki Okumura, et al.. (2008). Structural Basis for Substrate Recognition and Hydrolysis by Mouse Carnosinase CN2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(40). 27289–27299. 43 indexed citations

Kusunoki, Masami. (2007). Mono-manganese mechanism of the photosytem II water splitting reaction by a unique Mn4Ca cluster. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1767(6). 484–492. 65 indexed citations

Hatakeyama, Tomomitsu, et al.. (2006). Characterization of a recombinant C-type lectin, rCEL-IV, expressed in Escherichia coli cells using a synthetic gene. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1760(3). 318–325. 5 indexed citations

Uchida, Tatsuya, Hajime Sugawara, Genji Kurisu, et al.. (2004). Crystal Structure of the Hemolytic Lectin CEL-III Isolated from the Marine Invertebrate Cucumaria echinata. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(35). 37133–37141. 52 indexed citations

Hanke, Guy T., Genji Kurisu, Masami Kusunoki, & Toshiharu Hase. (2004). Fd : FNR Electron Transfer Complexes: Evolutionary Refinement of Structural Interactions. Photosynthesis Research. 81(3). 317–327. 41 indexed citations

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Teshima, Keizo, Shinobu C. Fujita, Daisuke Nishiyama, et al.. (2003). A ferredoxin Arg‐Glu pair important for efficient electron transfer between ferredoxin and ferredoxin‐NADP⁺ reductase. FEBS Letters. 546(2-3). 189–194. 8 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Kenta, Genji Kurisu, Masami Kusunoki, et al.. (2001). Crystal Structure of Glucose Dehydrogenase from Bacillus megaterium IWG3 at 1.7 Resolution. The Journal of Biochemistry. 129(2). 303–312. 70 indexed citations

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Kurisu, Genji, Masami Kusunoki, Etsuko Katoh, et al.. (2001). Structure of the electron transfer complex between ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductase.. Nature Structural Biology. 8(2). 117–121. 271 indexed citations

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Otagiri, Masato, et al.. (2001). Crystal Structure of meso-2,3-Butanediol Dehydrogenase in a Complex with NAD+ and Inhibitor Mercaptoethanol at 1.7 A Resolution for Understanding of Chiral Substrate Recognition Mechanisms. The Journal of Biochemistry. 129(2). 205–208. 38 indexed citations

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Oyama, Takuji, et al.. (1999). Crystal Structure of Amylase from Bacillus cereus var. mycoides at 2.2 A Resolution. The Journal of Biochemistry. 125(6). 1120–1130. 27 indexed citations

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Nishino, Atsushi, et al.. (1996). Structure Refinement of Thiosulfato Silver Complex in the Anti-microbial Materials.. NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 411–415. 1 indexed citations

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Matsuura, Y., Masami Kusunoki, & Masao Kakudo. (1991). Structure and Catalytic Implications of Taka-Amylase A (アミラ-ゼシンポジウム(1990)特集号). 38(2). 137–139. 2 indexed citations

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Kitagawa, Yasuyuki, Nobuo Tanaka, Yasuo Hata, et al.. (1991). Three-Dimensional Structure of Cu,Zn-Superoxide Dismutase from Spinach at 2.0 Å Resolution1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 109(3). 477–485. 87 indexed citations

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Kusunoki, Masami, et al.. (1990). Mn K-Edge XANES Spectroscopy of a Photosynthetic O2-Evolving Complex. High-Quality Pre-Edge Features and Distinct Fine Structures in the S1- and S2-States1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 108(4). 560–567. 31 indexed citations

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Tsukihara, Tomitake, Keiichi Fukuyama, Masami Kusunoki, et al.. (1990). Structure of the [2Fe-2S]ferredoxin I from the blue-green Alga Aphanothece sacrum at 2·2 Å resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 216(2). 399–410. 85 indexed citations

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Kamitori, S., Ken Hirotsu, Taiichi Higuchi, et al.. (1988). Three-Dimensional Structure of Aspartate Aminotransferase from Escherichia coli at 2.8 Å Resolution. The Journal of Biochemistry. 104(3). 317–318. 32 indexed citations

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