Masasuke Yoshida

19.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
288 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Masasuke Yoshida is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Masasuke Yoshida has authored 288 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 276 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Materials Chemistry and 23 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Masasuke Yoshida's work include ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (184 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (136 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (51 papers). Masasuke Yoshida is often cited by papers focused on ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (184 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (136 papers) and Heat shock proteins research (51 papers). Masasuke Yoshida collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masasuke Yoshida's co-authors include Hiroyuki Noji, Kazuhiko Kinosita, Ryohei Yasuda, Eiro Muneyuki, Toru Hisabori, Toshiharu Suzuki, Hiroyasu Itoh, Hideki Taguchi, Yasuo Kagawa and Nobuhito Sone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Masasuke Yoshida

287 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Hit Papers

Direct observation of the rotation of F1-ATPase 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 2001 2001 1998 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Direct observation of the rotation of F1-ATPase
    1997 1.7k citations Hiroyuki Noji, Ryohei Yasuda et al. Nature profile →
  2. ATP synthase — a marvellous rotary engine of the cell
    2001 726 citations Masasuke Yoshida, Eiro Muneyuki et al. profile →
  3. Resolution of distinct rotational substeps by submillisecond kinetic analysis of F1-ATPase
    2001 647 citations Ryohei Yasuda, Hiroyuki Noji et al. Nature profile →
  4. F1-ATPase Is a Highly Efficient Molecular Motor that Rotates with Discrete 120° Steps
    1998 635 citations Ryohei Yasuda, Hiroyuki Noji et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masasuke Yoshida Japan 63 14.4k 2.0k 1.8k 1.0k 883 288 16.1k
Werner Kühlbrandt Germany 74 14.8k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 649 0.6× 2.0k 2.2× 226 17.7k
Hiroyuki Noji Japan 54 9.9k 0.7× 956 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 236 13.4k
Henning Stahlberg Switzerland 56 7.5k 0.5× 963 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 317 0.3× 950 1.1× 220 12.3k
Benjamin Schuler Switzerland 53 8.1k 0.6× 3.1k 1.6× 471 0.3× 985 1.0× 1.9k 2.2× 145 10.6k
Claus A. M. Seidel Germany 54 6.3k 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 463 0.3× 572 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 116 9.7k
Kazuhiko Kinosita Japan 55 8.8k 0.6× 644 0.3× 1.2k 0.7× 970 0.9× 2.2k 2.4× 136 13.1k
John L. Rubinstein Canada 45 8.7k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 290 0.3× 351 0.4× 138 12.7k
Tamir Gonen United States 52 7.2k 0.5× 2.8k 1.4× 1.1k 0.6× 713 0.7× 327 0.4× 148 10.8k
Kai Johnsson Switzerland 65 10.6k 0.7× 2.9k 1.5× 508 0.3× 1.2k 1.2× 376 0.4× 177 16.9k
M.R. Sawaya United States 84 21.3k 1.5× 4.4k 2.2× 369 0.2× 1.2k 1.1× 480 0.5× 243 27.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kang, Su‐Jin, Toshiharu Suzuki, Atsushi Miyagi, et al.. (2014). Active-Site Structure of the Thermophilic Foc-Subunit Ring in Membranes Elucidated by Solid-State NMR. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 390–398. 8 indexed citations
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Nishida, N., Maho Yagi‐Utsumi, Fumihiro Motojima, et al.. (2013). Nuclear magnetic resonance approaches for characterizing interactions between the bacterial chaperonin GroEL and unstructured proteins. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 116(2). 160–164. 18 indexed citations
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Furuike, Shou, et al.. (2011). Torque Generation in F1-ATPase Devoid of the Entire Amino-Terminal Helix of the Rotor That Fills Half of the Stator Orifice. Biophysical Journal. 101(1). 188–195. 23 indexed citations
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Furuike, Shou, Yasushi Maki, Kengo Adachi, et al.. (2008). Neither Helix in the Coiled Coil Region of the Axle of F1-ATPase Plays a Significant Role in Torque Production. Biophysical Journal. 95(10). 4837–4844. 32 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Ryûji, Toshiharu Suzuki, & Masasuke Yoshida. (2007). Escherichia coli phage‐shock protein A (PspA) binds to membrane phospholipids and repairs proton leakage of the damaged membranes. Molecular Microbiology. 66(1). 100–109. 155 indexed citations
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Feniouk, Boris A., Toshiharu Suzuki, & Masasuke Yoshida. (2006). The role of subunit epsilon in the catalysis and regulation of FOF1-ATP synthase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1757(5-6). 326–338. 81 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Masasuke, et al.. (2006). γε sub-complex of thermophilic ATP synthase has the ability to bind ATP. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 349(4). 1368–1371. 11 indexed citations
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Shimabukuro, Katsuya, Eiro Muneyuki, & Masasuke Yoshida. (2005). An Alternative Reaction Pathway of F1-ATPase Suggested by Rotation without 80°/40° Substeps of a Sluggish Mutant at Low ATP. Biophysical Journal. 90(3). 1028–1032. 22 indexed citations
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Mitome, Noriyo, Toshiharu Suzuki, Shigehiko Hayashi, & Masasuke Yoshida. (2004). Thermophilic ATP synthase has a decamer c -ring: Indication of noninteger 10:3 H + /ATP ratio and permissive elastic coupling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(33). 12159–12164. 106 indexed citations
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Imamura, Hiromi, Masahiro Nakano, Hiroyuki Noji, et al.. (2003). Evidence for rotation of V 1 -ATPase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(5). 2312–2315. 157 indexed citations
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Ariga, Takayuki, Tomoko Masaike, Hiroyuki Noji, & Masasuke Yoshida. (2002). Stepping Rotation of F1-ATPase with One, Two, or Three Altered Catalytic Sites That Bind ATP Only Slowly. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(28). 24870–24874. 25 indexed citations
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Muneyuki, Eiro, Hiroyuki Noji, Toyoki Amano, Tomoko Masaike, & Masasuke Yoshida. (2000). F0F1-ATP synthase: general structural features of ‘ATP-engine’ and a problem on free energy transduction. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1458(2-3). 467–481. 26 indexed citations
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Aoki, Katsuhiko, Fumihiro Motojima, Hideki Taguchi, Tetsuya Yomo, & Masasuke Yoshida. (2000). GroEL Binds Artificial Proteins with Random Sequences. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(18). 13755–13758. 27 indexed citations
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Taguchi, Hideki, et al.. (1999). On the Maximum Size of Proteins to Stay and Fold in the Cavity of GroEL underneath GroES. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(30). 21251–21256. 95 indexed citations
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Yagi, Hiromasa, et al.. (1999). Functional Conformation Changes in the TF1-ATPase β Subunit Probed by 12 Tyrosine Residues. Biophysical Journal. 77(4). 2175–2183. 21 indexed citations
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Nogi, Terukazu, Takaaki A. Fukami, Masami Ishida, Masasuke Yoshida, & Kunio Miki. (1999). Purification, Crystallization, and Preliminary X-ray Crystallographic Analysis of Thermus thermophilus V1-ATPase B Subunit. Journal of Structural Biology. 127(1). 79–82. 5 indexed citations
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Bald, Dirk, Toyoki Amano, Eiro Muneyuki, et al.. (1998). ATP Synthesis by F0F1-ATP Synthase Independent of Noncatalytic Nucleotide Binding Sites and Insensitive to Azide Inhibition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(2). 865–870. 64 indexed citations
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Makino, Yoshihide, Kei Amada, Hideki Taguchi, & Masasuke Yoshida. (1997). Chaperonin-mediated Folding of Green Fluorescent Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(19). 12468–12474. 73 indexed citations
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Noji, Hiroyuki, Ryohei Yasuda, Masasuke Yoshida, & Kazuhiko Kinosita. (1997). Direct observation of the rotation of F1-ATPase. Nature. 386(6622). 299–302. 1743 indexed citations breakdown →
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Konishi, Jin, Takayoshi Wakagi, Tairo Oshima, & Masasuke Yoshida. (1987). Purification and properties of the ATphase Solubilized from Membranes of an Acidothermophilic Archaeobacterium, sulfolobus acidocaldarius1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 102(6). 1379–1387. 61 indexed citations

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