Michiyo Sakuma

1.0k total citations
25 papers, 808 citations indexed

About

Michiyo Sakuma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michiyo Sakuma has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 808 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michiyo Sakuma's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (14 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (8 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers). Michiyo Sakuma is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (14 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (8 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers). Michiyo Sakuma collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Japan. Michiyo Sakuma's co-authors include Nigel S. Scrutton, Derren J. Heyes, John M. Gardiner, Gill Stephens, Anna Fryszkowska, Helen S. Toogood, Samantha J. O. Hardman, Tobias M. Hedison, Sam P. de Visser and Colin Levy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Michiyo Sakuma

24 papers receiving 796 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michiyo Sakuma United Kingdom 15 588 145 143 141 114 25 808
Yasuhiro Isogai Japan 21 838 1.4× 136 0.9× 170 1.2× 107 0.8× 183 1.6× 64 1.2k
Alain Desbois France 21 605 1.0× 86 0.6× 253 1.8× 199 1.4× 101 0.9× 46 1.1k
Yumiko Yamano Japan 19 443 0.8× 198 1.4× 183 1.3× 46 0.3× 117 1.0× 74 1.1k
Luciana Capece Argentina 24 888 1.5× 50 0.3× 145 1.0× 168 1.2× 55 0.5× 47 1.3k
Eftychia Pinakoulaki Cyprus 21 571 1.0× 69 0.5× 119 0.8× 179 1.3× 193 1.7× 48 1.0k
Sachiko Yanagisawa Japan 21 526 0.9× 147 1.0× 220 1.5× 336 2.4× 28 0.2× 58 1.0k
Hiroki Konno Japan 24 864 1.5× 56 0.4× 75 0.5× 72 0.5× 48 0.4× 53 1.3k
Tobias M. Hedison United Kingdom 13 300 0.5× 104 0.7× 63 0.4× 69 0.5× 42 0.4× 18 440
Ana P. Gámiz‐Hernández Germany 18 804 1.4× 119 0.8× 97 0.7× 53 0.4× 240 2.1× 34 1.0k
M. A. Cusanovich United States 20 1.0k 1.7× 126 0.9× 159 1.1× 75 0.5× 501 4.4× 29 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michiyo Sakuma

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kalapothakis, Jason M. D., Junfeng Ma, Michiyo Sakuma, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Increased Activity of the Blue Light-Dependent Photoenzyme Fatty Acid Photodecarboxylase under Violet Light. ACS Catalysis. 15(8). 6088–6097. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Yuqi, Linus O. Johannissen, Michiyo Sakuma, et al.. (2024). SignatureFinder enables sequence mining to identify cobalamin‐dependent photoreceptor proteins. FEBS Journal. 292(3). 635–652.
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Yu, Yuqi, Chuanyang Liu, Linus O. Johannissen, et al.. (2024). Photocobilins integrate B12 and bilin photochemistry for enzyme control. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2740–2740. 5 indexed citations
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Johannissen, Linus O., Michiyo Sakuma, Robert S. Phillips, et al.. (2023). Mechanistic implications of the ternary complex structural models for the photoenzyme protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase. FEBS Journal. 291(7). 1404–1421. 5 indexed citations
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Heyes, Derren J., et al.. (2022). An unusual light-sensing function for coenzyme B12 in bacterial transcription regulator CarH. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 668. 349–372. 2 indexed citations
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Hedison, Tobias M., Derren J. Heyes, Muralidharan Shanmugam, et al.. (2020). Radical-based photoinactivation of fatty acid photodecarboxylases. Analytical Biochemistry. 600. 113749–113749. 60 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shaowei, Michiyo Sakuma, Girdhar Singh Deora, et al.. (2019). A brain-permeable inhibitor of the neurodegenerative disease target kynurenine 3-monooxygenase prevents accumulation of neurotoxic metabolites. Communications Biology. 2(1). 271–271. 44 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shaowei, Derren J. Heyes, Lingling Feng, et al.. (2019). Structural basis for enzymatic photocatalysis in chlorophyll biosynthesis. Nature. 574(7780). 722–725. 116 indexed citations
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Heyes, Derren J., Samantha J. O. Hardman, Michiyo Sakuma, et al.. (2018). Photochemical Mechanism of an Atypical Algal Phytochrome. ChemBioChem. 19(10). 1036–1043. 11 indexed citations
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Heyes, Derren J., B. Khara, Michiyo Sakuma, et al.. (2012). Ultrafast Red Light Activation of Synechocystis Phytochrome Cph1 Triggers Major Structural Change to Form the Pfr Signalling-Competent State. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52418–e52418. 22 indexed citations
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Jones, Alex R., Antoine Danon, Michiyo Sakuma, et al.. (2012). Human Cryptochrome-1 Confers Light Independent Biological Activity in Transgenic Drosophila Correlated with Flavin Radical Stability. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e31867–e31867. 26 indexed citations
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Heyes, Derren J., Colin Levy, Michiyo Sakuma, David L. Robertson, & Nigel S. Scrutton. (2011). A Twin-track Approach Has Optimized Proton and Hydride Transfer by Dynamically Coupled Tunneling during the Evolution of Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(13). 11849–11854. 26 indexed citations
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Toogood, Helen S., Anna Fryszkowska, Michiyo Sakuma, et al.. (2011). A Site‐Saturated Mutagenesis Study of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Reductase Reveals that Residues 181 and 184 Influence Ligand Binding, Stereochemistry and Reactivity. ChemBioChem. 12(5). 738–749. 63 indexed citations
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Heyes, Derren J., Michiyo Sakuma, & Nigel S. Scrutton. (2009). Solvent‐Slaved Protein Motions Accompany Proton but Not Hydride Tunneling in Light‐Activated Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(21). 3850–3853. 26 indexed citations
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Fryszkowska, Anna, Helen S. Toogood, Michiyo Sakuma, et al.. (2009). Asymmetric Reduction of Activated Alkenes by Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Reductase: Specificity and Control of Stereochemical Outcome by Reaction Optimisation. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 351(17). 2976–2990. 113 indexed citations
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Heyes, Derren J., Michiyo Sakuma, Sam P. de Visser, & Nigel S. Scrutton. (2008). Nuclear Quantum Tunneling in the Light-activated Enzyme Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(6). 3762–3767. 79 indexed citations
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Heyes, Derren J., Michiyo Sakuma, & Nigel S. Scrutton. (2007). Laser Excitation Studies of the Product Release Steps in the Catalytic Cycle of the Light-driven Enzyme, Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(44). 32015–32020. 22 indexed citations
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Sakuma, Michiyo, Hideaki Koike, & Masashi Suzuki. (2005). Effects of amino acids on assembling of an archaeal feast/famine regulatory protein, DM1 (pot1216151). Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 81(1). 26–32. 11 indexed citations
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Sakuma, Michiyo, Masahide Nakamura, Hideaki Koike, & Masashi Suzuki. (2005). Light scattering from assemblies of an archaeal feast/famine regulatory protein, DM1 (pot1216151). Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 81(4). 110–116. 7 indexed citations
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Koike, Hideaki, et al.. (2003). A possible disk to cylinder transition of assemblies of feast/famine regulatory proteins, FFRPs.. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 79B(2). 63–69. 21 indexed citations

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