Mutsuki Amano

20.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
100 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

Mutsuki Amano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mutsuki Amano has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Cell Biology and 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mutsuki Amano's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (66 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (23 papers) and Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (16 papers). Mutsuki Amano is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (66 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (23 papers) and Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (16 papers). Mutsuki Amano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Mutsuki Amano's co-authors include Kozo Kaibuchi, Yuko Fukata, Kazuyasu Chihara, Kazushi Kimura, Takeshi Nakano, Masaaki Ito, Akihiro Iwamatsu, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Masanori Nakayama and Shinya Kuroda and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mutsuki Amano

99 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

Regulation of Myosin Phosphatase by Rho and Rho-Associate... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 1996 1997 1996 1999 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Regulation of Myosin Phosphatase by Rho and Rho-Associated Kinase (Rho-Kinase)
    1996 2.4k citations Kazushi Kimura, Masaaki Ito et al. profile →
  2. Phosphorylation and Activation of Myosin by Rho-associated Kinase (Rho-kinase)
    1996 1.7k citations Mutsuki Amano, Masaaki Ito et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  3. Formation of Actin Stress Fibers and Focal Adhesions Enhanced by Rho-Kinase
    1997 956 citations Mutsuki Amano, Kazuyasu Chihara et al. profile →
  4. Rho-associated kinase, a novel serine/threonine kinase, as a putative target for small GTP binding protein Rho.
    1996 935 citations Mutsuki Amano, Kazuyasu Chihara et al. profile →
  5. Regulation of the Cytoskeleton and Cell Adhesion by the Rho Family GTPases in Mammalian Cells
    1999 869 citations Kozo Kaibuchi, Shinya Kuroda et al. profile →
  6. Rho‐kinase/ROCK: A key regulator of the cytoskeleton and cell polarity
    2010 769 citations Mutsuki Amano, Masanori Nakayama et al. Cytoskeleton profile →
  7. Rho-Kinase Phosphorylates COOH-terminal Threonines of Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin (ERM) Proteins and Regulates Their Head-to-Tail Association
    1998 742 citations Mutsuki Amano, Kozo Kaibuchi et al. profile →
  8. Rho–Rho-kinase pathway in smooth muscle contraction and cytoskeletal reorganization of non-muscle cells
    2001 665 citations Yuko Fukata, Kozo Kaibuchi et al. profile →
  9. Rho-associated Kinase Directly Induces Smooth Muscle Contraction through Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation
    1997 512 citations Mutsuki Amano, Kazushi Kimura et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mutsuki Amano Japan 52 11.4k 6.7k 2.6k 2.4k 1.6k 100 17.1k
Toshimasa Ishizaki Japan 44 9.6k 0.8× 7.3k 1.1× 1.7k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 76 15.4k
Yuko Fukata Japan 54 9.5k 0.8× 6.0k 0.9× 3.9k 1.5× 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 99 15.3k
Naoki Mochizuki Japan 64 10.4k 0.9× 4.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 250 17.0k
Kensaku Mizuno Japan 66 8.0k 0.7× 6.2k 0.9× 3.1k 1.2× 1.4k 0.6× 2.0k 1.2× 174 15.3k
Masaki Inagaki Japan 73 13.1k 1.1× 7.7k 1.1× 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 718 0.5× 223 18.7k
Wouter H. Moolenaar Netherlands 84 18.7k 1.6× 5.6k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 2.8k 1.2× 1.0k 0.6× 198 23.4k
Markus A. Rüegg Switzerland 70 10.0k 0.9× 2.8k 0.4× 3.4k 1.3× 2.4k 1.0× 900 0.6× 184 14.8k
Richard T. Premont United States 64 11.4k 1.0× 2.9k 0.4× 5.2k 2.0× 1.4k 0.6× 677 0.4× 166 15.3k
Toshiaki Katada Japan 69 13.1k 1.1× 3.7k 0.6× 3.5k 1.4× 1.7k 0.7× 486 0.3× 300 18.1k
Louis Lim Singapore 56 9.8k 0.9× 6.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 703 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 147 13.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Koike, Ryotaro, Mutsuki Amano, Kozo Kaibuchi, & Motonori Ota. (2019). Protein kinases phosphorylate long disordered regions in intrinsically disordered proteins. Protein Science. 29(2). 564–571. 10 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Mari, Seiji Shiozawa, Daisuke Tsuboi, et al.. (2019). Pathological Progression Induced by the Frontotemporal Dementia-Associated R406W Tau Mutation in Patient-Derived iPSCs. Stem Cell Reports. 13(4). 684–699. 45 indexed citations
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Funahashi, Yasuhiro, Yifan Xu, Wei Shan, et al.. (2019). Phosphorylation of Npas4 by MAPK Regulates Reward-Related Gene Expression and Behaviors. Cell Reports. 29(10). 3235–3252.e9. 35 indexed citations
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Fujita, Kyota, Xigui Chen, Hidenori Homma, et al.. (2018). Targeting Tyro3 ameliorates a model of PGRN-mutant FTLD-TDP via tau-mediated synaptic pathology. Nature Communications. 9(1). 433–433. 23 indexed citations
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Ito, Yuki, Akiko Asada, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, et al.. (2014). Preferential targeting of p39-activated Cdk5 to Rac1-induced lamellipodia. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 61. 34–45. 7 indexed citations
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Kato, Katsuhiro, Kentaro Taki, Kazutaka Mori, et al.. (2012). The inositol 5-phosphatase SHIP2 is an effector of RhoA and is involved in cell polarity and migration. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(13). 2593–2604. 39 indexed citations
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Amano, Mutsuki, Masanori Nakayama, & Kozo Kaibuchi. (2010). Rho‐kinase/ROCK: A key regulator of the cytoskeleton and cell polarity. Cytoskeleton. 67(9). 545–554. 769 indexed citations breakdown →
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Katsumi, Akira, Hitoshi Kiyoi, Yuichi Ishikawa, et al.. (2008). Prognostic implication and biological roles of RhoH in acute myeloid leukaemia. European Journal Of Haematology. 81(6). 454–460. 24 indexed citations
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Qadota, Hiroshi, Makiko Inoue, Takao Hikita, et al.. (2007). Establishment of a tissue-specific RNAi system in C. elegans. Gene. 400(1-2). 166–173. 154 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Hiroto, et al.. (2006). Molecular Mechanism for the Regulation of Rho-Kinase by Dimerization and Its Inhibition by Fasudil. Structure. 14(3). 589–600. 125 indexed citations
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Nakayama, Masanori, Mutsuki Amano, Akira Katsumi, et al.. (2005). Rho‐kinase and myosin II activities are required for cell type and environment specific migration. Genes to Cells. 10(2). 107–117. 65 indexed citations
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Kaneko, Takako, Akio Maeda, Mikito Takefuji, et al.. (2005). Rho mediates endocytosis of epidermal growth factor receptor through phosphorylation of endophilin A1 by Rho‐kinase. Genes to Cells. 10(10). 973–987. 52 indexed citations
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Maeda, Akio, Mutsuki Amano, Yuko Fukata, & Kozo Kaibuchi. (2002). Translocation of Na+,K+-ATPase is induced by Rho small GTPase in renal epithelial cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 297(5). 1231–1237. 16 indexed citations
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Tsuboi, Daisuke, et al.. (2002). Isolation of the Interacting Molecules with GEX-3 by a Novel Functional Screening. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 292(3). 697–701. 29 indexed citations
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Kaneko, Takako, Mutsuki Amano, Akio Maeda, et al.. (2000). Identification of Calponin as a Novel Substrate of Rho-Kinase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 273(1). 110–116. 102 indexed citations
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Oshiro, Noriko, Yuko Fukata, Mutsuki Amano, et al.. (2000). Phosphorylation of ERM proteins at filopodia induced by Cdc42. Genes to Cells. 5(7). 571–581. 105 indexed citations
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Weernink, Paschal A. Oude, Yuanjian Guo, Mutsuki Amano, et al.. (2000). Stimulation of Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-Kinase by Rho-Kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(14). 10168–10174. 89 indexed citations
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Essler, Markus, et al.. (1998). Thrombin Inactivates Myosin Light Chain Phosphatase via Rho and Its Target Rho Kinase in Human Endothelial Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(34). 21867–21874. 314 indexed citations
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Goto, Hidemasa, Hidetaka Kosako, Kazushi Tanabe, et al.. (1998). Phosphorylation of Vimentin by Rho-associated Kinase at a Unique Amino-terminal Site That Is Specifically Phosphorylated during Cytokinesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(19). 11728–11736. 200 indexed citations
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Amano, Mutsuki, Masaaki Ito, Kazushi Kimura, et al.. (1996). Phosphorylation and Activation of Myosin by Rho-associated Kinase (Rho-kinase). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(34). 20246–20249. 1685 indexed citations breakdown →

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