Taiji Imoto

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
238 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Taiji Imoto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Taiji Imoto has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Molecular Biology, 104 papers in Materials Chemistry and 39 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Taiji Imoto's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (85 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (58 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (45 papers). Taiji Imoto is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (85 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (58 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (45 papers). Taiji Imoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Taiji Imoto's co-authors include Tadashi Ueda, Kazuyoshi Yagishita, Hidenori Yamada, Kahee Fujita, J.A. Rupley, Katsuro Hayashi, Masaru Funatsu, Fumio Tanaka, Leslie S. Forster and Julia Wirmer 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

Taiji Imoto

226 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

A Simple Activity Measurement of Lysozyme

1971 569 citations Taiji Imoto et al. profile →
Long-Range Interactions Within a Nonnative Protein

2002 513 citations Tadashi Ueda, Taiji Imoto et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effect of Protein Concentration and pH on the Chitinase Activity of Tapes japonica Lysozyme 2010 ·Protein and Peptide Letters ·Takashi Goto, Yoshito Abe, Taiji Imoto, Tadashi Ueda	3
2	Refolding of an unstable lysozyme by gradient removal of a solubilizer and gradient addition of a stabilizer 2009 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·(unknown), Toshihiko Matsumoto, Taiji Imoto	21
3	Insertion of the Dibasic Motif in the Flanking Region of a Cryptic Self-Determinant Leads to Activation of the Epitope-Specific T Cells 2005 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Hui Zhu, Kechang Liu, Jan Černý, Taiji Imoto, Kamal D. Moudgil	14
4	Protein unfolding at interfaces: Slow dynamics of α‐helix to β‐sheet transition 2004 ·Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·(unknown), Ganesh Vedantham, Taiji Imoto, Todd M. Przybycien, Georges Belfort	143
5	Solution structure and activity of mouse lysozyme M 2003 ·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences ·Takayuki Obita, Tadashi Ueda, Taiji Imoto	16
6	B‐cell repertoire specific for an unfolded self‐determinant of mouse lysozyme escape tolerance and dominantly participate in the autoantibody response 2002 ·Immunology ·(unknown), (unknown), Tadashi Ueda, Takanori So, Taiji Imoto	2
7	A metal binding in the polypeptide chain improves the folding efficiency of a denatured and reduced protein 2002 ·Biopolymers ·Takatoshi Ohkuri, Tadashi Ueda, Yuichiro Yoshida, Yoshito Abe, Naotaka Hamasaki, Taiji Imoto	1
8	Contribution of conformational stability of hen lysozyme to induction of type 2 T‐helper immune responses 2001 ·Immunology ·Takanori So, (unknown), Masato Hirata, (unknown), Taiji Imoto	30
9	Evidence for an initiation site for hen lysozyme folding from the reduced form using its dissected peptide fragments 2001 ·Protein Engineering Design and Selection ·Takatoshi Ohkuri, (unknown), (unknown), Taiji Imoto	9
10	Mutant Mouse Lysozyme Carrying a Minimal T Cell Epitope of Hen Egg Lysozyme Evokes High Autoantibody Response 2000 ·The Journal of Immunology ·(unknown), Takanori So, (unknown), Yoshio Hashimoto, Masato Hirata, Tadashi Ueda, Taiji Imoto	11
11	Amino acid sequences of lysozymes newly purified from invertebrates imply wide distribution of a novel class in the lysozyme family 1999 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·Yuji Ito, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Taiji Imoto	112
12	Stabilization of Lysozyme by Introducing N-Glycosylation Signal Sequence 1996 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Tadashi Ueda, (unknown), Yosuke Hashimoto, Taiji Imoto	14
13	Insect Lysozyme from House Fly (Musca domestica) Larvae: Possible Digestive Function Based on Sequence and Enzymatic Properties 1995 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Yuji Ito, Miyuki Nakamura, (unknown), Taiji Imoto	52
14	Kinetically trapped structure in the renaturation of reduced oxindolealanine 62 lysozyme 1995 ·Biochemistry ·Tadashi Ueda, Yoshito Abe, Takatoshi Ohkuri, Keiichi Kawano, (unknown), Taiji Imoto	8
15	The role of net charge on the renaturation of reduced lysozyme by the sulfhydryl–disulfide interchange reaction 1994 ·Protein Engineering Design and Selection ·Yoshitake Maeda, Tadashi Ueda, Hidenori Yamada, Taiji Imoto	13
16	Endopeptidase Activity of Cathepsin C, Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase I, from Bovine Spleen 1993 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·(unknown), Hidenori Yamada, Toshihiro Ohmori, (unknown), Taiji Imoto	31
17	Colorimetric Assay for Lysozyme Using Micrococcus luteus Labeled with a Blue Dye, Remazol Brilliant Blue R, as a Substrate. 1992 ·Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin ·Yuji Ito, Hidenori Yamada, Taiji Imoto	30
18	Effect of Chemical Modifications of Tryptophan Residues on the Folding of Reduced Hen Egg-White Lysozyme1 1990 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Tadashi Ueda, Hidenori Yamada, (unknown), Taiji Imoto	18
19	Guest-induced conformational change of 6A6B-, 6A6C-, and 6A6D-bis(naphthylsulfonyloxy)-.BETA.-cyclodextrins. 1987 ·NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI ·(unknown), Tsutomu Tahara, (unknown), Taiji Imoto	2
20	Oceanographic Data of the 16th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition 1974-1975 1976 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Taiji Imoto	3

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