Takuo Osawa

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Takuo Osawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Takuo Osawa has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Takuo Osawa's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers), Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases (7 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). Takuo Osawa is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers), Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases (7 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers). Takuo Osawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Finland and Denmark. Takuo Osawa's co-authors include Nobuo N. Noda, Tomoyuki Numata, Hideko Inanaga, Kuninori Suzuki, Eri Hirata, Hitoshi Nakatogawa, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Tetsuya Kotani, Chikara Sato and Tamo Fukamizo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Molecular Cell and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Takuo Osawa

27 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Atg2 mediates direct lipid transfer between membranes for autophagosome formation

2019 321 citations Takuo Osawa, Nobuo N. Noda et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Takuo Osawa Japan	17	778	446	282	194	120	27	1.2k
Miguel A. Sosa Argentina	18	490 0.6×	278 0.6×	172 0.6×	105 0.5×	20 0.2×	83	1.2k
Feras Hatahet Finland	11	719 0.9×	136 0.3×	564 2.0×	50 0.3×	125 1.0×	12	1.2k
Philippe Leone France	14	724 0.9×	113 0.3×	50 0.2×	148 0.8×	140 1.2×	27	1.2k
Robert Gauss Germany	12	790 1.0×	292 0.7×	667 2.4×	73 0.4×	73 0.6×	13	1.1k
Paul A. Colussi United States	20	1.5k 1.9×	261 0.6×	218 0.8×	104 0.5×	113 0.9×	28	1.8k
James M. Nuttall United Kingdom	16	881 1.1×	239 0.5×	217 0.8×	164 0.8×	224 1.9×	22	1.1k
Riccardo Bernasconi Switzerland	11	715 0.9×	434 1.0×	621 2.2×	82 0.4×	54 0.5×	14	1.3k
Julien Barbier France	18	483 0.6×	151 0.3×	176 0.6×	42 0.2×	113 0.9×	47	1.0k
César de Haro Spain	18	1.2k 1.5×	132 0.3×	435 1.5×	122 0.6×	108 0.9×	29	1.5k
Hui-Ling Chiang United States	19	1.3k 1.6×	563 1.3×	836 3.0×	81 0.4×	16 0.1×	28	1.8k

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Ohyama, Takako, Takuo Osawa, Shun‐ichi Sekine, & Yoshitaka Ishii. (2024). NMR Studies of Genomic RNA in 3′ Untranslated Region Unveil Pseudoknot Structure that Initiates Viral RNA Replication in SARS-CoV-2. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 1323–1333. 3 indexed citations

Osawa, Takuo, Mari Aoki, Haruhiko Ehara, & Shun‐ichi Sekine. (2023). Structures of dengue virus RNA replicase complexes. Molecular Cell. 83(15). 2781–2791.e4. 27 indexed citations

Osawa, Takuo & Nobuo N. Noda. (2019). Atg2: A novel phospholipid transfer protein that mediates de novo autophagosome biogenesis. Protein Science. 28(6). 1005–1012. 48 indexed citations

Osawa, Takuo, Jahangir Md. Alam, & Nobuo N. Noda. (2018). Membrane-binding domains in autophagy. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 218. 1–9. 12 indexed citations

Osawa, Takuo, Hideko Inanaga, Chikara Sato, & Tomoyuki Numata. (2015). Crystal Structure of the CRISPR-Cas RNA Silencing Cmr Complex Bound to a Target Analog. Molecular Cell. 58(3). 418–430. 104 indexed citations

Umemoto, Naoyuki, Takayuki Ohnuma, Takuo Osawa, et al.. (2015). Crystal structures and inhibitor binding properties of plant class V chitinases: the cycad enzyme exhibits unique structural and functional features. The Plant Journal. 82(1). 54–66. 16 indexed citations

Umemoto, Naoyuki, Takayuki Ohnuma, Takuo Osawa, Tomoyuki Numata, & Tamo Fukamizo. (2015). Modulation of the transglycosylation activity of plant family GH18 chitinase by removing or introducing a tryptophan side chain. FEBS Letters. 589(18). 2327–2333. 24 indexed citations

Osawa, Takuo, Hideko Inanaga, & Tomoyuki Numata. (2015). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the CRISPR–Cas RNA-silencing Cmr complex. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 71(6). 735–740. 1 indexed citations

Numata, Tomoyuki, Hideko Inanaga, Chikara Sato, & Takuo Osawa. (2014). Crystal Structure of the Csm3–Csm4 Subcomplex in the Type III-A CRISPR–Cas Interference Complex. Journal of Molecular Biology. 427(2). 259–273. 16 indexed citations

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Osawa, Takuo, Hideko Inanaga, & Tomoyuki Numata. (2013). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the Cmr2–Cmr3 subcomplex in the CRISPR–Cas RNA-silencing effector complex. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 69(5). 585–587. 1 indexed citations

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Osawa, Takuo, Hideko Inanaga, & Tomoyuki Numata. (2013). Crystal Structure of the Cmr2–Cmr3 Subcomplex in the CRISPR–Cas RNA Silencing Effector Complex. Journal of Molecular Biology. 425(20). 3811–3823. 36 indexed citations

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Osawa, Takuo, Hideko Inanaga, Satoshi Kimura, et al.. (2011). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of an archaeal tRNA-modification enzyme, TiaS, complexed with tRNA^Ile2and ATP. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 67(11). 1414–1416. 1 indexed citations

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Ohnuma, Takayuki, et al.. (2011). Crystal structure and mode of action of a class V chitinase from Nicotiana tabacum. Plant Molecular Biology. 75(3). 291–304. 38 indexed citations

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Osawa, Takuo, Satoshi Kimura, Naohiro Terasaka, et al.. (2011). Structural basis of tRNA agmatinylation essential for AUA codon decoding. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(11). 1275–1280. 24 indexed citations

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Ohnuma, Takayuki, Tomoyuki Numata, Takuo Osawa, et al.. (2011). A class V chitinase from Arabidopsis thaliana: gene responses, enzymatic properties, and crystallographic analysis. Planta. 234(1). 123–137. 60 indexed citations

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Ohnuma, Takayuki, Takuo Osawa, Tamo Fukamizo, & Tomoyuki Numata. (2010). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a class V chitinase fromNicotiana tabacum. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 66(12). 1599–1601. 2 indexed citations

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Osawa, Takuo, Hideko Inanaga, & Tomoyuki Numata. (2009). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the tRNA-modification enzyme GidA fromAquifex aeolicus. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 65(5). 508–511. 6 indexed citations

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Osawa, Takuo, Koichi Ito, Hideko Inanaga, et al.. (2009). Conserved Cysteine Residues of GidA Are Essential for Biogenesis of 5-Carboxymethylaminomethyluridine at tRNA Anticodon. Structure. 17(5). 713–724. 40 indexed citations

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Nakashima, Takashi, et al.. (2008). Crystal Structure and Functional Analysis of an Archaeal Chromatin Protein Alba from the Hyperthermophilic ArchaeonPyrococcus horikoshiiOT3. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 72(3). 749–758. 14 indexed citations

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Osawa, Takuo, Yasuhito Matsubara, Tsuyoshi Muramatsu, Makoto Kimura, & Yoshimitsu Kakuta. (2004). Crystal Structure of the Alginate (Poly α-l-guluronate) Lyase from Corynebacterium sp. at 1.2Å Resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 345(5). 1111–1118. 73 indexed citations

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