Tomohiro Yorimitsu

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Tomohiro Yorimitsu is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomohiro Yorimitsu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cell Biology, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Tomohiro Yorimitsu's work include Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (17 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (13 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (10 papers). Tomohiro Yorimitsu is often cited by papers focused on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (17 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (13 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (10 papers). Tomohiro Yorimitsu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Tomohiro Yorimitsu's co-authors include Daniel J. Klionsky, Zhifen Yang, Usha Nair, Michio Homma, Ken Sato, Julie E. Legakis, James R. Broach, Shadia Zaman, Congcong He and Ken Sato and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Cell Biology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tomohiro Yorimitsu

28 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Autophagy: molecular machinery for self-eating

2005 1.2k citations Tomohiro Yorimitsu, Daniel J. Klionsky Cell Death and Differentiation profile →
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Triggers Autophagy

2006 805 citations Tomohiro Yorimitsu, Daniel J. Klionsky 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						Papers	Cites
Tomohiro Yorimitsu Japan	17	2.3k	1.9k	1.5k	310	300	29	3.7k
Alexandra Stolz Germany	18	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	354 1.1×	305 1.0×	31	3.5k
Peter K. Kim Canada	33	2.4k 1.0×	3.2k 1.7×	1.1k 0.8×	578 1.9×	329 1.1×	70	5.1k
Per E. Strømhaug United States	25	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	304 1.0×	419 1.4×	29	3.2k
Yukiko Kabeya Japan	17	3.8k 1.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	447 1.4×	561 1.9×	21	4.9k
Claudine Kraft Austria	33	2.9k 1.2×	3.0k 1.6×	2.2k 1.5×	388 1.3×	557 1.9×	63	5.1k
Maho Hamasaki Japan	23	3.0k 1.3×	2.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	648 2.1×	581 1.9×	41	4.9k
Wei‐Pang Huang Taiwan	28	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	311 1.0×	177 0.6×	43	3.0k
Elena Shvets Israel	18	3.5k 1.5×	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	583 1.9×	622 2.1×	20	5.0k
Toku Kanaseki Japan	13	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	799 0.5×	375 1.2×	269 0.9×	20	3.4k
Edward F. C. Blommaart Netherlands	11	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	785 0.5×	451 1.5×	340 1.1×	14	3.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yorimitsu, Tomohiro & Ken Sato. (2023). Sec16 and Sed4 interdependently function as interaction and localization partners at ER exit sites. Journal of Cell Science. 136(9). 2 indexed citations

Yorimitsu, Tomohiro & Ken Sato. (2019). Sec16 function in ER export and autophagy is independent of its phosphorylation inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 31(3). 149–156. 4 indexed citations

Yorimitsu, Tomohiro, et al.. (2019). Implication of a Novel Function of Sar1 in the Nucleus. Cell Structure and Function. 44(2). 105–112. 3 indexed citations

Sakaguchi, Aisa, Miyuki Sato, Katsuya Sato, et al.. (2015). REI-1 Is a Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Regulating RAB-11 Localization and Function in C. elegans Embryos. Developmental Cell. 35(2). 211–221. 44 indexed citations

Yorimitsu, Tomohiro, et al.. (2014). Sec23 Homolog Nel1 Is a Novel GTPase-activating Protein for Sar1 but Does Not Function as a Subunit of the Coat Protein Complex II (COPII) Coat. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(31). 21423–21432. 4 indexed citations

Yorimitsu, Tomohiro, Ken Sato, & Masaki Takeuchi. (2014). Molecular mechanisms of Sar/Arf GTPases in vesicular trafficking in yeast and plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5. 411–411. 56 indexed citations

Yorimitsu, Tomohiro, et al.. (2012). Involvement of the Penta-EF-Hand Protein Pef1p in the Ca2+-Dependent Regulation of COPII Subunit Assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40765–e40765. 12 indexed citations

Yorimitsu, Tomohiro & Ken Sato. (2012). Insights into structural and regulatory roles of Sec16 in COPII vesicle formation at ER exit sites. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(15). 2930–2942. 67 indexed citations

Yorimitsu, Tomohiro, Congcong He, Ke Wang, & Daniel J. Klionsky. (2009). Tap42-associated protein phosphatase type 2A negatively regulates induction of autophagy. Autophagy. 5(5). 616–624. 65 indexed citations

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Yorimitsu, Tomohiro & Daniel J. Klionsky. (2007). Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress: A New Pathway to Induce Autophagy. Autophagy. 3(2). 160–162. 180 indexed citations

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Yorimitsu, Tomohiro & Daniel J. Klionsky. (2007). Eating the endoplasmic reticulum: quality control by autophagy. Trends in Cell Biology. 17(6). 279–285. 149 indexed citations

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Yorimitsu, Tomohiro & Daniel J. Klionsky. (2005). Autophagy: molecular machinery for self-eating. Cell Death and Differentiation. 12(S2). 1542–1552. 1247 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheong, Heesun, Tomohiro Yorimitsu, Fulvio Reggiori, et al.. (2005). Atg17 Regulates the Magnitude of the Autophagic Response. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(7). 3438–3453. 171 indexed citations

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Yorimitsu, Tomohiro & Daniel J. Klionsky. (2005). Atg11 Links Cargo to the Vesicle-forming Machinery in the Cytoplasm to Vacuole Targeting Pathway. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(4). 1593–1605. 206 indexed citations

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Yorimitsu, Tomohiro. (2004). Multimeric Structure of the PomA/PomB Channel Complex in the Na+-Driven Flagellar Motor of Vibrio alginolyticus. The Journal of Biochemistry. 135(1). 43–51. 36 indexed citations

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Yorimitsu, Tomohiro, et al.. (2003). The Conserved Charged Residues of the C-terminal Region of FliG, a Rotor Component of the Na+-driven Flagellar Motor. Journal of Molecular Biology. 334(3). 567–583. 50 indexed citations

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Yorimitsu, Tomohiro & Michio Homma. (2001). Na+-driven flagellar motor of Vibrio. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1505(1). 82–93. 110 indexed citations

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Yorimitsu, Tomohiro, et al.. (2000). Intermolecular Cross-linking between the Periplasmic Loop3–4 Regions of PomA, a Component of the Na+-driven Flagellar Motor of Vibrio alginolyticus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(40). 31387–31391. 14 indexed citations

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Yorimitsu, Tomohiro, Yuki Asai, Ken Sato, & M. Homma. (1999). Intermolecular crosslinking of PomA, The Na^+-driven flagellar motor component of Vibrio alginolyticus. Seibutsu Butsuri. 39(supplement). S148–S148. 1 indexed citations

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Yorimitsu, Tomohiro, Ken Sato, Yukako Asai, Ikuro Kawagishi, & Michio Homma. (1999). Functional Interaction between PomA and PomB, the Na+-Driven Flagellar Motor Components of Vibrio alginolyticus. Journal of Bacteriology. 181(16). 5103–5106. 64 indexed citations

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