Toshiya Muranaka

8.4k total citations
164 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Toshiya Muranaka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshiya Muranaka has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Plant Science and 31 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Toshiya Muranaka's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (66 papers), Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds (29 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (26 papers). Toshiya Muranaka is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (66 papers), Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds (29 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (26 papers). Toshiya Muranaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Ecuador. Toshiya Muranaka's co-authors include Hikaru Seki, Kiyoshi Ohyama, Kazuki Saito, Masashi Suzuki, Ery Odette Fukushima, Masaharu Mizutani, Satoru Sawai, Naoyuki Umemoto, Shigeo Yoshida and Keita Tamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Toshiya Muranaka

160 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Peers

Toshiya Muranaka

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Gisho Honda Japan

Mamoru Tabata Japan

Jacob Pollier Belgium

Katsuyoshi Matsunami Japan

Ling Yuan United States

Peter E. Brodelius Sweden

Phan Văn Kiệm Vietnam

Mohamed L. Ashour Egypt

Helen Skaltsa Greece

Toshio Aoki Japan

Gisho Honda Japan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toshiya Muranaka

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20 of 20 papers shown

Akiyama, Ryota, Bunta Watanabe, Naoyuki Umemoto, et al.. (2025). Two reductases complete steroidal glycoalkaloids biosynthesis in potato. New Phytologist. 245(6). 2632–2644. 1 indexed citations

Suzuki, Hayato, Shigeo S. Sugano, Toshiya Muranaka, & Hikaru Seki. (2024). Ectopic expression of BpbHLH9 suggested the presence of a self-activating loop mechanism of clade Ia bHLHs to enhance betulinic acid biosynthesis in <i>Lotus japonicus</i> hairy roots. Plant Biotechnology. 41(3). 319–323.

Yasumoto, Shuhei, et al.. (2024). Heterologous production of corosolic acid, a phyto-insulin, in agroinfiltrated <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> leaves. Plant Biotechnology. 41(3). 277–288. 1 indexed citations

Jóźwiak, Adam, Sayantan Panda, Ryota Akiyama, et al.. (2024). A cellulose synthase–like protein governs the biosynthesis of Solanum alkaloids. Science. 386(6728). eadq5721–eadq5721. 17 indexed citations

Takahashi, Hirokazu, Hayato Suzuki, Takao Oi, et al.. (2023). Triterpenoids in aerenchymatous phellem contribute to internal root aeration and waterlogging adaptability in soybeans. New Phytologist. 239(3). 936–948. 5 indexed citations

Seki, Hikaru, et al.. (2023). Glycyrrhizin Production in Licorice Hairy Roots Based on Metabolic Redirection of Triterpenoid Biosynthetic Pathway by Genome Editing. Plant and Cell Physiology. 65(2). 185–198. 11 indexed citations

Nishihara, Masahiro & Toshiya Muranaka. (2023). Preface to the special issue “Current Status and Future Prospects for the Development of Crop Varieties and Breeding Materials Using Genome Editing Technology”. Plant Biotechnology. 40(3). 181–184. 1 indexed citations

Yasumoto, Shuhei, et al.. (2023). Class I and II NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductases exhibit different roles in triterpenoid biosynthesis in Lotus japonicus. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1214602–1214602. 3 indexed citations

Suzuki, Hayato, Hikaru Seki, & Toshiya Muranaka. (2021). Insights into the diversification of subclade IVa bHLH transcription factors in Fabaceae. BMC Plant Biology. 21(1). 109–109. 3 indexed citations

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Fukushima, Ery Odette, Satoru Sawai, Jianwei Tang, et al.. (2019). Molecular Basis of C-30 Product Regioselectivity of Legume Oxidases Involved in High-Value Triterpenoid Biosynthesis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 1520–1520. 14 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Yoshito, Kentaro Sawada, Toshiya Muranaka, et al.. (2016). P-168 Retrospective comparison of efficacy and safety of docetaxel and weekly-paclitaxel as 2nd-line chemotherapy for patients with unresectable or recurrent esophageal cancer. Annals of Oncology. 27. ii50–ii50. 2 indexed citations

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Fukushima, Ery Odette, Hikaru Seki, & Toshiya Muranaka. (2014). Heterologous Expression of Triterpene Biosynthetic Genes in Yeast and Subsequent Metabolite Identification Through GC-MS. Methods in molecular biology. 1153. 235–243. 1 indexed citations

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Fukushima, Ery Odette, Hikaru Seki, Satoru Sawai, et al.. (2013). Combinatorial Biosynthesis of Legume Natural and Rare Triterpenoids in Engineered Yeast. Plant and Cell Physiology. 54(5). 740–749. 111 indexed citations

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Seki, Hikaru, Tomoko Nishizawa, J.J.M. Meyer, et al.. (2012). Comparative functional analysis of CYP71AV1 natural variants reveals an important residue for the successive oxidation of amorpha‐4,11‐diene. FEBS Letters. 587(3). 278–284. 19 indexed citations

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Okazawa, Atsushi, et al.. (2012). Green leaf volatiles enhance methyl jasmonate response in Arabidopsis. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 114(5). 540–545. 45 indexed citations

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Itoh, Ken‐ichi, Kaoru Nakamura, Tadashi Aoyama, et al.. (2012). Photobiocatalyzed asymmetric reduction of ketones using Chlorella sp. MK201. Biotechnology Letters. 34(11). 2083–2086. 4 indexed citations

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Fukushima, Ery Odette, Hikaru Seki, Kiyoshi Ohyama, et al.. (2011). CYP716A Subfamily Members are Multifunctional Oxidases in Triterpenoid Biosynthesis. Plant and Cell Physiology. 52(12). 2050–2061. 235 indexed citations

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Ohyama, Kiyoshi, Masashi Suzuki, Jun Kikuchi, Kazuki Saito, & Toshiya Muranaka. (2009). Dual biosynthetic pathways to phytosterol via cycloartenol and lanosterol in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(3). 725–730. 157 indexed citations

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Hashimoto, Kimiko, et al.. (2005). A novel glucosyltransferase involved in steroid saponin biosynthesis in Solanum aculeatissimum. Plant Molecular Biology. 57(2). 225–239. 56 indexed citations

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Muranaka, Toshiya, Hiroharu Banno, & Yasunori Machida. (1994). Characterization of Tobacco Protein Kinase NPK5, a Homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae SNF1 That Constitutively Activates Expression of the Glucose-Repressible SUC2 Gene for a Secreted Invertase of S. cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(5). 2958–2965. 98 indexed citations

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