Yutetsu Kuruma

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Yutetsu Kuruma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yutetsu Kuruma has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Yutetsu Kuruma's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (12 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers). Yutetsu Kuruma is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (12 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers). Yutetsu Kuruma collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Italy and United States. Yutetsu Kuruma's co-authors include Takuya Ueda, Samuel Berhanu, Pier Luigi Luisi, Pasquale Stano, Hideaki T. Matsubayashi, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tereza Pereira de Souza, Paolo Bianchini, Alberto Diaspro and Giovanni Murtas and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yutetsu Kuruma

39 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Artificial photosynthetic cell producing energy for prote... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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  1. Artificial photosynthetic cell producing energy for protein synthesis
    2019 300 citations Samuel Berhanu, Takuya Ueda et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yutetsu Kuruma Japan 20 1.3k 352 265 222 194 40 1.6k
Takeshi Sunami Japan 19 1.1k 0.9× 358 1.0× 212 0.8× 283 1.3× 222 1.1× 26 1.3k
Thomas Oberholzer Switzerland 15 1.1k 0.8× 234 0.7× 325 1.2× 470 2.1× 134 0.7× 18 1.4k
Neha P. Kamat United States 21 900 0.7× 350 1.0× 163 0.6× 189 0.9× 64 0.3× 53 1.4k
Katarzyna P. Adamala United States 18 1.3k 1.0× 286 0.8× 423 1.6× 642 2.9× 131 0.7× 58 1.7k
Sophie Pautot United States 14 883 0.7× 531 1.5× 227 0.9× 39 0.2× 43 0.2× 21 1.4k
Jan Steinkühler Germany 20 980 0.8× 354 1.0× 134 0.5× 41 0.2× 42 0.2× 37 1.3k
Chandran R. Sabanayagam United States 19 485 0.4× 255 0.7× 42 0.2× 41 0.2× 72 0.4× 29 901
Kerstin Göpfrich Germany 24 1.8k 1.4× 1.1k 3.1× 135 0.5× 48 0.2× 22 0.1× 60 2.2k
William Aumiller United States 9 844 0.7× 110 0.3× 36 0.1× 53 0.2× 41 0.2× 10 1.2k
Alexander I. Taylor United Kingdom 17 1.2k 1.0× 122 0.3× 28 0.1× 109 0.5× 109 0.6× 24 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yutetsu Kuruma

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Matsumoto, Rena, et al.. (2025). Lipid Modification and Membrane Localization of Proteins in Cell-Free System. ACS Synthetic Biology. 14(7). 2729–2738. 1 indexed citations
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Shimane, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2025). Cell-free production of target-directed liposomes utilizing membrane localization peptides. Journal of Controlled Release. 388(Pt 1). 114343–114343. 1 indexed citations
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Sato, G. Takeshi, et al.. (2024). Protocol for in vitro phospholipid synthesis combining fatty acid synthesis and cell-free gene expression. STAR Protocols. 5(2). 103051–103051. 2 indexed citations
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Shimane, Yasuhiro & Yutetsu Kuruma. (2022). Rapid and Facile Preparation of Giant Vesicles by the Droplet Transfer Method for Artificial Cell Construction. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 873854–873854. 19 indexed citations
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Kuruma, Yutetsu, Satoshi Tamaki, Ryo Mizuuchi, et al.. (2021). PURE mRNA display and cDNA display provide rapid detection of core epitope motif via high‐throughput sequencing. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 118(4). 1702–1715. 11 indexed citations
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Jia, Tony Z. & Yutetsu Kuruma. (2021). Increasing complexity of primitive compartments. Biophysics and Physicobiology. 18(0). 269–273.
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Rampioni, Giordano, Yutetsu Kuruma, Livia Leoni, Luisa Damiano, & Pasquale Stano. (2021). Toward artificial cells/living cells communication in hybrid ensembles. 1 indexed citations
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Baba, Tomoya, Shigeyuki Kakizawa, Hiroshi Mori, et al.. (2020). Minimal Genomes: How Many Genes Does a Cell Require To Be Viable. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi). 129(6). 805–824. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Po‐Hsiang, Kosuke Fujishima, Samuel Berhanu, et al.. (2019). A Bifunctional Polyphosphate Kinase Driving the Regeneration of Nucleoside Triphosphate and Reconstituted Cell-Free Protein Synthesis. ACS Synthetic Biology. 9(1). 36–42. 27 indexed citations
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Sato, Ryo, Kohki Fujikawa, Toshiyuki Yamaguchi, et al.. (2019). CdsA is involved in biosynthesis of glycolipid MPIase essential for membrane protein integration in vivo. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1372–1372. 23 indexed citations
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Berhanu, Samuel, Takuya Ueda, & Yutetsu Kuruma. (2019). Artificial photosynthetic cell producing energy for protein synthesis. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1325–1325. 300 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sasaki, Masaru, Michael J. Moser, Maria Huber, et al.. (2019). The bacterial protein YidC accelerates MPIase-dependent integration of membrane proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(49). 18898–18908. 17 indexed citations
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Kuruma, Yutetsu & Takuya Ueda. (2015). The PURE system for the cell-free synthesis of membrane proteins. Nature Protocols. 10(9). 1328–1344. 112 indexed citations
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Luisi, Pier Luigi & Yutetsu Kuruma. (2014). Open Questions on the Origin of Life (OQOL)—Introduction to the Special Issue. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 44(4). 267–268. 2 indexed citations
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Nies, Pauline van, Roeland Van Wijk, Ilja Westerlaken, et al.. (2013). Unbiased Tracking of the Progression of mRNA and Protein Synthesis in Bulk and in Liposome‐Confined Reactions. ChemBioChem. 14(15). 1963–1966. 35 indexed citations
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Shimizu, Yoshihiro, Yutetsu Kuruma, Takashi Kanamori, & Takuya Ueda. (2013). The PURE System for Protein Production. Methods in molecular biology. 1118. 275–284. 31 indexed citations
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Stano, Pasquale, Yutetsu Kuruma, Tereza Pereira de Souza, & Pier Luigi Luisi. (2009). Biosynthesis of Proteins Inside Liposomes. Methods in molecular biology. 606. 127–145. 14 indexed citations
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Kuruma, Yutetsu, Pasquale Stano, Takuya Ueda, & Pier Luigi Luisi. (2008). A synthetic biology approach to the construction of membrane proteins in semi-synthetic minimal cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1788(2). 567–574. 183 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Toshiharu, et al.. (2008). UncI protein can mediate ring-assembly of c-subunits of FoF1-ATP synthase in vitro. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 367(3). 663–666. 33 indexed citations
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Shimizu, Yoshihiro, Yutetsu Kuruma, Bei‐Wen Ying, So Umekage, & Takuya Ueda. (2006). Cell‐free translation systems for protein engineering. FEBS Journal. 273(18). 4133–4140. 66 indexed citations

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