Research field (4):
Tumor biology
, Cell biology
, Molecular biology
, Parasitology
Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2022 - 2025 Molecular mechanisms of gliding motility in Plasmodium merozoites
2022 - 2025 Energy metabolism transition of gametocyte-genesis
2019 - 2022 Molecular mechanisms of gliding motility and erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum
2019 - 2021 De novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine in tumor microenvironment.
Papers (30):
Takaya Sakura, Ryuta Ishii, Eri Yoshida, Kiyoshi Kita, Teruhisa Kato, Daniel Ken Inaoka. Accelerating antimalarial drug discovery with a new high-throughput screen for fast-killing compounds. ACS Infectious Diseases. 2024
Ryuta Ishii, Takaya Sakura, Daniel Ken Inaoka, Fuyuki Tokumasu. Glycolytic enzymes form membrane-less condensates in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum by sensing glucose levels. 2024
Junpei Fukumoto, Minako Yoshida, Suzumi M. Tokuoka, Eri Saki H. Hayakawa, Shinya Miyazaki, Takaya Sakura, Daniel Ken Inaoka, Kiyoshi Kita, Jiro Usukura, Hideo Shindou, et al. Pivotal roles of Plasmodium falciparum lysophospholipid acyltransferase 1 in cell cycle progression and cytostome internalization. 2024
Ryoma Kamikawa, Eriko Matsuo, Euki Yazaki, Michiru Tahara, Takaya Sakura, Kisaburo Nagamune, Yuji Inagaki. A snap shot of the gene replacement after endosymbiotic gene transfer: plastid GAPDH genes in the dinoflagellete Karenia brevis as a case study. Protist2014. 2014
Ryoma Kamikawa, Eriko Matsuo, Euki Yazaki, Michiru Tahara, Takaya Sakura, Kisaburo Nagamune, Yuji Inagaki. Cellular localization of evolutionally distinctive 'plastid-targeted' GAPDHs in Karenia brevis and K. mikimotoi. Integrated Microbial Biodiversity Program meeting, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. 2014
High throughput screening identifies compounds with nanomolar antiplasmodial activity against the asexual stage parasites
(2024 ASTMH Annual Meeting 2024)
Accelerating antimalarial drug discovery with a high-throughput screening for fast-killing compounds
(2024 ASTMH Annual Meeting 2024)
Enzymatic kinetics of glycolysis enzymes in the asexual blood-stage malaria
Analysis of liquid-liquid phase separation in Plasmodium falciparum
(Molecular Approaches to Malaria (MAM) 2024)
Mechanism of action of an antimalarial compound isolated from Nagasaki University's marine microbial extracts:targeting mitochondrial electron transport chain
(2023)