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Ito Kohji

イトウ コウジ | Ito Kohji
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Chiba University
Homepage URL  (1): http://www.bio.s.chiba-u.ac.jp/ito.html
Research field  (2): Biophysics ,  Plants: molecular biology and physiology
Research keywords  (10): myosin ,  分子モーター ,  cytoplasmic streaming ,  actin ,  chirality ,  アクテイブマター ,  細胞骨格 ,  シャジクモ ,  シロイヌナズナ ,  生物物理
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (17):
  • 2023 - 2026 ミオシンの新規アクチン結合部位の同定と機能解明
  • 2022 - 2024 「アクチンを湾曲させる」ミオシンの設計原理
  • 2020 - 2023 アクチン繊維を極性揃えて配向させる植物ミオシンの新規機能の解明
  • 2017 - 2021 A study of the organization of actin filaments in Arabidopsis cells
  • 2014 - 2020 原形質流動の人工制御:植物バイオマス増産の基盤技術としての確立
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Papers (46):
  • Takeshi Haraguchi, Kohei Yoshimura, Yasuhiro Inoue, Takuma Imi, Koyo Hasegawa, Taisei Nagai, Hideki Furusawa, Toshifumi Mori, Kenji Matsuno, Kohji Ito. Elucidating chiral myosin-induced actin dynamics: From single-filament behavior to collective structures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2026. 123. 5. e2508686123
  • Kyle Symonds, Liam Duff, Vikas Dwivedi, Eduard Belausov, Lalita Pal, Motoki Tominaga, Takeshi Haraguchi, Einat Sadot, Kohji Ito, Wayne A Snedden. The Calmodulin-like proteins, CML13 and CML14 Function as Myosin Light Chains for the Class XI Myosins in Arabidopsis. Plant & cell physiology. 2026
  • Yusei Sato, Rieko Sumiyoshi, Masahiko Yamagishi, Takeshi Haraguchi, Kyohei Matsuda, Suguru Sato, Kohji Ito, Junichiro Yajima. Reconstructing the Motility Driven by Membrane-Bound Myosin on the Inner Surface of Cell-Sized Droplets. Langmuir. 2025
  • Kohji Ito, Takeshi Haraguchi. Unraveling the fastest myosin: Discovery history and structure-function relationships of algae Chara myosin XI. Biophysics and Physicobiology. 2024. 21. 3. e210016
  • Kyle Symonds, Howard J Teresinski, Bryan Hau, Vikas Dwivedi, Eduard Belausov, Sefi Bar-Sinai, Motoki Tominaga, Takeshi Haraguchi, Einat Sadot, Kohji Ito, et al. Functional characterization of calmodulin-like proteins, CML13 and CML14, as novel light chains of Arabidopsis class VIII myosins. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2024. 75. 8. 2313-2329
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MISC (30):
Patents (2):
  • 成長が増強された形質転換植物及びその製造方法
  • PLANT WITH ENHANCED ABILITY TO GROWTH AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
Books (4):
  • "Diversity of Plant Actin-Myosin Systems" in The Cytoskeleton. Plant Cell Monographs, vol 24.
    Springer, Cham 2019
  • 分子生物学:ゲノミクスとプロテオミクス(J. Zlatanova, K. E. van Holde 著,田村隆明 監訳)
    東京化学同人 2018
  • "Single molecule analysis of actomyosin in the presence of osmolyte"in "The role of water in ATP hydrolysis energy transduction by protein machinery.
    Springer 2018
  • Single molecule analysis of actomyosin in the presence of osmolyte
    Springer 2018
Lectures and oral presentations  (104):
  • The high-speed movement mechanism of Chara myosin, the fastest motor protein in the biological world
    (2025)
  • 植物ミオシンXIの新規アクチン結合部位によるアクチン束化機構の解明
    (生体運動研究合同班会議 2025 2025)
  • ショウジョウバエI型ミオシンにおいて細胞から器官までのキラリティを決定するタンパク質モチーフの同定
    (第47回日本分子生物学会年会 2024)
  • ショウジョウバエの左右非対称性に関わるMyo1DとMyo1Cの解析
    (第47回日本分子生物学会年会 2024)
  • ミオシンIがin vitroで起こすF-アクチン回転運動はin vivoで細胞キラリティを誘発する
    (第47回日本分子生物学会年会 2024)
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Education (3):
  • 1990 - 1994 Nagoya University Graduate School of Science
  • 1988 - 1990 Nagoya University Graduate School of Science
  • 1984 - 1988 Nagoya University School of Agricultural Sciences
Professional career (1):
  • 博士(理学) (名古屋大学)
Work history (8):
  • 2017/04 - 現在 Chiba University
  • 2016/10 - 2017/03 Chiba University Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science
  • 2010/04 - 2016/09 Chiba University Graduate School of Science
  • 2008/04 - 2010/03 Chiba University Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science
  • 2007/04 - 2008/03 Chiba University Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science
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Association Membership(s) (4):
THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN ,  日本生物物理学会 ,  日本細胞生物学会 ,  日本分子生物学会
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