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Okamoto Koji

オカモト コウジ | Okamoto Koji
Affiliation and department:
Homepage URL  (1): http://www.fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp/labs/okamoto/Okamoto_Lab/
Research field  (2): Functional biochemistry ,  Cell biology
Research keywords  (3): 出芽酵母 ,  オートファジー ,  ミトコンドリア
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (16):
  • 2020 - 2022 Regulatory mechanisms of protein-protein interactions acting as a mitophagy initiation site
  • 2019 - 2022 Regulatory mechanisms of selective mitochondrial degradation via ubiquitin-related pathways
  • 2019 - 2022 Diverse molecular mechanisms regulating selective mitochondria degradation
  • 2016 - 2019 Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of selective mitochondrial degradation
  • 2016 - 2018 マイトファジー誘導時に駆動されるミトコンドリア分裂の分子基盤
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Papers (52):
  • Toan Khanh Le, Yasuhiro Hirano, Haruhiko Asakawa, Koji Okamoto, Tatsuo Fukagawa, Tokuko Haraguchi, Yasushi Hiraoka. A ubiquitin-proteasome pathway degrades the inner nuclear membrane protein Bqt4 to maintain nuclear membrane homeostasis. Journal of Cell Science. 2023. jcs.260930
  • Mashun Onishi, Mitsutaka Kubota, Lan Duan, Yuan Tian, Koji Okamoto. The GET pathway serves to activate Atg32-mediated mitophagy by ER targeting of the Ppg1-Far complex. Life Science Alliance. 2023. 6. 4. e202201640-e202201640
  • Schuster R, Okamoto K. An overview of the molecular mechanisms of mitophagy in yeast. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects. 2022
  • Kubota M, Okamoto K. The protein N-terminal acetyltransferase A complex contributes to yeast mitophagy via promoting expression and phosphorylation of Atg32. J Biochem. 2021. 170. 2. 175-182
  • Mashun Onishi, Koji Okamoto. The GET pathway serves to activate Atg32-mediated mitophagy by ER targeting of the Ppg1-Far complex. 2021
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MISC (27):
Lectures and oral presentations  (52):
  • Locking and unlocking mechanisms for mitophagy initiation in budding yeast
    (Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference on Mitochondria and Metabolism in Health and Disease)
  • Extracellular export of RNA-derived modified nucleosides in budding yeast
    (Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference on Mitochondria and Metabolism in Health and Disease 2023)
  • ミトコンドリアを無標識で可視化する
    (第20回日本ミトコンドリア学会年会 2021)
  • Endoplasmic reticulum-related pathways act in mitochondrial clearance
    (2021)
  • Regulation of mitophagy via endoplasmic reticulum membrane- bound factors
    (The Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Mitochondria and Metabolism in Health and Disease 2019)
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Education (2):
  • 1990 - 1995 Hiroshima University
  • 1986 - 1990 Hiroshima University Faculty of Science
Professional career (1):
  • 博士(理学) (広島大学)
Work history (9):
  • 2015/07 - 現在 大阪大学大学院 生命機能研究科 准教授
  • 2010/04 - 2015/06 大阪大学大学院 生命機能研究科 特任准教授(常勤)
  • 2009/04 - 2010/03 Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • 2006/12 - 2009/03 National Institute for Basic Biology
  • 2005/02 - 2006/11 ユタ大学 医学部生化学科 研究助教授
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Association Membership(s) (6):
酵母研究会 ,  酵母遺伝学フォーラム ,  THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF MITOCHONDRIAL RESEARCH AND MEDICINE ,  THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY SOCIETY OF JAPAN ,  THE JAPANESE BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY ,  日本細胞生物学会
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