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Kazuki Kasai
The University of OsakaORCID 0000-0002-1803-4036Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
Biology Disciplines
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2022-2026 · peak 3/yrCo-Author Collaboration Network
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Structure of an active FlhA ring reveals allosteric coupling between substrate specificity and export engine activation
Miki Kinoshita, Tohru Minamino, Hiroyuki Terashima…·Keiichi Namba
The paper determines the structure of an active FlhA ring and shows how it couples substrate specificity to export engine activation through linker-mediated docking.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.29.728899 - BiophysicsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
From Monomers to Oligomers: Structural Mechanism of Receptor-Triggered MyD88 Assembly in Innate Immune Signaling
Kazuki Kasai, Kayo Imamura, Masatoshi Uno…·Hidehito Tochio
This study reveals the structural mechanism of MyD88 oligomerization in innate immune signaling using cryo-EM and high-speed AFM.
6 citationstop 2% - Molecular BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Structural basis for the interaction between the bacterial cell division proteins FtsZ and ZapA
Junso Fujita, Kazuki Kasai, Kota Hibino…·Hiroyoshi Matsumura
This study reports the cryo-EM structure of the ZapA-FtsZ complex, revealing how ZapA interacts with FtsZ to regulate bacterial cell division.
12 citationstop 3% - Molecular BiologyCommunications BiologyPeer-reviewed
Nanobodies recognizing conserved hidden clefts of all SARS-CoV-2 spike variants
Ryota Maeda, Junso Fujita, Yoshinobu Konishi…·Akifumi Takaori‐Kondo
The paper presents nine alpaca nanobodies that recognize conserved hidden epitopes on SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins across variants and maintain neutralizing activity against escape mutations.
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