User profiles for Yoshikazu Ohya

Yoshikazu Ohya

Professor of Genetics, University of Tokyo
Verified email at edu.ku-tokyo.ac.jp
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Identification of yeast Rho1p GTPase as a regulatory subunit of 1, 3-β-glucan synthase

…, Y Anraku, Y Zheng, T Watanabe, DE Levin, Y Ohya - Science, 1996 - science.org
1,3-β-D-Glucan synthase [also known as β(1→3)glucan synthase] is a multi-enzyme complex
that catalyzes the synthesis of 1,3-β-linked glucan, a major structural component of the …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase localized on the plasma membrane is essential for yeast cell morphogenesis

…, H Qadota, Y Anraku, Y Kanaho, Y Ohya - Journal of Biological …, 1998 - ASBMB
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P 2 ), an important element in eukaryotic
signal transduction, is synthesized either by phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase (…

A global genetic interaction network maps a wiring diagram of cellular function

…, N Przulj, OG Troyanskaya, I Stagljar, T Xia, Y Ohya… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Genetic interactions occur when mutations in two or more genes combine
to generate an unexpected phenotype. An extreme negative or synthetic lethal genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the mode-of-action of bioactive compounds by chemical-genetic profiling in yeast

…, TC Lorenz, GS Payne, S Ishihara, Y Ohya… - Cell, 2006 - cell.com
Discovering target and off-target effects of specific compounds is critical to drug discovery
and development. We generated a compendium of "chemical-genetic interaction" profiles by …

High-dimensional and large-scale phenotyping of yeast mutants

Y Ohya, J Sese, M Yukawa, F Sano… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
One of the most powerful techniques for attributing functions to genes in uni- and multicellular
organisms is comprehensive analysis of mutant traits. In this study, systematic and …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of Yeast Protein Kinase C by Rho1 GTPase (∗)

…, H Qadota, CP Python, Y Anraku, Y Ohya… - Journal of Biological …, 1996 - ASBMB
We have investigated the role of the essential Rho1 GTPase in cell integrity signaling in
budding yeast. Conditional rho1 mutants display a cell lysis defect that is similar to that of …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondria-specific RNA-modifying enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of the wobble base in mitochondrial tRNAs: implications for the molecular …

N Umeda, T Suzuki, M Yukawa, Y Ohya… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
Human mitochondrial (mt) tRNA Lys has a taurine-containing modified uridine, 5-taurinomethyl-2-thiouridine
(τm 5 s 2 U), at its anticodon wobble position. We previously found that the …

Polo-like kinase Cdc5 controls the local activation of Rho1 to promote cytokinesis

…, K Kono, DM Lowery, S Bartolini, MB Yaffe, Y Ohya… - Science, 2006 - science.org
The links between the cell cycle machinery and the cytoskeletal proteins controlling
cytokinesis are poorly understood. The small guanine nucleotide triphosphate (GTP)–binding …

[HTML][HTML] A novel gene, STT4, encodes a phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase in the PKC1 protein kinase pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

S Yoshida, Y Ohya, M Goebl, A Nakano… - Journal of Biological …, 1994 - Elsevier
A staurosporine-sensitive mutation (stt1) in yeast has been found in the PKC1 gene that
encodes a protein kinase C homologue (Yoshida, S., Ikeda, E., Uno, I., and Mitsuzawa, H. (1992…

Intelligent image-activated cell sorting 2.0

…, Y Hosokawa, M Inaba, A Nakagawa, Y Ohya… - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The advent of intelligent image-activated cell sorting (iIACS) has enabled high-throughput
intelligent image-based sorting of single live cells from heterogeneous populations. iIACS is …