Masatoshi Murai (村井 正俊)

Masatoshi Murai (村井 正俊)

Kyoto University

H-index: 26

Asia-Japan

About Masatoshi Murai (村井 正俊)

Masatoshi Murai (村井 正俊), With an exceptional h-index of 26 and a recent h-index of 15 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Kyoto University, specializes in the field of Bioorganic chemistry, Organic synthesis, Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, Chemical biology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Respiratory complex I in mitochondrial membrane catalyzes oversized ubiquinones

Discovery of Bis-sulfonamides as Novel Inhibitors of Mitochondrial NADH-Quinone Oxidoreductase (Complex I)

Diverse reaction behaviors of artificial ubiquinones in mitochondrial respiratory complex I

The side chain of ubiquinone plays a critical role in Na+ translocation by the NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Na+-NQR) from Vibrio cholerae

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals how acetogenins inhibit mitochondrial respiratory complex I

Comprehensive understanding of multiple actions of anticancer drug tamoxifen in isolated mitochondria

Cryo-EM structures of Na+-pumping NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase from Vibrio cholerae

Traminines A and B, produced by Fusarium concentricum, inhibit oxidative phosphorylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria

Masatoshi Murai (村井 正俊) Information

University

Position

Associate Professor Graduate School of Agriculture

Citations(all)

1773

Citations(since 2020)

727

Cited By

1275

hIndex(all)

26

hIndex(since 2020)

15

i10Index(all)

48

i10Index(since 2020)

25

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Kyoto University

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Masatoshi Murai (村井 正俊) Skills & Research Interests

Bioorganic chemistry

Organic synthesis

Bioenergetics

Mitochondria

Chemical biology

Top articles of Masatoshi Murai (村井 正俊)

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Respiratory complex I in mitochondrial membrane catalyzes oversized ubiquinones

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Ryo Ikunishi

Ryohei Otani

Takahiro Masuya

Kyoko Shinzawa-Itoh

Tomoo Shiba

...

2023/8/1

Discovery of Bis-sulfonamides as Novel Inhibitors of Mitochondrial NADH-Quinone Oxidoreductase (Complex I)

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Atsuhito Tsuji

Takahiro Masuya

Norihito Arichi

Shinsuke Inuki

Masatoshi Murai

...

2023/1/24

Diverse reaction behaviors of artificial ubiquinones in mitochondrial respiratory complex I

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Shinpei Uno

Takahiro Masuya

Oleksii Zdorevskyi

Ryo Ikunishi

Kyoko Shinzawa-Itoh

...

2022/7/1

The side chain of ubiquinone plays a critical role in Na+ translocation by the NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Na+-NQR) from Vibrio cholerae

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics

Moe Ishikawa

Takahiro Masuya

Seina Kuroda

Shinpei Uno

Nicole L Butler

...

2022/6/1

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals how acetogenins inhibit mitochondrial respiratory complex I

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Daniel N Grba

James N Blaza

Hannah R Bridges

Ahmed-Noor A Agip

Zhan Yin

...

2022/3/1

Comprehensive understanding of multiple actions of anticancer drug tamoxifen in isolated mitochondria

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics

Yufu Unten

Masatoshi Murai

Tomoki Koshitaka

Kotaro Kitao

Osamu Shirai

...

2022/2/1

Cryo-EM structures of Na+-pumping NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase from Vibrio cholerae

Nature Communications

Jun-ichi Kishikawa

Moe Ishikawa

Takahiro Masuya

Masatoshi Murai

Yuki Kitazumi

...

2022/7/26

Traminines A and B, produced by Fusarium concentricum, inhibit oxidative phosphorylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Katsuyuki Sakai

Yufu Unten

Aoi Kimishima

Kenichi Nonaka

Takumi Chinen

...

2021/12

Specific chemical modification explores dynamic structure of the NqrB subunit in Na+-pumping NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase from Vibrio cholerae

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics

Moe Ishikawa

Takahiro Masuya

Hinako Tanaka

Wataru Aoki

Noam Hantman

...

2021/8/1

Pinpoint dual chemical cross-linking explores the structural dynamics of the ubiquinone reaction site in mitochondrial complex I

Biochemistry

Takahiro Masuya

Shinpei Uno

Masatoshi Murai

Hideto Miyoshi

2021/3/2

Natural tetramic acids elicit multiple inhibitory actions against mitochondrial machineries presiding over oxidative phosphorylation

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Yufu Unten

Masatoshi Murai

Katsuyuki Sakai

Yukihiro Asami

Takenori Yamamoto

...

2021/12

IACS-010759, a potent inhibitor of glycolysis-deficient hypoxic tumor cells, inhibits mitochondrial respiratory complex I through a unique mechanism

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Atsuhito Tsuji

Takumi Akao

Takahiro Masuya

Masatoshi Murai

Hideto Miyoshi

2020/5/22

Synthetic biology based construction of biological activity-related library of fungal decalin-containing diterpenoid pyrones

Nature communications

Kento Tsukada

Shono Shinki

Akiho Kaneko

Kazuma Murakami

Kazuhiro Irie

...

2020/4/14

Oversized ubiquinones as molecular probes for structural dynamics of the ubiquinone reaction site in mitochondrial respiratory complex I

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Shinpei Uno

Takahiro Masuya

Kyoko Shinzawa-Itoh

Jonathan Lasham

Outi Haapanen

...

2020/2/21

Inhibitors of a Na+-pumping NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase play multiple roles to block enzyme function

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Takahiro Masuya

Yuki Sano

Hinako Tanaka

Nicole L Butler

Takeshi Ito

...

2020/9/4

Exploring the binding pocket of quinone/inhibitors in mitochondrial respiratory complex I by chemical biology approaches

Masatoshi Murai

2020/7/2

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Co-Authors

H-index: 138
Michael P Murphy

Michael P Murphy

University of Cambridge

H-index: 63
Judy Hirst

Judy Hirst

University of Cambridge

H-index: 62
Junji Takabayashi

Junji Takabayashi

Kyoto University

H-index: 61
Takaaki Nishioka

Takaaki Nishioka

Kyoto University

H-index: 43
Atsushi ISHIHARA

Atsushi ISHIHARA

Tottori University

H-index: 39
Takeo Usui

Takeo Usui

University of Tsukuba

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