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Affiliation: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Degree: Ph.D.(The University of Tokyo)
理学修士(東京大学)

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901083201769559
researchmap Member ID: 1000010900

External link: http://dept.biol.metro-u.ac.jp/labo.asp?ID=molgen

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

2012 - Present

Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
2012 - Present

Tokyo Metropolitan University
2008 - 2012

Tokyo Metropolitan University
2001 - 2012

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Associate Professor
2005 - 2007

Tokyo Metropolitan University
2001 - 2005

Tokyo Metropolitan University
1990 - 2000

The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
1990 - 2000

Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Research Assistant
1986 - 1990

国立予防衛生研究所研究員
1986 - 1990

National Institute of Health, Researcher

Education

- 1986

The University of Tokyo
- 1986

Graduate School, Division of Science, The University of Tokyo
- 1981

Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
- 1981

Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo

Papers

Mutations in the Essential Escherichia coli Gene, yqgF, and Their Effects on Transcription

Akira Iwamoto, Atsushi Osawa, Makiko Kawai, Hirofumi Honda, Saori Yoshida, Nobuhisa Furuya, Jun-ichi Kato

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 22(1) 17-23, 2012 Peer-reviewed
Effects on Transcription of Mutations in ygjD, yeaZ, and yjeE Genes, Which Are Involved in a Universal tRNA Modification in Escherichia coli

Chika Hashimoto, Kohei Sakaguchi, Yuko Taniguchi, Hirofumi Honda, Taku Oshima, Naotake Ogasawara, Jun-ichi Kato

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 193(21) 6075-6079, Nov, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Oxidative stress sensitivity of engineered Escherichia coli cells with a reduced genome

Yumi Iwadate, Hirofumi Honda, Haruhiko Sato, Masayuki Hashimoto, Jun-ichi Kato

FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, 322(1) 25-33, Sep, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Suppression of the Temperature-Sensitive Mutation of the bamD Gene Required for the Assembly of Outer Membrane Proteins by Multicopy of the yiaD Gene in Escherichia coli

Tomoaki Tachikawa, Jun-ichi Kato

BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 75(1) 162-164, Jan, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Involvement of an Essential Gene, mviN, in Murein Synthesis in Escherichia coli

Azusa Inoue, Yoshimitsu Murata, Hiroshi Takahashi, Naoko Tsuji, Shingo Fujisaki, Jun-ichi Kato

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 190(21) 7298-7301, Nov, 2008 Peer-reviewed
Superpositioning of Deletions Promotes Growth of Escherichia coli with a Reduced Genome

Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Yoshie Sawano, Jun-ichi Kato, Hideo Mori

DNA RESEARCH, 15(5) 277-284, Oct, 2008 Peer-reviewed
Profiling of Escherichia coli chromosome database.

Yamazaki, Y, Niki, H, Kato, J

Methods in Molecular Biology, 416 385-389, 2008
Construction of long chromosomal deletion mutants of Escherichia coli and minimization of the genome.

Kato, J, Hashimoto, M

Methods in Molecular Biology, 416 279-293, 2008
Construction of consecutive deletions of the Escherichia coli chromosome

Jun-Ichi Kato, Masayuki Hashimoto

MOLECULAR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, 3(132), Aug, 2007 Peer-reviewed
Mechanistic Insights into Sulfur Relay by Multiple Sulfur Mediators Involved in Thiouridine Biosynthesis at tRNA Wobble Positions

Y Ikeuchi, N Shigi, J Kato, A Nishimura, T Suzuki

MOLECULAR CELL, 21(1) 97-108, Jan, 2006 Peer-reviewed
Involvement of the Escherichia coli folate-binding protein YgfZ in RNA modification and regulation of chromosomal replication initiation

T Ote, M Hashimoto, Y Ikeuchi, M Su'etsugu, T Suzuki, T Katayama, J Kato

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 59(1) 265-275, Jan, 2006 Peer-reviewed
Regulatory network of the initiation of chromosomal replication in Escherichia coli

J Kato

CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 40(6) 331-342, Nov, 2005
Molecular mechanism of lysidine synthesis that determines tRNA identity and codon recognition

Y Ikeuchi, A Soma, T Ote, J Kato, Y Sekine, T Suzuki

MOLECULAR CELL, 19(2) 235-246, Jul, 2005 Peer-reviewed
Cell size and nucleoid organization of engineered Escherichia coli cells with a reduced genome

M Hashimoto, T Ichimura, H Mizoguchi, K Tanaka, K Fujimitsu, K Keyamura, T Ote, T Yamakawa, Y Yamazaki, H Mori …

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 55(1) 137-149, Jan, 2005 Peer-reviewed
An RNA-modifying enzyme that governs both the codon and amino acid specificities of isoleucine tRNA

A Soma, Y Ikeuchi, S Kanemasa, K Kobayashi, N Ogasawara, T Ote, J Kato, K Watanabe, Y Sekine, T Suzuki

MOLECULAR CELL, 12(3) 689-698, Sep, 2003 Peer-reviewed
Indispensability of the Escherichia coli carbonic anhydrases YadF and CynT in cell proliferation at a low CO2 partial pressure

M Hashimoto, J Kato

BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 67(4) 919-922, Apr, 2003 Peer-reviewed
Defective plasmid partition in ftsH mutants of Escherichia coli

T Inagawa, J Kato, H Niki, K Karata, T Ogura

MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS, 265(5) 755-762, Jul, 2001 Peer-reviewed
Hda, a novel DnaA-related protein, regulates the replication cysle in E. coli.

Kato, J, Katayama, T

EMBO Journal, 20(15) 4253-4262, 2001 Peer-reviewed
Control of genetic stability in Escherichia coli: the SbcB 3 '-5 ' exonuclease suppresses illegitimate recombination promoted by the RecE 5 '-3 ' exonuclease

H Yamaguchi, K Hanada, Y Asami, J Kato, H Ikeda

GENES TO CELLS, 5(2) 101-109, Feb, 2000 Peer-reviewed
Mechanism of DNA gyrase-mediated illegitimate recombination: Characterization of Escherichia coli gyrA mutations that confer hyper-recombination phenotype

Y Ashizawa, T Yokochi, Y Ogata, Y Shobuike, J Kato, H Ikeda

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 289(3) 447-458, Jun, 1999 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

Involvement of an Essential Gene, mviN, in Murein Synthesis in Escherichia coli

Azusa Inoue, Yoshimitsu Murata, Hiroshi Takahashi, Naoko Tsuji, Shingo Fujisaki, Jun-ichi Kato

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 190(21) 7298-7301, Nov, 2008
Superpositioning of Deletions Promotes Growth of Escherichia coli with a Reduced Genome

Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Yoshie Sawano, Jun-ichi Kato, Hideo Mori

DNA RESEARCH, 15(5) 277-284, Oct, 2008
Construction of consecutive deletions of the Escherichia coli chromosome

Jun-Ichi Kato, Masayuki Hashimoto

MOLECULAR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, 3 132, Aug, 2007
Mechanistic Insights into Sulfur Relay by Multiple Sulfur Mediators Involved in Thiouridine Biosynthesis at tRNA Wobble Positions

Y Ikeuchi, N Shigi, J Kato, A Nishimura, T Suzuki

MOLECULAR CELL, 21(1) 97-108, Jan, 2006
Involvement of the Escherichia coli folate-binding protein YgfZ in RNA modification and regulation of chromosomal replication initiation

T Ote, M Hashimoto, Y Ikeuchi, M Su'etsugu, T Suzuki, T Katayama, J Kato

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 59(1) 265-275, Jan, 2006
Regulatory network of the initiation of chromosomal replication in Escherichia coli

Jun-Ichi Kato

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 40(6) 331-342, Nov, 2005
Molecular mechanism of lysidine synthesis that determines tRNA identity and codon recognition

Y Ikeuchi, A Soma, T Ote, J Kato, Y Sekine, T Suzuki

MOLECULAR CELL, 19(2) 235-246, Jul, 2005
Cell size and nucleoid organization of engineered Escherichia coli cells with a reduced genome

M Hashimoto, T Ichimura, H Mizoguchi, K Tanaka, K Fujimitsu, K Keyamura, T Ote, T Yamakawa, Y Yamazaki, H Mori …

MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 55(1) 137-149, Jan, 2005
An RNA-modifying enzyme that governs both the codon and amino acid specificities of isoleucine tRNA

A Soma, Y Ikeuchi, S Kanemasa, K Kobayashi, N Ogasawara, T Ote, J Kato, K Watanabe, Y Sekine, T Suzuki

MOLECULAR CELL, 12(3) 689-698, Sep, 2003
Indepensability of the Escherishia coli carbonic anhydrases YadF and CynT in cell Proliferation at a low CO2 partial pressure

Hashimoto, M, Kato, J

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 67(4) 919-922, 2003
Defective plasmid partition in ftsH mutants of Escherichia coli

T Inagawa, J Kato, H Niki, K Karata, T Ogura

MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS, 265(5) 755-762, Jul, 2001
Hda, a novel DnaA-related protein, regulates the replication cysle in E. coli.

Kato, J, Katayama, T

EMBO Journal, 20(15) 4253-4262, 2001
Control of genetic stability in Escherichia coli: the SbcB 3 '-5 ' exonuclease suppresses illegitimate recombination promoted by the RecE 5 '-3 ' exonuclease

H Yamaguchi, K Hanada, Y Asami, J Kato, H Ikeda

GENES TO CELLS, 5(2) 101-109, Feb, 2000
Mechanism of DNA gyrase-mediated illegitimate recombination: Characterization of Escherichia coli gyrA mutations that confer hyper-recombination phenotype

Y Ashizawa, T Yokochi, Y Ogata, Y Shobuike, J Kato, H Ikeda

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 289(3) 447-458, Jun, 1999
The Escherichia coli homologue of yeast Rer2, a key enzyme of dolichol synthesis, is essential for carrier lipid formation in bacterial cell wall synthesis

JI Kato, S Fujisaki, KI Nakajima, Y Nishimura, M Sato, A Nakano

JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 181(9) 2733-2738, May, 1999
The yeast RER2 gene, identified by endoplasmic reticulum protein localization mutations, encodes cis-prenyltransferase, a key enzyme in dolichol synthesis

M Sato, K Sato, S Nishikawa, A Hirata, J Kato, A Nakano

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 19(1) 471-483, Jan, 1999
Escherichia coli HU protein suppresses DNA-gyrase-mediated illegitimate recombination and SOS induction

Y Shanado, J Kato, H Ikeda

GENES TO CELLS, 3(8) 511-520, Aug, 1998
Bloom's and Werner's syndrome genes suppress hyperrecombination in yeast sgsI mutant : implication for genomic instability in human diseases.

Yamagata, K, Kato, J, Shimamoto, A, Goto, M, Furuichi, Y, Ikeda, H

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 95(15) 8733-8738, 1998
Isolation of a Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad21(ts) mutant that is aberrant in chromosome segregation, microtubule function, DNA repair and sensitive to hydroxyurea: Possible involvement of Rad21 in ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis

K Tatebayashi, J Kato, H Ikeda

GENETICS, 148(1) 49-57, Jan, 1998
The RHC21 gene of budding yeast, a homologue of the fission yeast rad21(+) gene, is essential for chromosome segregation

SJ Heo, K Tatebayashi, J Kato, H Ikeda

MOLECULAR AND GENERAL GENETICS, 257(2) 149-156, Jan, 1998

Books and Other Publications

Construction of long chromosomal deletion mutants of Escherichia coli and minimization of the genome.

Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ, 2008
Construction of long chromosomal deletion mutants of Escherichia coli and minimization of the genome.

Methods in Molecular Biology 416: 279-293. Microbial Gene Essentiality: Protocols and Bioinformatics (Edited by : A. L. Osterman and S. Y. Gerdes), Humana Press Inc.,, 2008
最小必須遺伝子群

ゲノミクス・プロテオミクスの新展開（生物情報の解析と応用）, 2004
大腸菌K12株全遺伝子の系統的な機能解析（必須遺伝子を中心に）

蛋白質核酸酵素, 2001
λファージのシングルプラーク単離とPCR解析法

細胞工学別冊分子医科学実験プロトコール, 1995
大腸菌におけるプラスミドシャッフリング法

細胞工学別冊分子医科学実験プロトコール, 1995
大腸菌とλファージの実験法.

細胞工学, 1994
大腸菌の DNA トポイソメラーゼ IV.

細胞工学, 1993
Purification and characterization of DNA topoisomerase IV in Escherichia coli.

CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, USA., 1993
Purification and characterization of DNA topoisomerase IV in Escherichia coli.

Molecular Biology of DNA Topoisomerases and its Application to Chemotherapy (Ed. T. Ando), CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, USA, 1993
大腸菌染色体の分配機構

Cell Science, 1991

Professional Memberships

Works

系統的な欠失変異株の作製

1998 - 2005
Systematic construction of deletion mutants

1998 - 2005

Research Projects

大腸菌ゲノムの機能解析

科学研究費補助金, 1981
Functional Analysis of Escherichia coli genome

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 1981