Akihiro Narita

photo:Akihiro Narita
Degree
Ph.D.
Position, Research site
Associate Professor, Nagoya University 'Structural Biology Research Center, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
URL
http://str.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp:8080/Plone/524d753030eb30fc/30e130f330fc/6210753054f2535a
Research Field
Biophysics, Structural biology, electron microscopy

Publication

  1. Shigemitsu Y, Iwaya N, Goda N, Matsuzaki M, Tenno T, Narita A, Hoshi M, Hiroaki H. Nuclear magnetic resonance evidence for the dimer formation of beta amyloid peptide 1-42 in 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol. Anal Biochem. 2016 Apr 1;498:59-67. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.12.021. Epub 2016 Jan 7
  2. Imai H, Narita A, Maeda Y, Schroer TA. Dynactin 3D structure: implications for assembly and dynein binding. J Mol Biol. 2014 Sep 23;426(19):3262-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.07.010. Epub 2014 Jul 18.
  3. Mueller J, Pfanzelter J, Winkler C, Narita A, Le Clainche C, Nemethova M, Carlier MF, Maeda Y, Welch MD, Ohkawa T, Schmeiser C, Resch GP, Small JV. Electron tomography and simulation of baculovirus actin comet tails support a tethered filament model of pathogen propulsion. PLoS Biol. 2014 Jan;12(1):e1001765. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001765. Epub 2014 Jan 14.
  4. 成田哲博.:電子線トモグラフィーによる細胞内アクチンフィラメント構造解析. 顕微鏡Vol.48.No.2, 78-83(2013)
  5. Iwasa, M., Aihara, T., Maeda, K., Narita, A., Maeda, Y. & Oda, T. (2012). Role of the actin ala-108-pro-112 loop in actin polymerization and ATPase activities. J Biol Chem 287, 43270-6.
  6. *Popp, D., *Narita, A., Lee, L. J., Larsson, M. & Robinson, R. C. (2012). (*: equally contributing authors) Microtubule-like Properties of the Bacterial Actin Homolog ParM-R1. J Biol Chem 287, 37078-88.
  7. *Popp, D., *Narita, A., Lee, LJ., Ghoshdastider, U., Xue, B., Srinivasan, R., Balasubramanian, MK., Tanaka, T., Robinson, RC (*: equally contributing authors) . (2012) A novel actin-like filament structure from Clostridium tetani J. Biol. Chem., 287, 21121-9
  8. Narita, A., Mueller, Jan., Vinzenz, M., Small, JV., Maeda, Y. (2012). Direct determination of actin polarity in the cell. J. Mol. Biol., Koestler, SA., Rottner, K., Resch, GP., Meada, Y., Small, JV. (2012). Actin branching in the initiation anddoi:10.1016/j.jmb.2012.03.015
  9. Vinzenz, M., Nemathova, M., Schur, F., Mueller, J., Narita A., Urban, E., Winkler, C., Schmeiser, C., Koestler, SA., Rottner, K., Resch, GP., Meada, Y., Small, JV. (2012). Actin branching in the initiation and maintenance of lamellipodia. J. Cell. Sci., doi:10.1242/jcs.107623
  10. Narita A. (2011). Merits of the double-stranded form of the actin filament revealed by structures of the filament ends. Communicative and Integrative biology 4, 692-695 (invited mini review)
  11. Narita A. (2011). Minimum requirements for the actin-like treadmilling motor system. BioArchitecture, 1, 205-208, (invited mini review)
  12. Narita A, Oda T, Maeda Y. (2011). Structural basis for the slow dynamics of the actin filament pointed end. Embo J 30, 1230-7.
  13. Ito T, Hirayama T, Taki M, Iyoshi S, Dai S, Takeda S, Kimura-Sakiyama, C, Oda T, Yamamoto Y, Maeda Y & Narita A (2011) Electron microscopic visualization of the filament binding mode of actin-binding proteins. J Mol Biol 408, 26-39.
  14. Ito T, Narita A, Hirayama T, Taki M, Iyoshi S, Yamamoto Y, Maeda, Y & Oda T (2011) Human spire interacts with the barbed end of the actin filament. J Mol Biol 408:18-25.
  15. Popp, D., Xu, W., Narita, A., Brzoska, A. J., Skurray, R. A., Firth, N., Goshdastider, U., Maeda, Y., Robinson, R. C. & Schumacher, M. (2010). Structure and filament dynamics of the pSK41 actin-like ParM protein: implications for plasmid DNA segregation. J Biol Chem.. 285, 10130-40
  16. Popp, D., Narita, A., Maeda, K., Fujisawa, T., Ghoshdastider, U., Iwasa, M., Maeda, Y. & Robinson, R. C., (2010). Filament structure, organization, and dynamics in MreB sheets. J Biol Chem 285, 15858-65.
  17. Takeda, S., Minakata, S., Koike, R., Kawahata, I., Narita, A., Kitazawa, M., Ota, M., Yamakuni, T., Maeda, Y. & Nitanai, Y. (2010). Two distinct mechanisms for actin capping protein regulation-steric and allosteric inhibition. PLoS Biol 8, e1000416.
  18. Popp, D., Narita, A., Ghoshdastider, U., Maeda, K., Maeda, Y., Oda, T., Fujisawa, T., Onishi, H., Ito, K., & Robinson, R. C. (2010). Polymeric structures and dynamic properties of the bacterial actin AlfA. J Mol Biol 397, 1031-41.
  19. Popp, D., Iwasa, M., Erickson, H. P., Narita, A., Maeda, Y. & Robinson, R. C. (2010). Suprastructures and dynamic properties of mycobacterium tuberculosis FtsZ. J BiolChem.
  20. Popp, D., Narita, A., Iwasa, M., Maeda, Y. & Robinson, R. C. (2010). Molecular mechanism of bundle formation by the bacterial actin ParM. BiochemBiophys Res Commun 391, 1598-603.
  21. Popp, D., Iwasa, M., Maeda, K., Narita, A., Oda, T. & Maeda, Y. (2009). Protofilament formation of ParM mutants. JMol Biol 388, 209-17.
  22. Oda, T., Iwasa, M., Aihara, T., Maeda, Y. & Narita, A. (2009). The nature of the globular- to fibrous-actin transition. Nature 457, 441-5.
  23. Popp, D., Iwasa, M., Narita, A., Erickson, H. P. & Maeda, Y. (2009). FtsZ condensates: An in vitro electron microscopy study. Biopolymers.
  24. Akihiro Narita (2009) 繊維状構造のための単粒子解析法 生物物理 49(6), 314-317
  25. Popp, D., Narita, A., Oda, T., Fujisawa, T., Matsuo, H., Nitanai, Y., Iwasa, M., Maeda, K., Onishi, H. & Maeda, Y. (2008). Molecular structure of the ParM polymer and the mechanism leading to its nucleotide-driven dynamic instability. Embo J 27, 570-9.
  26. Iwasa, M., Maeda, K., Narita, A., Maeda, Y. & Oda, T. (2008). Dual roles of Gln137 of actin revealed by recombinant human cardiac muscle alpha-actin mutants. J Biol Chem 283, 21045-53.
  27. Narita, A. & Maeda, Y. (2007). Molecular determination by electron microscopy of the actin filament end structure. JMol Biol 365, 480-501.
  28. Narita, A., Mizuno, N., Kikkawa, M. & Maeda, Y. (2007). Molecular determination by electron microscopy of the Dynein-microtubule complex structure. JMol Biol 372, 1320-36.
  29. Mizuno, N., Narita, A., Kon, T., Sutoh, K. & Kikkawa, M. (2007). Three-dimensional structure of cytoplasmic dynein bound to microtubules. ProcNatlAcad SciUSA104, 20832-7.
  30. Popp, D., Yamamoto, A., Iwasa, M., Narita, A., Maeda, K. & Maeda, Y. (2007). Concerning the dynamic instability of actin homolog ParM. BiochemBiophys Res Commun 353, 109-14.
  31. Akihiro Narita (2007) アクチンフィラメント端の伸長制御機構 月刊Bionics 3 月号 オーム社
  32. Imai, H., Narita, A., Schroer, T. A. & Maeda, Y. (2006). Two-dimensional averaged images of the dynactin complex revealed by single particle analysis. J Mol Biol 359, 833-9.
  33. Narita, A., Takeda, S., Yamashita, A. & Maeda, Y. (2006). Structural basis of actin filament capping at the barbed-end:a cryo-electron microscopy study. EMBO J. 25, 5626-33.
  34. Narita, A., Yasunaga, T., Ishikawa, T., Mayanagi, K. & Wakabayashi, T. (2001). Ca2+-induced switching of troponin and tropomyosin on actin filaments as revealed by electron cryo-microscopy. J.Mol.Biol. 308, 241-261.