Faculty Information, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University   [ English | Japanese ]


KATO, Utako

Division of Multidisciplinary Chemistry - Supramolecular Biology -
Assistant Professor

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E-mail: ukato@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Tel: 0774-38-3253
Fax: 0774-38-3256

Academic career
Research field
    Current research
    Selected publications
    1. Takeuchi K, Nakano Y, Kato U, Kaneda M, Aizu M, Awano W, Yonemura S, Kiyonaka S, Mori Y, Yamamoto D, Umeda M, Changes in temperature preferences and energy homeostasis in dystroglycan mutants. Sciencel 323 (5922) , 1740-3 (2009).
    2. Umeda M, Kato U, Physiological function and transport machineries of membrane phospholipids. J. Pharm. Sci. 109(suppl.1) , 18P (2009).
    3. Saito K, Fujimura-Kamada K, Hanamatsu H, Kato U, Umeda M, Kozminski KG, Tanaka K, Transbilayer Phospholipid Flipping Regulates Cdc42p Signaling during Polarized Cell Growth via Rga GTPase-activating Proteins. Dev. Cell 13 (5) , 743-51 (2007).
    4. Umeda M, Kato U, Regulation of Membrane Lipid Dynamics in Cell Polarization. Chem. Phys. Lipids 130, 8-9 (2004).
    5. Saito K, Fujimura-Kamada K, Furuta N, Kato U, Umeda M, Tanaka K, Cdc50p, a Protein Required for Polarized Growth, Associates with the Drs2p P-type ATPase Implicated in Phospholipid Translocation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mol. Biol. Cell 15 (7), 3418-3432 (2004).
    6. Kato U, Emoto K, Fredriksson C, Nakamura H, Ohta A, Kobayashi T, Murakami-Murofushi K, Kobayashi T, Umeda M, A Novel Membrane Protein, Ros3p, is Required for Phospholipid Translocation across the Plasma Membrane in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (40), 37855-37862 (2002).
    7. Umeda M, Emoto K, Kato U, Regulation of actin filament organization by transbilayer redistribution of membrane phospholipids : An essential role for a membrane lipid in cytokinesis. Proc. 7th Int. Symp. Adv. Phys. Fields , 131-134 (2001).


    Update: Apr 02,2012