ZFIN Lab: Okamura Lab

ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-191106-2

ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-191106-2

Okamura Lab

PI/Director:	Okamura, Yasushi
Contact Person:	Okamura, Yasushi
Email:	yokamura@phys2.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
URL:
Address:	Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-2, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871
Country:	Japan
Phone:	+81-6-6879-3310
Fax:	+81-6-6879-3319
Line Designation:	ou

GENOMIC FEATURES ORIGINATING FROM THIS LAB

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STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS

We are interested in the function of voltage-sensor proteins. We have studied conventional voltage-gated ion channels as well as novel voltage-sensing proteins both at molecular and animal levels.

LAB MEMBERS

Kawai, Takafumi

Ratanayotha, Adisorn

ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS OF LAB MEMBERS

Paixao, I.C., Mizutani, N., Matsuda, M., Andriani, R.T., Kawai, T., Nakagawa, A., Okochi, Y., Okamura, Y. (2023) Role of K364 next to the active site cysteine in voltage-dependent phosphatase activity of Ci-VSP. Biophysical journal. 122(11):2267-2284

Ratanayotha, A., Matsuda, M., Kimura, Y., Takenaga, F., Mizuno, T., Hossain, M.I., Higashijima, S.I., Kawai, T., Ogasawara, M., Okamura, Y. (2022) Voltage-sensing phosphatase (Vsp) regulates endocytosis-dependent nutrient absorption in chordate enterocytes. Communications biology. 5:948

Kawanabe, A., Mizutani, N., Polat, O.K., Yonezawa, T., Kawai, T., Mori, M.X., Okamura, Y. (2020) Engineering an enhanced voltage-sensing phosphatase. The Journal of general physiology. 152(5):

Ratanayotha, A., Kawai, T., Okamura, Y. (2019) Real-time functional analysis of Hv1 channel in neutrophils: a new approach from zebrafish model. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 316(6):R819-R831