Yasu S Morita

Also affiliated with University of Massachusetts Boston

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Driven by 22 papers. Top paper: “A cell wall synthase accelerates plasma membrane partitioning in mycobacteria”.

A cell wall synthase accelerates plasma membrane partitioning in mycobacteria

eLife(2023)10.7554/elife.81924

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14 citations

Zarina Akbary, Daisuke Motooka, Ian L. Sparks, Emily S. Melzer, Shota Nakamura +4 more

Detergent-induced quantitatively limited formation of diacyl phosphatidylinositol dimannoside in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Lipid Research(2024)10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100533

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0.241DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Tan‐Yun Cheng, Jacques Prandi, Ian L. Sparks, D. Branch Moody, Yasu S Morita +1 more

Cell wall damage reveals spatial flexibility in peptidoglycan synthesis and a non-redundant role for RodA in mycobacteria

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.10.26.465981

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6 citations

Takehiro Kado, Alam García‐Heredia, Kuldeepkumar Ramnaresh Gupta, Xavier Méniche, Yasu S Morita +4 more

Fluorescence Imaging-Based Discovery of Membrane Domain-Associated Proteins in Mycobacterium smegmatis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.02.17.431749

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James R. Brenner, Alexander Dills, Julius Judd, Jemila C. Kester, Julia Puffal +6 more

Stress response genes to membrane fluidizers in mycobacteria

The FASEB Journal(2021)10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.s1.05080

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Daisuke Motooka, Alam García‐Heredia, Shota Nakamura, M. Sloan Siegrist, Yasu S Morita +1 more

Arginine methylation sites on SepIVA help balance elongation and septation of the cell wall in Mycobacterium smegmatis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.10.06.463415

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Karen Tembiwa, James R. Brenner, Michael R. Chase, Sarah M. Fortune, Yasu S Morita +2 more

Inositol acylation of phosphatidylinositol mannosides: a rapid mass response to membrane fluidization in mycobacteria

Journal of Lipid Research(2022)10.1016/j.jlr.2022.100262

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21 citations

Takehiro Kado, Malavika Prithviraj, M. Sloan Siegrist, Yasu S Morita, Peter P. Nguyen

Cell Wall Damage Reveals Spatial Flexibility in Peptidoglycan Synthesis and a Nonredundant Role for RodA in Mycobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology(2022)10.1128/jb.00540-21

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22 citations

Takehiro Kado, Alam García‐Heredia, Kuldeepkumar Ramnaresh Gupta, Xavier Méniche, Yasu S Morita +4 more

Arginine methylation sites on SepIVA help balance elongation and septation in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Molecular Microbiology(2022)10.1111/mmi.15006

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15 citations

Karen Tembiwa, James R. Brenner, Michael R. Chase, Sarah M. Fortune, Yasu S Morita +2 more

Compartmentalized Cell Envelope Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.01.07.475471

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8 citations

Ian L. Sparks, James R. Brenner, Xuni Li, John Leszyk, Jennifer M. Hayashi +3 more

The cell wall polymer initiates plasma membrane partitioning in mycobacteria

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.06.12.495848

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4 citations

Zarina Akbary, Daisuke Motooka, Ian L. Sparks, Emily S. Melzer, Shota Nakamura +4 more

Genetic and lipidomic identification of tuberculostearic acid as a controller of mycobacterial membrane compartmentalization

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.08.17.504266

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Takehiro Kado, Jacob A. Mayfield, David C. Young, Annie D. Huang, Daisuke Motooka +5 more

Mycobacterium smegmatis: The Vanguard of Mycobacterial Research

Journal of Bacteriology(2023)10.1128/jb.00337-22

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145 citations

Keith M. Derbyshire, William R. Jacobs, Yasu S Morita, Ian L. Sparks

Tuberculostearic Acid Controls Mycobacterial Membrane Compartmentalization

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.03396-22

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17 citations

Takehiro Kado, Jacob A. Mayfield, David C. Young, Annie D. Huang, Daisuke Motooka +5 more

Lipoarabinomannan regulates septation in Mycobacterium smegmatis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.03.26.534150

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3 citations

Japinder Nijjer, Jing Yan, Yasu S Morita, Ian L. Sparks

Lipoarabinomannan mediates localized cell wall integrity during division in mycobacteria

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-46565-5

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24 citations

Takehiro Kado, Malavika Prithviraj, Japinder Nijjer, Jing Yan, Yasu S Morita +1 more

Effective killing of Mycobacterium abscessus biofilm by nanoemulsion delivery of plant phytochemicals

Microbiology Spectrum(2025)10.1128/spectrum.02166-24

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8 citations

Ahmed Nabawy, Wyatt C. Tran, Malavika Prithviraj, Takehiro Kado, Muhammad Aamir Hassan +4 more

Proton gradient controls the lateral rearrangement of inner membrane domains in response to membrane fluidizer stress in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Biological Chemistry(2025)10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110361

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3 citations

Shivangi, Joel S. Freundlich, Yasu S Morita, Malavika Prithviraj

Mechanistic studies of mycobacterial glycolipid biosynthesis by the mannosyltransferase PimE

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-57843-1

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2 citations

Chelsea M. Brown, Nuno Borges, Rodrigo N. Nobre, Satchal K. Erramilli, Meagan Belcher Dufrisne +14 more

Membrane-partitioned cell wall synthesis in mycobacteria

eLife(2021)10.7554/elife.60263

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50 citations

Takehiro Kado, Caralyn E Sein, Julia Puffal, Sarah H Osman, Julius Judd +4 more

Loss of Ag85A disrupts plasma membrane domains and promotes free mycolic acid accumulation in mycobacteria

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.08.05.668640

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0 citations

Sheema Fnu, Jake Jordan, Joel S. Freundlich, M. Sloan Siegrist, Yasu S Morita +1 more

Fluorescence Imaging-Based Discovery of Membrane Domain-Associated Proteins in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Bacteriology(2021)10.1128/jb.00419-21

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8 citations

James R. Brenner, Alexander Dills, Julius J. Judd, Jemila C. Kester, Julia Puffal +9 more