Manatsu Morikawa

Autoinhibition of a Neuronal Kinesin UNC-104/KIF1A Regulates the Size and Density of Synapses

Shinsuke Niwa, David M. Lipton, Manatsu Morikawa et al. · Cell Reports · 2016 · 141 citations · Full text

Kinesin-binding–triggered conformation switching of microtubules contributes to polarized transport

Tomohiro Shima, Manatsu Morikawa, Junichi Kaneshiro et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2018 · 131 citations

Molecular Biology, Cytoskeleton, Cellular Physiology +16

X‐ray and Cryo‐ <scp>EM</scp> structures reveal mutual conformational changes of Kinesin and <scp>GTP</scp> ‐state microtubules upon binding

Manatsu Morikawa, Hiroaki Yajima, Ryo Nitta et al. · The EMBO Journal · 2015 · 92 citations · Full text

Protein X-ray Crystallography, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology +4

Motility and microtubule depolymerization mechanisms of the Kinesin-8 motor, KIF19A

Doudou Wang, Ryo Nitta, Manatsu Morikawa et al. · eLife · 2016 · 82 citations · Full text

Crystal Structure, Natural Sciences, Molecular Motors +12

A neuropathy‐associated kinesin KIF1A mutation hyper‐stabilizes the motor‐neck interaction during the ATPase cycle

Manatsu Morikawa, Nivedita U. Jerath, T. Ogawa et al. · The EMBO Journal · 2022 · 28 citations · Full text

Neuromuscular Junction, Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology +10