Yuko Hirota

Mitophagy Plays an Essential Role in Reducing Mitochondrial Production of Reactive Oxygen Species and Mutation of Mitochondrial DNA by Maintaining Mitochondrial Quantity and Quality in Yeast

Yusuke Kurihara, Tomotake Kanki, Yoshimasa Aoki et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2011 · 272 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology +17

Phosphorylation of Serine 114 on Atg32 mediates mitophagy

Yoshimasa Aoki, Tomotake Kanki, Yuko Hirota et al. · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2011 · 222 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +15

Mitophagy is primarily due to alternative autophagy and requires the MAPK1 and MAPK14 signaling pathways

Yuko Hirota, Shun-ichi Yamashita, Yusuke Kurihara et al. · Autophagy · 2015 · 211 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Casein kinase 2 is essential for mitophagy

Tomotake Kanki, Yusuke Kurihara, Xiulian Jin et al. · EMBO Reports · 2013 · 154 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +10

HM1.24 Is Internalized from Lipid Rafts by Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis through Interaction with α-Adaptin

Naoko Masuyama, Toshio Kuronita, Rika Tanaka et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2009 · 135 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +17