TAKEMOTO Yasushi

Updated:
Affiliation

Radiotheranostic Development Unit (Radiation science, medicine and drug development, & industrial applications for radiation)

Position
Senior Researcher
Final Education
Graduate school of Science and Technology, Keio University
Degree(s)
Ph.D. (Engineering)
Research Keywords
small-molecule compounds, screening, chemical genetics
Research Area
chemical biology
External Link

Academic Affiliations

  • Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
  • The Japanese Cancer Association
  • The Japanese Association for Molecular Target Therapy of Cancer
  • Japanese Society for Chemical Biology
  • The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine 

No information.

Peer-Reviewed Papers

“Suppression of SREBP by a transmembrane protein mutated in cardiomyopathy” Yasushi Takemoto*,**, Manchir Tserendagva*, Motonari Uesugi**; Journal of Biological Chemistry Vol. 301, pp. 110644 (2025) (* equal contribution) (** corresponding author) 

“Controlled lipid β-oxidation and carnitine biosynthesis by a vitamin D metabolite” Aileen Mendoza*, Yasushi Takemoto*, Kevin Tan Cruzado, Shadi Sedghi Masoud, Akiko Nagata, Ajcharapan Tantipanjaporn, Satoshi Okuda, Fumihiro Kawagoe, Ryota Sakamoto, Minami Odagi, Sayuri Mototani, Moeka Togashi, Makoto Kawatani, Harumi Aono, Hiroyuki Osada, Hayato Nakagawa, Tatsuya Higashi, Atsushi Kittaka, Kazuo Nagasawa, Motonari Uesugi; Cell Chemical Biology Vol. 29, pp. 660-669 (2022) (* equal contribution) 

“Chemical Genetics Reveals a Role of Squalene Synthase in TGFβ Signaling and Cardiomyogenesis” Yasushi Takemoto, Shin Kadota, Itsunari Minami, Shinya Otsuka, Satoshi Okuda, Masahiro Abo, Louvy Lynn Punzalan, Yan Shen, Yuji Shiba, Motonari Uesugi; Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 60, pp. 21824-21831 (2021) 

No information.

No information.