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Ako Kagawa

Earth-Life Science Institute

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Tomoaki MatsuuraiD· 3 shared Asako Narita· 1 shared Ayako Ijuin· 1 shared Chikara FurusawaiD· 1 shared E Yamazaki· 1 shared Ishii Yuta· 1 shared Kota Naito· 1 shared Liam M. LongoiD· 1 shared

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Selective Recognition, Covalent Linkage and Chemical Exchange of Artificial Cells through Engineered α-Hemolysin

Xu Han, Ishii Yuta, Kota Naito, Ayako Ijuin, Takayoshi Watanabe, Wancheng Zhang, Ako Kagawa, Asako Narita, Takeshi Yokoyama, Toshihisa Osaki, Shoji Takeuchi, Ryuji Kawano, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Tomoaki Matsuura

This paper engineers α-hemolysin to enable selective recognition, covalent linkage, and chemical exchange between artificial cells through a single protein system.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

Elucidating the Bell-Shaped Dependence of Protein Translation Activity on EF-Tu Concentration in a Reconstituted Cell-Free System Using a Mechanistic Model

Shunnosuke Ban, Yusuke Himeoka, Ako Kagawa, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tomoaki Matsuura, Chikara Furusawa

The paper uses a mechanistic model to explain the bell-shaped protein production profile in the PURE system, showing that excess EF-Tu sequesters tRNAfMet, and confirms this by experimental validation.

ACS Synthetic Biology · May 28, 2026Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

A universal polyphosphate kinase powers in vitro transcription

Ryusei Matsumoto, Takayoshi Watanabe, E Yamazaki, Ako Kagawa, Liam M. Longo, Tomoaki MaTsuura

This paper discovers a universal polyphosphate kinase capable of phosphorylating all eight common ribonucleotides, enabling efficient in vitro transcription.

Nature Communications · Jan 8, 2026Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology