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Yasuka Toda

Institute of Science TokyoORCID 0000-0001-5912-6730Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:structural biology· 1

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Atsuko YamashitaiD· 2 shared Naotaka TsutsumiiD· 2 shared Yoshiro IshimaruiD· 2 shared Akihiro ItoigawaiD· 1 shared Atsuko YamaguchiiD· 1 shared Borja RehiD· 1 shared Chiaki Ito· 1 shared Gentoku Kakizaki· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 28, 2026

Early origin of sugar sensing in jawed vertebrates

Qiaoyi Liang, Yasuka Toda, Pauline Affatato…·Maude W. Baldwin

This study investigates the evolutionary origin of sugar sensing in vertebrates, finding that it predates angiosperms and involves multiple independent T1R-based mechanisms.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.28.746343

multiple speciesstatistical model

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintNov 24, 2025

Structural basis of stereochemical promiscuity by an umami taste receptor ortholog, Tas1r1/Tas1r3 from pufferfish

Rakuto Mizoguchi, Yasuka Toda, Mana Nagae…·Atsuko Yamashita

This study determines the crystal structure of a pufferfish umami taste receptor ortholog, revealing how it binds both L- and D-amino acids through structural adaptations.

DOI 10.1101/2025.11.24.689453

plant (other)structural biology

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