Makito Miyazaki

This study creates kinesin-6 and kinesin-14 chimeras in fission yeast to show that domain functions dictate motor localization, directionality, and force production, leading to aneuploidy.

This study investigates how lipid composition affects liposome production yield and size distribution using the inverted emulsion method.

This study investigates how ZIP kinase phosphorylates smooth muscle myosin, revealing sequential phosphorylation sites and a slower rate in SMM compared to isolated MRLC due to competitive binding.

This study uses an optogenetic system to manipulate actin network density and examines how it affects myosin and ADF/cofilin penetration and network dynamics.

This paper introduces NIPAD, a method to design two-component tubular protein assemblies that mimic biological structures like actin and microtubules, showing dynamic flexibility and reversible assembly.

This study uses reconstituted actomyosin networks in liposomes to show how actin network connectivity and coupling strength control membrane deformation and bleb formation mechanisms.