People

Assist. Prof.
Hidetaka Kohga

  • Hometown：Chiba, Japan
  • Research Field：Structural Analysis of Protein Channels
  • One of my favorites: Training
  • Special Skill: Tennis
  • Comment: I will do my best!

Education

  • 2012. Apr. - 2016. Mar.　Tokyo University of Science
  • 2016. Apr. - 2018. Mar.　Graduate School of Mathematics and Science Education, Tokyo University of Science, Master course
  • 2018. Apr. - 2021. Mar.　 Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Doctor course

Research career

  • 2023. Oct. - Present　Assistant professor | Structural Life Science Lab, Nara Institute of Science and Technology.
  • 2021. Arp. - 2023. Sep.　Postdoctoral Fellow | Structural Life Science Lab, Nara Institute of Science and Technology.

Publications

  1. *Kohga H, Lertpreedakorn N, Miyazaki R, Wu S, Hosoda K, Tanaka H, Takahashi YS, Yoshikaie K, Kuruma Y, Shigematsu H, *Mori T and *Tsukazaki T. Sci. Adv. in press.

  2. Takahashi YS, Kohga H, Chek MF, Yamamoto K, Takahashi JF, Shigematsu H, Tanaka Y, Ichikawa M, Miyazaki R, Hakoshima T and *Tsukazaki T.  Structural basis of a GatC ortholog transporter in the bacterial phosphotransferase system. FEBS Lett. 599, 2377-2387 (2025)

  3. *Miyazaki R, Kimoto M, Kohga H and *Tsukazaki T.  Structural basis of lipopolysaccharide translocon assembly mediated by the small lipoprotein LptM. Cell Rep. 44, 116013 (2025)

  4. Kanaoka Y, *Mori T, Nagaike W, Itaya S, Nonaka Y, Kohga H, Haruyama T, Sugano Y, Miyazaki R, Ichikawa M, *Uchihashi T and *Tsukazaki T. AFM observation of protein translocation mediated by one unit of SecYEG-SecA complex. Nat. Commun.  16, 255 (2025)

  5. Kohga H, Mori T, Tanaka Y, Yoshikaie K, Taniguchi K, Fujimoto K, Fritz L, Schneider T, *Tsukazaki T. Crystal structure of the lipid flippase MurJ in a "squeezed" form distinct from its inward- and outward-facing forms. Structure 30, 1088-1097 (2022).

  6. Kohga H, Saito Y, Kanamaru M, Uchiyama J, *Ohta H. The lack of the cell division protein FtsZ induced generation of giant cells under acidic stress in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Photosynth Res. 15, 343-356 (2021).

  7. *Uchiyama J, Ito Y, Matsuhashi A, Ichikawa Y, Sambe M, Kitayama S, Yoshino Y, Moriyama A, Kohga H, Ogawa S, Ohta H. Characterization of Sll1558 in environmental stress tolerance of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Photosynth Res. 146, 165-174 (2020)

  8. *Uchiyama J, Itagaki A, Ishikawa H, Tanaka Y, Kohga H, Nakahara A, Imaida A, Tahara H, Ohta H. Characterization of ABC transporter genes, sll1180, sll1181, and slr1270, involved in acid stress tolerance of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Photosynth Res. 139, 325-335 (2019)