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University of Massachusetts Amherst: Amherst, MA, US

Professor (Department of Microbiology)
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Yasu Morita

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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine: Baltimore, MD, US

Ph.D. (Department of Biological Chemistry)
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Yasu Morita

Works (48)

Effective killing of Mycobacterium abscessus biofilm by nanoemulsion delivery of plant phytochemicals

Microbiology Spectrum
2025-03-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02166-24
Contributors: Casey Albano; Ahmed Nabawy; Wyatt C. Tran; Malavika Prithviraj; Takehiro Kado; Muhammad Aamir Hassan; Jessa Marie V. Makabenta; Vincent M. Rotello; Yasu S. Morita; Olivier Neyrolles et al.
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Detergent-induced quantitatively limited formation of diacyl phosphatidylinositol dimannoside in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Lipid Research
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100533
Contributors: Claire E. Kitzmiller; Tan-Yun Cheng; Jacques Prandi; Ian L. Sparks; D. Branch Moody; Yasu S. Morita
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Lipoarabinomannan mediates localized cell wall integrity during division in mycobacteria

Nature Communications
2024-03-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46565-5
Contributors: Ian L. Sparks; Takehiro Kado; Malavika Prithviraj; Japinder Nijjer; Jing Yan; Yasu S. Morita
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Tuberculostearic Acid Controls Mycobacterial Membrane Compartmentalization

mBio
2023-04-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03396-22
Contributors: Malavika Prithviraj; Takehiro Kado; Jacob A. Mayfield; David C. Young; Annie D. Huang; Daisuke Motooka; Shota Nakamura; M. Sloan Siegrist; D. Branch Moody; Yasu S. Morita et al.
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Mycobacterium smegmatis: The Vanguard of Mycobacterial Research

Journal of Bacteriology
2023-01-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/jb.00337-22
Contributors: Ian L. Sparks; Keith M. Derbyshire; William R. Jacobs, Jr.; Yasu S. Morita; Patricia A. Champion
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Inositol acylation of phosphatidylinositol mannosides: a rapid mass response to membrane fluidization in mycobacteria

Journal of Lipid Research
2022-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2022.100262
Contributors: Peter P. Nguyen; Takehiro Kado; Malavika Prithviraj; M. Sloan Siegrist; Yasu S. Morita
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Cell Wall Damage Reveals Spatial Flexibility in Peptidoglycan Synthesis and a Nonredundant Role for RodA in Mycobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology
2022-06-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/jb.00540-21
Contributors: Emily S. Melzer; Takehiro Kado; Alam García-Heredia; Kuldeepkumar Ramnaresh Gupta; Xavier Meniche; Yasu S. Morita; Christopher M. Sassetti; E. Hesper Rego; M. Sloan Siegrist; Michael J. Federle
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Compartmentalized Cell Envelope Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2022-01-08 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.01.07.475471
Contributors: Julia Puffal; Ian L. Sparks; James R. Brenner; Xuni Li; John D. Leszyk; Jennifer M. Hayashi; Scott A. Shaffer; Yasu S. Morita
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Arginine methylation sites on SepIVA help balance elongation and septation of the cell wall inMycobacterium smegmatis

2021-10-06 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.06.463415
Contributors: Angela H Freeman; Karen Tembiwa; James R Brenner; Michael R Chase; Sarah M Fortune; Yasu S Morita; Cara C Boutte
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Membrane-partitioned cell wall synthesis in mycobacteria

eLife
2021-02-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60263
Contributors: Alam García-Heredia; Takehiro Kado; Caralyn E Sein; Julia Puffal; Sarah H Osman; Julius Judd; Todd A Gray; Yasu S Morita; M Sloan Siegrist
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Role of LmeA, a Mycobacterial Periplasmic Protein, in Maintaining the Mannosyltransferase MptA and Its Product Lipomannan under Stress

mSphere
2020-12-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.01039-20
Contributors: Kathryn C. Rahlwes; Sarah H. Osman; Yasu S. Morita; Craig D. Ellermeier
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The role of LmeA, a mycobacterial periplasmic protein, in stabilizing the mannosyltransferase MptA and its product lipomannan under stress

2020-06-18 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.18.159426
Contributors: Kathryn C. Rahlwes; Sarah H. Osman; Yasu S. Morita
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Characterization of Conserved and Novel Septal Factors in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of bacteriology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00649-17
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Deletion of PimE mannosyltransferase results in increased copper sensitivity in Mycobacterium smegmatis

FEMS microbiology letters
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny025
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Yasu Morita
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Demethylmenaquinone Methyl Transferase Is a Membrane Domain-Associated Protein Essential for Menaquinone Homeostasis in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Frontiers in microbiology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03145
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Yasu Morita

Peptidoglycan precursor synthesis along the sidewall of pole-growing mycobacteria

eLife
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.37243
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Yasu Morita
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Spatial control of cell envelope biosynthesis in mycobacteria

Pathogens and disease
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/femspd/fty027
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Yasu Morita
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Stress-Induced Reorganization of the Mycobacterial Membrane Domain

mBio
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01823-17
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Yasu Morita
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The cell envelope-associated phospholipid-binding protein LmeA is required for mannan polymerization in mycobacteria

The Journal of biological chemistry
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M117.804377
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Yasu Morita
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C-Type Lectin Receptor DCAR Recognizes Mycobacterial Phosphatidyl-Inositol Mannosides to Promote a Th1 Response during Infection

Immunity
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.10.012
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Yasu Morita
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Lipoarabinomannan binding to lactosylceramide in lipid rafts is essential for the phagocytosis of mycobacteria by human neutrophils

Science signaling
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aaf1585
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Yasu Morita

Spatially distinct and metabolically active membrane domain in mycobacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1525165113
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Yasu Morita

New insights into the functions of PIGF, a protein involved in the ethanolamine phosphate transfer steps of glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis

The Biochemical journal
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1042/bj20140541
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Yasu Morita
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Critical roles for lipomannan and lipoarabinomannan in cell wall integrity of mycobacteria and pathogenesis of tuberculosis

mBio
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00472-12
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Yasu Morita

Metabolism of Plasma Membrane Lipids in Mycobacteria and Corynebacteria

Lipid Metabolism
2013-01 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.5772/52781
Part of ISBN: 9789535109440
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Yasu Morita
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Identification of a second catalytically active trans-sialidase in Trypanosoma brucei

Biochemical and biophysical research communications
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.10.085
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Yasu Morita
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Inositol lipid metabolism in mycobacteria: biosynthesis and regulatory mechanisms

Biochimica et biophysica acta
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.03.017
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Yasu Morita
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Controlled expression of branch-forming mannosyltransferase is critical for mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis

The Journal of biological chemistry
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109.077297
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Yasu Morita
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Stress-induced synthesis of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in mycobacteria

The Journal of biological chemistry
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110.119263
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Yasu Morita
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Chapter 5 Mannosylation

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Anchoring of Proteins
2009 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1016/s1874-6047(09)26005-7
Part of ISBN: 9780123749635
Part of ISSN: 1874-6047
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Yasu Morita
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Direct recognition of the mycobacterial glycolipid, trehalose dimycolate, by C-type lectin Mincle

The Journal of experimental medicine
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20091750
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Yasu Morita
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Mutations in pimE restore lipoarabinomannan synthesis and growth in a Mycobacterium smegmatis lpqW mutant

Journal of bacteriology
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00200-08
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Yasu Morita

Identification of a novel protein with a role in lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis in mycobacteria

The Journal of biological chemistry
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511709200
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Yasu Morita
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PimE is a polyprenol-phosphate-mannose-dependent mannosyltransferase that transfers the fifth mannose of phosphatidylinositol mannoside in mycobacteria

The Journal of biological chemistry
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604214200
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Yasu Morita
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Removal or maintenance of inositol-linked acyl chain in glycosylphosphatidylinositol is critical in trypanosome life cycle

The Journal of biological chemistry
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513061200
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Yasu Morita
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TbGPI16 is an essential component of GPI transamidase in Trypanosoma brucei

FEBS letters
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.12.075
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Yasu Morita
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Compartmentalization of lipid biosynthesis in mycobacteria

The Journal of biological chemistry
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m414181200
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Yasu Morita
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Function of phosphatidylinositol in mycobacteria

The Journal of biological chemistry
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m413443200
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Yasu Morita

PIG-V involved in transferring the second mannose in glycosylphosphatidylinositol

The Journal of biological chemistry
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m413867200
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Yasu Morita

Biosynthesis of mycobacterial phosphatidylinositol mannosides

The Biochemical journal
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031372
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Yasu Morita
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Fatty acid remodeling of glycosyl phosphatidylinositol anchors in Trypanosoma brucei: incorporation of fatty acids other than myristate

Molecular and biochemical parasitology
2001 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(01)00279-1
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Yasu Morita

Fatty acid synthesis in African trypanosomes: a solution to the myristate mystery

Trends in parasitology
2001 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4922(01)01984-5
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Yasu Morita
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Virulence of Trypanosoma brucei strain 427 is not affected by the absence of glycosylphosphatidylinositol phospholipase C

Molecular and biochemical parasitology
2001 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(01)00257-2
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Yasu Morita

Glycosyl phosphatidylinositol myristoylation in African trypanosomes. New intermediates in the pathway for fatty acid remodeling

The Journal of biological chemistry
2000 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.19.14147
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Yasu Morita
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Specialized fatty acid synthesis in African trypanosomes: myristate for GPI anchors

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2000 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5463.140
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Yasu Morita

The Biosynthesis of GPI Anchors

Carbohydrates in Chemistry and Biology
2000 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1002/9783527618255.ch64
Part of ISBN: 9783527618255
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Yasu Morita
grade
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Identification and characterization of protozoan products that trigger the synthesis of IL-12 by inflammatory macrophages

Chemical immunology
1997 | Journal article
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Yasu Morita

Localization of Dictyostelium myoB and myoD to filopodia and cell-cell contact sites using isoform-specific antibodies

European journal of cell biology
1996 | Journal article
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Yasu Morita

Peer review (23 reviews for 16 publications/grants)

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