Kozue Hamao

Last Updated :2025/05/09

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Associate Professor
E-mail
kozuehiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
I am studying the regulatory mechanism of cytoskeleton. In particular, I am focusing on the regulation of microtubule stability by dynamin-2.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Science, Hiroshima University
  • Master of Science, Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Science : Biological Sciences : Biology
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Basic Biology
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Biomedical Science
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Basic Biology
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Biomedical Science

Research Fields

  • Biology;Biological Science;Functional biochemistry

Research Keywords

  • dynamin
  • microtubules
  • cytokinesis
  • contractile ring
  • myosin II

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, English Seminar on Biological Science
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Advanced Biology
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Cell Biology A
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Seminar for Cell Biology
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practice for Fundamental Biology II
  9. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practice for Fundamental Biology IV
  10. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Practice for Fundamental Biology IV
  11. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Career Development for Life Science
  12. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Basic Biology
  13. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Cellular life science
  14. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Exercises in Basic Biology A
  15. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Exercises in Basic Biology B
  16. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Biomedical Science Seminar A
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Biomedical Science Seminar B
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Advanced Technologies for Life Science
  19. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Biomedial Science
  20. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Exercises in Biomedical Science A
  21. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Exercises in Biomedical Science B
  22. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 3Term, Biomedical Science Seminar C
  23. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Integrated Life Sciences
  24. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 3Term, Biomedical Science Seminar D
  25. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 3Term, Biomedical Science Seminar E

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Dynamin-2 regulates microtubule stability via an endocytosis-independent mechanism, CYTOSKELETON, 79(9-11), 94-104, 202209
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  2. 2-(4-Nitrophenyl)-1H-indolyl-3-methyl Chromophore: A Versatile Photocage that Responds to Visible-light One-photon and Near-infrared-light Two-photon Excitations, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 51(2), 153-156, 202202
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  3. ★, Impairment of cytokinesis by cancer-associated DAPK3 mutations, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 533(4), 1095-1101, 20201217
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  4. ★, ZIP kinase phosphorylated and activated by Rho kinase/ROCK contributes to cytokinesis in mammalian cultured cells, EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH, 386(1), 20200101
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  5. Phospholipase C-related catalytically inactive protein regulates cytokinesis by protecting phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate from metabolism in the cleavage furrow, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9, 20190904
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  6. ★, Characterization of myosin II regulatory light chain isoforms in HeLa cells, CYTOSKELETON, 72(12), 609-620, 201512
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  7. ★, Phosphorylation of myosin II regulatory light chain by ZIP kinase is responsible for cleavage furrow ingression during cell division in mammalian cultured cells, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 459(4), 686-691, 20150417
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  8. Aurora B but Not Rho/MLCK Signaling Is Required for Localization of Diphosphorylated Myosin II Regulatory Light Chain to the Midzone in Cytokinesis, PLOS ONE, 8(8), 20130807
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  9. Phosphorylation of myosin II regulatory light chain controls its accumulation, not that of actin, at the contractile ring in HeLa cells., Experimental cell research, 318(8), 915-924, 2012
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  10. Diphosphorylated but not monophosphorylated myosin II regulatory light chain localizes to the midzone without its heavy chain during cytokinesis., Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 417(2), 20120113
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  11. Enhancement of myosin II/actin turnover at the contractile ring induces slower furrowing in dividing HeLa cells, BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 435, 569-576, 20110501
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  12. ★, Proline-rich domain in dynamin-2 has a low microtubule-binding activity: how is this activity controlled during mitosis in HeLa cells?, JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 148(5), 533-538, 201011
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  13. Direct evidence for roles of phosphorylated regulatory light chain of myosin II in furrow ingression during cytokinesis in HeLa cells, GENES TO CELLS, 14(5), 555-568, 200905
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  14. ★, New function of the proline rich domain in dynamin-2 to negatively regulate its interaction with microtubules in mammalian cells, EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH, 315(7), 1336-1345, 20090415
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  15. Dvl regulates endo- and exocytotic processes through binding to synaptotagmin, GENES TO CELLS, 12, 49-61, 20070112
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  16. Traction forces of fibroblasts are regulated by the Rho-dependent kinase but not by the myosin light chain kinase, ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS, 456(2), 224-231, 20061215
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  17. The carboxy-terminal pleckstrin homology domain of ROCK interacts with filamin-A, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 301(4), 886-890, 2003
  18. Phosphorylation of myosin II regulatory light chain is necessary for migration of HeLa cells but not for localization of myosin II at the leading edge, BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 370, 551-556, 2003
  19. Spatial localization of mono- and diphosphorylated myosin II regulatory light chain at the leading edge of motile HeLa cells, CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 27(6), 479-486, 2002
  20. Characterization of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase I as a myosin II regulatory light chain kinase in vitro and in vivo, BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 367, 335-345, 2002
  21. Rho-kinase contributes to diphosphorylation of myosin II regulatory light chain in nonmuscle cells, ONCOGENE, 21(38), 5852-5860, 2002
  22. Phosphorylation at threonine-18 in addition to phosphorylation at serine-19 on myosin-II regulatory light chain is a mitosis-specific event, CYTOMETRY, 47(3), 150-157, 2002
  23. HeLa ZIP kinase induces diphosphorylation of myosin II regulatory light chain and reorganization of actin filaments in nonmuscle cells, ONCOGENE, 20(57), 8175-8183, 2001
  24. Differential localization of non-muscle myosin II isoforms and phosphorylated regulatory light chains in human MRC-5 fibroblasts, FEBS LETTERS, 509(3), 365-369, 2001
  25. Activation of actin-activated MgATPase activity of myosin II by phosphorylation with MAPK-activated protein kinase-1b (RSK-2), JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 128(3), 435-440, 2000