Publications

2026

• Komatsu M, Noda NN, Inada T The mechanistic basis and cellular functions of UFMylation Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol (2026)

2025

• Isido M, Shimmyo Y, Tsutsumi E, Komatsu M The Japan autophagy consortium. Nat Struct Mol Biol. (2025)
• Komatsu, M and Mao, G UFM1 at the endoplasmic reticulum: linking ER stress, ribosome quality control, and ER-phagy Essays Biochem (2025)
• Takada S, Shinomiya N, Mao G, Tsuchiya H, Koga T, Komatsu-Hirota S, Sou Y-S, Abe M, Ryzhii E, Suzuki M, Nakao M, Waguri, Morishita H, Komatsu M. KEAP1 retention in phase-separated p62 bodies drives liver damage under autophagy-deficient conditions EMBO Rep (2025)

2024

• Ichimura Y. and Komatsu M. A redox-independent stress response mediated by phase-separated SQSTM1/p62 Autophagy Reports. Vol.3 (2024)
• Ichimura Y, Sugiura Y, Katsuragi Y, Sou YS, Uemura T, Tamura N, Komatsu-Hirota S, Ueno T, Koike M, Waguri S, Komatsu M. Loss of SPNS1, a lysosomal transporter, in the nervous systemcauses dysmyelination and white matter dysplasia eLife. Reviewed Preprint. Jul 4, 2024.