Taruho Kuroda, PhD

taruho_kuroda@dfci.harvard.edu

Research Interest

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Education

2007–present	Postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of David Pellman, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
2004–2007	Postdoctoral fellow, Fukuda Initiative Research Unit (Dr. Mitsunori Fukuda), RIKEN, Japan
2002–2004	Junior Research Associate, Fukuda Initiative Research Unit, RIKEN, Japan
2001–2002	Laboratory for Developmental Biology, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Japan
2004–1999	Ph.D., Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan
1999–1995	BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan

Selected publications

Kuroda, T. S., Fukuda, M. Functional analysis of Slac2-c/MyRIP as a linker protein between melanosomes and myosin VIIa. J. Biol. Chem. (2005) 280:28015-28022.
Kuroda, T. S., Fukuda, M. Rab27A-binding protein Slp2-a is required for peripheral melanosome distribution and elongated cell shape in melanocytes. Nat. Cell Biol. (2004) 6:1195-1203.
Fukuda, M., Kuroda, T. S. Missence mutations in the globular tail of myosin-Va in dilute mice partially impair binding of Slac2-a/melanophilin. J. Cell Sci. (2004) 117:583-591.
Kuroda, T. S., Maita, H., Tabata, T., Taira, T., Kitaura, H., Ariga, H., Iguchi-Ariga, S. M. A novel nucleolar protein, PAPA-1, induces growth arrest as a result of cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase. Gene (2004) 340:83-98.
Kuroda, T. S., Ariga, H., Fukuda, M. The actin-binding domain of Slac2-a/melanophilin is required for melanosome distribution in melanocytes. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2003) 23:5245-5255.
Kuroda, T. S., Fukuda, M., Ariga, H., Mikoshiba, K. The Slp homology domain of synaptotagmin-like proteins 1-4 and Slac2 functions as a novel Rab27A binding domain. J. Biol. Chem. (2002) 277:9212-9218.
Fukuda, M., Kuroda, T. S., Mikoshiba, K. Slac2-a/melanophilin, the missing link between Rab27 and myosin Va: implications of a tripartite protein complex for melanosome transport. J. Biol. Chem. (2002) 277:12432-12436.
Fukuda, M., Kuroda, T. S. Slac2-c (synaptotagmin-like protein homologue lacking C2 domains-c), a novel linker protein that interacts with Rab27, myosin Va/VIIa, and actin. J. Biol. Chem. (2002) 277:43096-43103.
Fukuda, M., Kanno, E., Saegusa, C., Ogata, Y., Kuroda, T. S. Slp4-a/granuphilin-a regulates dense-core vesicle exocytosis in PC12 cells. J. Biol. Chem. (2002) 277:39673-39678.
Kuroda, T. S., Fukuda, M., Ariga, H., Mikoshiba, K. Synaptotagmin-like protein 5: a novel Rab27A effector with C-terminal tandem C2 domains. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (2002) 293:899-906.