Biochemical evidence for the diversity of LHCI proteins in PSI-LHCI from the red alga Galdieria sulphuraria NIES-3638 Reviewed International journal

Ryo Nagao, Haruya Ogawa, Takehiro Suzuki, Naoshi Dohmae, Koji Kato, Yoshiki Nakajima, Jian-Ren Shen

PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH   163 ( 1 )   14 - 14   2025.2

Structural basis for molecular assembly of fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins in a diatom photosystem I supercomplex Reviewed

Koji Kato, Yoshiki Nakajima, Jian Xing, Minoru Kumazawa, Haruya Ogawa, Jian-Ren Shen, Kentaro Ifuku, Ryo Nagao

ELIFE   13   2024.10

Presence of low-energy chlorophylls d in photosystem I trimer and monomer cores isolated from Acaryochloris sp. NBRC 102871 Reviewed International journal

Ryo Nagao, Haruki Yamamoto, Haruya Ogawa, Hibiki Ito, Yuma Yamamoto, Takehiro Suzuki, Koji Kato, Yoshiki Nakajima, Naoshi Dohmae, Jian-Ren Shen

PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH   161 ( 3 )   203 - 212   2024.9

The structure of PSI- LHCI from Cyanidium caldarium provides evolutionary insights into conservation and diversity of red- lineage LHCs Reviewed International journal

Koji Kato, Tasuku Hamaguchi, Minoru Kumazawa, Yoshiki Nakajima, Kentaro Ifuku, Shunsuke Hirooka, Yuu Hirose, Shin-ya Miyagishima, Takehiro Suzuki, Keisuke Kawakami, Naoshi Dohmae, Koji Yonekura, Jian- Ren Shen, Ryo Nagao

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   121 ( 11 )   e2319658121   2024.3

Oxygen-evolving photosystem II structures during S₁-S₂-S₃ transitions Reviewed

Hongjie Li, Yoshiki Nakajima, Eriko Nango, Shigeki Owada, Daichi Yamada, Kana Hashimoto, Fangjia Luo, Rie Tanaka, Fusamichi Akita, Koji Kato, Jungmin Kang, Yasunori Saitoh, Shunpei Kishi, Huaxin Yu, Naoki Matsubara, Hajime Fujii, Michihiro Sugahara, Mamoru Suzuki, Tetsuya Masuda, Tetsunari Kimura, Tran Nguyen Thao, Shinichiro Yonekura, Long-Jiang Yu, Takehiko Tosha, Kensuke Tono, Yasumasa Joti, Takaki Hatsui, Makina Yabashi, Minoru Kubo, So Iwata, Hiroshi Isobe, Kizashi Yamaguchi, Michihiro Suga, Jian-Ren Shen

NATURE   626 ( 7999 )   670 - +   2024.2

Tight association of CpcL with photosystem I in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 grown under iron-deficient conditions Reviewed

Shota Shimizu, Haruya Ogawa, Naoki Tsuboshita, Takehiro Suzuki, Koji Kato, Yoshiki Nakajima, Naoshi Dohmae, Jian-Ren Shen, Ryo Nagao

BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS   1864 ( 4 )   148993 - 148993   2023.11

Structural insights into the action mechanisms of artificial electron acceptors in photosystem II Reviewed International journal

Shinji Kamada, Yoshiki Nakajima, Jian-Ren Shen

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   299 ( 7 )   104839 - 104839   2023.7

Structure of a monomeric photosystem I core associated with iron-stress-induced-A proteins from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 Reviewed International journal

Ryo Nagao, Koji Kato, Tasuku Hamaguchi, Yoshifumi Ueno, Naoki Tsuboshita, Shota Shimizu, Miyu Furutani, Shigeki Ehira, Yoshiki Nakajima, Keisuke Kawakami, Takehiro Suzuki, Naoshi Dohmae, Seiji Akimoto, Koji Yonekura, Jian-Ren Shen

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS   14 ( 1 )   920 - 920   2023.2

Crystal structures of photosystem II from a cyanobacterium expressing psbA2 in comparison to psbA3 reveal differences in the D1 subunit Reviewed International journal

Yoshiki Nakajima, Natsumi Ugai-Amo, Naoki Tone, Akiko Nakagawa, Masako Iwai, Masahiko Ikeuchi, Miwa Sugiura, Michihiro Suga, Shen Jian-Ren

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   298 ( 12 )   102668 - 102668   2022.12

Excited-state intermediates in a designer protein encoding a phototrigger caught by an X-ray free-electron laser Reviewed International journal

Xiaohong Liu, Pengcheng Liu, Hongjie Li, Zhen Xu, Lu Jia, Yan Xia, Minling Yu, Wenqin Tang, Xiaolei Zhu, Chao Chen, Yuanlin Zhang, Eriko Nango, Rie Tanaka, Fangjia Luo, Koji Kato, Yoshiki Nakajima, Shunpei Kishi, Huaxin Yu, Naoki Matsubara, Shigeki Owada, Kensuke Tono, So Iwata, Long-Jiang Yu, Jian-Ren Shen, Jiangyun Wang

NATURE CHEMISTRY   14 ( 9 )   1054 - +   2022.9

Structural basis for the absence of low-energy chlorophylls in a photosystem I trimer from Gloeobacter violaceus Reviewed International journal

Koji Kato, Tasuku Hamaguchi, Ryo Nagao, Keisuke Kawakami, Yoshifumi Ueno, Takehiro Suzuki, Hiroko Uchida, Akio Murakami, Yoshiki Nakajima, Makio Yokono, Seiji Akimoto, Naoshi Dohmae, Koji Yonekura, Jian-Ren Shen

ELIFE   11   2022.4

Excitation-energy transfer in heterocysts isolated from the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 as studied by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy Reviewed International journal

Ryo Nagao, Makio Yokono, Yoshifumi Ueno, Yoshiki Nakajima, Takehiro Suzuki, Ka-Ho Kato, Naoki Tsuboshita, Naoshi Dohmae, Jian-Ren Shen, Shigeki Ehira, Seiji Akimoto

BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS   1863 ( 1 )   148509 - 148509   2022.1

Cryo-EM structure of monomeric photosystem II at 2.78 Å resolution reveals factors important for the formation of dimer Reviewed International journal

Huaxin Yu, Tasuku Hamaguchi, Yoshiki Nakajima, Koji Kato, Keisuke Kawakami, Fusamichi Akita, Koji Yonekura, Jian-Ren Shen

BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS   1862 ( 10 )   148471 - 148471   2021.10

Capturing structural changes of the S₁ to S₂ transition of photosystem II using time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography Reviewed International journal

Hongjie Li, Yoshiki Nakajima, Takashi Nomura, Michihiro Sugahara, Shinichiro Yonekura, Siu Kit Chan, Takanori Nakane, Takahiro Yamane, Yasufumi Umena, Mamoru Suzuki, Tetsuya Masuda, Taiki Motomura, Hisashi Naitow, Yoshinori Matsuura, Tetsunari Kimura, Kensuke Tono, Shigeki Owada, Yasumasa Joti, Rie Tanaka, Eriko Nango, Fusamichi Akita, Minoru Kubo, So Iwata, Jian-Ren Shen, Michihiro Suga

IUCRJ   8 ( 3 )   431 - 443   2021.5

High-resolution cryo-EM structure of photosystem II reveals damage from high-dose electron beams Reviewed International journal

Koji Kato, Naoyuki Miyazaki, Tasuku Hamaguchi, Yoshiki Nakajima, Fusamichi Akita, Koji Yonekura, Jian-Ren Shen

COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY   4 ( 1 )   382 - 382   2021.3

Structure of a cyanobacterial photosystem I surrounded by octadecameric IsiA antenna proteins. Reviewed International journal

Fusamichi Akita, Ryo Nagao, Koji Kato, Yoshiki Nakajima, Makio Yokono, Yoshifumi Ueno, Takehiro Suzuki, Naoshi Dohmae, Jian-Ren Shen, Seiji Akimoto, Naoyuki Miyazaki

Communications biology   3 ( 1 )   232 - 232   2020.5

FTIR Microspectroscopic Analysis of the Water Oxidation Reaction in a Single Photosystem II Microcrystal. Reviewed International journal

Kato Y, Haniu S, Nakajima Y, Akita F, Shen JR, Noguchi T

The journal of physical chemistry. B   124 ( 1 )   121 - 127   2019.12

An oxyl/oxo mechanism for oxygen-oxygen coupling in PSII revealed by an x-ray free-electron laser. Reviewed

Suga M, Akita F, Yamashita K, Nakajima Y, Ueno G, Li H, Yamane T, Hirata K, Umena Y, Yonekura S, Yu LJ, Murakami H, Nomura T, Kimura T, Kubo M, Baba S, Kumasaka T, Tono K, Yabashi M, Isobe H, Yamaguchi K, Yamamoto M, Ago H, Shen JR

Science (New York, N.Y.)   366 ( 6463 )   334 - 338   2019.10

Thylakoid membrane lipid sulfoquinovosyl-diacylglycerol (SQDG) is required for full functioning of photosystem II in Thermosynechococcus elongatus. Reviewed International journal

Nakajima Y, Umena Y, Nagao R, Endo K, Kobayashi K, Akita F, Suga M, Wada H, Noguchi T, Shen JR

The Journal of biological chemistry   293 ( 38 )   14786 - 14797   2018.9

Fourier Transform Infrared Analysis of the S-State Cycle of Water Oxidation in the Microcrystals of Photosystem II Reviewed

Yuki Kato, Fusamichi Akita, Yoshiki Nakajima, Michihiro Suga, Yasufumi Umena, Jian-Ren Shen, Takumi Noguchi

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters   9 ( 9 )   2121 - 2126   2018.5

Structured near-infrared Magnetic Circular Dichroism spectra of the Mn4CaO5 cluster of PSII in T. vulcanus are dominated by Mn(IV) d-d ‘spin-flip’ transitions Reviewed

Jennifer Morton, Maria Chrysina, Vincent S. J. Craig, Fusamichi Akita, Yoshiki Nakajima, Wolfgang Lubitz, Nicholas Cox, Jian-Ren Shen, Elmars Krausz

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics   1859 ( 2 )   88 - 98   2018.2

Light-induced structural changes and the site of O=O bond formation in PSII caught by XFEL Reviewed

Michihiro Suga, Fusamichi Akita, Michihiro Sugahara, Minoru Kubo, Yoshiki Nakajima, Takanori Nakane, Keitaro Yamashita, Yasufumi Umena, Makoto Nakabayashi, Takahiro Yamane, Takamitsu Nakano, Mamoru Suzuki, Tetsuya Masuda, Shigeyuki Inoue, Tetsunari Kimura, Takashi Nomura, Shinichiro Yonekura, Long-Jiang Yu, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Taiki Motomura, Jing-Hua Chen, Yuki Kato, Takumi Noguchi, Kensuke Tono, Yasumasa Joti, Takashi Kameshima, Takaki Hatsui, Eriko Nango, Rie Tanaka, Hisashi Naitow, Yoshinori Matsuura, Ayumi Yamashita, Masaki Yamamoto, Osamu Nureki, Makina Yabashi, Tetsuya Ishikawa, So Iwata, Jian-Ren Shen

NATURE   543 ( 7643 )   131 - +   2017.3

Proton Matrix ENDOR Studies on Ca2+-depleted and Sr2+-substituted Manganese Cluster in Photosystem II Reviewed

Hiroki Nagashinna, Yoshiki Nakajima, Jian-Ren Shen, Hiroyuki Mino

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   290 ( 47 )   28166 - 28174   2015.11

Optical identification of the long-wavelength (700-1700 nm) electronic excitations of the native reaction centre, Mn4CaO5 cluster and cytochromes of photosystem II in plants and cyanobacteria. Reviewed

Morton J, Akita F, Nakajima Y, Shen JR, Krausz E

Biochimica et biophysica acta   1847 ( 2 )   153 - 161   2015.2

Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 angstrom resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses Reviewed

Michihiro Suga, Fusamichi Akita, Kunio Hirata, Go Ueno, Hironori Murakami, Yoshiki Nakajima, Tetsuya Shimizu, Keitaro Yamashita, Masaki Yamamoto, Hideo Ago, Jian-Ren Shen

NATURE   517 ( 7532 )   99 - U265   2015.1

Experimental Course (Molecular Biology) （2024academic year） Fourth semester  - 木5～8

Seminar in Structural Biology （2024academic year） Year-round  - その他

Structure of Biomacromolecules （2024academic year） Late  - 火3～4