研究成果

2022

  • Tani, K., Kanno, R., Kurosawa, K., Takaichi, S., Nagashima, K. V. P., Hall, M., Yu, L.-J., Kimura, Y., Madigan, M.T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B.M., Wang-Otomo, Z-.Y. “An LH1–RC Photocomplex from an Extremophilic Phototroph Provides Insight into Origins of Two Photosynthesis ProteinsCommunications Biology, in press
  • Tani, K., Kanno, R., Kikuchi, R., Kawamura, S., Nagashima, K. V. P., Hall, M., Takahashi, A., Yu, L.-J., Kimura, Y., Madigan, M.T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B.M., Wang-Otomo, Z-.Y. “Asymmetric Structure of the Native Rhodobacter sphaeroides Dimeric LH1-RC Complex” Nature Communications 13, 1904, 2022.
  • Kimura,Y.*, Nakata, K., Nojima, S., Takenaka, S., Madigan, M.T., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. Salt- and pH-Dependent Thermal Stability of Photocomplexes from Extremophilic Bacteriochlorophyll b-Containing Halorhodospira Species Microorganisms 10, 959, 2022.
  • Tani, K., Kobayashi, K., Hosogi, N., Ji, X.-C., Nagashima, S., Nagashima, K.V.P., Izumida, A., Inoue, K., Tsukatani, Y., Kanno, R., Hall, M., Yu, L.-J., Ishikawa, I., Okura, Y., Madigan, M.T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B. M., Kimura,Y.*, Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. “A Ca2+-binding motif underlies the unusual properties of certain photosynthetic bacterial core light-harvesting complexes” J. Biol. Chem. 298, 101967, 2022.
  • Nishikawa, A., Senba, H., Kimura, Y., Yokota, S., Doi, M., and Takenaka, S. “Isolation and characterization of a salt-tolerant γ-glutamyl transpeptidase from xerophilic Aspergillus sydowii. 3 Biotech 12, 253, 2022.
  • Kimura,Y.*, Imanishi, M., Yong L., Yura, Y., Ohno, T., Saga, Y., Madigan, M.T., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. “Identification of metal-sensitive structural changes in the Ca2+-binding photocomplex from Thermochromatium tepidum by isotope-edited vibrational spectroscopy” J. Chem. Phys. 156, 105101, 2022.
  • Saga,Y., Tanaka, A., Yamashita, M., Shinoda, T., Tomo, T., and Kimura, Y. “Spectral Properties of Chlorophyll f inthe B800 Cavity of Light-harvesting Complex 2 from the Purple PhotosyntheticBacterium Rhodoblastus acidophilus” Photochem. Photobiol. 98, 169–174, 2022.
  • Takenaka, S., Takada, A., Kimura, Y., Watanabe, M., Kuntiya, A. “Improvement of the halotolerance of a Bacillus serine protease by protein surface engineering” J. Basic Microbiol. 62, 174–184, 2022.


2021

  • Tani, K., Nagashima, K. V. P., Kanno, R., Kawamura, S., Kikuchi, R., Hall, M., Yu, L.-J., Kimura, Y., Madigan, M.T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B.M., Wang-Otomo, Z-.Y. “A previously unrecognized membrane protein in the Rhodobacter sphaeroides LH1-RC photocomplexNature Communications 12, 6300, 2021.
  • Nagashima, K. V. P., Nagashima, S., Kitashima, M., Inoue, K., Madigan, M. T., Kimura, Y., and Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. “Photosynthetic Growth and Energy Conversion in an Engineered Phototroph Containing Thermochromatium tepidum Light-Harvesting Complex 1 and the Rhodobacter sphaeroides Reaction Center Complex”, Biochemistry 60, 26852690, 2021.
  • Tani, K., Kanno, R., Ji, X-.C., Hall, M., Yu, L-.J., Kimura, Y., Madigan, M. T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B. M., Wang-Otomo, Z-.Y. “Cryo-EM Structure of the Photosynthetic LH1-RC Complex from Rhodospirillum rubrumBiochemistry 60, 2483–2491, 2021.
  • Takenaka, S., Ogawa, C., Uemura, M., Umeki, T., Kimura, Y., Yokota, S., Doi, M. “Identification and characterization of extracellular enzymes secreted by Aspergillus spp. involved in lipolysis and lipid-antioxidation during katsuobushi fermentation and ripening” Int. J. Food Microbiol. 353, 109299, 2021.
  • Kimura, Y.*, Yamashita, T., Seto, R., Imanishi, M., Honda, M., Nakagawa, S., Saga, Y., Takenaka, S., Yu, L.-J., Madigan, M. T., and Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. “Circular dichroism and resonance Raman spectroscopies of bacteriochlorophyll b-containing LH1-RC complexes”, Photosynth. Res. 148, 77-86, 2021.
  • Kawakami, T. Yu, L.-J., Liang, T., Okazaki, K., Madigan, M. T., Kimura, Y.*, and Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. “Crystal structure of a photosynthetic LH1-RC in complex with its electron donor HiPIP”, Nat. Comm. 12, 1104, 2021.
  • Saga, Y., Yamashita, M., Masaoka, Y., Hidaka, T., Imanishi, M., Kimura, Y., Nagasawa, Y. “Excitation energy transfer from bacteriochlorophyll b in the B800 site to B850 bacteriochlorophyll a in light-harvesting complex 2” , J. Phys. Chem. B. 125, 2009-2017, 2021.
  • Kishi, R., Imanichi, M., Kobayashi, M., Takenaka, S., Madaigan, M. T., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y.*, and Kimura, Y.*Quinone transport in the closed light-harvesting 1 reaction center complex from the thermophilic purple bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum“, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1862, 148307, 2021.


2020

  • Tani, K.,Kanno, R., Makino, Y. Hall, M., Takenouchi, M., Imanishi, M., Yu, L.-J., Overmann,J., Madigan, M. T., Kimura, Y., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B., Wang-Otomo,Z.-Y. Cryo-EMstructure of a Ca2+-bound photosynthetic LH1-RC complex containingmultiple αβ-polypeptides Nat. Commun. 11,4955, 2020.
  • Seto, R.,Takaichi, S. Kurihara, T., Kishi, R., Honda, M., Takenaka, S., Tsukatani, Y.,Madaigan, M. T., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y.*, and Kimura, Y.*Lycopene-Family Carotenoids Confer Thermostability onPhotocomplexes from a New Thermophilic Purple Bacterium“, Biochemistry59, 2351-2358, 2020.
  • Takenaka, S., Nakabayashi, R., Ogawa, C., Kimura, Y., Yokota, S., Doi, M. “Characterization ofsurface Aspergilluscommunity involved in traditional fermentationand ripening of katsuobushi Int. J. Food Microbiol. 327, 108654, 2020.
  • Saga, Y., Yamashita, M., Imanishi, M., Kimura, Y.,Masaoka, Y., Hidaka, T., and Nagasawa, Y. Reconstitution of 3-Acetyl Chlorophyll a intoLight-Harvesting Complex 2 from the Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Phaeospirillummolischianum“, ACS Omega 5, 12, 6817–6825, 2020.

2019

  • Takenaka, S., Yokoyama, M., Kimura,Y., Yamashita, Y., and, Ashida H. “Characterization of an organic-solvent-stable elastase from Pseudomonas indica and its potential use in eggshell membrane hydrolysis”, Process Biochemistry 85, 156–163, 2019.
  • Imanishi, M., Takenouchi, M., Takaichi, S., Nakagawa, S., Saga, Y., Takenaka, S., Madigan, M.T., Overmann, J., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y., and Kimura, Y. “A dual role for Ca2+ in expanding the spectral diversity and stability of LH1-RC photocomplexes of purple phototrophic bacteria”, Biochemistry 58, 2844–2852, 2019.
  • Nagatsuma, S., Gotou,K., Yamashita T., Yu, L.-J. Shen, J.-R., Madigan, M. T., Kimura, Y., and Wang-Otomo,Z.-Y. “Phospholipid distributions in purple phototrophic bacteria and LH1-RC core complexes”, Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1860, 461–468, 2019.
  • Lim, L., Senba, H., Kimura, Y., Yokota, S., Doi, M., Yoshida, K.-I., and Takenaka, S., “Influences of N-linked glycosylation on the biochemical properties of aspartic protease from Aspergillus glaucus MA0196”, Process Biochemistry 79, 74–80, 2019
  • Saga, Y., Kawano, K., Otuska, Y., Imanishi, M., Kimura, Y., Matsui, S., and Asakawa, H., “Selective oxidation of B800 bacteriochlorophyll a in Photosynthetic Light-harvesting Protein LH2”, Sci. Rep. 9, 3636, 2019.



2018

  • Biochemical and Spectroscopic Characterizations of a Hybrid Light-Harvesting Reaction Center Core Complex
    Kimura,Y., Hashimoto, K., Akimoto, S., Takenouchi, M., Suzuki, K., Kishi, R., Imanishi,M., Takenaka, S., Madigan, M. T., Nagashima, K.V.P., and Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y.
    Biochemistry 57, 4496, 4503, 2018.
  • Reconstitution of Chlorophyll d into the Bacterial Photosynthetic Light-harvesting Protein LH2, Saga, Y., Yamashita, M., Imanishi, M., and Kimura,Y. Chem. Lett. 47, 1071–1074, 2018
  • C-Terminal Cleavage of the LH1 alpha-polypeptide in the Sr2+-Cultured Thermochromatium tepidum
    Kimura,Y., Kawakami, T., Arikawa, T., Yong Li, Yu, L.-J., Ohno, T., Madigan, M.T., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y.
    Photosynth. Res.135,23–31, 2018.


2017

  • Probing Structure-Function Relationships in Early Events in Photosynthesis Using a Chimeric Photocomplex
    Nagashima, K.V.P., Sasaki, M., Hashimoto, K., Takaichi, S., Nagashima, S., Yu, L.-J., Abe, Y., Goto, K., Kawakami, T., Takenouchi, M., Shibuya, S., Yamaguchi, A., Ohno, T., Shen, J.-R., Inoue, K., Madigan, M. T., Kimura,Y., and Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y.
    Proc. Nat. Aca. Sci.,114, 10906–10911, 2017.

  • Effects of Calcium Ions on the Thermostability and Spectroscopic Properties of the LH1-RC Complex from a New Thermophilic Purple Bacterium Allochromatium tepidum
    Kimura,Y., Lyu, S., Okoshi, A., Okazaki, K., Nakamura, N., Ohashi, A., Ohno, T., Takaichi, S., Madigan, M. T., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y.
    J. Phys. Chem. B,121, 5025–5032,2017



2016

  • Spectroscopic and Thermodynamic Characterization of the Metal-Binding Sites in the LH1-RC Complex from Thermophilic Photosynthetic Bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum
    Kimura,Y.,Yura, Y., Hayashi, Y., Yong Li, Onoda, M., Yu, L.-J., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y., Ohno,T.,
    J. Phys. Chem. B 120, 12466-12473, 2016.

  • Structure Basis for the Unusual Qy Red-shift and Enhanced Thermostability of the LH1 Complex from Thermochromatium tepidum
    Yu, L.-J., Kawakami, T., Kimura,Y.,Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y.
    Biochemistry. 55, 6495-6504, 2016.



2015

  • The Roles of C-terminal Residues on the Thermal Stability and Local Heme Environment of Cytochrome c' from the Thermophilic Purple Sulfur Bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum.
    Y. Kimura, S. Kasuga, M. Unno, T. Furusawa, Y. Sasaki, T. Ohno, and Z.-Y. Wang-Otomo,
    Photosynthesis Research, Vol.124, pp.19-29 (2015).



2014

  • Examination of molecular mechanism for the enhanced thermal stability of anthocyanins by metal cations and polysaccharides,
    N. Tachibana, Y. Kimura, and T. Ohno,
    Food Chemistry, Vol.143, pp.452-458 (2014).



2013

  • ATR-FTIR Detection of Metal-Sensitive Structural Changes Involved in the Enhanced Thermal Stability of Light-Harvesting 1 Reaction Center Complexes from the Thermophilic Purple Sulfur Bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum.
    Yong Li, Y. Kimura, T. Arikawa, Z.-Y. Wang-Otomo, and T. Ohno,
    Biochemistry, Vol.52, pp.9001-9008 (2013).

  • Structure Analysis and Characterization of the Cytochrome c-554 from Thermophilic Green Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum.
    L.-J. Yu, M. Unno, Y. Kimura, K. Yanagimoto, H. Oh-oka, and Z.-Y. Wang-Otomo,
    Photosynthesis Research, Vol.118, pp.249-258 (2013).

  • Strontium ions are functionally replaceable with calcium ions in the light-harvesting 1 reaction center core complex from Thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum,
    Y. Kimura, Y, Inada, L.-J. Yu, T. Ohno, and Z.-Y. Wang,
    Photosynthesis Research for Food, Fuel and the Future, Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China, pp105-109 (2013).



2012

  • Structural analysis and comparative characterization of the cytochrome c' and flavocytochrome c from thermophilic purple photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum,
    Y. Hirano, Y. Kimura, H. Suzuki, K. Miki, and Z.-Y. Wang,
    Biochemistry, Vol.51, pp.6556-6567 (2012).

  • Metal Cations Modulate the Bacteriochlorophyll-Protein Interaction in the Light-Harvesting 1 Core Complex from Thermochromatium tepidum,
    Y. Kimura, Y. Inada, T. Numata, T. Arikawa, Yong Li, J.-P. Zhang, Z.-Y. Wang, and T. Ohno.,
    Biochem. Biophys. Acta, Vol.1817, pp.1022-1029 (2012).

  • Damage to photosystem II due to heat stress without light-driven electron flow: involvement of enhanced introduction of reducing power into thylakoid membranes,
    Y. Yamauchi, Y. Marutani, Y. Kimura, M. Mizutani, and Y. Sugimoto,
    Planta, Vol.236, pp.753-761 (2012).

  • Function of Extrinsic Proteins in Stabilization of the Photosynthetic Oxygen-Evolving Complex,
    Yong Li, Y. Kimura, T. Ohno, and Y. Yamauchi,
    Photochemistry, InTech, ISBN978-953-51-0046-9, (2012).


2011

  • A Spectroscopic Variant of the Light-Harvesting 1 Core Complex from the Thermophilic Purple Sulfur Bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum,
    Y. Kimura, Y. Inada, L.-J. Yu, Z.-Y., Wang, and T. Ohno.,
    Biochemistry, Vol.50, pp.3638-3648 (2011).

  • Photosystem at high temperature -mechanisms of adaptation and damage,
    Y. Yamauchi and Y. Kimura,
    Photochemistry: UV/VIS Spectroscopy, Photochemical Reactions and Photosynthesis,NOVA Science, pp.203-236 (2011).

  • Calcium ions are involved in the thermostability and the unusual red-shift of LH1 Qy transition of the core complex from Thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum,
    Y. Kimura, L.-J. Yu, Y. Hirano, H. Suzuki, and Z.-Y. Wang,
    proceedings of 15th International Congress on Photosynthesis, Beijing, Aug., in press.


2009

  • Specific Ca2+-binding motief in the LH1 complex from photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum as revealed by optical spectroscopy and structural modeling
    F. Ma, Y. Kimura, L.-J. Yu, P. Wang, X.-C. Ai, Z.-Y. Wang, and J.-P. Zhang,
    FEBS J., Vol.276, pp.1739-1749 (2009).

  • Calcium Ions Are Required for the Enhanced Thermal Stability of the Light-Harvesting-Reaction Center Core Complex from Thermophilic Purple Sulfur Bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum,
    Y. Kimura, L.-J. Yu, Y. Hirano, H. Suzuki, and Z.-Y. Wang,
    J. Biol. Chem., Vol.284, pp.93-99 (2009).

  • Overexpression, characterization, and crystallization of the functional domain of cytochrome cz from Chlorobium tepidum,
    M. Higuchi, Y. Hirano, Y. Kimura, H. Oh-oka, K. Miki, and Z.-Y. Wang,
    Photosynth. Res., Vol.102, pp.77-84 (2009).


2008

  • Calcium Ions Are Involved in the Unusual Red-Shift of the Light-Harvesting 1 Qy Transition of the Core Complex in Thermophilic Purple Sulfur Bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum,
    Y. Kimura, Y. Hirano, L.-J. Yu, H. Suzuki, M. Kobayashi, and Z.-Y. Wang,
    J. Biol. Chem., Vol.283, pp.13867-113873 (2008).

  • Excitation Dynamics of Two Spectral Forms of the core complexes from Photosynthetic Bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum,
    F. Ma, Y. Kimura, X.-H. Zhao, Y.-S. Wu, P. Wang, L.-M. Fu, Z.-Y. Wang, and J.-P. Zhang,
    Biophys. J., Vol.95, pp.3349-3357 (2008).


2007

  • Purification, characterization and crystallization of the core complex from thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum,
    H. Suzuki, Y. Hirano, Y. Kimura, S. Takaichi, M. Kobayashi, K. Miki, and Z.-Y. Wang,
    Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Vol.1767, pp.1057-1063 (2007).


2006

  • Action spectrum for expression of the high intensity light-inducible Lhc-like gene Lhl4 in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii,
    H. Teramoto, A. Ishii, Y. Kimura, K. Hasegawa, S. Nakazawa, T. Nakamura, S.-I. Higashi, M. Watanabe, T.-A. Ono,
    Plant Cell Physiol., Vol.84, pp.419-425 (2006).

  • Electronic and Vibrational Circular Dichroism of Aromatic Amino Acids by Density Functional Theory,
    T. Tanaka, T. S. Kodama, H. E. Morita, and T. Ohno,
    Chirality, Vol.18, No.8, pp.652-661 (2006).

  • Theoretical Study on Charge-transfer Interaction between Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase and 3-Thiaacyl-CoA using Density Functional Method, T. Tanaka, H. Tamaoki,
    Y. Nishina, K. Shiga, T. Ohno, and R. Miura,
    J. Biochem., Vol.139, No.5, pp.847-855 (2006).

  • フーリエ変換赤外分光法による光合成酸素発生系マンガンクラスターの構造及び機能の解析,
    木村行宏, 小野高明,
    生物物理, 46号, pp.124-129 (2006).


2005

  • Structural changes of D1 C-terminal a-carboxylate during S-state cycling in photosynthetic oxygen evolution,
    Y. Kimura, N. Mizusawa, T. Yamanari, A. Ishii, and T.-A. Ono,
    J. Biol. Chem., Vol.280, pp.2078-2083 (2005).

  • Water-sensitive low-frequency vibrations of reaction intermediates during S-state cycling in photosynthetic water oxidation,
    Y. Kimura, A. Ishii, T. Yamanari, and T.-A. Ono,
    Biochemistry, 44, p.7613-7622 (2005).

  • Studies on photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex by means of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: calcium and chloride cofactors,
    Y. Kimura, K. Hasegawa, T. Yamanari, and T.-A. Ono,
    Photosyn. Res., Vol.84, pp.245-250 (2005).

  • Changes in structural and functional properties of oxygen-evolving complex induced by replacement of glutamate of D1 189 with glutamine in photosystem II: Ligation of glutamate 189 carboxylate to the Mn cluster,
    Y. Kimura, N. Mizusawa, A. Ishii, S. Nakazawa, and T.-A. Ono,
    J. Biol. Chem., Vol.280, pp.37895-37900 (2005).

  • FTIR detection of structural changes in a histidine ligand during S-state cycling of photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex,
    Y. Kimura, N. Mizusawa, A. Ishii, and T.-A. Ono,
    Biochemistry, Vol.44, pp.16072-16078 (2005).


2004

  • Oxidation of Mn cluster induces structure changes of NO3- functionally bound to Cl- Site in Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II,
    K. Hasegawa, Y. Kimura, and T.-A. Ono,
    Biophys. J., Vol.86, pp.1042-1050 (2004).

  • Mid-to-low frequency Fourier transform infrared spectra of S-state cycle for photosynthetic water oxidation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803,
    T. Yamanari, Y. Kimura, N. Mizusawa, A. Ishii, and T.-A. Ono,
    Biochemistry, Vol.43, pp.7479-7490 (2004).

  • Impact of replacement of D1 C-terminal alanine with glycine on structure and function of photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex,
    N. Mizusawa, Y. Kimura, A. Ishii, T. Yamanari, S. Nakazawa, H. Teramoto, and T.-A. Ono,
    J. Biol. Chem., Vol.279, pp.29622-29627 (2004).

  • Changes in functional and structural properties of the Mn cluster induced by replacing the side group of the C-terminus of the D1 protein of photosystem II,
    N. Mizusawa, T. Yamanari, Y. Kimura, A. Ishii, S. Nakazawa, and T.-A. Ono,
    Biochemistry, Vol.43, pp.14644-14652 (2004).

  • Detection of 18O-water sensitive and S-state dependent low-frequency vibrational modes in photosynthetic oxygen evolving complex,
    Y. Kimura, A. Ishii, T. Yamanari, K. Hasegawa, and T.-A. Ono,
    Proceedings of 13th International Congress on Photosynthesis, pp.369-371 (2004).

  • Functional and structural properties of oxygen-evolving complex in D1 C-terminal mutants,
    N. Mizusawa, Y. Kimura, A. Ishii, T. Yamanari, S. Nakazawa, H. Teramoto, and T.-A. Ono,
    Proceedings of 13th International Congress on Photosynthesis, pp.352-353 (2004).

  • Structural implications of the D1 C-terminal a-carboxylate in photosynthetic oxygen evolution as studied by FTIR,
    N. Mizusawa, Y. Kimura, A. Ishii, T. Yamanari, and T.-A. Ono,
    Proceedings of 13th International Congress on Photosynthesis, pp.376-377 (2004).

  • The Cl- binding site in the oxygen-evolving complex studied by FTIR spectroscopy,
    K. Hasegawa, Y. Kimura, and T.-A. Ono,
    Proceedings of 13th International Congress on Photosynthesis, pp.354-356 (2004).


2003

  • Functional and Structural Study on Chelator-induced Suppression of S2/S1 FTIR spectrum in Photosynthetic Oxygen-Evolving Complex,
    Y. Kimura, and T.-A. Ono,
    J. Inorg. Biochem., Vol.97, pp.231-239 (2003).

  • Changes of Low-Frequency Vibrational Modes Induced by Universal 15N- and 13C-Labeling in S2/S1 FTIR Difference Spectrum of Oxygen-Evolving Complex,
    Y. Kimura, N. Mizusawa, A. Ishii, T. Yamanari, and T.-A. Ono,
    Biochemistry, Vol.42, pp.13170-13177 (2003).


2002

  • Characteristic Changes of the S2/S1 Difference FTIR Spectrum Induced by Ca2+ Depletion and Metal Cation Substitution in the Photosynthetic Oxygen-Evolving Complex,
    Y. Kimura, K. Hasegawa, and T.-A. Ono,
    Biochemistry, Vol.41, pp.5844-5853 (2002).

  • Properties of Cl- binding site in oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II studied by FTIR spectroscopy,
    K. Hasegawa, Y. Kimura, A. Ishii, J. Minagawa, and T.-A. Ono,
    J. Photosci., Vol.9, pp.376-378 (2002).

  • Chloride Cofactor in the Photosynthetic Oxygen-Evolving Complex Studied by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy,
    K. Hasegawa, Y. Kimura, and T.-A. Ono,
    Biochemistry, Vol.41, pp.13839-13850 (2002).


2001

  • Chelator-Induced Disappearance of Carboxylate Stretching Vibrational Modes in S2/S1 FTIR Spectrum in Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II,
    Y. Kimura, and T.-A. Ono
    Biochemistry, Vol.40, pp.14061-14068 (2001).

  • Carboxylate stretching bands in the S2/S1 FTIR spectrum disappear by metal chelator in Ca2+-depleted OEC,
    Y. Kimura, and T.-A. Ono,
    Proceedings of 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis, S10-023, pp.1-4 (2001).

  • Properties changes of the Mn-cluster induced by replacement of Ca2+ with alkali metal cations,
    T.-A. Ono, Y. Kimura, A. Rompel, and H. Mino,
    Proceedings of 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis, S13-002, pp.1-6 (2001).


1998

  • Tunneling Effects on the 1,3-Sigmatropic Hydrogen Shift in the Photo-Fries Rearranged Intermediate of 2,4-Dimethoxy-6-(p-tolyloxy)-s-triazine,
    Y. Kimura, N. Kakiuchi, S. Tobita, and H. Shizuka,
    J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., Vol.94, pp.3077-3085 (1998).


1997

  • Kinetic Studies on the 1,2-Sigmatropic Hydrogen Shift in the Photorearranged Intermediate of N-Acetylpyrrole; Tunneling Effects,
    Y. Kimura, M.Yamamoto, S.Tobita, and H. Shizuka,
    J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol.101, pp.459-465 (1997).