Yuichi Fujita

Publications

• The GGDEF Protein Dgc2 Suppresses Both Motility and Biofilm Formation in the Filamentous Cyanobacterium
  Microbiology Spectrum. Sep, 2023  |   Pubmed ID: 37655901
• Heterologous Complementation Systems Verify the Mosaic Distribution of Three Distinct Protoporphyrinogen IX Oxidase in the Cyanobacterial Phylum
  Journal of Plant Research. Jan, 2023  |   Pubmed ID: 36357749
• Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Marine Cyanobacterium Acaryochloris Marina MBIC10699 Reveals the Impact of Phycobiliprotein Reacquisition and the Diversity of Acaryochloris Plasmids
  Microorganisms. Jul, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 35889093
• Effects of Light and Oxygen on Chlorophyll D Biosynthesis in a Marine Cyanobacterium Acaryochloris Marina
  Plants (Basel, Switzerland). Mar, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 35406896
• Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Secretion of Protochlorophyllide in the Cyanobacterium
  Plants (Basel, Switzerland). Mar, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 35406890
• Chlorophyll and Pheophytin Dephytylating Enzymes Required for Efficient Repair of PSII in Synechococcus Elongatus PCC 7942
  Plant & Cell Physiology. Mar, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 35024866
• Differences in Specific Concerns Perceived by Parents of Children with Cleft Lip And/or Palate Based on the Types of Cleft
  International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. May, 2022  |   Pubmed ID: 34358380
• Formation of Prolamellar-body-like Ultrastructures in Etiolated Cyanobacterial Cells Overexpressing Light-dependent Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase in Leptolyngbya Boryana
  The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. Jun, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32238622
• Chlorophyllide a Oxidoreductase Preferentially Catalyzes 8-Vinyl Reduction over B-Ring Reduction of 8-Vinyl Chlorophyllide a in the Late Steps of Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis
  Chembiochem : a European Journal of Chemical Biology. Jun, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 32180325
• Super-activator Variants of the Cyanobacterial Transcriptional Regulator ChlR Essential for Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis Under Low Oxygen Conditions
  Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. Mar, 2020  |   Pubmed ID: 31690227
• Accessory Proteins of the Nitrogenase Assembly, NifW, NifX/NafY, and NifZ, Are Essential for Diazotrophic Growth in the Nonheterocystous Cyanobacterium
  Frontiers in Microbiology. 2019  |   Pubmed ID: 30930880
• PAS-histidine Kinases PHK1 and PHK2 Exert Oxygen-dependent Dual and Opposite Effects on Gametophore Formation in the Moss Physcomitrella Patens
  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Sep, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 30100059
• Functional Expression of an Oxygen-labile Nitrogenase in an Oxygenic Photosynthetic Organism
  Scientific Reports. May, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29743482
• In Vivo Transposon Tagging in the Nonheterocystous Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya Boryana
  FEBS Letters. May, 2018  |   Pubmed ID: 29723391
• The Effect of Two Amino Acid Residue Substitutions Via RNA Editing on Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase in the Black Pine Chloroplasts
  Scientific Reports. May, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28539650
• Isolation of Cyanobacterial Mutants Exhibiting Growth Defects Under Microoxic Conditions by Transposon Tagging Mutagenesis of Synechocystis Sp. PCC 6803
  The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. May, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28331161
• Identification of a Cis-acting Element in Nitrogen Fixation Genes Recognized by CnfR in the Nonheterocystous Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya Boryana
  Molecular Microbiology. Aug, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27119437
• Stoichiometry of ATP Hydrolysis and Chlorophyllide Formation of Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase from Rhodobacter Capsulatus
  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Feb, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26774340
• Identification of the ChlE Gene Encoding Oxygen-independent Mg-protoporphyrin IX Monomethyl Ester Cyclase in Cyanobacteria
  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Aug, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26102037
• Rhodobacter Sphaeroides Mutants Overexpressing Chlorophyllide a Oxidoreductase of Blastochloris Viridis Elucidate Functions of Enzymes in Late Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthetic Pathways
  Scientific Reports. May, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25978726
• Evolutionary Aspects and Regulation of Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria Under Aerobic and Anaerobic Environments
  Life (Basel, Switzerland). Mar, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25830590
• Loss of Cytochrome CM Stimulates Cyanobacterial Heterotrophic Growth in the Dark
  Plant & Cell Physiology. Feb, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25416288
• Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase Generates Substrate Radicals by an Iron-sulphur Cluster in Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis
  Scientific Reports. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24965831
• Reconstitution of a Sequential Reaction of Two Nitrogenase-like Enzymes in the Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthetic Pathway of Rhodobacter Capsulatus
  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. May, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24769479
• Transcriptional Regulators ChlR and CnfR Are Essential for Diazotrophic Growth in Nonheterocystous Cyanobacteria
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. May, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24753612
• A Novel "oxygen-induced" Greening Process in a Cyanobacterial Mutant Lacking the Transcriptional Activator ChlR Involved in Low-oxygen Adaptation of Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis
  The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Jan, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24297184
• Nicotinamide is a Specific Inhibitor of Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase, a Nitrogenase-like Enzyme, from Rhodobacter Capsulatus
  FEBS Letters. Sep, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23954297
• An Unexpectedly Branched Biosynthetic Pathway for Bacteriochlorophyll B Capable of Absorbing Near-infrared Light
  Scientific Reports. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23386973
• MarR-type Transcriptional Regulator ChlR Activates Expression of Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis Genes in Response to Low-oxygen Conditions in Cyanobacteria
  The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Apr, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22375005
• Functional Evaluation of a Nitrogenase-like Protochlorophyllide Reductase Encoded by the Chloroplast DNA of Physcomitrella Patens in the Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya Boryana
  Plant & Cell Physiology. Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21949030
• [Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Reductase: Structural Framework Common to Nitrogenase and Evolutionary Aspects]
  Seikagaku. The Journal of Japanese Biochemical Society. Jul, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21866878
• A Heme Oxygenase Isoform is Essential for Aerobic Growth in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Sp. PCC 6803: Modes of Differential Operation of Two Isoforms/enzymes to Adapt to Low Oxygen Environments in Cyanobacteria
  Plant & Cell Physiology. Oct, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21828104
• EPR Study of 1Asp-3Cys Ligated 4Fe-4S Iron-sulfur Cluster in NB-protein (BchN-BchB) of a Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Reductase Complex
  FEBS Letters. Jan, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21126521
• Functional Differentiation of Two Analogous Coproporphyrinogen III Oxidases for Heme and Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Pathways in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Sp. PCC 6803
  Plant & Cell Physiology. Apr, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20194361
• Oxygen Sensitivity of a Nitrogenase-like Protochlorophyllide Reductase from the Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya Boryana
  Plant & Cell Physiology. Sep, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19643808
• NB-protein (BchN-BchB) of Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Reductase is the Catalytic Component Containing Oxygen-tolerant Fe-S Clusters
  FEBS Letters. Apr, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18358835
• Identification of Two Homologous Genes, ChlAI and ChlAII, That Are Differentially Involved in Isocyclic Ring Formation of Chlorophyll a in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Sp. PCC 6803
  The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Feb, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18039649
• Nitrogenase Fe Protein-like Fe-S Cluster is Conserved in L-protein (BchL) of Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Reductase from Rhodobacter Capsulatus
  FEBS Letters. Nov, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17064695
• Differential Operation of Dual Protochlorophyllide Reductases for Chlorophyll Biosynthesis in Response to Environmental Oxygen Levels in the Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya Boryana
  Plant Physiology. Nov, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17028153
• A Second Nitrogenase-like Enzyme for Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis: Reconstitution of Chlorophyllide a Reductase with Purified X-protein (BchX) and YZ-protein (BchY-BchZ) from Rhodobacter Capsulatus
  The Journal of Biological Chemistry. May, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16571720
• Overexpression and Characterization of Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Reductase from Rhodobacter Capsulatus
  Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Jun, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15953479