PUBLICATION
Selected Publication
- J.M. Schuller, J.A. Birrell, H.Tanaka, T.Konuma, H.Wulfhorst, N.Cox, S.K. Schuller, J. Thiemann, W.Lubitz, P. Sétif , T.Ikegami, B.D. Engel, G. Kurisu & M.M. Nowaczyk
Structural adaptations of photosynthetic complex I enable ferredoxin-dependent electron transfer.
Science , 363, 257-260 (2019) - H.Kubota-Kawai, R.Mutoh, K.Shinmura, P. Sétif, MM. Nowaczyk, M. Rögner, T. Ikegami, H. Tanaka & G.Kurisu,
X-ray structure of an asymmetrical trimeric ferredoxin-photosystem I complex.
Nature Plants, 4, 218-224 (2018) - A. K. Hochmal, K. Zinzius, R. Charoenwattanasatien, P. Gäbelein, R. Mutoh, H. Tanaka, S. Schulze, G. Liu, M. Scholz, A. Nordhues, J. N. Offenborn, G. Finazzi, C. Fufezan, K. Huang, G. Kurisu, M. Hippler.
Calredoxin represents a novel type of calcium-dependent sensor-responder connected to redox regulation in the chloroplast.
Nature Commun., 7, 11847 (2016) - T.Kon, T.Oyama, R.Shimo-Kon, K.Imamula, T.Shima, K.Sutoh & G.Kurisu,
The 2.8 Å crystal structure of the dynein motor domain.
Nature , 484, 345-350 (2012) - T. Kon, K. Sutoh and G. Kurisu.
X-ray structure of a functional full-length dynein motor domain.
Nature Strut. Mol. Biol., 18, 638-642 (2011) - N.Muraki, J.Nomata, K.Ebata, T.Mizoguchi, T.Shiba, H.Tamiaki, G.Kurisu & Y.Fujita,
X-ray crystal structure of the light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase.
Nature , 465, 110-114 (2010) - G.Kurisu, H.Zhang, J.L.Smith & W.A.Cramer
Structure of the Cytochrome b6f complex of Oxygenic Photosynthesis: Tuning the cavity.
Science, 302, 1009-1014 (2003) - G.Kurisu, M.Kusunoki, E.Katoh, T.Yamazaki, K.Teshima, Y.Onda, Y.Kimata-Ariga & T.Hase.
Structure of the electron transfer complex between ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductase.
Nature Struct. Biol., 8, 117-121 (2001)
All List from Kurisu Lab
- Y. Zheng, K. Sakai, K. Watanabe, H. Takagi, Y. Sato-Shiozaki, Y. Misumi, Y. Miyanoiri, G. Kurisu, T. Nogawa, R. Takita & S. Takahashi. Iron-sulphur protein catalysed [4+2] cycloadditions in natural product biosynthesis. Nature Commun. (2024) 15, 5779
- C. Jiko, J. Li, Y. Moon, Y. Tanaka, C.C. Gopalasingam, H. Shigematsu, P.S. Chae, G. Kurisu & C. Gerle. NDT-C11 as a viable novel detergent for single particle cryo-EM. Chempluschem. (2024) Online ahead of print
- S. Ko, A.Toda, H. Tanaka, J. Yu & G. Kurisu. Crystal structure of the stalk region of axonemal inner-arm dynein-d reveals unique features in the coiled-coil and microtubule-binding domain. FEBS Lett. (2023) 597, 2149-2160
- C. Gerle, Y. Misumi, A. Kawamoto, H. Tanaka, H. Kubota-Kawai, R. Tokutsu, E. Kim, D. Chorev, K. Abe, C.V. Robinson, K. Mitsuoka, J. Minagawa & G. Kurisu. Three structures of PSI-LHCI from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii suggest a resting state re-activated by ferredoxin. Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg. (2023) 1864, 148986
- T. Yagi, A. Toda, M. Ichikawa & G. Kurisu. Regulation of motor activity of ciliary outer-arm dynein by the light chain 1; Implications from the structure of the light chain bound to the microtubule-binding domain of the heavy chain. Biophys Physicobiol. (2023) 20, e200008
- H. Kishimoto, C. Azai, T. Yamamoto, R. Mutoh, T. Nakaniwa, H. Tanaka, Y. Miyanoiri, G. Kurisu & H. Oh-Oka. Soluble domains of cytochrome c-556 and Rieske iron-sulfur protein from Chlorobaculum tepidu m: Crystal structures and interaction analysis. Curr Res Struct Biol. (2023) 5, 100101
- S. Seki, T. Nakaniwa, P. Castro-Hartmann, K. Sader, A. Kawamoto, H. Tanaka, P. Qian, G. Kurisu & R. Fujii. Structural insights into blue-green light utilization by marine green algal light harvesting complex II at 2.78 Å. BBA Adv. (2022) 2, 100064
- R. Matsumoto, S. Yoshioka, M. Yuasa, Y. Morita, G. Kurisu, & N. Fujieda. An artificial metallolyase with pliable 2-His-1-carboxylate facial triad for stereoselective Michael addition. Chem Sci. (2023) 14, 3932-3937
- T. Nakayoshi, Y. Ohnishi, H. Tanaka, G. Kurisu, H.X. Kondo & Y. Takano. Effects of Active-Center Reduction of Plant-Type Ferredoxin on Its Structure and Dynamics: Computational Analysis Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Int J Mol Sci. (2022) 23, 15913
- K. Yamamoto, H. Tanaka, G. Kurisu, R. Nakano, H. Yano & H. Sakai. Structural insights into the substrate specificity of IMP-6 and IMP-1 metallo-β-lactamases. J Biochem. (2022) 173, 21-30
- D. Dey, M. Nishijima, R.Tanaka, G. Kurisu, H.Tanaka & H. Ito. Crystal structure and reaction mechanism of a bacterial Mg-dechelatase homolog from the Chloroflexi Anaerolineae. Protein Sci. (2022) 31, e4430
- J. Li, N. Hamaoka, F. Makino, A. Kawamoto, Y. Lin, M. Rögner, M.M. Nowaczyk, Y.H. Lee, K. Namba, C. Gerle & G Kurisu. Structure of cyanobacterial photosystem I complexed with ferredoxin at 1.97 Å resolution. Commun Biol. (2022) 5, 951
- C. Gerle, J.I. Kishikawa, T. Yamaguchi, A. Nakanishi, O. Çoruh, F. Makino, T. Miyata, A. Kawamoto, K. Yokoyama, K. Namba, G. Kurisu & T. Kato. Structures of multisubunit membrane complexes with the CRYO ARM 200. Microscopy (Oxf). (2022) 71, 249-261
- T. Kondo, R.Mutoh, S. Arai, G. Kurisu, H. Oh-Oka, S. Fujiyoshi & M. Matsushita. Energy transfer fluctuation observed by single-molecule spectroscopy of red-shifted bacteriochlorophyll in the homodimeric photosynthetic reaction center. J Chem Phys. (2022) 156, 105102
- E.H. Hemamali, L.P. Weerasinghe, H.Tanaka, G. Kurisu & I.C. Perera. LcaR: a regulatory switch from Pseudomonas aeruginosa for bioengineering alkane degrading bacteria. Biodegradation. (2022) 33, 117-133
- S.D. Zakharov, S. Savikhin, Y. Misumi, G. Kurisu, & W.A. Cramer. Isothermal titration calorimetry of membrane protein interactions: FNR and the cytochrome B6f complex. Biophys J. (2022) 121, 300-308
- G. Kurisu & T. Tsukihara. Forty years of the structure of plant-type ferredoxin. J Biochem. (2022) 171, 19-21
- L. Juniar, V. Adlfar, M. Hippler, H. Tanaka & G. Kurisu. Crystallographic analysis and phasing of iron-assimilating protein 1 (FEA1) from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. (2021) 77, 134-139
- O. Çoruh, A. Frank, H. Tanaka, A. Kawamoto, E. El-Mohsnawy, T. Kato, K. Namba, C. Gerle, M.M. Nowaczyk & G. Kurisu. Cryo-EM structure of a functional monomeric Photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus reveals red chlorophyll cluster. Commun. Biol. (2021) 4, 304
- R. Tohda, H. Tanaka, R. Mutoh, X. Zhang, Y.-H. Lee, T. Konuma, T. Ikegami, C.T. Migita & G. Kurisu. Crystal structure of higher plant heme oxygenase-1 and its mechanism of interaction with ferredoxin. J. Biol. Chem. (2021) 296, 100217
- T. Takei, T. Ando, T. Takao, Y. Ohnishi, G. Kurisu, M. Iwaoka & H. Hojo. Chemical synthesis of ferredoxin with 4 selenocysteine residues using a segment condensation method. Chem Commun (Camb). (2020) 56, 14239-14242
- L. Juniar, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshida, T. Hisabori & G. Kurisu. Structural basis for thioredoxin isoform‐based fine‐tuning of ferredoxin‐thioredoxin reductase activity. Protein Sci. (2020) 29, 2538-2545
- H. Mizuno, J. Hoshino, M. So, Y. Kogure, T. Fujii, Y. Ubara, K. Takaichi, T. Nakaniwa, H. Tanaka, G. Kurisu, F. Kametani, M. Nakagawa, T. Yoshinaga, Y. Sekijima, K. Higuchi, Y. Goto & M. Yazaki. Dialysis-related amyloidosis associated with a novel β2-microglobulin variant. Amyloid (2020) 28, 42-49
- N. Fujieda, K. Umakoshi, Y. Ochi, Y. Nishikawa, S. Yanagisawa, M. Kubo, G. Kurisu & S. Itoh. Copper–Oxygen Dynamics in the Tyrosinase Mechanism. Angewandte Chemie. Intl. Edition. (2020) 59, 13385-13390
- H. Yamamoto, T. Mizoguchi, Y. Tsukatani, H. Tamiaki, G. Kurisu & Y. Fujita. 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. (2020) 11, 1760-1766
- Y. Ohnishi, N. Muraki, D. Kiyota, H. Okumura, S. Baba, Y. Kawano, T. Kumasaka, H. Tanaka & G. Kurisu. X-ray dose-dependent structural changes of the [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J. Biochem. (2020) 167, 549-555
- N. Fujieda, H. Ichihashi, M. Yuasa, Y. Nishikawa, G. Kurisu & S. Itoh. Cupin Variants as a Macromolecular Ligand Library for Stereoselective Michael Addition of Nitroalkanes. Angewandte Chemie. Intl. Edition. (2020) 59, 7717-7720
- T. Kondo, R. Mutoh, H. Tabe, G. Kurisu, H. Oh-Oka, S. Fujiyoshi, M. Matsushita, Cryogenic Single-Molecule Spectroscopy of the Primary Electron Acceptor in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2020) 11, 3980-3986
- A. Toda, Y. Nishikawa, H. Tanaka, T. Yagi & G. Kurisu, The complex of outer-arm dynein light chain-1 and the microtubule-binding domain of the γ heavy chain shows how axonemal dynein tunes ciliary beating, J. Biol. Chem. (2020) 295, 3982-3989
- R. Charoenwattanasatien, K. Zinzius, M. Scholz, S. Wicke, H. Tanaka, J.S. Brandenburg, G.M. Marchetti, T. Ikegami, T. Matsumoto, T. Oda, M. Sato, M. Hippler & G. Kurisu, Calcium sensing via EF-hand 4 enables thioredoxin activity in the sensor-responder protein calredoxin in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J. Biol. Chem. (2020) 295, 170-180
- B.S. Hanson, S. Iida, D.J. Read, O.G. Harlen, G. Kurisu, H. Nakamura, S.A. Harris. Continuum mechanical parameterisation of cytoplasmic dynein from atomistic simulation. Methods (2020) 185, 39-48
- J.M. Schuller, P. Saura, J. Thiemann, S.K. Schuller, A.P. Gamiz-Hernandez, G. Kurisu, M.M. Nowaczyk, V.R.I. Kaila, Redox-coupled proton pumping drives carbon concentration in the photosynthetic complex I. Nature Commun. (2020) 11, 494
- D. Seo, N. Muraki, G. Kurisu. Kinetic and structural insight into a role of the re-face Tyr328 residue of the homodimeric type ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase from Rhodopseudomonas palustris in the reaction with NADP+/NADPH Biochim. Biophys. Acta. Bioenergetics (2020) 1861, 14140
- K. Sugiura, H. Tanaka, G. Kurisu, K.I. Wakabayashi, T. Hisabori. Multicolor redox sensor proteins can visualize redox changes in various compartments of the living cell. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. General Subjects (2019) 1863, 1098-1107
- M. Brabsztunowicz, P. Mulo, F. Baymann, R. Mutoh, G. Kurisu, P. Sétif, P. Beyer, A. Krieger-Liszkay. Electron transport pathways in isolated chromoplasts from Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. Plant J. (2019) 99, 245-256
- J.M. Schuller, J.A. Birrell, H. Tanaka, T. Konuma, H. Wulfhorst, N. Cox, S.K. Schuller, J. Thiemann, W. Lubitz, P. Sétif, T. Ikegami, B.D. Engel, G. Kurisu & M.M. Nowaczyk Structural adaptations of photosynthetic complex I enable ferredoxin-dependent electron transfer. Science (2019) 363, 257-260
- H. Kubota-Kawai, R. Mutoh, K. Shinmura, P. Sétif, M.M. Nowaczyk, M. Rögner, T. Ikegami, H. Tanaka, G. Kurisu. X-ray structure of an asymmetric trimeric ferredoxin-photosystem I complex. Nature Plants (2018) 4, 218-224
- D.S. Chorev, L.A. Baker, D. Wu, V. Beilsten-Edmands, S.L. Rouse, T. Zeev-Ben-Mordehai, C. Jiko, F. Samsudin, C. Gerle, S. Khalid, A.G. Stewart, S.J. Matthews, K. Grünewald, C.V. Robinson. Protein assemblies ejected directly from native mambranes yield complexes for mass spectrometry. Science (2018) 362, 829-834
- R. Quintana-Cabrera, C. Quirin, C. Glytsou, M. Corrado, A. Urbani, A. Pellattiero, E. Calvo, J. Vázquez, J.A. Enríquez, C. Gerle, M.E. Soriano, P. Bernardi, L Scorrano. The cristae modulator Optic atrophy 1 requires mitochondrial ATP synthase oligomers to safeguard mitochondrial function. Nature Commun., (2018) 9, 3399
- A. Toda, H. Tanaka, G. Kurisu. Structural atlas of dynein motors at atomic resolution. Biophys. Rev., (2018) 2, 677-686
- R. Charoenwattanasatien, H. Tanaka, K.Zinzius, A.K. Hochmal, R. Mutoh, D. Yamamoto, M. Hippler, G. Kurisu. X-ray crystallographic and high-speed AFM studies of peroixiredoxin 1 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Acta Crystallogr. Sec. F. (2018) 74, 86-91
- L. Mosebach, C. Heilmann, R. Mutoh, P. Gäbelein, J. Steinbeck, T. Happe, T. Ikegami, G. Hanke, G. Kurisu and M. Hippler. Association of Ferredoxin:NADP+ oxidoreductase with the photosynthetic apparatus modulates electron transfer in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Photosynth. Res., (2017) 134, 291-306
- P. Sétif, R. Mutoh, G. Kurisu. Dynamics and energetics of cyanobacterial photosystem I :ferredoxin complexes in different redox states. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Bioenerg., (2017) 1858, 483-496
- N. Fujieda, T. Nakano, Y. Taniguchi, H. Ichihashi, H. Sugimoto, Y. Morimoto, Y. Nishikawa, G. Kurisu, S. Itoh. A well-defined Osmium-Cupin Complex: Hyperstable Artifical Osmium Peroxygenase. J. Am. Chem. Soc., (2017) 121, 2543-2553
- H. Nagashima, H. Kishimoto, R. Mutoh, N. Terashima, H. Oh-Oka, G. Kurisu, H. Mino. Hyperfine Sublevel Correlation Spectroscopy Studies of Iron-Sulfur Cluster in Rieske Protein from Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum. J. Phys. Chem. B., (2017) 121, 2543-2553
- F. Shinohara, G. Kurisu, G. Hanke, C. Bowsher, T. Hase, Y. Kimata-Ariga. Structural basis for the isotype-specific interactions of ferredoxin and ferredoxin: NADP+ oxidoreductase: an evolutionary switch between photosynthetic and heterotrophic assimilation. Photosynth. Res., (2017) 134, 281-289
- M. Kinoshita, J. Y. Kim, S. Kume, Y. Lin, K.H. Mok, Y. Kataoka, K. Ishimori, N. Markova, G. Kurisu, T. Hase, Y.H. Lee. Energetic basis on interactions between ferredoxin and ferredoxin NADP+ reductase at varying physiological conditions. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., (2017) 482, 909-915
- J. Y. Kim, M. Kinoshita, S. Kume, H. Gt, T. Sugiki, J.E. Ladbury, C. Kojima, T. Ikegami, G. Kurisu, Y. Goto, T. Hase, Y.H. Lee. Non-covalent forces tune the electron transfer complex between ferredoxin and sulfite reductase to optimize enzymatic activity. Biochem. J., (2016) 473, 3837-3854
- C. Mignée, R. Mutoh, A. Krieger-Liszkay, G. Kurisu, P. Sétif. Gallium ferredoxin as a tool to study the effects of ferredoxin binding to photosystem I without ferredoxin reduction. Photosynth. Res., (2017) 134, 251-263
- R.A. Ali, A.M. Mehdi, R. Rothnagel, N.A. Hamilton, C. Gerle. M.J. Landsberg, B. Hankamer. RAZA: A Rapid 3D z-crossings algorithm to segment electron tomograms and extract organelles and macromolecules. J. Struct. Biol., (2017) 200, 73-86
- N. Kamiya, T. Mashimo, Y. Takano, T. Kon, G. Kurisu, H. Nakamura. Elastic properties of dynein motor domain obtained from all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. Protein Eng. Des. Sel., (2016) 8, 317-325
- A. K. Hochmal, K. Zinzius, R. Charoenwattanasatien, P. Gäbelein, R. Mutoh, H. Tanaka, S. Schulze, G. Liu, M. Scholz, A. Nordhues, J. N. Offenborn, G. Finazzi, C. Fufezan, K. Huang, G. Kurisu, M. Hippler. Calredoxin represents a novel type of calcium-dependent sensor-responder connected to redox regulation in the chloroplast. Nature Commun., (2016) 7, 11847
- R. Charoenwattanasatien, S. Pengthaisong, I. Breen, R. Mutoh, S. Sansenya, Y. Hua, A. Tankrathok, L. Wu, C. Songsirirtthigul, H. Tanaka, S. J. Williams, G. J. Davies, G. Kurisu, J. R. Cairns. Bacterial β-Glucosidase Reveals the Structural and Functional Basis of Genetic Defects in Human Glucocerebrosidase 2 (GBA2). ACS Chem. Biol., (2016) 11, 1891-1900
- J.Y. Kim, M. Nakayama, H. Toyota, G. Kurisu, T. Hase. Structural and mutational studies of an electron transfer complex of maize sulfite reductase and ferredoxin. J. Biochem. (2016) 160, 101-109
- Y. Nishikawa, M. Inatomi, H. Iwasaki, G. Kurisu. Structural Change in the Dynein Stalk Region Associated with Two Different Affinities for the Microtubule. J. Mol. Biol., (2016) 428, 1886-1896
- J. Esselborn, N. Muraki, K. Klein, V. Engelbrecht, N. Metzler-Nolte, U.-P. Apfel, E. Hofmann, G. Kurisu, T. Happe. A structural view of synthetic cofactor integration into [FeFe]-hydrogenases. Chem. Sci., (2016) 7, 959-968
- K. Hirabayashi, E. Yuda, N. Tanaka, S. Katayana, K. Iwasaki, T. Matsumoto, G. Kurisu, F.W. Outten, K. Fukuyama, Y. Takahashi, K. Wada. Functional Dynamics Revealed by the Structure of the SufBCD Complex, a Novel ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Protein That Serves as a Scaffold for Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biogenesis. J. Biol. Chem., (2015) 290, 29717-29731
- R. Mutoh, N. Muraki, K. Shinmura, H. Kubota-Kawai, Y.H. Lee, M.M. Nowaczyk, M. Rögner, T. Hase, T. Ikegami, G. Kurisu. X-ray Structure and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis of the Interaction Sites of the Ga-substituted Cyanobacterial Ferredoxin. Biochemistry (2015) 54, 6052-6061
- M. Kinoshita, J.Y. Kim, S. Kume, Y. Sakakibara, T. Sugiki, C. Kojima, G. Kurisu, T. Ikegami, T. Hase, Y. Kimata-Ariga, Y.H. Lee. Physicochemical nature of interfaces controlling ferredoxin NADP(+) reductase activity through its interprotein interactions with ferredoxin. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. (2015) 1847, 1200-1211
- S. Sansenya, R. Mutoh, R. Charoenwattanasatien, G. Kurisu, J. Ketudat-Cairns. Expression and crystallization of a bacterial hydrolase family 116 β-glucosidase from Thermoanaerobacterium xylanolyticum. Acta Crystallogr. Sec. F. (2015) 71, 41-44
- S. Uchimura, T. Fujii, H. Takazaki, R. Ayukawa, Y. Nishikawa, I. Minoura, Y. Hachikubo, G. Kurisu, K. Sutoh, T. Kon, K. Namba, E. Muto. A flipped ion pair at the dynein-microtuble interface is critical for dynein motility and ATPase activation. J. Cell. Biol. (2015) 208, 211-222
- J. E. Siregar, G. Kurisu, T. Kobayashi, M. Matsuzaki, K. Sakamoto, F. Mi-Ichi, Y. I. Watanabe, M. Hirai, H. Matsuoka, D. Syafruddin, S. Marzuki, K. Kita. Direct evidence for the atovaquone action on the Plasmodium cytochrome bc1 complex. Parasitol. Int. (2014) in press
- Y. Nishikawa, T. Oyama, N. Kamiya, T. Kon, Y.Y. Toyoshima, H. Nakamura and G. Kurisu. Structure of the entire stalk region of the Dynein motor domain. J. Mol. Biol., (2014) 426, 3232-3245
- T. Shimegi, T. Oyama, T. Ohtsuki, G. Kurisu, M. Kusunoki and S. Ui. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of domain-chimeric L-(2S,3S)-butanediol dehydrogenase. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F. (2014) 70, 461-463
- N. Fujieda, S. Yabuta, T. Ikeda, T. Oyama, N. Muraki, G. Kurisu and S. Itoh. Crystal structures of copper-depleted and copper-bound fungal pro-tyrosinase: insights into endogenous cysteine-dependent copper incorporation. J. Biol. Chem., (2013) 288, 22128-22140
- Y. Kimata-Ariga, H. Kubota-Kawai, Y. H. Lee, N. Muraki, G. Kurisu and T. Hase. Concentration-dependent oligomerization of cross-linked complexes between ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase. Biochem., Biophys. Res. Commun., (2013) 434, 867-872
- R. Narikawa, T. Ishizuka, N. Muraki, T. Shiba, G. Kurisu and M. Ikeuchi. Structures of cyanobacteriochromes from phototaxis regulators AnPixJ and TePixJ reveal general and specific photoconversion mechanism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. (2013) 110, 918-923
- P. Liauw, T. Mashiba, M. Kopczak, K. Wiegand, N. Muraki, H. Kubota, Y. Kawano, M. Ikeuchi, T. Hase, M. Roegner and G. Kurisu. Cloning, expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of the ferredoxin-NAD(P)+ reductase from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F. (2012) 68, 1048-1051
- M. Twachtmann, B. Altmann, N. Muraki, I. Voss, S. Okutani, G. Kurisu, T. Hase and G. T. Hanke. N-terminal structure of maize ferredoxin:NADP+ reductase determines recruitment into different thylakoid membrane complexes. Plant Cell. (2012) 24, 2979-2991
- K. Shinmura, N. Muraki, A. Yoshida, T. Hase and G. Kurisu. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of an electron-transfer complex of ferredoxin and ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase from the cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya boryana. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F. (2012) 68, 324-327
- Y. Sakakibara, H. Kimura, A. Iwamura, T. Saitoh, T. Ikegami, G. Kurisu and T. Hase. A new structural insight into differential interaction of cyanobacterial and plant ferredoxins with nitrite reductase as revealed by NMR and X-ray crystallographic studies. J. Biochem., (2012) 151, 483-492
- T. Kon, T. Oyama, R. Shimo-Kon, K. Imamula, T. Shima, K. Sutoh and G. Kurisu. The 2.8 Å crystal structure of the dynein motor domain. Nature (2012) 484, 345-350
- W.A. Cramer, S.D. Zakharov, S. Saif Hasan, H. Zhang, D. Baniulis, M.V. Zhalnina, G.M. Soriano, O. Sharma, J.C. Rochet, C. Ryan, J. Whitelegge, G. Kurisu and E. Yamashita. Membrane proteins in four acts: function procedes structure determination. Methods (2011) 5, 415-420
- T. Kon, K. Sutoh and G. Kurisu. X-ray structure of a functional full-length dynein motor domain., Nature Strut. Mol. Biol., (2011) 18, 638-642
- T. Shimegi, Y. Takusagawa, T. Ohtsuki, S. Noda, G. Kurisu, M. Kusunoki and S. Ui., Construction of a tailor-made L(2S,3S)-butanediol dehydrogenase by exchanging domains between native structural analogs. Protein Pept. Lett., (2011) 18, 825-830
- M. Okuda, T. Shiba, D.K. Inaoka, K. Kita, G. Kurisu, S. Mineki, S. Harada, S. Watanabe and S. Yoshinari., A conserved lysine residue in the crenarchaea-specific loop is important for the crenarchaeal splicing endonuclease activity. J. Mol. Biol., (2011) 405, 92-104
- C. ReinBothe, M. EI Bakkouri, F. Buhr, N. Muraki, J. Nomata, G. Kurisu, Y. Fujita and S. Reinbothe., Chlorophyll biosynthesis: spotlight on protochlorophyllide reduction. Trends Plant Sci., (2010) 15, 614-624
- N. Muraki, D. Seo, T. Shiba, T. Sakurai and G.Kurisu, Asymmetric Dimeric Structure of Ferredoxin-NAD(P)+ Oxidoreductase from the Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum: Implications for Binding Ferredoxin and NADP+, J. Mol. Biol., (2010) 401, 403-414
- 60.N. Muraki, J. Nomata, K. Ebata, T. Mizoguchi, T. Shiba, H. Tamiaki, G. Kurisu and Y. Fujita., X-ray crystal structure of the light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase. Nature (2010) advanced online publication
- M. Otagiri, S. Ui, Y. Takusagawa, T. Ohtsuki, G. Kurisu and M. Kusunoki. Structural basis for chiral substrate recognition by two 2,3-butanediol dehydrogenases. FEBS Lett., 584, 219-223 (2010)
- S. Yoshinari, T. Shiba, D. K. Inaoka, T. Itoh, G. Kurisu, S. Harada, K. Kita and Y. Watanabe, Functional importance of Crenarchaea-specific extra-loop revealed by an X-ray structure of a heterotetrameric crenarchaeal splicing endonuclease, Nucleic Acids Res., 14, 4787-4798 (2009)
- R. Narikawa, N. Muraki, T. Shiba, M. Ikeuchi and G. Kurisu, Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of the chromophore-binding domain of cyanobacteriochrome AnPixJ from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, Acta Crystallogr. F65, 159-162 (2009)
- D. K. Inaoka, K. Sakamoto, H. Shimizu, T. Shiba, G. Kurisu, T. Nara, T. Aoki, K. Kita and S. Harada, Structures of Trypanosoma cruzi dihydroorotate dehydrogenase complexed with substrates and products: atomic resolution insights into mechanisms of dihydroorotate oxidation and fumarate reduction, Biochemistry 47, 10881-10891 (2008)
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