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

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
    
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. A. Toda, H. Tanaka, G. Kurisu. Structural atlas of dynein motors at atomic resolution. Biophys. Rev., (2018) 2, 677-686
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41. 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
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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
46. 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
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. 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
53. 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
54. 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
55. 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
56. 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
57. 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
58. 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
59. 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. 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
61. 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)
62. 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)
63. 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)
64. 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)
65. N. Muraki, D. Seo, T. Shiba, T. Sakurai and G. Kurisu, Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of ferredoxin-NAD(P)+ reductase from Chlorobium tepidum, Acta Crystallogr. F64, 186-189 (2008)
66. Y. Kimata-Ariga, G. Kurisu, M. Kusunoki, S. Aoki, D. Sato, T. Kobayashi, K. Kita, T. Horii and T. Hase, Cloning and Characterization of Ferredoxin and Ferredoxin-NADP+ Reductase from Human Malaria Parasite, J. Biochem., 141, 421-428 (2007)
67. W. A. Cramer, H. Zhang, J. Yan, G. Kurisu, E. Yamashita, N. Dashdorj, H. Kim, and S. Savikhin. Structure-Function of the Cytochrome b6f complex: a design that has worked for three billion years. In Primary Processes of Photosynthesis: Basic Principles and Apparatus (G. Renger, ed.), in Comprehensive Series in Photosciences (D. P. Haeder, series Ed.), pp. 419-448, Royal Society of London, London, UK. 2007.
68. H. Unno, T. Uchida, H. Sugawara, G. Kurisu, T. Sugiyama, T. Yamaya, H. Sakakibara, T. Hase and M. Kusunoki, Atomic structure of plant glutamine synthetase: a key enzyme for plant productivity. J. Biol. Chem., 281, 29287-29296 (2006)
69. W. A. Cramer, H. Zhang, J. Yan, G. Kurisu and J. L. Smith, Transmembrane traffic in the cytochrome b6f complex. Annu. Rev. Biochem., 75, 769-790 (2006)
70. J. Yan, G. Kurisu and W. A. Cramer, Intraprotein transfer of the quinine analogue inhibitor 2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone in the cytochrome b6f complex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 103, 69-74 (2006)
71. W. A. Cramer, H. Zhang, J. Yan and G. Kurisu, Binding sites of lipophilic quinine and quinine analogue inhibitors in the cytochrome b6f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis. Biochem., Soc., Trans., 33, 921-923 (2005)
72. G. Kurisu, , D. Nishiyama, M. Kusunoki, S. Fujikawa, M. Katoh, G. T. Hanke, T. Hase and K. Teshima, A Structural Basis of Equisetum arvense Ferredoxin Isoform II Producing an Alternative Electron Transfer with Ferredoxin-NADP+ Reductase. J. Biol. Chem., 280. 2275-2281 (2005)
73. W. A. Cramer, J. S. Yan, H. Zhang, G. Kurisu and Smith, J. L. Structure of the cytochrome b6f complex: new prosthetic groups, Q-space, and the ‘hors d’oeuvres hypothesis’ for assembly of the complex. Photosynthesis Res., 85, 133-144 (2005)
74. S. Okutani, G. T. Hanke, Y. Satomi, T. Takao, G. Kurisu, A. Suzuki and Hase, T. Three Maize Leaf Ferredoxin:NADPH Oxidoreductases Vary in Subchloroplast Location, Expression, and Interaction with Ferredoxin. Plant Physiol., 139, 1451-1459 (2005)
75. H. Sugawara, M. Kusunoki, G. Kurisu, T. Fujimoto, H. Aoyagi and T. Hatakeyama. Characteristic recognition of N-acetylgalactosamine by an invertebrate type lection, CEL-I, revealed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. J. Biol. Chem., 279, 45219-45225 (2004)
76. G. T. Hanke, G. Kurisu, M. Kusunoki and T. Hase. Fd : FNR electron transfer complexes: evolutionary refinement of structural interactions. Photosynthesis Res., 81, 317-327 (2004)
77. T. Uchida, T. Yamazaki, S. Eto, H. Sugawara, G. Kurisu, A. Nakagawa, M. Kusunoki and T. Hatakeyama. Crystal structure of the hemolytic lectin CEL-III isolated from the marine invertebrate Cucumaria echinata : Imprications of domain structure for membrane pore-formation mechanism. J. Biol. Chem., 279, 37133-37141 (2004)
78. J. L. Smith, H. Zhang, J. S. Yan, G. Kurisu and W. A. Cramer. Cytochrome bc complexes: a common core of structure and function surrounded by diversity in the outlying provinces. Current Opin. Struct. Biol., 4, 432-439 (2004)
79. W. A. Cramer, H. Zhang, J.S. Yan, G. Kurisu and J. L. Smith. Evolution of photosynthesis: Time-independent structure of the cytochrome b6f complex. Biochemistry, 43, 5921-5929 (2004)
80. G. Kurisu, H. Zhang, J. L. Smith and W. A. Cramer. Structure of the Cytochrome b6f complex of Oxygenic Photosynthesis: Tuning the cavity. Science, 302, 1009-1014 (2003)
81. G. Kurisu, S. D. Zakharov, M. V. Zhalnina, S. Bano, V. Y. Eroukova, T. I. Rokitskaya, Y. N. Antonenko, M. C. Wiener and W. A. Cramer. The Structure of BtuB with Bound Colicin E3 R-Domain Implies a Translocon. Nature Struct. Biol., 10, 948-954 (2003)
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