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. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. S.D. Zakharov, S. Savikhin, Y. Misumi, G. Kurisu, & W.A. Cramer. Isothermal titration calorimetry of membrane protein interactions: FNR and the cytochrome B_­­6f complex. Biophys J. (2022) 121, 300-308
17. G. Kurisu & T. Tsukihara. Forty years of the structure of plant-type ferredoxin. J Biochem. (2022) 171, 19-21
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. 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
    
36. 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
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. A. Toda, H. Tanaka, G. Kurisu. Structural atlas of dynein motors at atomic resolution. Biophys. Rev., (2018) 2, 677-686
41. 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
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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
46. 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
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. 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
53. 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
54. 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
55. 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
56. 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
57. 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
58. 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
59. 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
60. 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
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. 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
65. 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
66. 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
67. 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
68. 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
69. 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
70. 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
71. 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
72. 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
73. 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
74. 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
75. 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
76. 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
77. 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
78. 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
79. 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
80. 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)
81. 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)
82. 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)
83. 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)
84. 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)
85. 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)
86. 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.
87. 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)
88. 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)
89. 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)
90. 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)
91. 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)
92. 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)
93. 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)
94. 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)
95. 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)
96. 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)
97. 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)
98. 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)
99. 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)
100. 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)
101. K. Teshima, S. Fujita, S. Hirose, D. Nishiyama, G. Kurisu, M. Kusunoki, Y. Kimata-Ariga and T. Hase. A ferredoxin Arg-Glu pair important for efficient electron transfer between ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductase. FEBS Lett., 546, 189-194 (2003)
102. H. Miyake, G. Kurisu, M. Kusunoki, S. Nishimura, S. Kitamura, Y. Nitta. Crystal structure of a catalytic site mutant of beta-amylase from Bacillus cereus var. mycoides cocrystallized with maltopentaose. Biochemistry, 42, 5574-5581 (2003)
103. H. Zhang, G. Kurisu, J. L. Smith and W. A. Cramer. A defined protein-detergent-lipid complex for crystallization of integral membrane proteins: The cytochrome b6f complex of oxygenic photosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 100, 5160-5163 (2003)
104. T. Hatakeyama, N. Matsuo, H. Aoyagi, H. Sugawara, T. Uchida, G. Kurisu and M. Kusunoki, Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic study of an invertebrate C-type lectin, CEL-I from the marine invertebrate Cucumaria echinata, Acta Crystallogr., D58, 143-144 (2002)
105. M. Otagiri, G. Kurisu, S. Swaminathan, S. Ui, S. Yoneda, M. Ohkuma, T. Kudo and M. Kusunoki, Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of meso-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase from Klebsiella pneumoniae IAM1063. Acta Crystallogr., D57, 857-859 (2001)
106. G. Kurisu, M. Kusunoki, E. Katoh, T. Yamazaki, K. Teshima, Y. Onda, Y. Kimata-Ariga and T. Hase. Structure of the electron transfer complex between ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP(+) reductase. Nature Struct. Biol., 8, 117-121 (2001)
107. M. Otagiri, G. Kurisu, S. Ui, M. Ohkuma, T. Kudo and M. Kusunoki. Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Studies of L-(+)-2,3-butanediol Dehydrogenase from Brevibacterium saccharolyticum C-I012 Protein Peptide Lett., 8, 57-61 (2001)
108. M. Otagiri, G. Kurisu, S. Ui, Y. Takusagawa, M. Ohkuma, T. Kudo and M. Kusunoki. Crystal structure of meso-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase in a complex with NAD(+) and inhibitor mercaptoethanol at 1.7 Å resolution for understanding of chiral substrate recognition mechanisms. J. Biochem., 129, 205-208 (2001)
109. K. Yamamoto, G. Kurisu, M. Kusunoki, S. Tabata, I. Urabe and S. Osaki. Crystal structure of glucose dehydrogenase from Bacillus megaterium IWG3 at 1.7 Å resolution. J. Biochem., 129, 303-312 (2001)
110. G. Kurisu, Y. Kai and S. Harada. Structure of the zinc-binding site in the crystal structure of a zinc endoprotease from Streptomyces caespitosus at 1 Å resolution. J. Inorg. Biochem., 82, 225-228 (2000)
111. G. Kurisu, A. Sugimoto, Y. Kai and S. Harada. A flow cell suitable for time-resolved X-ray crystallography by the Laue method. J. Appl. Cryst., 30, 555-556 (1997)
112. G. Kurisu, A. Sugimoto, S. Harada, M.Takagi, T. Imanaka and Y. Kai. Characterization of a small metalloprotease from Streptomyces caespitosus with high specificity to aromatic residues. J. Ferment. Bioeng., 83, 590-592 (1997)
113. G. Kurisu, T. Kinoshita, A. Sugimoto, A. Nagara, Y. Kai, N. Kasai and S. Harada. Structure of the zinc endoprotease from Streptomyces caespitosus. J. Biochem., 121, 304-308 (1997)
114. S. Harada, A. Nagara, G. Kurisu and Y. Kai. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of a protease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Mol. Biol., 230, 1315-1316 (1993)