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Kuwasaki, Y., Suzuki, K., Yu, G., Yamamoto, S., Otabe, T., Kakihara, Y., Nishiwaki, M., Miyake, K., Fushimi, K., Bekdash, R., Shimizu,Y., Narikawa, R., Nakajima, T., Yazawa, M., Sato, M. (2022) MagRed: A semi-synthetic photoswitch for red light optogenetics, >Nat. Biotechnol., 40(11), 1672-1679
Y. Makita#, S. Suzuki#, K. Fushimi#, S. Shimada, A. Suehisa, M. Hirata, T. Kuriyama, Y. Kurihara, H. Hamasaki, E. Okubo-Kurihara, K. Yoshitake, T. Watanabe, M. Sakuta, T. Gojobori, T. Sakami, R. Narikawa, H. Yamaguchi, M. Kawachi, M. Matsui, Identification of a dual orange/far-red and blue light photoreceptor from an oceanic green picoplanktonin, Nat. Commun., 21(1), 3593
SR. Tachibana, L. Tang, L. Zhu, Y. Takeda, K. Fushimi, Y. Ueda, T. Nakajima, Y. Kuwasaki, M. Sato, R. Narikawa, C. Fang, (2021/05) An engineered biliverdin-compatible cyanobacteriochrome enables a unique ultrafast reversible photoswitching pathway, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 22(10), 5252
K. Fushimi*, R. Narikawa*, (2021/03) Unusual ring D fixation by three crucial residues promotes phycoviolobilin formation in the DXCF-type cyanobacteriochrome without the second Cys, Biochem. J., 478(5), 1043-1059
SR. Tachibana, L. Tang, C. Chen, L. Zhu, Y. Takeda, K. Fushimi, TK. Seevers, R. Narikawa, M. Sato, C. Fang (2021) Transient electronic and vibrational signatures during reversiblephotoswitching of a cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptor, Spectrochim. Acta A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc., 250, 119379
K. Fushimi, H. Hoshino, N. Shinozaki-Narikawa, Y. Kuwasaki, K. Miyake, T. Nakajima, M. Sato, F. Kano, R. Narikawa, (2020) The cruciality of single amino acid replacement for the spectral tuning of biliverdin-binding cyanobacteriochromes, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 21(17), 6278
K. Fushimi, T. Matsunaga, R. Narikawa, (2020) A photoproduct of DXCF cyanobacteriochromes without reversible Cys ligation is destabilized by rotating ring twist of the chromophore, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 19, 1289-1299
K. Fushimi, M. Hasegawa, T. Ito, NC. Rockwell, G. Enomoto, N-N-Win, JC. Lagarias, M. Ikeuchi, R. Narikawa, (2020) Evolution-inspired design of multicolored photoswitches from a single cyanobacteriochrome scaffold, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 117(27), 15573-15580
K. Miyake, K. Fushimi, T. Kashimoto, K. Maeda, N-N-Win, H. Kimura, M. Sugishima, M. Ikeuchi, R. Narikawa, (2020) Functional diversification of two bilin reductases for light perception and harvesting in unique cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina MBIC 11017, FEBS Journal, 287(18), 4016-4031
Y. Kuwasaki, K. Miyake, K. Fushimi, Y. Takeda, Y. Ueda, T. Nakajima, M. Ikeuchi, M. Sato, R. Narikawa, (2019) Protein engineering of dual-Cys cyanobacteriochrome AM1_1186g2 for biliverdin incorporation and far-red/blue reversible photoconversion, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 20(12), 2935
K. Fushimi, T. Miyazaki, Y. Kuwasaki, T. Nakajima, T. Yamamoto, K. Suzuki, Y. Ueda, K. Miyake, Y. Takeda, J-H. Choi, H. Kawagishi, EY. Park, M. Ikeuchi, M. Sato, R. Narikawa, (2019) Rational conversion of chromophore selectivity of cyanobacteriochromes to accept mammalian intrinsic biliverdin, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 116(17), 8301-8309
M. Hasegawa, K. Fushimi, K. Miyake, T. Nakajima, Y. Oikawa, G. Enomoto, M. Sato, M. Ikeuchi, R. Narikawa, (2018) Molecular characterization of DXCF cyanobacteriochromes from the cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina identifies a blue-light power sensor, J. Biol. Chem., 293(5), 1713-1727
K. Fushimi, M. Ikeuchi, R. Narikawa, (2017) The expanded red/green cyanobacteriochrome lineage: An evolutionary hot spot, Photochem. Photobiol., 93(3), 903-906
K. Fushimi, G. Enomoto, M. Ikeuchi, R. Narikawa, (2017) Distinctive properties of dark reversion kinetics between two red/green-type cyanobacteriochromes and their application in the photoregulation of cAMP synthesis, Photochem. Photobiol., 93(3), 681-691
K. Fushimi, NC. Rockwell, G. Enomoto, N-N-Win, SS. Martin, F. Gan, DA. Bryant, M. Ikeuchi, JC. Lagarias, R. Narikawa, (2016) Cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptors lacking the canonical Cys residue, Biochemistry, 55(50), 6981-6995
K. Fushimi, T. Nakajima, Y. Aono, T. Yamamoto, N-N-Win, M. Ikeuchi, M. Sato, R. Narikawa, (2016) Photoconversion and fluorescence properties of a red/green-type cyanobacteriochrome AM1_C0023g2 that binds not only phycocyanobilin but also biliverdin, Front. Microbiol., 7, 588
R. Narikawa, K. Fushimi, N-N-Win, M. Ikeuchi, (2015) Red-shifted red/green-type cyanobacteriochrome AM1_1870g3 from the chlorophyll d-bearing cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 461(2), 390-395
T. Asai, J-H. Choi, T. Ikka, K. Fushimi, N. Abe, H. Tanaka, Y. Yamakawa, H. Kobori, Y. Kiriiwa, R. Motohashi, VK. Deo, T. Asakawa, T. Kan, A. Morita, H. Kawagishi, (2015) Effect of 2-azahypoxanthine (AHX) produced by the fairy-ring-forming fungus on the growth and the grain yield of rice, Jpn. Agric. Res. Quart., 49(1), 45-49
R. Narikawa, T. Nakajima, Y. Aono, K. Fushimi, G. Enomoto, N-N-Win, S. Itoh, M. Sato, M. Ikeuchi, (2015) A biliverdin-binding cyanobacteriochrome from the chlorophyll d-bearing cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina, Sci. Rep., 5, 7950
R. Narikawa, G. Enomoto, N-N-Win, K. Fushimi, M. Ikeuchi, (2014) A new type of dual-Cys cyanobacteriochrome GAF domain found in cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina, which has an unusual red/blue reversible photoconversion cycle, Biochemistry, 53(31), 5051-5059
K. Fushimi, K. Anzai, S. Tokuyama, Y. Kiriiwa, N. Matsumoto, A. Sekiya, D. Hashizume, K. Nagasawa, H. Hirai, H. Kawagishi, (2012) Agrocybynes A-E from the culture broth of Agrocybe praecox, Tetrahedron, 68(4), 1262-1265
J. Wu, K. Fushimi, S. Tokuyama, M. Ohno, T. Miwa, T. Koyama, K. Yazawa, K. Nagai, T. Matsumoto, H. Hirai, H. Kawagishi, (2011) Functional-food constituents in the fruiting bodies of Stropharia rugosoannulata, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem.75(8), 1631-1634
K. Fushimi, M. Horikawa, K. Suzuki, A. Sekiya, S. Kanno, S. Shimura, H. Kawagishi, (2010) Applanatines A-E from the culture broth of Ganoderma applanatum, Tetrahedron, 66(48), 9332-9335
J-H. Choi, K. Fushimi, N. Abe, H. Tanaka, S. Maeda, A. Morita, M. Hara, R. Motohashi, J. Matsunaga, Y. Eguchi, N. Ishigaki, D. Hashizume, H. Koshino, H. Kawagishi, (2010) Disclosure of the “Fairy” of fairy-ring-forming fungus Lepista sordida, ChemBioChem, 11(10), 1373-1377
J-H. Choi, N. Abe, H. Tanaka, K. Fushimi, Y. Nishina, A. Morita, Y. Kiriiwa, R. Motohashi, D. Hashizume, H. Koshino, H. Kawagishi, (2010) Plant-growth regulator, imidazole-4-carboxamide produced by fairy-ring forming fungus Lepista sordida, J. Agr. Food Chem., 58(18), 9956-9959
K. Fushimi, R. Narikawa, Phytochromes and cyanobacteriochromes: Photoreceptor Molecules Incorporating a Linear Tetrapyrrole Chromophore, Optogenetics: Light-sensing Proteins and Their Applications in Neuroscience and Beyond (Second Edition), Springer, Chapter 10, 167-187 (2021/01/06)
K. Miyake, K. Fushimi, R. Narikawa, The Diversity of Cyanobacterial Photoresponsive Systems, Green Science and Technology, CRC Press, Chapter 8, 116-126 (2019/11/12)