Publication List (1994- )

Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology/ Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Totipotency


2018
Kentaro Hori  Yasuyuki Yamada  Purwanto Ratmoyo  Yohei Minakuchi  Atsushi Toyoda  Hideki Hirakawa Fumihiko Sato (2018) Mining of the uncharacterized cytochrome P450 genes involved in alkaloid biosynthesis in California poppy using a draft genome sequence. Plant Cell Physiol. pcx210, https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcx210 (Open Acess)

2017
 Koyama T, Sato F, Ohme-Takagi M. (2017) Roles of miR319 and TCP Transcription Factors in Leaf Development.  Plant physiology,175,  2, 874-885

Yit-Lai Chow, Yuko Iwata, and Fumihiko Sato (2017)  Dihydrosanguinarine Enhances Glucose Uptake in Mouse 3T3-L1 Cells.  ACS Omega, 2, 6916-6925 (Open Acess)

Yasuyuki Yamada, Tomoe Shimada, Yukiya Motomura and Fumihiko Sato (2017) Modulation of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis by heterologous expression of CjWRKY1 in Eschscholzia californica cells. PLoS ONE,12, 10, e0186953-e0186953 (Open Acess)

Ratmoyo Purwanto, Kentaro Hori, Yasuyuki Yamada, and Fumihiko Sato, Unraveling Additional O-methylation Steps in Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Biosynthesis in California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Plant Cell Physiol. published on line. DOI:10.1093/pcp/pcx093

Hisashi Takeda, Kazuki Ishikawa, Hinaka Yoshida, Daisuke Kasai, Daigo Wakana, Masao Fukuda, Fumihiko Sato, Tomoo Hosoe (2017) Common origin of methylenedioxy ring degradation and demethylation in bacteria. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 7422 
doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07370-x (Open access)

Mahdi Yahyazadeh, Purwanto Ratmoyo, Florian Bittner, Fumihiko Sato, Dirk Selmar (2017) Cloning and Characterization of Cheilanthifoline and Stylopine Synthase Genes from Chelidonium majus. Plant Cell Physiol, 58, 1421-1430,


Nishimura,T., Sato, F. & Ifuku, K. (2017)  In vivo system for analyzing the function of the PsbP protein using Chlamydomonas reinhardtii  Photosynth. Res. 2017 Mar 24. doi: 10.1007/s11120-017-0370-2.

Takanashi, K., Yamada, Y., Sasaki, T., Yamamoto, Y. Sato, F., Yazaki, K. (2017) A multidrug and toxic compound extrusion transporter mediates berberine accumulation into vacuoles in Coptis japonica. Phytochemistry 2017 Jun;138:76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.03.003. Epub 2017 Mar 18


2016

Yamada, Y., Sato, F. (2016)
Tyrosine phosphorylation and protein degradation control the transcriptional activity of WRKY involved in benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis. Scientific Reports 6, 31988. (Open Access)

Yit-Lai Chow, Mami Sogame and Fumihiko Sato (2016)
13-Methylberberine, a berberine analogue with stronger anti-adipogenic effects on mouse 3T3-L1 cells, Scientific Rep. DOI: 10.1038/srep38129 (Open Access)

Eitaro Matsumura, Akira Nakagawa, Yusuke Tomabechi, Takashi Koyanagi, Hidehiko Kumagai, Kenji Yamamoto, Takane Katayama, Fumihiko Sato, and Hiromichi Minami (2016)
Laboratory-scale production of (S)-reticuline, an important intermediate of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, using a bacterial-based method. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., doi:10.1080/09168451.2016.1243985

Yasuyuki Yamada, Tadashi Yoshimoto, Sayumi Tsushima Yoshida and Fumihiko Sato (2016) Characterization of the promoter region of biosynthetic enzyme genes involved in berberine biosynthesis in Coptis japonica. Frontiers in Plant Science, section Plant Metabolism and Chemodiversity, 7:1352. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01352  (Open Access)

Yamada, Y., Sato, F. (2016)
Tyrosine phosphorylation and protein degradation control the transcriptional activity of WRKY involved in benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis. Scientific Reports, 6, 31988 (Open Access)

Noriko Ishikawa, Atsushi Takabayashi, Ko Noguchi, Youshi Tazoe, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Susanne von Caemmerer, Fumihiko Sato, Tsuyoshi Endo (2016), NDH-mediated cyclic electron flow around photosystem I is crucial for C4 photosynthesis. Plant Cell Physiol. 57 (10): 2020-2028. Rapid paper, DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw127

Kanade Tasumi, Mariko Yano, Kenta Kaminade, Akifumi Sugiayama, Mayuko Sato, Kiminori Toyooka, Takashi Aoyama, Fumihiko Sato, and Kazufumi Yazaki (2016) Characterization of shikonin derivative secretion in Lithospermum erythrorizon hairy roots as a model of lipid-soluble metabolite secretion from plants.
Frontier in Plant Science, section of Plant Metabolism and Chemodiversity,
doi./10.3389/fpls.2016.01066 (Open Access)

Ikeuchi, M., Sato, F., Endo, T. (2016) Allocation of absorbed light energy in photosystem II in NPQ mutants of Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology, DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw072

Kentaro Hori, Shunsuke Okano, Fumihiko Sato (2016) Efficient microbial production of stylopine using a Pichia pastoris expression system. Scientific Rep. 6, Article number: 22201. doi: 10.1038/srep22201 (Open Access)

Taishi Nishimura , Ryo Nagao , Takumi Noguchi , Jon Nield , Fumihiko Sato, Kentaro Ifuku (2016) The N-terminal sequence of the extrinsic PsbP protein modulates the redox potential of Cyt b559 in photosystem II. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 21490 doi:10.1038/srep21490 (Open Access)

Kazuki Ishikawa, Hisashi Takeda, Daigo Wakana, Fumihiko Sato and Tomoo Hosoe* (2016) Isolation and identification of berberine and berberrubine metabolites by berberine-utilizing bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. strain BD7100. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 80(5) 856-862. DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2015.1136878

Akira Nakagawa, Eitaro Matsumura, Takashi Koyanagi, Takane Katayama, Noriaki Kawano, Kayo Yoshimatsu, Kenji Yamamoto, Hidehiko Kumagai, Fumihiko Sato, and Hiromichi Minami* (2016) Total biosynthesis of opiates by stepwise fermentation using engineered Escherichia coli.
Nat. Comm., DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS10390 (Open Access)
 
2015
Takeda, H., Ishikawa, K., Wakana, D., Fukuda, M., Sato, F., Hosoe, T.* (2015) 11-Hydroxylation of Protoberberine by the Novel Berberine-Utilizing Aerobic Bacterium Sphingobium sp. Strain BD3100. J. Nat Prod. 78(12):2880-2886.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00408

Shitan, N., Terasaka, K., Yamamoto, H., Sato, F., Yazaki, K.* (2015) Two B-type ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters localize to the plasma membrane in Thalictrum minus. Plant Biotech., 32; 243-247, DOI:10.5511/plantbiotechnology.15.0604a

Yamada, Y., Motomura, Y., Sato, F. (2015) CjbHLH1 homologs regulate sanguinarine biosynthesis in Eschscholzia californica cells. Plant Cell Physiol., 56(5):1019-1030.
Doi. 10.1093/pcp/pcv027

2014

Sato, Fumihiko (August 2014) Plant Secondary Metabolism. In: eLS 2014, John Wiley & Sons Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.ne [DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0001812.pub2]

Nakagawa A, Matsuzaki C, Matsumura E, Koyanagi T, Katayama T, Yamamoto K, Sato F, Kumagai H, Minami H. (2014) (R,S)-Tetrahydropapaveroline production by stepwise fermentation using engineered Escherichia coli. Sci Rep. 2014 Oct 21;4:6695. doi: 10.1038/srep06695.

Ikeuchi M, Uebayashi N, Sato F, Endo T. (2014) Physiological functions of PsbS-dependent and PsbS-independent NPQ under naturally fluctuating light conditions. Plant Cell Physiol. 2014 Jul;55(7):1286-95. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcu069. Epub 2014 May 20. PMID: 24850835

Chow, Y.-L., Kawasaki, Y., Sato, F. (2014) Knockdown of the NHR-8 Nuclear Receptor Enhanced Sensitivity to the Lipid-Reducing Activity of Alkaloids in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 78(12), 2008-2013. DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2014.940278

Ido, K., Nield, J. Fukao, Y., Nishimura, T., Sato, F., Ifuku, K. (2014) Cross-Linking Evidence for Multiple Interactions of the PsbP and PsbQ Proteins in a Higher Plant Photosystem II Supercomplex. J. Biol. Chem., 2014 Jul 18; 289 (29): 20150-20157. pii: jbc.M114.574822.

Endo T, Uebayashi N, Ishida S, Ikeuchi M, Sato F. (2014) Light energy allocation at PSII under field light conditions: How much energy is lost in NPQ-associated dissipation? Plant Physiol Biochem. 81 (2014) 115-120. 2014 Mar 27. pii: S0981-9428(14)00097-7. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.03.018.

Qian, H., Tshuji, T., Endo, T., Sato, F. (2014) PGR5 and NDH Pathways in Photosynthetic Cyclic Electron Transfer Respond Differently to Sublethal Treatment with Photosystem-Interfering Herbicides. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2014 Apri 23 Epub ahead of print

Masakatsu NISHIHACHIJO, Yoshinori HIRAI, Shigeru KAWANO, Akira NISHIYAMA, Hiromichi MINAMI, Takane KATAYAMA, Yoshihiko YASOHARA, Fumihiko SATO, Hidehiko KUMAGAI (2014) Asymmetric Synthesis of Tetrahydro- isoquinolines by Enzymatic Pictet-Spengler Reaction. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 78(4):701-707

Nishimura, T., Uno, C., Ido,K., Nagao, R., Noguchi, T., Sato,F., Ifuku, K.* Identification of the basic amino acid residues on the PsbP protein involved in the electrostatic interaction with photosystem II. BBA - Bioenergetics Special Issue on SI: Photosynthesis Research (in press). pii: S0005-2728(13)00233-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.12.012.

Ishida, S., Uebayashi, N., Tazoe, Y., Ikeuchi, M., Homma, K., Sato, F. and Endo, T. (2014) Diurnal and Developmental Changes in Energy Allocation of Absorbed Light at PSII in Field-grown Rice. Plant Cell Physiol. 55(1), 171-182.

2013

Chow, Y.L. and Sato, F. (2013) Screening of Isoquinoline Alkaloids for Potent Lipid Metabolism Modulation Using Caenorhabditis elegans. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 77, 2405-2412.

Ju-Sung KIM, Akira NAKAGAWA, Yuya YAMAZAKI, Eitaro MATSU MURA, Takashi KOYANAGI, Hiromichi MINAMI*, Takane KATAYAMA, Fumihiko SATO, and Hidehiko KUMAGAI (2013)  Improvement of reticuline productivity from dopamine using engineered Escherichia coli. Biosci., Biotechnol. Biochem., 77(10), 2166-2168.

Koyama, T., Nii, H., Mitsuda, N., Ohta, M., Kitajima, S., Ohme-Takagi, M., Sato, F. (2013) A regulatory cascade involving class II ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR transcriptional repressors operates in the progression of leaf senescence. Plant Physiol. 162(2):991-1005. (Open access)

Sato, F. and Kumagai, H. (2013) Microbial Production of Isoquinoline Alkaloids as Plant Secondary Metabolites Based on Metabolic Engineering Research. Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, 89, 165-182 (Review; Open acess)

Sato, F. (2013) Improved production of plant isoquinoline alkaloids by metabolic engineering. In Advances in Botanical Research. Vol.68, Chap. 6, pp163-181, Elsevier, ISSN0065-2296 (available at KURENAI) (Book Chapter)

Nakagawa, A., Matsumura, E., Sato, F., Minami, H. (2013) Bioengineering of isoquinoline alkaloid production in microbial systems. In Advances in Botanical Research. Vol.68, Chap. 7, pp183-203, Elsevier, ISSN0065-2296 (Book Chapter)

Chow, Y.L., Sato, F. (2013) Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for the production of isoquinoline alkaloids. Chandra, S., Lata H., Varma A. (eds) Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants: Micropropagation and Improvement. Springer, pp. 327-343, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29974-2_14 (Book Chapter)

Yamada, Y. and Sato, F. (2013) Transcription factors in alkaloid biosynthesis. In International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology. Vol.305, Chap. 8, pp339-382, Elsevier, ISSN1937-6448 (Book Chapter) (available at KURENAI)

Sato F. (2013) Characterization of Plant Functions Using Cultured Plant Cells, and Biotechnological Applications. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 77(1), 1-9 PMID: 23291765 (Review; Open access)

Matsumura E., Matsuda, M., Sato, F., Minami, H. (2013) Microbial Production of Plant Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids. K.G. Ramawat, J.M. Merillon (eds.), Handbook of Natural Products, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-22144-6_1, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (Book Chapter)

2012

Matsushima Y., Minami, H., Hori K., and Sato F. (2012) Pathway engineering of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in transgenic California poppy cells with ectopic expression of tetrahydroberberine oxidase from Coptis japonica. Plant Biotechnology, 29: 473-481.

Einali A, Shariati M, Sato F, Endo T. Cyclic electron transport around photosystem I and its relationship to non-photochemical quenching in the unicellular green alga Dunaliella salina under nitrogen deficiency. J Plant Res. 2012 Aug 14. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22890410

Ido K, Kakiuchi S, Uno C, Nishimura T, Fukao Y, Noguchi T, Sato F, Ifuku K. The Conserved His-144 in the PsbP Protein Is Important for the Interaction between the PsbP N-terminus and the Cyt b559 Subunit of Photosystem II. J Biol Chem. 2012 Jul 27;287(31):26377-87. Epub 2012 Jun 15. PMID: 22707728 [PubMed - in process]

Yamamoto T, Hara H, Tsuchiya K, Sakai S, Fang R, Matsuura M, Nomura T, Sato F, Mitsuyama M, Kawamura I. Listeria monocytogenes Strain-Specific Impairment of the TetR Regulator Underlies the Drastic Increase in Cyclic di-AMP Secretion and Beta Interferon-Inducing Ability. Infection and Immunity 80(7): 2323-2332. DOI: 10.1128/IAI.06162-11.

A. Nakagawa, H. Minami, J.S. Kim, T. Koyanagi, T. Katayama, F. Sato and H. Kumagai (2012) Bench-top fermentative production of plant benzylisoquinoline alkaloids using a bacterial platform. Bioengineered Bugs, 3, 49-53. doi:10.4161/bbug.3.1.18446

Takemura T, Ikezawa N, Iwasa K, Sato F. (2013) Molecular cloning and characterization of a cytochrome P450 in sanguinarine biosynthesis from Eschscholzia californica cells. Phytochemistry, 91: 100-108. 2012 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22421633 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.01

Shitan N, Dalmas F, Dan K, Kato N, Ueda K, Sato F, Forestier C, Yazaki K. (2013) Characterization of Coptis japonica CjABCB2, an ATP-binding cassette protein involved in alkaloid transport. Phytochemistry. 2012 Mar 10. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22410351 doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.012

Takayuki Inui, Noriaki Kawano, Nobukazu Shitan, Kazufumi Yazaki, Fumiyuki Kiuchi, Nobuo Kawahara, Fumihiko Sato, Kayo Yoshimatsu (2012) Improvement of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid productivity by overexpression of 3'-hydroxy-N-methylcoclaurine 4'-O-methyltransferase in transgenic Coptis japonica plants. Biol. Pharm. Bull. 35(5), 650-659.

Shiraishi Y., Murai M., Sakiyama, ., Ifuku, K., and Miyoshi H. (2012) Fenpyroximate Binds to the Interface between PSST and 49 kDa Subunits in Mitochondrial NADH-Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase. Biochemistry, 51, 1953-1963.

Kakiuchi S, Uno Chihiro, Ido K. Nishimura T, Noguchi T, Ifuku, K, Sato, F. (2012) The PsbQ protein stabilizes functional binding of the PsbP protein to photosystem II in higher plants. BBA - Bioenergetics for Special Issue: Photosynthesis Research. 1817; 1346-1351.

Tomotsugu Koyama, Fumihiko Sato and Marasu Ohme-Takagi (2012) CRES-T for the functional analysis of transcription factors and modification of morphological traits in plants. Current Biotechnology, 1, 23-32. (review)

2011

Sato, F., Matsui, K. (2011) Engineering the biosynthesis of low molecular weight metabolites for quality traits (essential nutrients, health-promoting phytochemicals, volatiles, and aroma compounds). In: (Ed. Altman, A. and Hasegawa, P.M.) Plant biotechnology and agriculture: Prospects for the 21st century. Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 443-462. (Book chapter)

Yamada, Y., Koyama, T., Sato, F. (2011) Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors and regulation of alkaloid biosynthesis. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 6 (11):1627 - 1630 (Short communication)

Ishida, S., Morita, K-I, Kishine, M., Takabayashi, A, Murakami, R., Takeda, S., Shimamoto, K., Sato, F., Endo, T. (2011) Allocation of absorbed light energy in PSII to thermal dissipations in the presence or absence of PsbS subunits of rice. Plant Cell Physiol. 52(10): 1822-1831

Nakagawa A, Minami H, Kim JS, Koyanagi T, Katayama T, Sato F, Kumagai H. (2011) A bacterial platform for fermentative production of plant alkaloids. Nature Communications 2, Article number: 326, doi:10.1038/ncomms1327, Published 24 May 2011 (Open access)

Yasuyuki Yamada; Yasuhisa Kokabu; Kaori Chaki; Tadashi Yoshimoto; Mai Ohgaki; Sayumi Yoshida; Nobuhiko Kato; Tomotsugu Koyama; Fumihiko Sato (2011) Isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis is regulated by a unique bHLH-type transcription factor in Coptis japonica. Plant and Cell Physiology ; doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcr062

Koyama T, Ohme-Takagi M, Sato F (2011) Generation of serrated and wavy petals by inhibition of the activity of TCP transcription factors in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling Behavior, Vol 6(5) Addendum .

Kunio Ido, Christine M. Gross, Fernando Guerrero, Arezki Sedoud, Thanh-Lan Lai, Kentaro Ifuku, A. William Rutherford, Anja Krieger-Liszkay (2011) High and low potential forms of the QA quinone electron acceptor in Photosystem II of Thermosynechococcus elongatus and spinach. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, in press

Kentaro Ifuku, Kunio Ido, Fumihiko Sato (2011) Molecular functions of PsbP and PsbQ proteins in the photosystem II supercomplex. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 104: 158-164 (short review)

Cheong, B-E., Takemura, T., Yoshimatsu, K., Sato, F. (2011) Molecular cloning of an O-methyltransferase from adventitious roots of Carapichea ipecacuanha.  Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 75(1): 107-113.

2010

Mizutani M, Sato F. (2010) Unusual P450 reactions in plant secondary metabolism. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2010 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20920462 [Review]

Koyama T, Mitsuda N, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Ohme-Takagi M.
TCP Transcription Factors Regulate the Activities of ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 and miR164, as Well as the Auxin Response, during Differentiation of Leaves in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2010 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 21119060

Koyama, T., Sato, F., and Ohme-Takagi, M. (2010) A role of TCP1 in the longitudinal elongation of leaves in Arapidopsis. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 74(10):2145-7. PMID: 20944404 (Free Article)

Morishige, T., Tamakoshi, M., Takemura, T., and Sato, F. (2010) Molecular characterization of O-methyltransferases involved in isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in Coptis japonica. Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B. 86, 757-768. PMID: 20689233 (Free Article)

Ifuku K, Ishihara S, Sato F. (2010)
Molecular functions of oxygen-evolving complex family proteins in photosynthetic electron flow. J Integr Plant Biol. 52(8):723-34. (Review). PMID: 20666928

Minami H, Ikezawa N, Sato F. (2010)
Microbial expression of alkaloid biosynthetic enzymes for characterization of their properties. Methods Mol Biol. 643:111-120. PMID: 20552447

Takemura T, Chow YL, Todokoro T, Okamoto T, Sato F. (2010)
Over-expression of rate-limiting enzymes to improve alkaloid productivity. Methods Mol Biol. 643:95-109. PMID: 20552446

Yamada Y, Kato N, Kokabu Y, Luo Q, Dubouzet JG, Sato F. (2010)
Identification of regulatory protein genes involved in alkaloid biosynthesis using a transient RNAi system. Methods Mol Biol. 643:33-45. PMID: 20552442

Yabuta, S., Ifuku, K., Takabayashi, A., Ishihara, S., Ido, K., Ishikawa, N., Endo, T., Sato, F. (2010) Three PsbQ-Like Proteins Are Required for the Function of the Chloroplast NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase Complex in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiol. 51: 866-876. doi:10.1093/pcp/pcq060. Advance Access published on April 29, 2010.

Takemura T, Ikezawa N, Iwasa K, Sato F. (2010) Metabolic diversification of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis through the introduction of a branch pathway in Eschscholzia californica. Plant and Cell Physiol. 51: 949-959. doi:10.1093/pcp/pcq063. Advance Access published on April 28, 2010.

2009

Kato Y, Miura E, Ido K, Ifuku K, Sakamoto W. (2009) The variegated mutants lacking chloroplastic FtsHs are defective in D1 degradation and accumulate reactive oxygen species. Plant Physiol. 2009 Dec;151(4):1790-801.

Tomita, M., Ifuku, K., Sato, F. and Noguchi, T. (2009) FTIR evidence that the PsbP extrinsic protein induces protein conformational changes around the oxygen-evolving Mn cluster in photosystem II. Biochemistry 48: 6318-6325.

Ido, K., Ifuku, K., Yamamoto, Y., Ishihara, S., Murakami, A., Takabe, K., Miyake, C., Sato, F. (2009) Knockdown of the PsbP protein does not prevent asembly of the dimeric PSII core complex but impairs accumulation of photosystem II supercomplexs in tobacco. Biochimica Biophysic. Acta. 1787, 873-881.

Ishida S, Takabayashi A, Ishikawa N, Hano Y, Endo T, Sato F. (2009) A novel nuclear-encoded protein, NDH-Dependent cyclic electron Flow 5, is essential for the accumulation of chloroplast NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complexes. Plant Cell Physiol. 2009 Jan ;50(2):383-393.

Iwasa K, Doi Y, Takahashi T, Cui W, Nishiyama Y, Tode C, Moriyasu M, Takeda K, Minami H, Ikezawa N, Sato F. Enantiomeric separation of racemic 1-benzyl-N-methyltetrahydroisoquinolines on chiral columns and chiral purity determinations of the O-methylated metabolites in plant cell cultures by HPLC-DC on-line coupling in combinatio with HPLC-MS. Phytochemistry 2009 Jan;70(2):198-206. Epub 2009 Jan 12.

Ikezawa, N., Iwasa, K. and Sato, F. (2009) CYP719A subfamily of cytochrome P450 oxygenases and isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in Eschscholzia californica. Plant Cell Rep. 28(1), 123-133.

Takabayashi, A., Ishikawa, N., Obayashi, T., Ishida, S., Obokata, J., Endo, T., Sato, F. (2009) Three novel subunits of Arabidopsis chloroplastic NAD(P)H dehydrogenase identified by bioinformatic and reverse genetic approaches. Plant J. 57(2):207-19. Epub 2008 Oct 25.

2008

Ifuku K, Ishihara S, Shimamoto R, Ido K, Sato F. (2008)Structure, function, and evolution of the PsbP protein family in higher plants. Photosynth Res. 98(1-3): 427-437.

Takahagi T, Endo T, Yamamoto Y, Sato F. (2008) Lichen photobionts show tolerance against lichen acids produced by lichen mycobionts. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2008 Dec; 72(12):3122-7. Epub 2008 Dec 7.

Liang Y., Minami H. and Sato F. (2008) Isolation of herbicide-resistant 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase from cultured Coptis japonica cells. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 72(11): 3059-3062 .

Ishikawa N, Endo T, Sato F. (2008) Electron transport activities of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with impaired chloroplastic NAD(P)H dehydrogenase. J Plant Res.  121: 521-526.

Ishikawa N, Takabayashi A, Ishida S, Hano Y, Endo T, Sato F. (2008) NDF6; A thylakoid protein specific to terrestrial plants is essential for activity of chloroplastic NAD(P)H dehydrogenase in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. 49(7):1066-73.  2008 Jun 4. [Epub ahead of print]

Hanke GT, Endo T, Sato F, Hase T. (2008) Altered photosynthetic electron channeling into cyclic electron flow and nitrite assimilation in a mutant of ferredoxin:NADP(H) reductase. Plant Cell Environ.31(7):1017-1028. 2008 May 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Diaz C, Lemaitre T, Christ A, Azzopardi M, Kato Y, Sato F, Morot-Gaudry JF, Le Dily F, Masclaux-Daubresse C. (2008) Nitrogen recycling and remobilisation are differentially controlled by leaf senescence and development stage in Arabidopsis thaliana under low nitrogen nutrition. Plant Physiol. 147(3):1437-1449. 2008 May 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Minami, H., Kim J-S. Ikezawa, N., Takemura, T., Katayama, T., Kumagai, H., and Sato, F. (2008) Microbial production of plant benzylisoquinoline alkaloids. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA., 105, 7393-7398.

Endo T, Ishida S, Ishikawa N, Sato F. (2008) Chloroplastic NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase Complex and Cyclic Electron Transport around Photosystem I (minireview). Mol Cells. 2008 Mar 28;25(2) Pubmed/ 18414017

Ikezawa, N., Iwasa, K., and Sato, F. (2008) Molecular cloning and characterization of CYP80G2, a cytochrome P450 that catalyzes an intramolecular C-C phenol coupling of (S)-reticuline in magnoflorine biosynthesis, from cultured Coptis japonica cells. J. Biol. Chem. 283, 8810-8821 Pubmed/18230623

2007

Ishihara S., Takabayashi A., Ido K., Endo T., Ifuku K., and Sato F., Distinct functions of the two PsbP-like proteins, PPL1 and PPL2, in the chloroplast thylakoid lumen of Arabidopsis thaliana, Plant Physiol., Nov 2007, 145: 668-679. Pubmed/17827269

Sato F., Inui T., and Takemura T. (2007) Metabolic Engineering in Isoquinoline Alkaloid Biosynthesis (review). Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Aug;8(4):211-8. Pubmed/17691990

Sato F., Inai K., and Hashimoto T.(2007)  Metabolic Engineering in Alkaloid Biosynthesis: Case Studies in Tyrosine- and Putrescine-Derived Alkaloids. In: Applications of Plant Metabolic Engineering, Chapter 6 (Editors: Prof. Verpoorte Robert, Prof. Alfermann A. W. and Dr. Johnson T. S.), Springer, ISBN: 978-1-4020-6030-4, pp.145-173

Minami H., Dubouzet E., Iwasa K., and Sato F., Functional analysis of norcoclaurine synthase in Coptis japonica, J Biol. C hem. 282(9):6274-82 (2007). Epub 2007 Jan 4.

Inui T., Tamura K., Fujii N., Morishige T., and Sato F., Overexpression of Coptis japonica norcoclaurine 6-O-methyltransferase overcomes the rate-limiting step in benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in cultured Eschscholzia californica. Plant Cell Physiol, 48(2):252-62 (2007). Epub 2006 Dec 22. doi: 10.1093/pcp/ PCL062

Ikezawa N, Iwasa, K., and Sato F., Molecular cloning and characterization of methylenedioxy bridge-forming enzymes involved in stylopine biosynthesis in Eschscholzia californica. FEBS J., 274(4):1019-35 (2007)

Shitan N, Horiuchi KI, Sato F, Yazaki K.,
Bowman-Birk Proteinase Inhibitor Confers Heavy Metal and Multiple Drug Tolerance in Yeast. Plant Cell Physiol. 48(1):193-7 (2007). Epub 2006 Dec 5;

Kato N., Dubouzet E., Kokabu Y., Yoshida S., Dubouzet J., Yazaki K., and Sato F., Identification of a WRKY protein as a transcriptional regulator of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in Coptis japonica. Plant Cell Physiol., 48(1):8-18(2007).

Fujii N., Inui T., Iwasa K., Morishige T., and Sato F., Knockdown of berberine bridge enzyme by RNAi accumulates (S)-reticuline and activates a silent pathway in cultured California poppy cells. Transgenic Research, DOI.10.1007/s11248-006-9040-4

2006

Harada, K., Fukusaki, E., Bamba, T., Sato, F. and Kobayashi, A., In Vivo 15N-Enrichment of Metabolites in Suspension Cultured Cells and Its Application to Metabolomics. Biotechnol. Prog. 22(4):1003-11, ASAP Article 10.1021/bp060139z S8756-7938(06)00139-1, Web Release Date: June 7.

Yazaki, K., Yamanaka, N., Masuno, T., Konagai, S., Shitan, N., Kaneko, S., Ueda, K., Sato, F., Heterologous expression of a mammalian ABC transporter in plant and its application to phytoremediation. Plant Molecular Biology, 2006 Jun;61(3):491-503.

Toshikazu Takahagi, Nobuhiro Ikezawa, Tsuyoshi Endo, Kentaro Ifuku, Yoshikazu Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Kinoshita, Shunji Takeshita, Fumihiko Sato, Inhibition of PSII in atrazine-tolerant tobacco cells by barbatic acid, a lichen-derived depside, Biosci., Biotech. Biochem., 70(1):266-8 (2006).

2005

Takabayashi, A., Kishine, M., Asada, K., Endo, T., Sato, F., Differential usage of two cyclic electron flows in C4 photosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA., Nov.15, 2005, 102:16898-16903.

Terasaka, K., Blakeslee, J.J., Titapiwatanakun, B., Peer, W.A., Anindita Bandyopadhyay, A., Makam, S.N., Lee, O.R., Richards E.L., , Murphy, A.S., Sato, F., Yazaki, K. (2005), PGP4, an ATP-binding cassette P-glycoprotein, catalyzes auxin transport in Arabidopsis thaliana roots. Plant Cell 17(11):2922-39 (2005)

Ifuku , K., Yamamoto, Y., Ono, T., Ishihara, S., and Sato, F., PsbP protein, but not PsbQ protein, is essential for the regulation and stabilization of Photosystem II in higher plants, Plant Physiol. 139: 1175-1184.

Ishihara, S., Yamamoto, Y., Ifuku, K., and Sato, F. (2005), Functional analysis of four members of the PsbP family in Photosystem II in Nicotiana tabacum using differential RNA interference. Plant Cell Physiol., 46(12): 1885-1893. 2005

Ogawa, T., Pan, L., Kawai-Yamada, M., Yu, L-H., Yamamura, S., Koyama, T., Kitajima, S., Ohme-Takagi, M., Sato, F., and Uchimiya, H., Functional analysis of Arabidopsis ethylene-responsive element binding protein conferring resistance to bax and abiotic stress-induced plant cell death, Plant Physiol., 138, 1436-1445 (2005)

Ohtani, M., Shitan, N., Sakai, K., Martinoia, E., Sato, F., Yazaki, K., Characterization of vacuolar transport of the endogenous alkaloid berberine in Coptis japonica. Plant Physiol., 138: 1939-1946. 2005

Shitan, N., Kiuchi, F., Sato, F., Yazaki, K., and K. Yoshimatsu, Establishment of Rhizobium-mediated transformation of Coptis japonica and molecular analyses of transgenic plants, Plant Biotech., 22(2), 113-118 (2005)

Yusuke Kato, Yumiko Yamamoto, Shinya Murakami, Fumihiko Sato, Post-translational regulation of protease activity of CND41 in senescent tobacco leaves. Planta, 222, 643-651(2005)

Joseph Gogo Dubouzet,  Takashi Morishige, Nanae Fujii, Chung-Il An, Ei-ichiro Fukusaki, Kentaro Ifuku, and Fumihiko Sato, Transient RNA Silencing of Scoulerine 9-O-Methyltransferase Expression by Double Stranded RNA in Coptis japonica Protoplasts. Bioscience, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, 69:63-70 (2005)

Endo T, Kawase D, Sato F., Stromal over-reduction by high-light stress as measured by decreases in P700 Oxidation by far-red light and its physiological relevance. Plant Cell Physiol. 46(5):775-81 (2005)

Murakami, R., Ifuku, K., Takabayashi, A., Shikanai, T., Endo, T., and Sato, F., Functional dissection of two Arabidopsis PsbO proteins, PsbO1 and PsbO2. FEBS J. 272(9): 2165-75 (2005).

Ifuku, K., Nakatsu, T., Shimamoto, R., Yamamoto, Y., Ishihara, S., Kato, H. and Sato, F.,Structure and function of the PsbP protein of photosystem II from higher plants, Photosynthesis Research 2005;84(1-3):251-255 (2005).

Sato, F., RNAi and functional genomics (review), Plant Biotech., 22: 431-442 (2005).

2004

Kato, Y., Murakami, S., Yamamoto, Y., Chatani, H., Kondo, Y., Nakano, T.,Yokota, A., and Sato, F., The DNA-binding protease, CND41, and the degradation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in senescent leaves of tobacco. Planta, 220 (1) November 2004, 97 - 104 DOI:10.1007/s00425-004-1328-0,PubMed=15252735

Kiminori Takahata, Miyuki Takeuchi, Minoru Fujita, Junichi Azuma, Hiroshi Kamada, Fumihiko Sato, Isolation of putative glycoprotein gene from early somatic embryo of carrot and its possible involvement in somatic embryodevelopment. Plant and Cell Physiology, 45(11):1658-68 (2004),PubMed=15574842

Kazuaki Ohara, Yoshimasa Kokado, Hirobumi Yamamoto, Fumihiko Sato and Kazufumi Yazaki, Engineering of ubiquinone biosynthesis using the yeast coq2 gene confers oxidative stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco, Plant J. 2004 Dec;40(5):734-743,PubMed=15546356

Kishine, M., Takabayashi, A., Munekage, Y., Shikanai, T., Endo, T., and Sato, F., Ribosomal RNA processing and an RNase R family member in chloroplasts of Arabidopsis. Plant Mol. Biol., 55: 595-606 (2004),PubMed=15604703

Ifuku K, Nakatsu T, Kato H, Sato F., Crystal structure of the PsbP protein of photosystem II from Nicotiana tabacum. EMBO Rep. 2004 Apr;5(4):362-7. Epub 2004 Mar 12,PubMed=15031714

Morishige, T., Choi, K.B., Sato, F., In vivo bioconversion of tetrahydroisoquinoline by recombinant coclaurine N-methyltransferase, Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2004 Apr;68(4):939-41,PubMed=15118328

2003

Ohara K, Ujihara T, Endo T, Sato F, Yazaki K. , Limonene production in tobacco with Perilla limonene synthase cDNA. J Exp Bot., 54(393):2635-42 (2003),PubMed=14585822

Ifuku K, Nakatsu T, Kato H, Sato F. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies on the extrinsic 23 kDa protein in the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr., 59(Pt 8):1462-3 (2003),PubMed=12876351

Sato, F., Secondary metabolites and biotechnology in plants, In "Agrobiotechnology and Plant Tissue Culture", ed. S.S.Bhojwani and W.-Y. Soh, Science Pub. Inc., Enfield (NH), USA, ISBN 1-57808-243-9, pp97-104 (2003)

Ikezawa N, Tanaka M, Nagayoshi M, Shinkyo R, Sakaki T, Inouye K, Sato F. Molecular cloning and characterization of CYP719, a methylenedioxy bridge-forming enzyme that belongs to a novel P450 family, from cultured Coptis japonica cells. J Biol Chem., 278(40):38557-65, 2003,PubMed=12732624

Koyama, T., Okada, T., Kitajima, S., Ohme-Takagi, M., Shinshi, H., Sato, F. Isolation of tobacco ubiquitin conjugating enzyme cDNA in a yeast two-hybrid system with tobacco ERF3 as bait and its characterization of specific interaction. J.Exp. Bot., 54(385): 1175-1181, 2003,PubMed=12654868

Terasaka, K., Shitan, N., Sato, F., Maniwa, F., Ueda, K., Yazaki, K., Application of vanadate-induced nucleotide trapping to plant cells for detection of ABC proteins. Plant Cell Physiol. 44(2):198-200 (2003),PubMed=12620361

Toyota, K., Koizumi, N., Sato, F.: Transcriptional activation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase by phosphorus deficiency in tobacco. J. Exp.Bot. 54: 961-969 (2003),PubMed=12598567

Nakano, T., Kimura, T., Nagata, N., Sekimoto, M., Kawaide, H., Murakami, S., Kaneko, Y., Matsushima, H., Kamiya, Y., Sato, F., and Yoshida, S.: CND41, a chloroplast nucleoid protein, regulated plastid development and dwarfism related to gibberellin biosynthesis. Physiol. Plant. , 117(1):130-136 (2003),PubMed=12610223

Shitan, N., Bazin, I., Dan, K., Obata, K., Kigawa, K., Sato, F., Forestier, C., Yazaki, K., Involvement of CjMDR1, a plant multidrug-resistance-type ATP-binding cassette protein, in alkaloid transport in Coptis japonica. Proc. Natl.Acad.Sci., 100:751-756 (2003),PubMed=_12524452

Ifuku, K., Yamamoto, Y., Sato, F., Specific RNA interference in psbP genes encoded by a multigene family in Nicotinana tabacum with a short 3'-untranslated sequence. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem, 67(1); 107-113 (2003),PubMed=12619681

2002

Morishige, T., Dubouzet, E., Choi, K.-B., Yazaki, K., and Sato, F., Molecular cloning of columbamine O-methyltransferase from cultured Coptis japonica cells and reconsideration of biosynthetic pathway to palmatine, Eur. J. Biochem., 269(22): 5659-5667, PubMed=12423366

Takabayashi, A., Endo, T., Shikanai, T., Sato, F., Post-illumination reduction of the plastoquinone pool in chloroplast transformants in which chloroplastic NAD(P)H dehydrogenease was investigated, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem, 66(10): 2107-2111 (2002)

Ifuku, K., and Sato, F., A truncated mutant of the extrinsic 23-kDa protein that absolutely requires the extrinsic 17-kDa protein to function in photosystem II" Plant Cell Physiol., 43 (10):1244-1249 (2002), PubMed=12407205

Ikezawa, N., Ifuku, K., Endo, T., and Sato, F., Inhibition of photosystem II of spinach by the respiration inhibitors piericidin A and thnoyltrifluoroacetone, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem, 66:1925-1929 (2002), PubMed=12400692

Sakai, K., Shitana, N., Sato, F., Ueda, K., and Yazaki, K., Characterization of berberine transport into Coptis japonica cells and the involvement of ABC protein. J. Exp. Bot., 53(376); 1879-1886 (2002), PubMed=12177126

Koizumi, N., Toyota, K., Kitajima, S., Yamada, Y., Sato, F.; Genomic structure and promoter analysis of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in a C3 plant, Nicotiana sylvestris. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem, 66:1691-1696 (2002), PubMed=12353629

Murakami, R., Ifuku, K., Takabayashi, A., Shikanai, T., Endo, T., and Sato, F., Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant with impaired psbO, one of two genes encoding extrinsic 33-kDa proteins in photosystem II. FEBS Letters, 523: 138-142 (2002), PubMed=12123820

Nishiuchi, T., Suzuki, K., Kitajima, S., Sato, F., and Shinshi, H. Wounding activates immediate early transcription of genes for ERFs in tobacco plants. Plant Mol. Biol., 49: 473-482 (2002)

Choi KB, Morishige T, Shitan N, Yazaki K, and Sato F.: Molecular cloning and characterization of coclaurine N-methyltransferase from cultured cells of Coptis japonica. J Biol Chem., 277:830-835, 2002, PubMed=11682473

Yazaki K, Kunifihsa M, Fujisaki T, Sato F.: Geranyl diphosphate:4-hydroxybenzoate geranyltransferase from Lithosperumum erythrorhizon: Cloningand characterization of a key enzyme in shikonin biosynthesis. J Biol Chem, 277:6240-6, 2002, PubMed=11744717

Nishiuchi T, Suzuki K, Kitajima S, Sato F, Shinshi H.: Woundingactivates immediate early transcription of genes for ERFs in tobacco plants. Plant Mol Biol, 49: 473-482, 2002,PubMed=12090623

Murakami R, Ifuku K, Takabayashi A, Shikanai T, Endo T, Sato F.: Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant with impaired psbO, one of two genes encoding extrinsic 33-kDa proteins in photosystem II. FEBS Lett., 523:138-142, 2002, PubMed=12123820

Koizumi N, Toyota K, Kitajima S, Yamada Y, Sato F.: Genomic structure and promoter analysis of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in a C3 plant, Nicotiana sylvestris. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem, 66:1691-1696,2002, PubMed=12353629

Sakai K, Shitan N, Sato F, Ueda K, Yazaki K.: Characterization of berberine transport into Coptis japonica cells and the involvement of ABC proteins. J. Exp. Bot., 53:1879-1886, 2002, PubMed=12177126

Ikezawa N, Ifuku K, Endo T, Sato F.: Inhibition of photosystem II of spinach by the respiration inhibitors piericidin A and thenoyltrifluoroacetone. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem, 66:1925-1929,2002, PubMed=12400692

Ifuku K, Sato F.; A Truncated Mutant of the Extrinsic 23-kDa Protein that Absolutely Requires the Extrinsic 17-kDa Protein for Ca(2+) Retention in Photosystem II. Plant Cell Physiol, 43:1244-1249,2002, PubMed=12407205

2001

Koyama T, Kitajima S, Sato F.:Expression of PR-5d and ERF genes in cultured tobacco cells and their NaCl stress-response. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2001 May;65(5):1270-3 PubMed=11440157

Yazaki K, Shitan N, Takamatsu H, Ueda K, Sato F.: A novel Coptis japonica multidrug-resistant protein preferentially expressed in the alkaloid-accumulating rhizome. J Exp Bot 2001 Apr;52(357):877-9 PubMed=11413226

Choi KB, Morishige T, Sato F.: Purification and characterization of coclaurine N-methyltransferase from cultured Coptis japonica cells. Phytochemistry 2001 Apr;56(7):649-55 PubMed=11314949

Yazaki K, Matsuoka H, Shimomura K, Bechthold A, Sato F.: A novel dark-inducible protein, LeDI-2, and its involvement in root-specific secondary metabolism in Lithospermum erythrorhizon. Plant Physiol 2001 Apr;125(4):1831-41 PubMed=11299363

Ifuku K, Sato F.: Importance of the N-terminal sequence of the extrinsic 23 kDa polypeptide in Photosystem II in ion retention in oxygen evolution. Biochim Biophys Acta 2001 Mar 9;1546(1):196-204 PubMed=11257522

Sato, F., Hashimoto, T., Hachiya, A., Tamura, K., Choi, K.-B., Morishige, T., Fujimoto, H. and Yamada, Y.: Metabolic engineering of plant alkaloid biosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98(1); 367-372, 2001 PubMed=11134522

Fukushima, E., Arata, Y., Endo, T., Sonnewald, U. and Sato, F.: Improved salt tolerance of transgenic tobacco expressing apoplastic yeast-derived invertase. Plant Cell Physiol. 42(2); 245-249, 2001 PubMed=11230581

2000

Murakami, S., Kondo, Y., Nakano,T. & Sato, F.: Protease activity of CND41, a chloroplast nucleoid DNA-binding protein, isolated from cultured tobacco cells. FEBS Lett. 468;15-18, 2000

Ifuku, K., Kanda, Y. and Sato, F.: Isolation of cucumber cDNA (accession No. AB03225) for the 23-kD polypeptide of the oxygen-evolving complex of photsystem II (psbP) (PGR00-031). Plant Physiol. 122; 620, 2000.

Kitajima, S., Koyama, T., Ohme-Takagi, M., Shinshi, H. and Sato, F.: Characterization of gene expression of ERFs, transcription factors of basic PR genes from Nicotiana sylvestris. Plant Cell Physiol. 41 (1); 817-824, 2000

Morishige, T., Tsujita, T., Yamada, Y. and Sato, F.: Molecular characterization of the S-adenosyl-L-methionine: 3'-hydroxy-N-methylcoclaurine 4'-O-methyltransferase in isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in Coptis japonica. J. Biol. Chem. 275; 23398-23405, 2000

Kimata-Ariga, Y., Matsumura, T., Kada, S., Fujimoto, H., Fujita, Y., Endo, T., Mano, J., Sato, F. and Hase, T.: Differential electron flow around photosystem I by two C4-photosynthetic-cell-specific ferredoxins. EMBO J. 19; 5041-5050, 2000

Yamamoto, H., Yazaki, K. and Inoue K.: Simultaneous analysis of shikimate-derived secondary matabolites in Lithospermum erythrorhizon cell suspension cultures by high-performance liquid chromatography. J. Chromatog. 738 (1); 3-15, 2000

Taniguchi, S., Yazaki, K., Yabu-uchi, R., Kawakami, K., Ito, H., Hatano, T. and Yoshida, T.: Productions of tannin and anthocyanidin by Rhus javanica adventitious root cultures. Phytochemistry 53 (3); 357-363, 2000

Yamamoto, H., Inoue, K. and Yazaki, K.: Production of caffeic acid oligomers in Lithospermum erythrorhizon cell suspension cultures. Phytochemistry, 53 (6); 651-657, 2000

Touno, K., Harada, K., Yoshimatsu, K., Yazaki, K. and Shimomura K.: Histological observation of red pigment formed on shoot stem of Lithospermum erythrorhizon. Plant Biotech. 17 (2); 127-130, 2000

Hayashi, H., Hiraoka, N., Ikeshiro, Y., Yazaki, K., Tanaka, S., Kushiro, T., Shibuya, M. and Ebizuka, Y.: Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding putative oxidosqualene cyclase from Luffa cylindrica (Accession No. AB033335) (PGR00-046). Plant Physiol. 122; 1457, 2000

Tohno, K., Harada, H., Yoshimatsu, K., Yazaki, K. and Shimomura, K.: Shikonin derivative formation on the stem of cultured shoots in Lithospermum erythrorhizon. Plant Cell Rep.19 (11); 1121-1126, 2000

Shikani, T. and Endo, T.: Physiological function of a respiratory complex, NAD(P)H dehydrogenase in chloroplasts: dissection by chloroplast reverse genetics. Plant Biotech. 17; 79-86, 2000

Sato, F.: Chloroplast function and plant development, Tanpakushitsu-Kakusan-Koso, 45; 147-152, 2000 (in Japanese)

Sato, F.: Introduction to molecular and cellular biology of chloroplast biogenesis, Tanpakushitsu-Kakusan-Koso, 45;105-1107, 2000 (in Japanese)

Sato, F., Kitajima, S., Koyama, T., Okada, T., Ohme-Takagi, M. and Shishi, H.: Regulation of PR-5d (osmotin-like protein) gene expression via ERFs (ethylene responsive factors). In The 14th Symposium on Plant Biotechnology: 2000 Japan-Korea Joint Symposium, Vol. 14: 103-109 , 2000.

Sato, F.:Molecular and cellular biology of plant functions using photoautotrophic cultured cells and its application, Chemical regulation of plants, 35(1);8-16, 2000 (in Japanese)

Sato, F.: GM foods, Medical Practice, 17(10); 1788-1790, 2000 (in Japanese)

1999

H. Koiwa, H. Kato, T. Nakatsu, J. Oda, Y. Yamada and F. Sato, Crystal structure of tobacco PR-5d protein at 1.8 A resolution reveals a conserved acidic cleft structure in antifungal thaumatin-like proteins. J. Mol. Biol., 286(4): 1137-1145 (1999). PubMed=10047487 .

S. Kitajima & F. Sato (1999), Plant pathogeniesis-related proteins: molecular mechanisms of gene expression and protein function. J.Biochem., 125(1): 1-8 (1999)

S. Takeda, Y. Kaneko, H. Matsushima, Y. Yamada & F. Sato, Cultured green cells of tobacco as a useful material for the study of chloroplast replication. Methods in Cell Sciences, 21: 1137-1145 (1999)

Yazaki, K., Matsuoka, H., Ujihara, T. and Sato, F.: Shikonin biosynthesis in Lithospermum erythrorhizon: light-induced negative regulation for secondary metabolism. Plant Biotech. 16(5): 335-342 (1999)

1998

F. Sato, Y. Arata, K. Matsuguma, M. Shiga, Y. Kanda, K. Ifuku, K. Ishikawa & T. Yoshida (1998) , Possibility of molecular protection of phtosynthesis under salinity stress. In "Advances in Chemical Conversions for Mitigating Carbon Dioxide", Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Vol. 114, eds. by T. Inui, M. Anpo, K. Izui, S. Yanagida, T. Yamaguchi, Elsevier Science B.V. pp249-254

S. Kitajima, T. Koyama, Y. Yamada & F. Sato (1998) , Constitutive expression of the neutral PR-5 (OLP, PR-5d) gene in roots and cultured cells of tobacco is mediated by ethylene-responsive cis-element AGCCGCC sequences. Plant Cell Reports, 18: 173-179

K. Yazaki, S. Tanaka, H. Matsuoka & F. Sato (1998) , Stable transformation of Lithospermum erythrorhizon by Agrobacterium rhizogenes and shikonin production of the transformants. Plant Cell Reports, 18: 214-219

K. Ifuku, M. Shiga, Y. Kanda, & F. Sato, Reconstitution of photosynthetic oxygen evolving activity with heterologous OEC23 protein expressed in E. coli. In "Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects, Vol. II ", Kluwer Academic Pub., Dordrecht, pp. 1439-1442 (1998)

S. Murakami, T. Nakano, & F. Sato, Purification of CND41; chloroplast nucleoid DNA-binding protein with proteolytic activity. In "Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects, Vol. IV", Kluwer Academic Pub., Dordrecht, pp. 3035-3038 (1998)

T. Endo, T. Takahagi, Y. Kinoshita, Y. Yamamoto, & F. Sato (1998) , Inhibition of photosystem II of spinach by lichen-derived depsides. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 62 (10): 2023-2027

T. Endo, T. Shikanai, F. Sato, & K. Asada (1998) , NAD(P)H dehydrogenase-dependent, antimycin A-sensitive electron donation to plastoquinone in tobacco chloroplasts. Plant Cell Physiol., 39 (11): 1226-1231

1997

H. Koiwa, H. Kato, T. Nakatsu, J. Oda, Y. Yamada & F. Sato. Purification and characterization of tobacco pathogenesis-related protein PR-5d, an antifungal thaumatin-like protein. Plant Cell Physiol., 38 (7); 783-791 (1997)

T. Nakano, S. Murakami, T. Shoji, S. Yoshida, Y. Yamada & F. Sato. A novel protein with DNA binding activity from tobacco chloroplast nucleoids. Plant Cell, 9; 1673-1682 (1997)

Yazaki, K., Takeda K., Tabata, M.: Effects of methyl Jasmonate on shikonin and dihydroechinofuran production in Lithospermum cell cultures. Plant Cell Physiol., 38 (7); 776-782 (1997)

Yazaki, K., Fukui, H., Nishikawa, Y., Tabata, M.: Measurement of phenolic compounds and their effect on shikonin production in Lithospermum cultured cells. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 61 (10); 1674-1678 (1997)

Taniguchi, S., Takeda, S., Yabu-uchi, R., Yoshida, T., Yazaki, K.: Production of tannic acid by Rhus javanica cell cultures. Phytochemistry, 46 (2); 279-282 (1997)

Yazaki, K., Bechthold, A., Tabata, M.: Molecular cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding a WrbA homologue (Accession No. D45900) from Lithospermum erythrorhizon (PGR 97-159). Plant Physiol., 115 (3); 1287-1288 (1997)

Yazaki, K., Kataoka, M., Honda, G., Severin, K., Heide, L.: cDNA cloning and gene expression of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in Lithospermum erythrorhizon. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 61 (12); 1995-2003 (1997)

Endo, T.: Cytochrome b/f complex is not involved in respiration in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 grown photoautotrophically. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 61; 1770-1771 (1997)

Endo, T., Mi, H., Shikanai, T., Asada, K.: Donation of electrons to plastoquinone by NAD(P)H dehydrogenase and by ferredoxin-quinone reductase in spinach chloroplasts. Plant Cell Physiol. 38; 1272-1277 (1997)

1996

F. Sato,S. Kitajima,T. Koyama, & Y. Yamada. Ethylene-Induced gene expression of osmotin-like protein, a neutral isoform of tobacco PR-5, is mediated by the AGCCGCC cis-sequence. Plant Cell Physiol., 37(3); 249-255(1996)

N. Koizumi, F. Sato, and Y. Yamada. Bacterial production and purification of photsphorylatable phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from tobacco. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 60(12); 2089-2091 (1996)

A. Yuba, K. Yazaki, M. Tabata, G. Honda, R. Croteau. cDNA cloning, characterization, and functional expression of 4S-(-)-limonene synthase from Perilla frutescens. Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 332 (21); 280-287 (1996)

1995

N.Takeshita,H.Fujiwara,H. Mimura,J.H. Fitchen, Y.Yamada and F.Sato.Molecular cloning and characterizatin of S-adenosyl-L- methionine;scoulerine 9-O-methyltrnasferase from cultured cells of Coptis japonica . Plant Cell Physiol.36(1);29-36,(1995)

F.Sato,H.Koiwa,Y.Sakai,N.Kato,and Y.Yamada. Synthesis and secretion of tobacco neutral PR-5 protein by transgenic tobacco and yeast. Biochem. Biophys.Res.Comm.,211(3);909-913(1995)

F.Sato,K.Mutora,Y .Oshita,and Y.Yamada. Selection and characterization of high NaCl-adapted cultured green cells of tobacco. In "Ecophysiology and photosynthetic in vitro cultures, 1995", Aix-en-Provence (France),1-3 December 1993, F.Carre and P. Chagvardieff Ed. CEA, Cadarache, ISBN; 2-7272-0175-3(1995)

K. Ichinose, F.-S.Che, Y. Kimura, A. Matsunobu, F. Sato, and S. Yoshida. Selection and characterization of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibiting herbicide (S23142) resistant photomixotrophic cultured cells of Nicotiana tabacum.. J.Plant Physiol., 146;693-698(1995).

F. Sato,Y. Kanda, M. Shiga,Y. Ohshita, K. Murota, & Y. Yamada. Characterization of OEC23 polypeptide of NaCl-adapted photoautotrophic cultured cells of tobacco. In "Photosynthesis;from Light to Biosphere" Vol.IV,p601-604, P.Mathis (ed.), Kluwer Acad.Pub. Netherlands,(1995)

1994

K. Murota, Y. Ohshita, A. Watanabe, S. Aso, F. Sato and Y. Yamada. (1994) Changes related to salt tolerance in thylakoid membranes of photoautotrophically cultured green tobacco cells. Plant Cell Physiol. 35(1): 107-113

K. Nakajima, T. Hashimoto and Y. Yamada. ( 1994 ) Opposite Stereospecificity of Two Tropinone Reductases Is Conferred by the Substratebinding Sites. J. of Biol. Chem. 269 (16 ) : 11695-11698

S. Wakayama, K. Kusaka, T. Kanehira, Y. Yamada, K. Kawazu and A. Kobayashi. (1994) Kinobeon A, A Novel Red Pigment Produced in Safflower Tissure Culture Systems. Z. Naturforsch. 49: Ser.B, 1-5

T. Kanegae, H. Kajiya, Y. Amano, T. Hashimoto and Y. Yamada. (1994) Species-Dependent Expression of the Hyoscyamine 6b-Hydroxylase Gene in the Pericycle. Plant Physiol. 105: 483-490

Y. Yamamoto, R. Hamade, Y. Kinoshita, M. Higuchi, I. Yoshimura, J. Sekiya and Y. Yamada. (1994) Biological Approaches Using Lichen-derived Cultures: Growth and Primary Metabolism. Symbiosis. 16: 203-217

N. Hibi, S. Higashiguchi, T. Hashimoto and Y. Yamada. (1994) Gene Expression in Tabacco Low-Nicotine Mutants. The Plant Cell. 6: 723-735

Y. Hara, T. Laugel, T. Morimoto and Y. Yamada. (1994) Effect of Gibberellic Acid on Berberine and Tyrosine Accumulation in Coptis Japonica. Phytochemistry. 36 (3): 643-646

I. Yoshimura, Y. Kinoshita, Y. Yamamoto, S. Huneck and Y. Yamada. (1994) Analysis of Secondary Metabolites from Lichen by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with a Photodiode Array Detector. Phytochemical Anal. 5: 197-205

T. Hashimoto and Y. Yamada. (1994) Alkaloid Biogenesis: Molecular Aspects. Annu. Rev.Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 45: 257-285

H. Koiwa, F. Sato, and Y. Yamada. (1994) Characterization of Accumulation of Tobacco PR-5 Proteins by IEF-Immunoblot Analysis. Plant Cell Physiol. 35 (5): 821-827

Y. Yamada, D.-J. Yun and T. Hashimoto. (1994) Genetic Engineering of Medicinal Plants for Tropane Alkaloid Production. Advances in Plant Biotechnology. (ed.) D.D.Y. Ryu and S. Furusaki. Studies in Plant Sci. 4 : 83-93.

Y. Sugimoto, A. Yoshida, S. Uchida, S. Inanaga and Y. Yamada. (1994) Dauricine Production in Cultured Roots of Menispermum Dauricum.. Phytochemistry 36 (3) : 679-683.

Y.Yukimune, Y. Hara and Y.Yamada. (1994) Tropane Alkaloid Production in Root Cultures of Duboisia myoporoides Obtained by Repeated Selection. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 58 (8) : 1443-1446

Y. Yukimune, H. Tabata, Y. Hara and Y. Yamada. (1994) Increase of Scopolamine Production by High Density Culture of Duboisia myoporoides Roots. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 58 (8) : 1447-1450

Y.Yukimune, H. Tabata, Y. Hara and Y. Yamada. (1994) Scopolamine Yield in Cultured Roots of Duboisia myoporoides Improved by a Novel Two-stage CultureMethod. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 58 (10) : 1820-1823

Yukimune, H. Yamagata, Y. Hara and Y. Yamada.(1994) Effects of Oxygen on Nicotine and Tropane Alkaloid Production in Cultured Roots of Duboisia myoporoides. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 58 (10) : 1824-1827

R.Hamade, Y.Kinoshita, Y.Yamamoto, M.Tanaka and Y. Yamada. (1994) Anthocyanin Production in Cultured Euphorbia millii Cells Using Film Culture Vessels. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 58 (8) : 1530-1531

F. Sato, T. Tsujita, Y. Katagiri, S. Yoshida and Y. Yamada. (1994) Purification and characterization of S-adenosyl-L-methionine:norcoclaurine 6-O-methyltransferase from cultured Coptis japonica cells. Eur. J. Biochem. 225 : 125-131

F.Sato,N.Takeshita,H.Fujiwara,Y.katagiri,L.Huan and Y.Yamada.(1994) Characterization of Coptis japonica cells with different alkaloid productivities. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 38: 249-256