東京工業大学

増田研究室

論文

Original Papers（原著論文）

  1. Goto, M., Imamura, S., Takaya, K. and Masuda, S. (2023)
    Significance of the plastidial stringent response for plant groth on soil.
    Plant Growth Regulation. (free access is here)
  2. Inazu, M., Nemoto, T., Omata, Y., Suzuki, S., Ono, S., Kanno, Y., Seo, M., Oikawa, A. and Masuda, S. (2023)
    Complete loss of RelA and SpoT homologs in Arabidopsis reveals the importance of the plastidial stringent response in the interplay between chloroplast metabolism and plant defense response.
    Plant Cell Physiol. In press. (free access is here)
  3. Kojima, T. and Masuda, S. (2023)
    Construction of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides strain overproducing 5-aminolevulinic acid by insertion of endogenous promoter.
    J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. In press.
  4. Qiu, D., Lange, E., Hass, T.M., Prucker, I., Masuda, S., Wang, Y.L., Felix, G., Schaaf, G. and Jessen, H.J, (2023)
    Bacterial pathogen infection triggers magic spot nucleotide signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts through specific RelA/SpoT Homologues.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145: 16081-16089. (free access is here)
  5. Suzuki, K. and Masuda, S. (2023)
    Arabidopsis mutants lacking DLDG1 and non-photochemical quenching-related proteins reveal the regulatory role of DLDG1 in chloroplast pH homeostasis.
    FEBS Lett. 597: 1761-1769.
  6. Shimizu, T., Ida, T., Antelo, G.T., Ihara, Y., Fakhoury, J.N., Masuda, S., Giedroc, D.P., Akaike, T., Capdevila, D.A. and Masuda, T. (2023)
    Polysulfide metabolizing enzymes influence SqrR-mediated sulfide-induced transcription by impacting intracellular polysulfide dynamics.
    PNAS Nexus 2: pgad048. (free access is here).
  7. Balasubramanian, R., Hori, K., Shimizu, T., Kasamatsu, S., Okamura, K., Tanaka, K., Ihara, H. and Masuda, S. (2022)
    The sulfide-responsive SqrR/BigR homologous regulator YgaV of Escherichia coli controls expression of anaerobic respiratory genes and antibiotic tolerance.
    Antioxidants 11: 2359. (free access is here).
  8. Ito, K., Ito, D., Goto, M., Suzuki, S., Masuda, S., Iba, K. and Kusumi, K. (2022)
    Regulation of ppGpp synthesis and its impact on chloroplast biogenesis during early leaf development in rice.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 63: 919-931. (free access is here).
  9. Goto, M., Oikawa, A. and Masuda, S. (2022)
    Metabolic changes contributing to large biomass production in the Arabidopsis ppGpp-accumulating mutant under nitrogen deficiency.
    Planta 255: 48. (free access is here).
  10. Trinh, M.D.L., Hashimoto, A., Kono, M., Takaichi, S., Nakahira, Y. and Masuda, S. (2021)
    Lack of plastid-encoded Ycf10, a homolog of the nuclear-encoded DLDG1 and the cyanobacterial PxcA, enhances the induction of non-photochemical quenching in tobacco.
    Plant Direct 5: e368. (free access is here).
  11. Fujisawa, T., Masuda, S., Takeuchi, S. and Tahara, T. (2021)
    Femtosecond time-resolved absorption study of signaling state of a BLUF protein PixD from cyanobacterium Synechocystis: hydrogen bond rearrangement completes during forward proton-coupled electron transfer.
    J. Phys. Chem. B. 125: 12154–12165.
  12. Sugimoto, Y. and Masuda, S. (2021)
    In vivo localization and oligomerization of PixD and PixE for controlling phototaxis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
    J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 67: 54-58. (free access is here).
  13. Trinh, M.D.L., Miyazaki, D., Ono, S., Nomata, J., Kono, M., Mino, H., Niwa, T., Okegawa, Y., Motohashi, K., Taguchi, H., Hisabori, T. and Masuda, S. (2021)
    The evolutionary conserved iron-sulfur protein TCR controls P700 oxidation in photosystem I.
    iScience 24: 102059. (free access is here).
  14. Shimizu, T., Hayashi, Y., Arai, M., McGlynn, S.E., Masuda, T. and Masuda, S. (2021)
    Repressor activity of SqrR, a master regulator of persulfide-responsive genes, is regulated by heme coordination.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 62: 100-110.
  15. Ito, D., Kawamura, H., Oikawa, A., Ihara, Y., Shibata, T., Nakamura, N., Asano, T., Kawabata, S-I, Suzuki, T. and Masuda, S. (2020)
    ppGpp functions as an alarmone in metazoa.
    Commun. Biol. 3: 671. (free access is here).
  16. Ono, S., Suzuki, S., Ito, D., Tagawa, S., Shiina T. and Masuda, S. (2020)
    Plastidial (p)ppGpp synthesis by the Ca2+-dependent RelA-SpoT homolog regulates the adaptation of chloroplast gene expression to darkness in Arabidopsis.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 61: 2077-2086. (free access is here).
  17. Azai, C., Harada, J., Fujimoto, S., Masuda, S. and Kosumi, D. (2020)
    Anaerobic energy dissipation by glycosylated carotenoids in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum
    J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. 403: 112828.
  18. Inago, H., Sato, R. and Masuda, S. (2020)
    Regulation of light-induced H+ extrusion and uptake by cyanobacterial homologs of the plastidial FLAP1, DLDG1, and Ycf10 in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
    Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1861: 148258.
  19. Jakob, A., Nakamura, H., Kobayashi, A., Sugimoto, Y., Wilde, A. and Masuda, S. (2020)
    The (PATAN)-CheY-like response regulator PixE interacts with the motor ATPase PilB1 to control negative phototaxis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
    Plant Cell Physiol. 61: 296-307.
  20. Harada, K., Arizono, T., Sato, R., Trinh, M.D.L., Hashimoto, A., Kono, M., Tsujii, M., Uozumi, N., Takaichi, S. and Masuda, S. (2019)
    DAY-LENGTH-DEPENDENT DELAYED-GREENING1, the Arabidopsis homolog of the cyanobacterial H+-extrusion protein, is essential for chloroplast pH regulation and optimization of non-photochemical quenching
    Plant Cell Physiol. 60: 2660.
  21. Nakasone, Y., Kikukawa, K., Masuda, S. and Terazima, M. (2019)
    Time-resolved study of interprotein signaling process of a blue light sensor PapB-PapA comlex
    J. Phys. Chem. B 123: 3210-3218.
  22. Trinh, M.D.L., Sato, R., Masuda, S. (2019)
    Genetic characterization of a flap1 null mutation in Arabidopsis npq4 and pgr5 plants suggests that the regulatory role of FLAP1 involves control of proton homeostasis in chloroplasts
    Photosynth. Res. 139: 413-424
  23. Sato, R, Kawashima, R., Trinh, M.D.L., Nakano, M., Nagai, T, Masuda, S. (2019)
    Significance of PGR5-dependent cyclic electron flow for optimizing the rate of ATP synthesis and consumption in Arabidopsis chloroplasts
    Photosynth. Res.139: 359-365
  24. Shimizu, T, Horiguchi, K., Hatanaka, Y., Masuda, S., Shimada, K., Matsuura, K. and Haruta, S. (2018)
    Nitrite-reducing ability is related to growth inhibition by nitrite in Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans.
    Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 82: 148-151
  25. Honoki, R., Ono, S., Oikawa, A., Saito, K. and Masuda, S. (2018)
    Significance of accumulation of the alarmone (p)ppGpp in chloroplasts for controlling photosynthesis and metabolite balance during nitrogen starvation in Arabidopsis.
    Photosyn. Res. 135: 299-308.
  26. Kawashima, R., Sato, R., Harada, K. and Masuda, S. (2017)
    Relative contributions of PGR5- and NDH-dependent photosystem I cyclic electron flow in the generation of a proton gradient in Arabidopsis chloroplasts.
    Planta 246: 1045-1050
  27. Sato, R., Kono, M., Harada, K., Ohta, H., Takaichi, S. and Masuda, S. (2017)
    Fluctuating-Light-Acclimation Protein1, conserved in oxygenic phototrophs, regulates H+ homeostasis and non-photochemical quenching in chloroplasts.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 58: 1622-1630
  28. Shimizu, T. and Masuda, S. (2017)
    Characterization of redox-active cysteine residues of persulfide-responsive transcriptional repressor SqrR.
    Commun. Integr. Biol. 10: e1329786
  29. Ito, D., Ihara, Y., Nishihara, H., and Masuda, S. (2017)
    Phylogenetic analysis of proteins involved in the stringent response in plant cells.
    J. Plant Res. 130: 625-634
  30. Shimizu, T., Shen, J., Fang, M., Zhang, Y., Hori, K., Trinidad, J. C., Bauer C. E., Giedroc, D. P., and Masuda, S. (2017)
    The sulfide-responsive transcriptional repressor SqrR functions as a master regulator of sulfide-dependent photosynthesis.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 114: 2355-2360
  31. Sugimoto, Y., Nakamura, H., Ren S., Hori, K., and Masuda, S. (2017)
    Genetics of the blue light-dependent signal cascade that controls phototaxis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 58: 458-465
  32. Masuda, S., and Tanaka, M. (2016)
    PICCORO: A technique for manipulating the activity of transcription factors with blue light.
    Methods Cell Biol. 135: 289-295.
  33. Ihara, Y., and Masuda, S. (2016)
    Cytosolic ppGpp accumulation induces retarded plant growth and development.
    Plant Signal. Behav. 11:e1132966.
  34. Maekawa, M., Honoki, R., Ihara, Y., Sato, R., Oikawa, A., Kanno, Y., Ohta, H., Seo, M., Saito, K., and Masuda, S. (2015)
    Impact of the plastidial stringent response in plant growth and stress responses.
    Nature Plants 1: 15167.
  35. Tsukatani, Y., and Masuda, S. (2015)
    Elucidation of genetic backgrounds necessary for chlorophyll a biosynthesis toward artificial creation of oxygenic photosynthesis.
    Origins Life Evol. Biosph. 45: 367-369.
  36. Ren, S., Sugimoto, Y., Kobayashi, T. and Masuda, S. (2015)
    Cross-linking analysis reveals the putative dimer structure of the cyanobacterial BLUF photoreceptor PixD.
    FEBS Lett. 589: 1879-1882.
  37. Shimizu, T., Cheng, Z., Matsuura, K., Masuda, S. and Bauer C. E. (2015)
    Evidence that altered cis element spacing affects PpsR mediated redox control of photosynthesis gene expression in Rubrivivax gelatinosus.
    PLos ONE 10: e0128446.
  38. Ihara, Y., Ohta, H. and Masuda, S. (2015)
    A highly sensitive quantification method for the accumulation of alarmone ppGpp in Arabidopsis thaliana using UPLC-ESI-qMS/MS.
    J. Plant Res. 128: 511-518.
  39. Saito, H., Oikawa, T., Hamamoto, S., Ishimaru, Y., Kanamori-Sato, M., Sasaki-Sekimoto, Y., Utsumi, T., Chen, J., Kanno, Y., Masuda, S., Kamiya, Y., Seo, M., Uozumi, N., Ueda, M. and Ohta, H. (2015)
    The iasmonate-responsive GTR1 transporter is required for gibberellin-mediated stamen development in Arabidopsis.
    Nature Commun. 6: 6095.
  40. Masuda, S., Tokaji, Y., Kobayashi, Y. and Ohta, H. (2014)
    Mechanisms of induction of the stress-responsive transcription factors HsfA2 and DREB2A by 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 78: 647-650.
  41. Hori, K., Maruyama, F., Fujisawa, T., Togashi, T., Yamamoto, N., Seo, M., Sato, S., Yamada, T., Mori, H., Tajima, N., Moriyama, T., Ikeuchi, M., Watanabe, M., Wada, H., Kobayashi, K., Saito, M., Masuda, T., Sasaki-Sekimoto, Y., Mashiguchi, K., Awai, K., Shimojima, M., Masuda, S., Iwai, M., Nobusawa, T., Narise, T., Kondo, S., Saito, H., Sato, R., Murakawa, M., Ihara, Y., Oshima-Yamada, Y., Ohtaka, K., Satoh, M., Sonobe, K., Ishii, M., Ohtani, R., Kanamori-Sato, M., Honoki, R., Miyazaki, D., Mochizuki, H., Umetsu, J., Higashi, K., Shibata, S., Kamiya, Y., Sato, N., Nakamura, Y., Tabata, S., Ida, S., Kurokawa, K. and Ohta, H. (2014)
    Klebsormidium flaccidum gemone reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation.
    Nature Commun. 5: 3978.
  42. Sasaki-Sekimoto, Y., Saito, H., Masuda, S., Shirasu, K. and Ohta, H. (2014)
    Comprehensive analysis of protein interactions between JAZ proteins and bHLH transcription factors that negatively regulate jasmonate signaling.
    Plant Signaling Behavior 9, e27639.
  43. Fujisawa, T., Takeuchi, S., Masuda, S. and Tahara, T. (2014)
    Signaling-state formation mechanism of a BLUF protein PapB from the purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris studied by femtosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy.
    J. Phys. Chem. B 118: 14761-14773.
  44. Yuzawa, Y., Shimojima, M., Sato, R., Mizusawa, N., Ikeda, K., Suzuki, M., Iwai, M., Hori, K., Wada, H., Masuda, S. and Ohta, H. (2014)
    Cyanobacterial monogalactosyldiacylglycerol-synthesis pathway is involved in normal unsaturation of galactolipids and low-temperature adaptation of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
    Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1841: 475-483.
  45. Sato, R., Ohta, H. and Masuda, S. (2014)
    Prediction of respective contribution of linear electron flow and PGR5-dependent cyclic electron flow to non-photochemical quenching induction.
    Plant Physiol. Biochem. 81: 190-196.
  46. Satoh, M., Tokaji, Y., Nagano, A.J., Hara-Nishimura, I., Hayashi, M., Nishimura, M., Ohta, H. and Masuda, S. (2014)
    Arabidopsis mutants affecting oxylipin signaling in photo-oxidative stress responses.
    Plant Physiol. Biochem. 81: 90-95.
  47. Shimojima, M., Watanabe, T., Madoka, Y., Koizumi, R., Yamamoto, M. P., Masuda, K., Yamada, K., Masuda, S. and Ohta, H. (2013)
    Differential regulation of two types of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase in membrane lipid remodeling under phosphate-limited conditions in sesame plants.
    Front. Plant Sci. 4: 469.
  48. Masuda, S., Nakatani, Y., Ren, S. and Tanaka, M. (2013)
    Blue light-mediated manipulation of transcription factor activity in vivo.
    ACS Chem. Biol. 8: 2649-2653.
  49. Masuda, S., Hori, K., Maruyama, F., Ren, S., Sugimoto, S., Yamamoto, N., Mori, H., Yamada, T., Sato, S., Tabata, S., Ohta, H. and Kurokawa, K. (2013)
    Whole-genome sequence of the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum strain W4.
    Genome Announcements 1: e00577-13.
  50. Sasaki-Sekimoto, Y., Jikumaru, Y., Obayashi, T., Saito, H., Masuda, S., Kamiya, Y., Ohta, H. and Shirasu, K. (2013)
    Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors JASMONATE-ASSOCIATEDMYC2-LIKE1 (JAM1), JAM2, and JAM3 are negative regulators of jasmonate responses in Arabidopsis.
    Plant Physiol. 163: 291-304.
  51. Awakawa, T., Sugai, Y., Otsutomo, K., Ren, S., Masuda, S., Katsuyama, Y., Horinouchi, S. and Ohnishi, Y. (2013)
    4-hydroxy-3-methyl-6-(1-methyl-2-oxoalkyl)pyran-2-one synthesis by a type III polyketide synthase from Rhodospirillum centenum.
    ChemBioChem14: 1006-1013.
  52. Ren, S., Sato, R., Hasegawa, K., Ohta, H. and Masuda, S. (2013)
    A predicted structure for the PixD-PixE complex determined by homology modeling, docking simulation, and a mutagenesis study.
    Biochemistry 52: 1272-1279.
  53. Chen, J., Sonobe, K., Ogawa, N., Masuda, S., Nagatani, A., Kobayashi, Y. and Ohta, H. (2013)
    Inhibition of Arabidopsis hypocotyl elongation by jasmonates is enhanced under red light in phytochrome B dependent manner.
    J. Plant Res.126: 161-168.
  54. Ren, S., Sawada, M., Hasegawa, K., Hayakawa, Y., Ohta, H. and Masuda, S. (2012)
    A PixD-PapB chimeric protein reveals the function of the BLUF domain C-terminal α-helices for light signal transduction.
    Plant Cell Physiol.53: 1638-1647.
  55. Unno, M., Tsukiji, Y., Kubota, K. and Masuda, S. (2012)
    N-terminal truncation does not affect the location of a conserved tryptophan in the BLUF domain of AppA from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
    J. Phys. Chem. B 116: 8974-8980.
  56. Yuzawa, Y., Nishihara, H., Haraguchi, T., Masuda, S., Shimojima, M., Shimoyama, A., Yuasa, H., Okada, N. and Ohta, H. (2012)
    Phylogeny of galactolipid synthase homologs together with their enzymatic analyses revealed a possible origin and divergence time for photosynthetic membrane biogenesis.
    DNA Res. 19: 91-102.
  57. Masuda, S., Harada, J., Yokono, M., Yuzawa, Y., Shimojima, M., Murofushi, K., Tanaka, H., Masuda, H., Murakawa, M., Haraguchi, T., Kondo, M., Nishimura, M., Yuasa, H., Noguchi, M., Oh-oka, H., Tanaka, A., Tamiaki, H. and Ohta, H. (2011)
    A monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase found in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum reveals important roles for galactolipids in photosynthesis.
    Plant Cell 23: 2644-2658.
  58. Kondo, T., Masuda, S. and Mino, H. (2011)
    Pulsed ESR analysis of the photo-induced triplet radical pair in the BLUF protein SyPixD: Determination of the protein-protein distance and orientation in the oligomeric protein.
    Appl. Magn. Reson. 40: 545-555.
  59. Kondo, T., Masuda, S., Tsutsumi, K. and Mino, H. (2011)
    Temperature dependence of relaxation time of a stable radical pair in SyPixD investigated by pulsed EPR.
    Chem. Phys. Lett. 501: 528-533.
  60. Kanazawa, T., Ren, S., Maekawa, M., Hasegawa, K., Arisaka, F., Hyodo, M., Hayakawa, Y., Ohta, H. and Masuda, S. (2010)
    Biochemical and physiological characterization of a BLUF protein-EAL protein complex involved in blue light-dependent degradation of cyclic diguanylate in the purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris.
    Biochemistry 49: 10647-10655.
  61. Unno, M., Kikuchi, S. and Masuda, S. (2010)
    Structural refinement of a key tryptophan residue in the BLUF photoreceptor AppA by ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy.
    Biophys. J. 98: 1949-1956.
  62. Nakasone, Y., Ono, T., Ishii, A., Masuda, S. and Terazima, M. (2010)
    Temperature sensitive reaction of a photosensor protein YcgF: Possibility of a role of temperature sensor.
    Biochemistry 49: 2288-2296.
  63. Narise, T., Kobayashi, K., Baba, S., Shimojima, M., Masuda, S., Fukaki, H. and Ohta, H. (2010)
    Involvement of auxin signaling mediated by IAA14 and ARF7/19 in membrane lipid remodeling during phosphate starvation.
    Plant Mol. Biol. 72: 533-544.
  64. Masuda, S., Ikeda, R., Masuda, T., Hashimoto, H., Tsuchiya, T., Kojima, H., Nomata, J., Fujita, Y., Mimuro, M., Ohta, H. and Takamiya, K. (2009)
    Prolamellar bodies formed by cyanobacterial protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase in Arabidopsis.
    Plant J. 58: 952-960.
  65. Masuda, S., Hasegawa, K., Ohta, H. and Ono, T. (2008)
    Crucial role in light signal transduction for the conserved Met93 of the BLUF protein PixD/Slr1694.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 49: 1600-1606.
  66. Masuda, S., Berleman, J., Hasselbring, B. M. and Bauer, C. E. (2008)
    Regulation of aerobic photosystem synthesis in the purple bacterium Rhodospirillum centenum.
    Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 7: 1267-1272.
  67. Masuda, S., Tozawa, Y. and Ohta, H. (2008)
    Possible targets of magic spots in plant signaling.
    Plant Signaling Behavior 3: 1021-1023.
  68. Mizusawa, K., Masuda, S. and Ohta, H. (2008)
    Expression profiling of four RelA/SpoT-like proteins, homologues of bacterial stringent factors, in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Planta 228: 553-562.
  69. Masuda, S., Mizusawa, K., Narisawa, T., Tozawa, Y., Ohta, H. and Takamiya, K. (2008)
    The bacterial stringent response, conserved in chloroplasts, controls plant fertilization.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 49: 135-141.
  70. Tozawa, Y., Nozawa, A., Kanno, T., Narisawa, T., Masuda, S., Kasai, K. and Nanamiya, H. (2007)
    Calcium-activated (p)ppGpp synthetase in chloroplasts of land plants.
    J. Biol. Chem. 282: 35536-35545.
  71. Shimada, H., Mochizuki, M., Ogura, K., Froehlich, J. E., Osteryoung, K. W., Shirano, Y., Shibata, D., Masuda, S., Mori, K. and Takamiya, K. (2007)
    Arabidopsis cotyledon-specific chloroplast biogenesis factor CYO1 is a protein disulfide isomerase.
    Plant Cell 19: 3157-3169.
  72. Wakita, M., Masuda, S., Motohashi, K., Hisabori, T., Ohta, H. and Takamiya, K. (2007)
    The significance of Type II and PrxQ peroxiredoxins for antioxidative stress response in the purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
    J. Biol. Chem. 282: 27792-27801.
  73. Nakasone, Y., Ono, T., Ishii, A., Masuda, S. and Terazima, M. (2007)
    Transient dimerization and conformational change of a BLUF protein: YcgF.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129: 7028-7035.
  74. Masuda, S., Tomida, Y., Ohta, H. and Takamiya, K. (2007)
    The critical role of a hydrogen bond between Gln63 and Trp104 in the blue-light sensing BLUF domain that controls AppA activity.
    J. Mol. Biol. 368: 1223-1230.
  75. Chung, Y., Masuda, S. and Bauer, C. E. (2007)
    Purification and reconstitution of PYP-phytochrome with biliverdin and 4-hydroxycinnamic acid.
    Methods Enzymol. 422: 184-189.
  76. Kimura, Y., Alric, J., Vermeglio, A., Masuda, S., Hagiwara, Y., Matsuura, K., Shimada, K. and Nagashima, K.V.P. (2007)
    A new membrane-bound cytochrome c works as an electron donor to the photosynthetic reaction center complex in the purple bacterium, Rhodovulum sulfidophilum.
    J. Biol. Chem. 282: 6463-6472.
  77. Yuan, H., Anderson,S., Masuda, S., Dragnea, V., Moffat, K. and Bauer C.E. (2006)
    Crystal structures of the Synechocystis photoreceptor Slr1694 reveal distinct structural states related to signaling.
    Biochemistry 45, 12687-12694.
  78. Unno, M., Masuda, S., Ono, T. and Yamauchi, S. (2006)
    Orientation of a key Glutamine residue in the BLUF domain from AppA revealed by mutagenesis, spectroscopy, and quantum chemical calculations.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 5638-5639.
  79. Hasegawa, K., Masuda, S. and Ono, T. (2006)
    Light induced structural changes of a full-length protein and its BLUF domain in YcgF (Blrp), a blue-light sensing protein that uses FAD (BLUF).
    Biochemistry 45, 3785-3793.
  80. Masuda, S., Hasegawa, K. and Ono, T. (2005)
    Triptophan at position 104 is involved in transforming light signal into changes of β-sheet structure for the signaling state in the BLUF domain of AppA.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 46, 1894-1901.
  81. Makihara, F., Tsuzuki, M., Sato, K., Masuda, S., Nagashima, K. V. P., Abo, M. and Okubo, A. (2005)
    Role of trehalose synthesis pathways in salt tolerance mechanism of Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans IL106.
    Arch Microbiol. 184, 56 - 65.
  82. Masuda, S., Hasegawa, K. and Ono, T. (2005)
    Adenosine diphosphate moiety does not participate in structural changes for the signaling state in the sensor of blue-light using FAD domain of AppA.
    FEBS Lett. 579, 4329-4332.
  83. Masuda, S. and Ono, T. (2005)
    Adenylyl cycles activity of Cya1 from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is inhibited by bicarbonate.
    J. Bacteriol. 187, 5032-5035.
  84. Unno, M., Sano, R., Masuda, S., Ono, T. and Yamauchi, S. (2005)
    Light-induced structural changes in the active site of the BLUF domain in AppA by Raman spectroscopy.
    J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 12620-12626.
  85. Anderson, S., Dragnea, V., Masuda, S., Ybe, J., Moffat, K. and Bauer, C. E. (2005)
    Structure of a novel photoreceptor, the BLUF domain of AppA from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
    Biochemistry 44, 7998-8005.
  86. Masuda, S., Hasegawa, K. and Ono, T. (2005)
    Light-induced structural changes of apoprotein and chromophore in the sensor of blue light using FAD (BLUF) domain of AppA for a signaling state.
    Biochemistry 44, 1215-1224.
  87. Hasegawa, K., Masuda, S. and Ono, T. (2005)
    Spectroscopic analysis of the dark relaxation process of a photocycle in a sensor of blue-light using FAD (BLUF) protein Slr1694 of cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 46, 136-146.
  88. Masuda, S. and Ono, T. (2004)
    Biochemical characterization of the major adenylyl cyclase, Cya1, in a cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
    FEBS Lett. 577, 255-258.
  89. Hasegawa, K., Masuda, S. and Ono, T. (2004)
    Structural intermediate in the photocycle of a BLUF (sensor of blue-light using FAD) protein Slr1694 in a cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
    Biochemistry 43, 14979-14986.
  90. Masuda, S., Hasegawa, K., Ishii, A. and Ono, T. (2004)
    Light-induced structural changes in a putative blue-light receptor with a novel FAD binding fold sensor of blue-light using FAD (BLUF); Slr1694 of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803.
    Biochemistry 43: 5304-5313.
  91. Masuda, S. and Bauer C. E. (2004)
    Null mutation of HvrA compensates for loss of an essential relA/spoT-like gene in Rhodobacter capsulatus.
    J. Bacteriol. 186: 235-239.
  92. Tsukatani, Y., Matsuura, K., Masuda S., Shimada, K., Hiraishi, A. and Nagashima, K.V.P. (2004)
    Phylogenetic distribution of unusual triheme to tetraheme cytochrome subunit in the reaction center complex of purple bacteria.
    Photosynth. Res. 79: 83-91.
  93. Swem, L.R., Kraft, B.J., Swem, D.L., Setterdahl, A.T., Masuda, S., Knaff, D. B., Zaleski, J. M. and Bauer C. E. (2003)
    Signal transduction by the global regulator RegB is mediated by a redox-active cysteine.
    EMBO J. 22: 4699-4708.
  94. Kraft, B. J., Masuda, S., Kikuchi, J., Dragnea, V., Tollin, G., Zaleski, J. M. and Bauer, C. E. (2003)
    Spectroscopic and mutational analysis of the blue-light photoreceptor AppA: A novel photocycle involving flavin stacking with an aromatic amino acid.
    Biochemisty 42: 6726-6734.
  95. Masuda, S. and Bauer, C.E. (2002)
    AppA is a blue-light photoreceptor that anti-represses photosynthesis gene expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
    Cell 110: 613-623.
  96. Masuda, S., Tsukatani, Y., Kimura, Y., Nagashima, K.V.P., Shimada, K. and Matsuura, K. (2002)
    Mutational analyses of the photosynthetic reaction-center-bound triheme cytochrome subunit and cytochrome c2 in the purple bacterium, Rhodovulum sulfidophilum.
    Biochemistry 41: 11211-11217.
  97. Masuda, S., Dong, C., Swem, D., Setterdahl, A.T., Knaff, D. and Bauer C.E. (2002)
    Repression of photosynthesis gene expression by formation of a disulfide bond in CrtJ.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 99: 7078-7083.
  98. Yoshida, M., Masuda, S., Nagashima, K.V.P., Vermeglio, A., Shimada, K. and Matsuura, K. (2001)
    In vitro and in vivo electron transfer to the triheme cytochrome subunit bound to the photosynthetic reaction center complex in the purple bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum.
    Biochim. Biophy. Acta 1506: 23-30.
  99. Masuda, S., Nagashima, K.V.P., Shimada, K. and Matsuura, K. (2000)
    Transcriptional control of expression of genes for photosynthetic reaction center and light-harvesting proteins in the purple bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum.
    J. Bacteriol. 182: 2778-2786.
  100. Masuda, S., Matsumoto, Y., Nagashima, K.V.P., Shimada, K., Inoue, K., Bauer, C.E. and Matsuura, K. (1999)
    Structural and functional analyses of photosynthetic regulatory genes regA and regB from Rhodovulum sulfidophilum, Roseobacter denitrificans, and Rhodobacter capsulatus.
    J. Bacteriol 181: 4205-4215.
  101. Masuda, S., Yoshida, M., Nagashima, K.V.P., Shimada, K. and Matsuura, K. (1999)
    A new cytochrome subunit bound to the photosynthetic reaction center in the purple bacterium, Rhodovulum sulfidophilum.
    J. Biol. Chem. 274: 10795-10801.
  102. Oshima, T., Aiba, H., Baba, T., Fujita, K., Hayashi, K., Honjo, A., Ikemoto, K., Inada, T., Ihoh, T., Kajihara, M., Kanai, K., Kashimoto, K., Kimura, S., Kitagawa, M., Makino, K., Masuda, S., Miki, T., Mizobuchi, K., Mori, H., Motomura, K., Nakamura, Y., Nashimoto, H., Nishio, Y., Saito, N., Sampei, G., Seki, Y., Tagami, H., Takemoto, K., Wada, C., Yamamoto, Y., Yano, M. and Horiuchi, T. (1996)
    A 718-kb DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli K-12 genome corresponding to the 12.7-28.0 min region on the linkage map.
    DNA Res. 3: 137-155.

Review Articles （総説）

  1. Trinh, M.D.L. and Masuda, S. (2022)
    Chloroplast pH homeostasis for the regulation of photosynthesis.
    Front. Plant Sci. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.919896. (free access is here).
  2. 清水隆之、増田真二 (2021)
    硫化水素・超硫黄分子のセンシング機構
    生化学 93(5): 637-642.
  3. 鈴木紗絵、増田真二 (2021)
    植物における光合成の明反応と暗反応を協調させる仕組み
    バイオサイエンスとインダストリー 79(4): 288-291.
  4. Shimizu, T. and Masuda, S. (2019)
    Persulphide-responsive transcriptional regulation and metabolism in bacteria.
    J. Biochem. 167: 125–132.
  5. 増田真二 (2019)
    極限環境における微生物のエネルギー獲得戦略
    細胞 51(8): 13-16.
  6. 清水隆之、増田真二 (2018)
    硫化水素依存的に光合成を行う細菌から発見された新規パースルフィド応答性転写因子SqrRを介した遺伝子発現の分子機構
    硫酸と工業 71(7) 95-102.
  7. 増田真二、清水隆之 (2018)
    システインのポリスルフィド化による硫化水素・活性硫黄分子種の細胞内認識
    生物物理 58: 163-164.
  8. Fujisawa, T. and Masuda, S. (2018)
    Light-induced chromophore and protein responses and mechanical signal transduction of BLUF proteins.
    Biophys. Rev. 10: 327-337.
  9. 清水隆之、増田真二 (2017)
    硫化水素に応答した遺伝子発現制御
    バイオサイエンスとインダストリー 75, 516-517.
  10. 増田真二 (2014)
    光受容体を利用した転写因子機能制御法
    細胞工学 33, 1192-1195.
  11. 中里拓也、小笠原智也、増田真二 (2013)
    植生分布で偏りが見られるルビスコ内アミノ酸置換の同定
    光合成研究 23, 111-115.
  12. Masuda, S. (2013)
    Light detection and signal transduction in the BLUF photoreceptors.
    Plant Cell. Physiol. 54, 171-179.
  13. 増田真二 (2011)
    光合成生物の緊縮応答
    光合成研究 21, 106-111.
  14. 増田真二 (2011)
    光合成細菌の光に依存したバイオフィルム形成機構
    バイオサイエンスとインダストリー 69, 213-214.
  15. 増田真二 (2010)
    被子植物のプラスチドで形成されるプロラメラボディに関する新知見
    生物物理 50, 36-37.
  16. 増田真二 (2005)
    フラビンを発色団とする新規青色光受容体BLUFタンパク質の光反応と機能
    生物物理 45, 308-313.
  17. Bauer, C.E., Elsen, S., Swem, L.R., Swem, D.L. and Masuda, S. (2003)
    Redox and light regulation of gene expression in photosynthetic prokaryotes.
    Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. Biol. Sci. 358:147-154.

Invited Book Chapters（著書）

  1. Iwata, T. and Masuda, S. (2021)
    Photoreaction Mechanisms of Flavoprotein Photoreceptors and Their Applications.
    In Optogenetics: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (Yawo H., Kandori H., Koizumi A., Kageyama R. , Eds.), pp. 189-206, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8763-4_11.
  2. 増田真二 (2016)
    BLUFドメインをもつ光受容体
    光と生命の辞典 (日本光生物学協会 光と生命の辞典編集員会編集), pp. 166-167, 朝倉書店
  3. Masuda, S. (2012)
    The stringent response in phototrophs.
    In Advances in Photosynthesis - Fundamental Aspects (Najafpour, M.M., Ed.), INTECH, ISBN 978-953-307-928-8, pp487-500.
  4. Klug, G. and Masuda, S. (2008)
    Regulation of genes by light.
    In The Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (Hunter, C.N., Daldal, F., Thurnauer, M.C., Beatty, J.T., Eds.), Vol. 28, pp. 727-742, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
  5. Masuda, S. and Bauer, C. E. (2005)
    The antirepressor AppA uses the novel flavin-binding BLUF domain as blue-light-absorbing photoreceptor to control photosystem synthesis.
    In Handbook of Photosensory Receptors (Briggs, W. R., and Spudich, J., Eds.) pp433-445. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim.

Proceedings（国際会議プロシーディングス）

  1. Ikeda, R., Masuda S., Tsuchiya, T. Mimuro, M., Ohta, H. and Takamiya, K. (2008)
    Preliminary characterization of NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) from the cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus.
    Proceedings of 14th International Congress of Photosynthesis. In press.
  2. Masuda, S. and Ono, T. (2005)
    Comparative spectroscopic studies of sensor of blue-light using FAD (BLUF) proteins, AppA of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and YcgF of Escherichia col.
    In Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives (van der Est, A., and Bruce, D., Eds.). Allen Press, pp700-702.
  3. Yoshida, M., Masuda, S., Nagashima, K.V.P., Shimada, K. and K. Matsuura. (1998)
    The Natural defection of two hemes in the tetraheme cytochrome subunit bound to the photosynthetic reaction center complex in the purple bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum.
    In Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects (G. Garab ed.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 897-900.
  4. Masuda, S., Matsumoto, Y., Nagashima, K.V.P., Shimada, K., Inoue, K., Bauer, C.E. and Matsuura, K. (1998)
    Characterization of photosynthetic regulatory genes, regA and regB: Studies among different species.
    In Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects (Garab, G., ed.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 2881-2884.
  5. Motomura, K., Masuda, S., Seki, Y., Sampei, G. and Mizobuchi, K (1996)
    Organization and diversification of the genome of plasmid ColIb-P9.
    International Workshop on Recent Advance in Genome Biology of Micro-organisms, p.30.

研究成果の外部発信

  1. 「生物は硫化水素を有効利用して生きている -硫化水素・超硫黄分子代謝とその主制御機構を解明-」
    令和5年2月.
  2. 「硫化水素が細菌の抗生物質耐性を高める仕組みを解明 -新規抗生物質開発への期待-」
    令和4年12月.
  3. 「窒素不足の土壌でも“植物バイオマス”を増やせる葉緑体の働きを解明」
    令和4年2月.
  4. 「光合成における新しい電子伝達タンパク質を発見」
    令和3年1月.
  5. 「後生動物細胞からの内生グアノシン4リン酸（ppGpp）の検出に成功」
    令和2年12月.
  6. 「光合成の明反応と暗反応を協調させる仕組みを解明」
    令和2年10月.
  7. 「硫化水素に応答して遺伝子発現を調節するタンパク質を発見―硫化水素バイオセンサーの開発に道―」
    平成29年2月.
  8. 「葉緑体が植物の成長を制御する新たな仕組みを発見 −細胞内共生した細菌の宿主細胞制御戦略−」
    平成27年11月.
  9. 「遺伝子発現を光で自在にコントロールする新技術を開発 −生物個体の発生を光で時空間制御−」
    平成25年9月.
  10. 「Bacterial biofilms: Into the blue」
    平成23年3月.
  11. 「細菌が光を感知する仕組みの一端が明らかに」
    平成22年11月.