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Higuchi, M., Hirano, Y., Kimura, Y., Oh-oka, H., Miki, K. & Wang, Z.-Y. (2009) Overexpression, characterization, and crystallization of the functional domain of cytochrome cz from Chlorobium tepidum. Photosynth. Res. 102, 77-84. [Abstract]
Ma, F., Kimura, Y., Yu, L.-J., Wang, P., Ai, X.-C., Wang, Z.-Y. & Zhang, J.-P. (2009) Specific Ca2+-binding motif in the LH1 complex from photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum as revealed by optical spectroscopy and structural modeling. FEBS J. 276, 1739-1749. [Abstract]
2005 ~ 2008
Kimura, Y., Hirano, Y., Yu, L.-J., Suzuki, H., Kobayashi, M. & Wang, Z.-Y.(2008). Calcium ions are involved in the unusual red-shift of the light-harvesting 1 Qy transition of the core complex in thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum. J. Biol. Chem. 283, 13867-13873. [Abstract]
Ma, F., Kimura, Y., Zhao, X.-H., Wu, Y.-S., Wang, P., Fu, L.-M., Wang, Z.-Y. & , Zhang, J.-P. (2008). Excitation dynamics of two spectral forms of the core complexes from photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum. Biophys. J. 95, 3349-3357. [Abstract]
Suzuki,
H., Hirano, Y., Kimura, Y., Takaichi, S., Kobayashi, M., Miki, K. & Wang,
Z.-Y.(2007). Purification, characterization and crystallization of the core
complex from thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum.
Biochim.
Biophys. Acta 1767, 1057-1063. [Abstract]
Wang, Z.-Y., Suzuki, H., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (2007). Solution structure of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides PufX membrane protein: Implications for the quinone exchange and protein-protein interactions. Biochemistry 46, 3635-3642. [Abstract]
Onodera, S., Suzuki, H., Shimada, Y., Kobayashi, M., Nozawa, T. & Wang, Z.-Y. (2007). Overexpression and characterization of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides PufX membrane protein in Escherichia coli. Photochem. Photobiol. 83, 139-144. [Abstract]
Wang, Z.-Y., Gokan., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (2005). Solution structures of the core light-harvesting a and b polypeptides from Rhodospirillum rubrum: Implications for the pigment-protein and protein-protein interactions. J. Mol. Biol. 347, 465-477. [Abstract]
Suzuki, H., Shimada, Y., Kobayashi, M., Kudo, M., Nozawa, T. & Wang, Z.-Y. (2005). Isotopic labeling of proteins by utilizing photosynthetic bacteria. Anal. Biochem. 347, 324-326. [PDF]
Kobayashi, M., Fujioka, Y., Mori, T., Terashima, M., Suzuki, H., Shimada, Y., Saito, T., Wang, Z.-Y. & Nozawa, T. (2005). Reconstitution of photosynthetic reaction centers and core antenna-reaction center complexes in liposomes and their thermal stability. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 69, 1130-1136.
Kobayashi, M., Saito, T., Takahashi, K., Wang, Z.-Y. & Nozawa, T. (2005). Electron properties and thermal stability of soluble redox proteins from a thermophilic purple sulfur photosynthetic bacterium, Thermochromatium tepidum． Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 78, 2164-2170.
2004
Wang, Z.-Y., Kadota, T., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (2004). NMR relaxation study of the bacteriochlorophyll c in solutions. J. Phys. Chem. B108, 15422-15428. [PDF]
Kobayashi, M., Takaya, A., Kanai, N., Ota, Y., Saito, T., Wang, Z.-Y. & Nozawa, T. (2004). Reconstitution and replacement of bacteriochlorophyll a molecules in photosynthetic reaction centers. J. Biochem. 136, 363-369.
Shimada, Y., Wang, Z.-Y., Mochizuki, Y., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (2004). Functional expression and characterization of a bacterial light-harvesting membrane protein in Escherichia coli and cell-free synthesis system. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 68, 1942-1948. [Abstract]
Umetsu, M., Hollander, J. G., Matysik, J., Wang, Z.-Y., Adschiri, T., Nozawa, T. & de Groot, H. J. M. (2004). Magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance under ultrahigh field reveals two forms of intermolecular interaction within CH2Cl2-treated (31R)-type bacteriochlorophyll c solid aggregate. J. Phys. Chem. B108, 2726-2734.
2003
Wang, Z.-Y., Muraoka, Y., Nagao, M.,Shibayama, M., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (2003). Determination of the B820 subunit size of a bacterial corelight-harvesting complex by small-angle neutron scattering. Biochemistry 42,11555-11560. [PDF]
Wang, Z.-Y., Shimonaga, M., Suzuki, H., Muraoka, Y., Kobayashi, M.& Nozawa, T. (2003). Purification andcharacterization of the polypeptides of core light-harvesting complexes frompurple sulfur bacteria. Photosynth. Res. 78, 133-141. [PDF]
Umetsu, M., Seki, R., Kadota, T., Wang, Z.-Y., Adschiri, T. & Nozawa, T. (2003). Dynamic exchange properties of the antiparallel bacteriochlorophyll c dimers. J.Phys. Chem. B107, 9876-9882.
Suzuki, H., Wang, Z.-Y., Yamakoshi, M., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa,T. (2003). Probing the transmembrane potential of bacterial cells by voltage-sensitive dyes. Analytical Sciences, 19 1239-1242.
2002
Wang, Z.-Y., Muraoka, Y., Shimonaga, M.,Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (2002). Selective detection and assignment of the solution NMR signals of bacteriochlorophyll a in a reconstituted subunit of a light-harvesting complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 1072-1078. [PDF]
Wang, Z.-Y., Shimonaga, M., Kobayashi, M. &Nozawa, T. (2002). N-terminal methylation of the core light-harvesting complex in purple photosynthetic bacteria. FEBS Lett., 519, 164-168. [PDF]
Xu, Q.-M., Wan, L.-J., Yin, S.-X., Wang, C.,Bai, C.-L., Ishii, T., Uehara, K., Wang, Z.-Y., & Nozawa, T. (2002). A dimeric structure of bacteriochlorophyllide c molecules studied by scanning tunnelingmicroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. B106, 3037-3040.
2001
Wang, Z.-Y., Shimonaga, M., Muraoka, Y., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa,T. (2001). Methionine oxidation and its effect on the stability of reconstituted subunit of light-harvesting complex from Rhodospirillum rubrum. Eur. J. Biochem. 268, 3375-3382. [PDF]
Wang, Z.-Y., Shimonaga, M., Muraoka, Y., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa,T. (2001). Re-identification of the N-terminal amino acid residue and its modification of b-polypeptide of light-harvesting complex I from Rhodospirillum rubrum. Photosynth. Res. 70(3), 321-323. [PDF]
Luo, S., Wang, Z.-Y., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (2001). The dimerization of folded monomers of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphatecarboxylase/oxygenase. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 7023-7026. [PDF]
Umetsu, M., Wang, Z.-Y. & Nozawa, T. (2001). A new approach of magnetic circular dichroism to the electronic state analysis of intact photosynthetic pigments. Recent Res. Devel. Phys. Chem. 5, 185-208.
Xu, Q.-M., Wan, L.-J., Wang, C., Bai, C.-L., Wang, Z.-Y. &Nozawa, T. (2001). New structure of L-cysteine self-assembled monolayer on Au(111): studies by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy. Langmuir 17, 6203-6206.
2000
Albrecht, M., Takaichi, S., Steiger, S., Wang, Z.-Y. & Sandmann,G. (2000). Novel hydroxycarotenoids with improved antioxidative properties produced by gene combination in Escherichia coli. Nature Biotechnology 18, 843-846.
Kashiwada, A., Takeuchi, Y., Watanabe, H., Mizuno, T., Yasue, H., Kitagawa, K., Iida, K., Wang, Z.-Y., Nozawa, T., Kawai, H., Nagamura, T., Kurono, Y. & Nango, M. (2000). Molecular assembly of covalently-linked mesoporphyrin dimers with light-harvesting polypeptides. Tetrahedron Lett. 41, 2115-2120.
Umetsu, M., Wang, Z.-Y., Yoza, K., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T.(2000). Interaction of photosynthetic pigments with various organic solvents: 2 Application of magnetic circular dichroism to bacteriochlorophyll a and light-harvesting complex 1. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1457(3), 106-117.
1999
Wang, Z.-Y., Umetsu, M., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (1999). 13C-,and 15N-NMR studies on the intact bacteriochlorophyll c dimers in solutions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 9363-9369. [PDF]
Wang, Z.-Y., Umetsu, M., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (1999).Complete assignment of 1H NMR spectra and structural analysis of intact bacteriochlorophyll c dimer in solution. J. Phys. Chem. B103,3742-3753. [PDF]
Kashiwada, A., Nishino, N., Wang, Z.-Y., Nozawa, T., Kobayashi, M.& Nango, M. (1999). Molecular assembly of bacteriochlorophyll a and its analogues by synthetic 4-a-helix polypeptides. Chem. Lett., 1301-1302.
Umetsu, M., Wang, Z.-Y., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (1999).Interaction of photosynthetic pigments with various organic solvents magnetic circular dichroism approach and application to chlorosomes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1410,19-31.
Umetsu, M., Wang, Z.-Y., Zhang, J., Ishii, T., Uehara, K., Inoko,Y., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (1999). How the formation process influences the structure of BChl c aggregates. Photosynth. Res. 60, 229-239.
1998
Wang, Z.-Y., Luo, S., Sato, K., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T.(1998). In situ measurements of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase activity by NMR. Anal. Biochem. 257, 26-32.
Wang, Z.-Y., Luo, S., Sato, K., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T.(1998). Measurements of the CO2/O2 specificity of ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase by 31P- and 1H-NMR. Photosynth. Res. 58, 103-109.
Fathir, I., Ashikaga, M., Tanaka, K., Katano, T., Nirasawa, T.,Kobayashi, M., Wang, Z.-Y. & Nozawa, T. (1998). Biochemical and spectral characterization of the core light harvesting complex 1 (LH1) from the thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Chromatium tepidum. Photosynth. Res. 58, 193-202.
Oba, T., Furukawa, H., Wang, Z.-Y., Nozawa, T., Mimuro, M., Tamiaki,H. & Watanabe, T. (1998). Supramolecular structures of the chlorophyll a' aggregate and the origin of diastereoselective separation of chlorophyll a and a'. J. Phys. Chem. B102, 7882-7889.
梅津光央, 王 征宇 & 野澤庸則. (1998). 生体色素への磁気円偏光二色性の新たな展開-クロロフィル・バクテリオクロロフィルにおける配位・会合構造解明の新手法. 生物物理? 38(5), 197-202.
1997
Wang, Z.-Y., Kudoh, M., Ohama, Y., Nakatani, H.,Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (1997). Size distribution and photophosphorylation of chromatophores from Rhodospirillum rubrum. Photosynth. Res. 51, 51-59.
Wang, Z.-Y., Umetsu, M., Yoza, K., Imai, M., Matsushita, Y.,Niimura, N. & Nozawa, T. (1997). A small-angle neutron scattering study on the small aggregates of bacteriochlorophylls in solutions. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1320, 73-82.
Wang, Z.-Y., Reynolds, P. A., Gilbert, E.& White, J. W. (1997). Small-angle X-ray scattering from phase separating n-paraffin binary mixtures. Molecular Physics 91(6), 1025-1037.
Yoza, K., Wang, Z.-Y., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (1997). High-resolutionsolid-state 13C NMR of the LH1 from Rhodospirillum rubrum.Photosynth. Res. 52,167-173.
Oba, T., Mimuro, M., Wang, Z.-Y., Nozawa, T., Yoshida, S. &Watanabe, T. (1997). Spectral characteristics and colloidal properties of chlorophyll a' in aqueous methanol. J. Phys. Chem. B101, 3261-3268.
Fathir, I., Tanaka, K., Yoza, K., Kojima, A., Kobayashi, M., Wang,Z.-Y., Lottspeich, F. & Nozawa, T. (1997). The genes coding for the L, M and cytochrome subunits of photosynthetic reaction center from the thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Chromatium tepidum. Photosynth. Res. 51, 71-82.
Takaichi, S., Wang, Z.-Y., Umetsu, M., Nozawa, T., Shimada, K. &Madigan, M. T. (1997). New carotenoids from the thermophilic green sulfurbacterium Chlorobium tepidum: 1’, 2’-dihydro-g-carotene, 1’, 2’-dihydrochlorobacteneand OH-chlorobactene glucoside ester, and the carotenoid composition of different strains. Arch. Microbiol. 168, 270-276.
Zheng, H., Zhang, H., Zhang, Q., Wang, Z.-Y., Konno, M. & Saito,S. (1997). Interaction modes in sol-gel transition of alginate solutions by the addition of cupric ions. Polym. Adv. Technol. 8, 717-721.
1996
王 征宇 & 野澤庸則. (1996). 光合成アンテナの構造と機能はどこまでわかってきたか−光合成細菌の研究から −. 生物物理 36, 85-89.
Kato, M., Takahashi, S., Nakano, T., Wang, Z.-Y. & Nozawa, T.(1996). Plant growth regulation by chemicals: Screening of plant growth regulators on Arabidopsis. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 60, 34-38.
Kobayashi, M., Wang, Z.-Y., Yoza, K., Umetsu, M., Konami, H.,Mimuro, M. & Nozawa, T. (1996). Molecular structures and optical properties of aggregated forms of chlorophylls analyzed by means of magnetic circular dichroism. Spectrochimica Acta A51, 585-598.
Mimuro, M., Nishmura, Y., Yamazaki, I., Kobayashi, M., Wang, Z.-Y., Nozawa, T., Hanada, S., Shimada, K. & Matsumura, K. (1996). Excitation energy transfer in the green photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus: A specific effect of 1-hexanol on the optical properties of base plate and energy transfer processes. Photosynth. Res. 48, 263-270.
1995
Wang, Z.-Y., Marx, G., Umetsu, M., Kobayashi, M., Mimuro, M. &Nozawa, T. (1995). Morphology and spectroscopy of chlorosomes from Chlorobium tepidum by alcohol treatments. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1232, 187-196.
Wang, Z.-Y., White, J. W., Konno, M., Saito, S. & Nozawa, T.(1995). A small-angle X-ray scattering study on alginate solution and its sol-gel transition by addition of divalent cations. Biopolymers 35, 227-238.
Nozawa, T., Kobayashi, M., Wang, Z.-Y., Itoh, S., Iwaki, M., Mimuro,M. & Satoh, K. (1995). Magnetic circular dichroism investigation on chromophores in reaction centers of photosystem I and II of green plantphotosynthesis. Spectrochimica Acta 51A, 125-134.
1994
Nozawa, T., Ohtomo, K., Suzuki, M., Nakagawa, H., Shimada, Y.,Konami, H. & Wang, Z.-Y. (1994). Structures of chlorosomes and aggregated BChl c in Chlorobium tepidum from solid state high resolution CP/MAS 13C NMR. Photosynth. Res. 41, 211-223.
Wang, J.-Y., Wang, Z.-Y., Kouyama, T., Shibata, T. & Ueki, T. (1994). Significance of amino groups of phosphatidylethanolamine in phospholipid peroxidation of mixed liposomes. Chem. Phys. Lipid 71, 197-203.
Wang, Z.-Y, Zhang, Q.-Z., Konno, M. & Saito, S. (1994). Sol-gel transition of alginate solution by the addition of various divalent cations: A rheological study. Biopolymers 34, 737-746.
1993
Wang, Z.-Y., Konno, M. & Saito, S. (1993). Kinetics of phase separation in polymer blends: calculations based on nonlinear theory. J. Polymer Sci.: Polymer Phys. 31, 461-466.
Wang, Z.-Y., Zhang, Q.-Z., Konno, M. & Saito, S. (1993). Sol-gel transition of alginate solution by addition of calcium ions: alginate concentration dependence of gel point. J. Phys. II France 3, 1-7.
Wang, Z.-Y., Zhang, Q.-Z., Konno, M. & Saito, S. (1993). Sol-gel transition of alginate solution by addition of various divalent cations: 13C-NMR spectroscopic study. Biopolymers 33, 703-711.
1992
Wang, J. Y., Miyazawa, T., Fujimoto, K.,Wang, Z.-Y. & Nozawa, T. (1992). The inverted hexagonal phase is more sensitive to hydroperoxidation than the multilamellar phase in phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine aqueous dispersions. FEBS Lett. 310, 106-110.
1991
Wang, Z.-Y., Konno, M. & Saito, S. (1991). Application of digital image analysis to the characterization of phase-separated structures in polymer. J. Chem. Eng. Japan 24, 256-258.
Wang, Z.-Y., Konno, M. & Saito, S. (1991). Theoretical study of spinodal decomposition at intermediate stages. Phys. Rev. A 44, 5058-5063.
Wang, Z.-Y., Konno, M. & Saito, S. (1991). Sol-gel transition of alginate solution by addition of various divalent cations: Critical behavior of relative viscosity. Chem. Phys. Lett. 186, 463-466.
1990
Konno, M., Wang, Z.-Y. & Saito, S. (1990). Dynamical study on the late stage of demixing in poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(vinyl acetate) blends. Polymer 31, 2329-2332.
1989
Wang, Z.-Y., Konno, M. & Saito, S. (1989). Small-angle light scattering of phase separation structures in polymer blends. J. Chem. Phys. 90, 1281-1284.
Wang, Z.-Y., Konno, M. & Saito, S. (1989). Phase separation processes of poly(methylmethacrylate)/poly(vinyl acetate) blend. J. Chem. Eng. Japan 22, 429-432.
1987
大塚康夫、大友征宇、 富田 彰 (1987). アルカリ処理による石炭中の鉱物質の脱離挙動に関する研究 燃料協会誌 66, 189-195.
1986
Wang, Z.-Y., Ohtsuka, Y. & Tomita, A. (1986). Removal of mineral matter from coal by alkali treatment.? Fuel Processing Technology 13, 279-289.
Books
大友征宇、小林正幸、大岡宏造 (2008)
光合成細菌の反応中心・アンテナ複合体 「光合成研究法」３章 単離・精製・活性測定 ４．タンパク質複合体の単離 低温科学 67, 289-294.
野澤庸則、大友征宇 (2004)
「ライフサイエンス系の高分子化学」第三章 タンパク質、三共出版
Wang, Z.-Y. & Nozawa, T. (2000). In situ measurements of enzyme activities by NMR. In NMR in Microbiology: Theory and Applications (J.-N. Barbotin, J.-C. Portais, ed.), pp. 221-241. Horizon Scientific Press, Wymondham, UK.