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Selected papers

Tani, K., Nagashima, K. V. P., Kojima, R., Kondo, M., Kanno, R., Satoh, I., Kawakami, M., Hiwatashi, N., Nakata, K., Nagashima, S., Inoue, K., Isawa, Y., Morishita, R., Takaichi, S., Purba, E. R., Hall, M., Yu, L.-J., Madigan, M. T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B. M., Kimura, Y., Nagasawa, Y., Dewa, T. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2025) A distinct double-ring LH1–LH2 photocomplex from an extremophilic phototroph. Nature Communications 16, 1410.

Tani, K., Kanno, R., Nagashima, K. V. P., Kawakami, M., Hiwatashi, N., Nakata, K., Nagashima, S., Inoue, K., Takaichi, S., Purba, E. R., Hall, M., Yu, L.-J., Madigan, M. T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B. M., Kimura, Y. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2025) A native LH1–RC–HiPIP supercomplex from an extremophilic phototroph. Communications Biology 8, 423.

Tani, K., Kanno, R., Harada, A. Kobayashi, Y., Minamino, A., Takenaka, S., Nakamura, N., Ji, X.-C., Purba, E. R., Hall, M., Yu, L.-J., Madigan, M. T., Mizoguchi, A., Iwasaki, K., Humbel, B. M., Kimura, Y. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2024) High-resolution structure and biochemical properties of the LH1–RC photocomplex from the model purple sulfur bacterium, Allochromatium vinosum. Commun. Biol. 7, 176. [Open Access]

Tani, K., Kanno, R., Kurosawa, K., Ji, X.-C., Satoh, I., Kobayashi, Y., Hall, M., Yu, L.-J., Kimura, Y., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B. M., Madigan, M. T. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2023) Rhodobacter capsulatus forms a compact crescent-shaped LH1–RC photocomplex. Nat. Commun. 14, 846. [Open Access]

Kimura, Y., Tani, K., Madigan, M. T. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2023) Advances in the spectroscopic and structural characterization of core light-harvesting complexes from purple phototrophic bacteria. J. Phys. Chem. B. 127, 6. [Abstract]

Tani, K., Kanno, R., Kurosawa, K., Takaichi, S., Nagashima, K. V. P., Hall, M., Yu, L.-J., Kimura, Y., Madigan, M. T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B. M. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2022) An LH1–RC photocomplex from an extremophilic phototroph provides insight into origins of two photosynthesis proteins.. Commun. Biol.. 5, 1197. [Open Access]

Tani, K., Kanno, R., Kikuchi, R., Kawamura, S., Nagashima, K. V. P., Hall, M., Takahashi, A., Yu, L.-J., Kimura, Y., Madigan, M. T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B. M. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2022) Asymmetric structure of the native Rhodobacter sphaeroides dimeric LH1-RC complex. Nat. Commun. 13, 1904. [Open Access]

Tani, K., Kobayashi, K., Hosogi, N., Ji, X.-C., Nagashima, S., Nagashima, K. V. P., Izumida, A., Inoue, K., Tsukatani, Y., Kanno, R., Hall, M., Yu, L.-J., Ishikawa, I., Okura, Y., Madigan, M.. T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B., M. Kimura, Y. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2022) A Ca²⁺-binding motif underlies the unusual properties of certain photosynthetic bacterial core light-harvesting complexes. J. Biol. Chem. 13, 1904. [Open Access]

Tani, K., Nagashima, K. V. P., Kanno, R., Kawamura, S., Kikuchi, R., Hall, M., Yu, L.-J., Kimura, Y., Madigan, M. T., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B. M. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2021) A previously unrecognized membrane protein in the Rhodobacter sphaeroides LH1-RC photocomplex. Nat. Commun. 12, 6300. [Open Access]

Kawakami, T., Yu, L.-J., Liang, T., Okazaki, K., Madigan, M. T., Kimura, Y. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2021) Crystal structure of a photosynthetic LH1-RC in complex with its electron donor HiPIP. Nat. Commun. 12, 1104. [Open Access]

Tani, K., Kanno, R., Makino, Y., Hall, M., Takenouchi, M., Imanishi, M., Yu, L.-J., Overmann, J., Madigan, M. T., Kimura, Y., Mizoguchi, A., Humbel, B. M. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2020) Cryo-EM structure of a Ca²⁺-bound photosynthetic LH1-RC complex containing multiple αβ-polypeptides. Nat. Commun. 11, 4955. [Open Access]

大友征宇 (2020) 光捕集系７－２、７－５　光合成細菌 　裳華房 [Cover]

Nagatsuma, S., Gotou, K., Yamashita, T., Yu, L.-J., Shen, J.-R., Madigan, M. T., Kimura, Y. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2019) Phospholipid distributions in purple phototrophic bacteria and LH1-RC core complexes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta –Bioenergetics 508, 461-468. [Abstract]

Yu, L.-J., Suga, M., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. & Shen, J.-R. (2018) Structure of photosynthetic LH1-RC super-complex at 1.9 Å resolution. Nature 1860, 228-232. [Abstract]

Nagashima, K. V. P., Sasaki, M., Hashimoto, K., Takaichi, S., Nagashima, S., Yu, L.-J., Abe, Y., Gotou, K., Kawakami, T., Takenouchi, M., Shibuya, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Ohno, T., Shen, J.-R., Inoue, K., Madigan, M. T., Kimura Y., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2017) Probing structure–function relationships in early events in photosynthesis using a chimeric photocomplex. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 114, 10906-10911. [Abstract]

Yu, L.-J., Kawakami, T., Kimura, Y., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2016) Structural basis for the unusual Qy red-shift and enhanced thermostability of the LH1 complex from Thermochromatium tepidum. Biochemistry 55, 6495-6504. [Abstract]

Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2016) Recent Understanding on the Photosystem of Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria in Solar to Chemical Energy Conversion (Eds Sugiyama M. et al), pp. 379-390, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. [Cover and Table Contents]

Kimura, Y., Kawakami, T., Yu, L.-J., Yoshimura, Y., Kobayashi, M. & Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2015) Characterization of the quinones in purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum. FEBS Lett. 589, 1761-1765. [Abstract]

Niwa, S., Yu, L.-J., Takeda, K., Hirano, Y., Kawakami, T., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y., Miki, K. (2014) Structure of the LH1-RC complex from Thermochromatium tepidum at 3.0 Å. Nature 508, 228-232. [Abstract]

大友征宇 (2014) 光捕集複合体の構造と機能解析　光合成研究と産業応用最前線 第1編 第1章 第1節, pp11-19, （株）エヌ・ティー・エス [Cover]

Yu, L.-J., Unno, M., Kimura, Y., Yanagimoto, K., Oh-Oka, H., Wang-Otomo, Z.-Y. (2013) Structure analysis and characterization of the cytochrome c-554 from thermophilic green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum. Photosynth. Res. 118, 249-258. [Abstract]

Hirano, Y., Kimura, Y., Suzuki, H., Miki, K. & Wang, Z.-Y. (2012) Structure analysis and comparative characterization of the cytochrome c’ and flavocytochrome c from thermophilic purple photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum. Biochemistry 51, 6556-6567. [Abstract]

Sekine, F., Horiguchi, K., Kashino, Y., Shimizu, Y., Yu, L.-J., Kobayashi, M. & Wang, Z.-Y. (2012) Gene sequencing and characterization of the light-harvesting complex 2 from thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum. Photosynth. Res. 111, 9-18. [Abstract]

大友征宇 (2010) 紅色光合成細菌における光捕集タンパク質の多様性　光合成研究 20, 109. [PDF]

Hirano, Y., Higuchi, M., Azai, C., Oh-oka, H., Miki, K. & Wang, Z.-Y. (2010) Crystal structure of the electron carrier domain of the reaction center cytochrome cz subunit from green photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobium tepidum. J. Mol. Biol. 379, 1175-1187. [Abstract]

Kimura, Y., Yu, L.-J., Hirano, Y., Suzuki, H., and Wang, Z.-Y. (2009) Calcium ions are required for the enhanced thermal stability of the light-harvesting-reaction center core complex from thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum. J. Biol. Chem. 284, 93-99. [Abstract]

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]

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]

Wang, Z.-Y., Gokan, K., Kobayashi, M. & Nozawa, T. (2005). Solution structures of the core light-harvesting α and β polypeptides from Rhodospirillum rubrum : Implications for the pigment-protein and protein-protein interactions. J. Mol. Biol. 347,465-477. [Abstract]

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]

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. [Abstract]

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. [Abstract]

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. [Abstract]

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. [Abstract]

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. [Abstract]

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., 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., 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.

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, 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.

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. (1989). Small-angle light scattering of phase separation structures in polymer blends. J. Chem. Phys. 90, 1281-1284.

Selected 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. [PDF]

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.