研究業績・Publications

原著論文（最近の論文）・Recent Publications (2010- )

1. Comparative analysis of thioflavin T and other fluorescent dyes for fluorescent staining of Bacillus subtilis vegetative cell, sporulating cell, and mature spore. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 2023, Vol. 87, No. 3, 338-348
2. Kuwana R, Yamazawa R, Ito K, Takamatsu H.
   Comparative analysis of thioflavin T and other fluorescent dyes for fluorescent staining of Bacillus subtilis vegetative cell, sporulating cell, and mature spore. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2023 Feb 24;87(3):338-348. (PubMed)
3. Yamazawa R, Kuwana R, Takeuchi K, Takamatsu H, Nakajima Y, Ito K.
   Identification of the active site and characterization of a novel sporulation-specific cysteine protease YabG from Bacillus subtilis. J Biochem. 2022 Mar 3;171(3):315-324. (PubMed)
4. Kuwana R, Yamazawa R, Ito K, Takamatsu H.
   The Study of Diversity in Sporulation among Closely Genetically Related Bacillus cereus Strains. Biocontrol Sci. 2022;27(3):143-151. (PubMed)
5. Ogawa F, Karuo Y, Yamazawa R, Miyanaga K, Hori K, Tani K, Yamada K, Saito Y, Funabiki K, Tarui A, Sato K, Ito K, Kawai K, Omote M.
   Synthesis of Small Fluorescent Molecules and Evaluation of Photophysical Properties. J Org Chem. 2020 Jan 17;85(2):1253-1258 (PubMed)
6. Yamazawa R, Jiko C, Choi S, Park IY, Nakagawa A, Yamashita E, Lee SJ.
   Structural Basis for Selective Binding of Export Cargoes by Exportin-5. Structure. 2018 Oct 2;26(10):1393-1398.e2. (PubMed)
7. Ogawa F, Takeda M, Miyanaga K, Tani K, Yamazawa R, Ito K, Tarui A, Sato K, Omote M.
   Development of a fluorogenic small substrate for dipeptidyl peptidase-4. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2017 Dec 14;13:2690-2697. (PubMed)
8. Nakanishi K, Kogure A, Kuwana R, Takamatsu H, Ito K.
   Development of a Novel Scanning Thermal Microscopy (SThM) Method to Measure the Thermal Conductivity of Biological Cells. Biocontrol Sci. 2017;22(3):175-180. (PubMed)
9. Yasugi M, Okuzaki D, Kuwana R, Takamatsu H, Fujita M, Sarker MR, Miyake M.
   Transcriptional Profile during Deoxycholate-Induced Sporulation in a Clostridium perfringens Isolate Causing Foodborne Illness. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2016 May 2;82(10):2929-2942. (PubMed)
10. Hosomi K, Kuwana R, Takamatsu H, Kohda T, Kozaki S, Mukamoto M.
    Morphological and genetic characterization of group I Clostridium botulinum type B strain 111 and the transcriptional regulator spoIIID gene knockout mutant in sporulation. Anaerobe. 2015 Jun;33:55-63. (PubMed)
11. Cruz-Mora J, Pérez-Valdespino A, Gupta S, Withange N, Kuwana R, Takamatsu H, Christie G, Setlow P.
    The GerW protein is not involved in the germination of spores of Bacillus species. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 19;10(3):e0119125. (PubMed)
12. Kuwana R, Takamatsu H.
    The GerW protein is essential for L-alanine-stimulated germination of Bacillus subtilis spores. J Biochem. 2013 Nov;154(5):409-17. (PubMed)
13. Kuwana R, Imamura D, Takamatsu H, Watabe K.
    Discrimination of the Bacillus cereus group members by pattern analysis of random amplified polymorphic DNA-PCR. Biocontrol Sci. 2012 Jun;17(2):83-6. (PubMed)
14. Mohamed Mustafa MS, Nakajima Y, Oyama H, Iwata N, Ito K.
    Assessment of substrate inhibition of bacterial oligopeptidase B. Biol Pharm Bull. 2012;35(11):2010-6. (PubMed)
15. Imamura D, Kuwana R, Takamatsu H, Watabe K.
    Proteins involved in formation of the outermost layer of Bacillus subtilis spores. J Bacteriol. 2011 Aug;193(16):4075-80. (PubMed)
16. Yamazawa R, Nakajima Y, Mushiake K, Yoshimoto T, Ito K.
    Crystal structure of serine dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli: important role of the C-terminal region for closed-complex formation. J Biochem. 2011 Jun;149(6):701-12. (PubMed)
17. Yamashita K, Nakajima Y, Matsushita H, Nishiya Y, Yamazawa R, Wu YF, Matsubara F, Oyama H, Ito K, Yoshimoto T.
    Substitution of Glu122 by glutamine revealed the function of the second water molecule as a proton donor in the binuclear metal enzyme creatininase. J Mol Biol. 2010 Mar 5;396(4):1081-96. (PubMed)