Physical chemistry/Biophysics/Photobiology/Molecular biology

Time-resolved study on photochemical reactions of light sensor proteins Development of newly designed transient grating method combined with stopped flow technique

Photochemistry of Arabidopsis phototropin 1 LOV1: transient tetramerization. Nakasone Y, Zikihara K, Tokutomi S, Terazima M. Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2013. 12(7):1171-9. On the Binding of BODIPY-GTP by the Photosensory Protein YtvA from the Common Soil Bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Nakasone Y, Hellingwerf K. J. Photochem Photobiol. 2011. 87(3):542-7. Kinetics of conformational changes of the FKF1-LOV domain upon photoexcitation. Nakasone Y, Zikihara K, Tokutomi S, Terazima M. Biophys J. 2010. 99(11):3831-9. Temperature-sensitive reaction of a photosensor protein YcgF: possibility of a role of temperature sensor. Nakasone Y, Ono TA, Ishii A, Masuda S, Terazima M. Biochemistry. 2010. 49(10):2288-96. Stability of dimer and domain-domain interaction of Arabidopsis phototropin 1 LOV2. Nakasone Y, Eitoku T, Zikihara K, Matsuoka D, Tokutomi S, Terazima M. J Mol Biol. 2008. 383(4):904-13. Transient dimerization and conformational change of a BLUF protein: YcgF. Nakasone Y, Ono TA, Ishii A, Masuda S, Terazima M. J Am Chem Soc. 2007. 129(22):7028-35. Dynamics of conformational changes of Arabidopsis phototropin 1 LOV2 with the linker domain. Nakasone Y, Eitoku T, Matsuoka D, Tokutomi S, Terazima M. J Mol Biol. 2007. 367(2):432-42. Kinetic measurement of transient dimerization and dissociation reactions of Arabidopsis phototropin 1 LOV2 domain.

Nakasone Y, Eitoku T, Matsuoka D, Tokutomi S, Terazima M. Biophys J. 2006. 91(2):645-53.