学術論文
El-Azaz J., Moore B., Takeda-Kimura Y., Yokoyama R., Wijesingha Ahchige M., Chen X., Schneider M., Maeda H.A. (2023) Coordinated regulation of the entry and exit steps of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis supports the dual lignin pathway in grasses. Nature Commun. 14, 7242
Martin A.F., Tobimatsu Y., Lam P.-Y., Matsumoto N., Tanaka T., Suzuki S., Kusumi R., Miyamoto T., Takeda-Kimura Y., Yamamura M., et al. Lignocellulose molecular assembly and deconstructions of lignin-altered CAldOMT- and CAD-deficient rice mutants. Plant Physiolosy (2022) 191:70-86
Yokoyama R., de Oliveira M.V.V., Takeda-Kimura Y., Ishihara H., Alseekh S., Arrivault S., Kukshal V., Jez J.M., Stitt M., Fernie A.R., Maeda H.A. Point mutations that boost aromatic amino acid production and CO2 assimilation in plants. Science Advances (2022) 8:23.
Lam P.-Y., Wang L., Lui A.C.W., Liu H., Takeda-Kimura Y., Chen M.-X., Zhu F.-Y., Zhang J., Umezawa T., Tobimatsu Y., Lo C. (2021) Altered flavonoid and lignin profiles in rice mutants deficient in CHS, CHI, and CHIL genes. Plant Physiology, 188:1993-2011.
Yuri Takeda, Yuki Tobimatsu, Masaomi Yamamura, Toshiyuki Takano, Masahiro Sakamoto, Toshiaki Umezawa. (2019) Comparative evaluations of lignocellulose reactivity and usability in transgenic rice plants with altered lignin composition. Journal of Wood Science, 65, 6.
Pui Ying Lam, Yuki Tobimatsu, Naoyuki Matsumoto, Shiro Suzuki, Wu Lan, Yuri Takeda, Masaomi Yamamura, Masahiro Sakamoto, John Ralph, Clive Lo, Toshiaki Umezawa. (2019) OsCAldOMT1 is a bifunctional O-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of tricin-lignins in rice cell walls. Sci Rep., 9:11597.
Takuji Miyamoto, Rie Takada, Yuki Tobimatsu, Yuri Takeda, Shiro Suzuki, Masaomi Yamamura, Keishi Osakabe, Yuriko Osakabe, Masahiro Sakamoto, Toshiaki Umezawa. (2019) OsMYB108 loss-of-function enriches p-coumaroylated and tricin lignin units in rice cell walls. The Plant Journal, 98: 975-987.
Yuri Takeda, Shiro Suzuki, Yuki Tobimatsu, Keishi Osakabe, Yuriko Osakabe, Safendrri Komara Ragamustari, Masahiro Sakamoto, Toshiaki Umezawa. (2019) Lignin characterization of rice CONIFERALDEHYDE 5-HYDROXYLASE loss-of-function mutants generated with the CRISPR/Cas9 system. The Plant Journal, 97, 543-554.
Pui Ying Lam, Andy Lui, Masaomi Yamamura, Lanxiang Wang, Yuri Takeda, Shiro Suzuki, Hongjia Liu, Fu-Yuan Zhu, Mo-Xian Chen, Jian-Hua Zhang, Toshiaki Umezawa, Yuki Tobimatsu, Clive Lo. (2019) Recruitment of specific flavonoid B-ring hydroxylases for two independent biosynthesis pathways of flavone-derived metabolites in grasses. New Phytologist 223: 2014-219.
J. Musembi Mutuku, Songkui Cui, Chiaki Hori, Yuri Takeda, Yuki Tobimatsu, Ryo Nakabayashi, Tetsuya Mori, Kazuki Saito, Taku Demura, Toshiaki Umezawa, Satoko Yoshida, Ken Shirasu. (2019) Structural integrity of deposited lignin at the site of infection is crucial for resistance against Striga hermonthica in rice. Plant Physiology, 179: 1796-1809.
Yuri Takeda, Yuki Tobimatsu, Steven D. Karlen, Taichi Koshiba, Shiro Suzuki, Masaomi Yamamura, Shinya Murakami, Mai Mukai, Takefumi Hattori, Keishi Osakabe, John Ralph, Masahiro Sakamoto, Toshiaki Umezawa. (2018) Downregulation of p-COUMAROYL ESTER 3-HYDROXYLASE in rice leads to altered cell wall structures and improves biomass saccharification. The Plant Journal, 95, 796–811.
Songkui Cui, Syogo Wada, Yuki Tobimatsu, Yuri Takeda, Simon B. Saucet, Toshiyuki Takano, Toshiaki Umezawa, Ken Shirasu, Satoko Yoshida. (2018) Host lignin composition affects haustorium induction in the parasitic plants Phtheirospermum japonicum and Striga hermonthica. New Phytologist, 218, 710–723.
Yuri Takeda, Taichi Koshiba, Yuki Tobimatsu, Shiro Suzuki, Shinya Murakami, Masaomi Yamamura, Md. Mahabubur Rahman, Toshiyuki Takano, Takefumi Hattori, Masahiro Sakamoto, Toshiaki Umezawa. (2017) Regulation of CONIFERALDEHYDE 5-HYDROXYLASE expression to modulate cell wall lignin structure in rice. Planta, 246, 337-349.
Pui Ying Lam, Yuki Tobimatsu, Yuri Takeda, Shiro Suzuki, Masaomi Yamamura, Toshiaki Umezawa, Clive Lo. (2017) Disrupting Flavone Synthase II alters lignin and improves biomass digestibility. Plant Physiology, 174, 972–985.
総説及びその他出版物
Toshiaki Umezawa, Yuki Tobimatsu, Masaomi Yamamura, Takuji Miyamoto, Yuri Takeda, Taichi Koshiba, Rie Takada, Pui Ying Lam, Shiro Suzuki, Masahiro Sakamoto. (2020) Lignin metabolic engineering in grasses for primary lignin valorization. Lignin, 1:30-41.