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Amane Makino

Amane Makino

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Japan
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
79
Citations
17839
World Ranking
454
National Ranking
14

Amane Makino publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Amane Makino sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 230 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Amane Makino D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Amane Makino sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Japan Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Botany
  • Gene

Amane Makino mostly deals with Photosynthesis, Botany, RuBisCO, Oryza sativa and Biochemistry. His Photosynthesis research incorporates elements of Thylakoid, Electron transport chain and Agronomy. The concepts of his Botany study are interwoven with issues in Biophysics, Senescence and Horticulture.

His research ties Chlorophyll and RuBisCO together. His study explores the link between Oryza sativa and topics such as Poaceae that cross with problems in Photosynthetic efficiency. In his work, Photorespiration is strongly intertwined with Ribulose, which is a subfield of Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate.

His most cited work include:

  • Effects of Nitrogen Nutrition on Nitrogen Partitioning between Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Pea and Wheat. (301 citations)
  • Mobilization of Rubisco and Stroma-Localized Fluorescent Proteins of Chloroplasts to the Vacuole by an ATG Gene-Dependent Autophagic Process (260 citations)
  • Autophagy plays a role in chloroplast degradation during senescence in individually darkened leaves. (255 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Amane Makino focuses on Photosynthesis, RuBisCO, Botany, Biochemistry and Oryza sativa. His Photosynthesis research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Electron transport chain, Poaceae, Agronomy and Horticulture. Oxygenase is closely connected to Pyruvate carboxylase in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of RuBisCO.

His Botany study combines topics in areas such as Senescence and Rice plant. Amane Makino usually deals with Oryza sativa and limits it to topics linked to Ripening and Panicle. His work on Thylakoid as part of general Chloroplast study is frequently connected to Fragmentation, Vacuole and Degradation, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Photosynthesis (63.73%)
  • RuBisCO (52.94%)
  • Botany (44.61%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Photosynthesis (63.73%)
  • RuBisCO (52.94%)
  • Biochemistry (35.29%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Photosynthesis, RuBisCO, Biochemistry, Photosystem I and Overproduction. Photosynthesis is a primary field of his research addressed under Botany. Amane Makino focuses mostly in the field of Botany, narrowing it down to topics relating to Sedoheptulose and, in certain cases, Transketolase.

Amane Makino interconnects Plant science, Agronomy and Horticulture in the investigation of issues within RuBisCO. His work in the fields of Reactive oxygen species, Arabidopsis thaliana, Chloroplast stroma and Aromatic amino acids overlaps with other areas such as Vacuole. His Photosystem I research integrates issues from Photorespiration, Photosynthetic reaction centre, Biophysics and Electron transport chain.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Flavodiiron Protein Substitutes for Cyclic Electron Flow without Competing CO2 Assimilation in Rice. (45 citations)
  • New insights into the cellular mechanisms of plant growth at elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (36 citations)
  • Vacuolar Protein Degradation via Autophagy Provides Substrates to Amino Acid Catabolic Pathways as an Adaptive Response to Sugar Starvation in Arabidopsis thaliana (31 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

His primary scientific interests are in Photosynthesis, RuBisCO, Photosystem I, Biophysics and Agronomy. His Photosynthesis study is focused on Botany in general. RuBisCO is a subfield of Biochemistry that Amane Makino explores.

Amane Makino has researched Photosystem I in several fields, including Photorespiration, Photoinhibition, Chlorophyll and Photosynthetic reaction centre. The study incorporates disciplines such as Genetically modified crops, Gene and Horticulture in addition to Agronomy. His work deals with themes such as Chloroplast, Electrochemical gradient, Chemiosmosis and Physcomitrella patens, which intersect with Electron transport chain.

Best Publications

  • Photosynthesis, Grain Yield, and Nitrogen Utilization in Rice and Wheat

    Amane Makino

  • Effects of Nitrogen Nutrition on Nitrogen Partitioning between Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Pea and Wheat.

    Amane Makino;Barry Osmond

  • Mobilization of Rubisco and Stroma-Localized Fluorescent Proteins of Chloroplasts to the Vacuole by an ATG Gene-Dependent Autophagic Process

    Hiroyuki Ishida;Kohki Yoshimoto;Masanori Izumi;Daniel Reisen

  • Autophagy plays a role in chloroplast degradation during senescence in individually darkened leaves.

    Shinya Wada;Hiroyuki Ishida;Masanori Izumi;Kohki Yoshimoto

  • The Effect of Elevated Partial Pressures of CO2 on the Relationship between Photosynthetic Capacity and N Content in Rice Leaves

    Hiromi Nakano;Amane Makino;Tadahiko Mae

  • Photosynthesis and Plant Growth at Elevated Levels of CO2

    Amane Makino;Tadahiko Mae

  • Cyclic electron flow around photosystem I via chloroplast NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (NDH) complex performs a significant physiological role during photosynthesis and plant growth at low temperature in rice

    Wataru Yamori;Naoki Sakata;Yuji Suzuki;Toshiharu Shikanai

  • Relation between Nitrogen and Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase in Rice Leaves from Emergence through Senescence

    Amane Makino;Tadahiko Mae;Koji Ohira

  • Distinctive Responses of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase and Carbonic Anhydrase in Wheat Leaves to Nitrogen Nutrition and their Possible Relationships to CO2-Transfer Resistance

    Amane Makino;Hiroshi Sakashita;Jun Hidema;Tadahiko Mae

  • A physiological role of cyclic electron transport around photosystem I in sustaining photosynthesis under fluctuating light in rice.

    Wataru Yamori;Amane Makino;Toshiharu Shikanai

  • Rice cultivar responses to elevated CO2 at two free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) sites in Japan

    Toshihiro Hasegawa;Hidemitsu Sakai;Takeshi Tokida;Hirofumi Nakamura

  • Photosynthesis and Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase in Rice Leaves: Changes in Photosynthesis and Enzymes Involved in Carbon Assimilation from Leaf Development through Senescence

    Amane Makino;Tadahiko Mae;Koji Ohira

  • Differences between wheat and rice in the enzymic properties of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase and the relationship to photosynthetic gas exchange.

    Amane Makino;Tadahiko Mae;Koji Ohira

  • Rubisco activase is a key regulator of non-steady-state photosynthesis at any leaf temperature and, to a lesser extent, of steady-state photosynthesis at high temperature

    Wataru Yamori;Chisato Masumoto;Hiroshi Fukayama;Amane Makino

  • Changes in the Amounts of Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase Synthesized and Degraded during the Life Span of Rice Leaf (Oryza sativa L.)

    Tadahiko Mae;Amane Makino;Koji Ohira

  • Os-GIGANTEA Confers Robust Diurnal Rhythms on the Global Transcriptome of Rice in the Field

    Takeshi Izawa;Motohiro Mihara;Yuji Suzuki;Meenu Gupta

  • Does Decrease in Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase by Antisense RbcS Lead to a Higher N-Use Efficiency of Photosynthesis under Conditions of Saturating CO2 and Light in Rice Plants?

    Amane Makino;Takiko Shimada;Shigeo Takumi;Kentaro Kaneko

  • Photosynthesis and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in rice leaves from emergence through senescence. Quantitative analysis by carboxylation/oxygenation and regeneration of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate

    Amane Makino;T. Mae;K. Ohira

  • Exclusion of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from chloroplasts by specific bodies in naturally senescing leaves of wheat.

    Akira Chiba;Hiroyuki Ishida;Naoko K. Nishizawa;Amane Makino

  • Physiological functions of the water-water cycle (Mehler reaction) and the cyclic electron flow around PSI in rice leaves.

    Amane Makino;Chikahiro Miyake;Akiho Yokota

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadahiko Mae
Tadahiko Mae Tohoku University
Chikahiro Miyake
Chikahiro Miyake Kobe University
Wataru Yamori
Wataru Yamori University of Tokyo
Toshiharu Shikanai
Toshiharu Shikanai Kyoto University
Yuji Suzuki
Yuji Suzuki University of Tokyo
Saman Seneweera
Saman Seneweera University of Southern Queensland
Ko Noguchi
Ko Noguchi Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Ichiro Terashima
Ichiro Terashima National Chung Hsing University
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Masao Watanabe
Masao Watanabe Tohoku University

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