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Masahiko Ikeuchi

Masahiko Ikeuchi

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Biology and Biochemistry

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79
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17829
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4406
National Ranking
290

Overview

Masahiko Ikeuchi is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their primary field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology and related subfields. Their research also spans Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Plant Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Light Effects on Plants, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Masahiko Ikeuchi has contributed to various publications, with frequent appearances in venues including The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, DNA Research, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Ikeuchi include:

  • Biosynthesis of a sulfated exopolysaccharide, synechan, and bloom formation in the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 (2021, eLife)
  • Genome sequencing of the NIES Cyanobacteria collection with a focus on the heterocyst-forming clade (2021, DNA Research)
  • Functional diversification of two bilin reductases for light perception and harvesting in unique cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina MBIC 11017 (2020, FEBS Journal)
  • Blue-/Green-Light-Responsive Cyanobacteriochromes Are Cell Shade Sensors in Red-Light Replete Niches (2020, iScience)
  • Evolution-inspired design of multicolored photoswitches from a single cyanobacteriochrome scaffold (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Collaborations form a significant part of Ikeuchi's research output. Frequent coauthors include Kaisei Maeda, Rei Narikawa, Gen Enomoto, Satoru Watanabe, and Yukiko Okuda, with multiple joint publications with each.

Best Publications

  • Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation

    Koichi Hori;Fumito Maruyama;Takatomo Fujisawa;Tomoaki Togashi

  • DNA Microarray Analysis of Cyanobacterial Gene Expression during Acclimation to High Light

    Yukako Hihara;Ayako Kamei;Minoru Kanehisa;Aaron Kaplan

  • Complete genome structure of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1.

    Yasukazu Nakamura;Takakazu Kaneko;Shusei Sato;Masahiko Ikeuchi

  • Cyanobacteriochromes: a new superfamily of tetrapyrrole-binding photoreceptors in cyanobacteria

    Masahiko Ikeuchi;Takami Ishizuka

  • A Heterocomplex of Iron Superoxide Dismutases Defends Chloroplast Nucleoids against Oxidative Stress and Is Essential for Chloroplast Development in Arabidopsis

    Fumiyoshi Myouga;Chieko Hosoda;Taishi Umezawa;Haruko Iizumi

  • A New 4.8-kDa Polypeptide Intrinsic to the PS II Reaction Center, as Revealed by Modified SDS-PAGE with Improved Resolution of Low-Molecular-Weight Proteins

    Masahiko Ikeuchi;Yorinao Inoue

  • Cyanobacteriochrome CcaS is the green light receptor that induces the expression of phycobilisome linker protein

    Yuu Hirose;Takashi Shimada;Rei Narikawa;Mitsunori Katayama

  • A new photosystem II reaction center component (4.8 kDa protein) encoded by chloroplast genome

    Masahiko Ikeuchi;Yorinao Inoue

  • A nomenclature for the genes encoding the chlorophylla/b-binding proteins of higher plants

    Stefan Jansson;Eran Pichersky;Roberto Bassi;Beverley R. Green

  • Phycobilisome: architecture of a light-harvesting supercomplex

    Mai Watanabe;Masahiko Ikeuchi

  • Mutational analysis of genes involved in pilus structure, motility and transformation competency in the unicellular motile cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

    Shizue Yoshihara;Xiao Xing Geng;Shinobu Okamoto;Kei Yura

  • Novel Putative Photoreceptor and Regulatory Genes Required for the Positive Phototactic Movement of the Unicellular Motile Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Shizue Yoshihara;Fumiko Suzuki;Hironori Fujita;Xiao Xing Geng

  • Structure of a Cyanobacterial BLUF Protein, Tll0078, Containing a Novel FAD-binding Blue Light Sensor Domain

    Akiko Kita;Koji Okajima;Yukio Morimoto;Masahiko Ikeuchi

  • Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 - a useful tool in the study of the genetics of cyanobacteria.

    Masahiko Ikeuchi;Satoshi Tabata

  • Cyanobacterial Phytochrome-like PixJ1 Holoprotein Shows Novel Reversible Photoconversion Between Blue- and Green-absorbing Forms

    Shizue Yoshihara;Mitsunori Katayama;Xiaoxing Geng;Masahiko Ikeuchi

  • Attachment of phycobilisomes in an antenna–photosystem I supercomplex of cyanobacteria

    Mai Watanabe;Dmitry A. Semchonok;Mariam T. Webber-Birungi;Shigeki Ehira

  • DNA Microarray Analysis of Redox-Responsive Genes in the Genome of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

    Yukako Hihara;Kintake Sonoike;Minoru Kanehisa;Masahiko Ikeuchi

  • Structures of cyanobacteriochromes from phototaxis regulators AnPixJ and TePixJ reveal general and specific photoconversion mechanism.

    Rei Narikawa;Takami Ishizuka;Norifumi Muraki;Tomoo Shiba

  • Simple and discrete isolation of an O2-evolving PS II reaction center complex retaining Mn and the extrinsic 33 kDa protein

    Masahiko Ikeuchi;Mitsuyoshi Yuasa;Yorinao Inoue

  • Protein composition of the photosystem II core complex in genetically engineered mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

    W. F. J. Vermaas;M. Ikeuchi;Y. Inoue

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeru Itoh
Shigeru Itoh Nagoya University
Jian-Ren Shen
Jian-Ren Shen Okayama University
Masahide Terazima
Masahide Terazima Kyoto University
Tatsuya Tomo
Tatsuya Tomo Tokyo University of Science
Kintake Sonoike
Kintake Sonoike Waseda University
Kan Tanaka
Kan Tanaka Tokyo Institute of Technology
Takumi Noguchi
Takumi Noguchi Nagoya University
Minoru Kanehisa
Minoru Kanehisa Kyoto University
Himadri B. Pakrasi
Himadri B. Pakrasi Washington University in St. Louis

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