Publication

Kuwabara, T. and Igarashi, K. (2012) Microscopic studies on Thermosipho globiformans implicate a role of the large periplasm of Thermotogales. Extremophiles, in press.

桑原朋彦，五十嵐健輔，松山茂，山根國男 (2012) 海熱水系由来の発酵細菌―メタン菌栄養共生の解析とメタン・n–アルカン生産への応用，（極限環境生物の産業展開：監修，今中忠行），pp.201-207，シーエムシー出版

Tomohiko Kuwabara, Akitomo Kawasaki, Ikuko Uda and Akihiko Sugai (2011) Thermosipho globiformans sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium that transforms to a multicellular spheroid with a defect in peptidoglycan formation. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.,61, 1622-1627.

Tomohiko Kuwabara, Masaomi Minaba, Noriko Ogi, and Masahiro Kamekura (2007) Thermococcus celericrescens sp. nov., a fast-growing and cell-fusing hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 57, 437-443.Tcelericrescens.pdf

Tomohiko Kuwabara, Masaomi Minaba , Haruo Saida , Tetsuro Urabe and Masahiro Kamekura (2006) A novel in situ cultivation device for isolation of thermophilic anaerobes of deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Biosystem Studies. 9, 218-227. ISCD.pdf

Tetsushi Sakiyama, Hironori Ueno, Hideya Homma, Osamu Numata, and Tomohiko Kuwabara (2006) Purification and characterization of a hemolysin-like protein Sll1951—non-toxic member of the RTX protein family from cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J. Bacteriol. 188, 3535-3542.HLP.pdf

Tomohiko Kuwabara, Masaomi Minaba, Yukihiro Iwayama, Isao Inouye, Miwako Nakashima, Katsumi Marumo, Akihiko Maruyama, Akihiko Sugai, Toshihiro Itoh, Jun-ichiro Ishibashi, Tetsuro Urabe, and Masahiro Kamekura (2005) Thermococcus coalescens sp. nov., a cell-fusing hyperthermophilic archaeon from Suiyo Seamount. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55, 2507-2514. Tcoalescens.pdf

Yoshinori Takano, Katsumi Marumo, Toshiomi Ebashi, Lallan P. Gupta, Hodaka Kawahata, Kensei Kobayashi, Akihiko Yamagishi, and Tomohiko Kuwabara (2005) In situ ore formation experiment: amino acids and amino sugars trapped in artificial chimneys on deep-sea hydrothermal systems at Suiyo Seamount, Izu-Bonin Arc, Pacific Ocean. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 78, 638-651

Kuwabara, T., Araga, Y., Bhattacharya, S., Ytow, N. and Musha, T. (2002)　Effects of chanting mantras on brain waves. in Proceedings of the15th Congress of the Japanese Association of Health Psychology, pp.162-163

El-Sayed, W. S. M., Takaichi, S., Saida, H., Kamekura, M., Abu-Shady, M., Seki, H. and Kuwabara, T (2002) Effects of light on pigment biosynthesis in Halobacterium salinarum, revealed by a novel method to quantify both retinal and carotenoids. Plant Cell Physiol. 43, 379-383.Hsalinarum.pdf

Nagai, T., Ru, S., Katoh, A., Dong, S. and Kuwabara, T. (2001) An extracellular hemolysin homolog from cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. In Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis, S36-010.S36-010.PDF

Kawano, M. and Kuwabara, T. (2000) pH-dependent reversible inhibition of violaxanthin de-epoxidase by pepstatin related to protonation-induced structural change of the enzyme. FEBS Lett., 481, 101-104.

Ru, S., Matsusawa, Y., Saida, H., Utsumi, M., Kuwabara, T., and Seki, H. (2000) Evaluation of filter-feeding activity of mussels at aquaculture. Biosystem Studies 3, 198-204.

Kuwabara, T., Nagai, T., Ru,, S., Dong, S. (2000) Assessment of interaction between scallop and cyanobacteria with special focus on cyanobacterial hemolysin. Biosystem Studies 3, 205.

Kuwabara, T., Hasegawa, M., Kawano, M., and Takaichi, S. (1999) Characterization of violaxanthin de-epoxidase purified in the presence of Tween 20: effects of dithiothreitol and pepstatin A. Plant Cell Physiol. 40, 1119-1126.

Kuwabara, T. and Katoh, Y. (1999) Involvement of the binuclear copper site in the proteolytic activity of polyphenol oxidase. Plant Cell Physiol. 40, 1029-1035.

Kuwabara, T., Hasegawa, M. and Takaichi, S. (1998) Reaction system for violaxanthin de-epoxidase with PS II membranes. Plant Cell Physiol. 39, 16-22.

Kuwabara, T. and Katoh, Y. (1998) Evidence for the self-degradation of polyphenol oxidase. In Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects (Garab, G. ed.). Vol. III, pp. 2043-2046, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Kuwabara, T., Masuda, T. and Aizawa, S. (1997) A dithiothreitol-sensitive tetrameric protease from spinach thylakoids has polyphenol oxidase activity. Plant Cell Physiol. 38, 179-187.

Kuwabara, T. (1995) The 60-kDa precursor to the dithiothreitol-sensitive tetrameric protease of spinach thylakoids: structural similarities between the protease and polyphenol oxidase. FEBS Lett. 371, 195-198.

Kuwabara, T. and Suzuki, K. (1995) Reversible changes in conformation of the 23-kDa protein of photosystem II and their relationship to the susceptibility of the protein to a proteinase from photosystem II membranes. Plant Cell Physiol. 36, 495-504.

Kuwabara, T., Takeuchi, M., Honda, S., Nakajima, N., Watanabe, A. and Kondo, N. (1995) Expression in Escherichia coli of the extrinsic 18-kDa protein of photosystem II from spinach. Plant Cell Physiol. 36, 435-439.

Kuwabara, T. and Suzuki, K. (1994) A prolyl endoproteinase that acts specifically on the extrinsic 18-kDa protein of photosystem II: purification and further characterization. Plant Cell Physiol. 35, 665-675.

Kuwabara, T. (1992) Characterization of a prolyl endopeptidase from spinach thylakoids. FEBS Lett. 300, 127-130.

Kuwabara, T. and Suzuki, K. (1992) Degradation of the extrinsic 23-kDa protein of photosystem II induced by p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid. In Research in Photosynthesis (Murata, N. ed.). Vol. III, pp. 201-204, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Kuwabara, T. and Hashimoto, Y. (1990) Purification of a dithiothreitol-sensitive tetrameric protease from spinach photosystem II membranes. Plant Cell Physiol. 31, 581-589.

Kuwabara, T. and Shinohara, K. (1990) Association of extrinsic proteases with spinach photosystem II membranes. In Current Research in Photosynthesis (Baltscheffsky, M. ed.). Vol. III, pp. 743-746, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Kuwabara, T., Nagata, R. and Shinohara, K. (1989) Expression and processing of cyanobacterial Mn-stabilizing protein in Escherichia coli. Eur. J. Biochem. 186, 227-232.

Kuwabara, T. (1989) Primary structure and expression in Escherichia coli of the Mn-stabilizing protein involved in photosystem II water oxidation. In Photosynthesis: Molecular Biology and Bioenergetics (Singhal, G.S., Barber, J., Dilley, R.A., Govindjee, Haselkorn, R. and Mohanty, P. eds.). pp.77-84, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi.

Reddy, K.J., Kuwabara, T. and Sherman, L.A. (1988) A simple and efficient procedure for the isolation of high quality phage lambda DNA using a DEAE-cellulose column. Analyt. Biochem. 186, 324-331.

Kuwabara, T., Reddy, K.J. and Sherman, L.A. (1987) Nucleotide sequence of the gene from the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2 encoding the Mn-stabilizing protein involved in photosystem II water oxidation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84, 8230-8234.

Watanabe, A., Minami, E., Murase, M., Shinohara, K., Kuwabara, T. and Murata, N. (1987) Biogenesis of photosystem II complex in spinach chloroplasts. In Progress in Photosynthesis Research (Biggins, J. ed.). Vol. IV, pp. 629-636, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht.

Kuwabara, T., Murata, T., Miyao, M. and Murata, N. (1987) Proline-rich structure at amino-terminal region of the 18-kDa protein of photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex. In Progress in Photosynthesis Research (Biggins, J. ed.). Vol. I, pp. 705-708, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht.

Minami, E., Shinohara, K., Kuwabara, T. and Watanabe, A. (1986) In vitro synthesis and assembly of photosystem II proteins of spinach chloroplasts. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 244, 517-527.

Oh-oka, H., Tanaka, S., Wada, K., Kuwabara, T. and Murata, N. (1986) Complete amino acid sequence of 33 kDa protein isolated from spinach photosystem II particles. FEBS Lett. 197, 63-66.

Murata, N., Araki, S., Fujita, Y., Suzuki, K., Kuwabara, T. and Mathis, P. (1986) Stoichiometric determination of pheophytin in photosystem II of oxygenic photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Res. 9, 63-70.

Kuwabara, T., Murata, N., Miyao, M. and Murata, N. (1986) Partial degradation of the 18-kDa protein of the photosynthetic oxygen-evolving complex: a study on a binding site. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 850, 146-155.

Kuwabara, T., Miyao, M., Murata, T. and Murata, N. (1985) The function of 33-kDa protein in the photosynthetic oxygen-evolution system studied by reconstitution experiments. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 806, 283-289.

Murata, N., Miyao, M., Omata, T., Matsunami, H. and Kuwabara, T. (1984) Stoichiometry of components in the photosynthetic oxygen evolution system of photosystem II particles prepared with Triton X-100 from spinach chloroplasts. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 765, 363-369.

Kuwabara, T. and Murata, N. (1984) Chemical and physicochemical characterization of the proteins involved in the oxygen evolution system. In Advances in Photosynthesis Research (Sybesma, C. ed.). Vol. I, pp. 371-374, Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, The Hague.

Murata, N., Miyao, M., Omata, T. and Kuwabara, T. (1984) The oxygen evolution system of photosystem II particles from spinach chloroplasts. In Advances in Photosynthesis Research (Sybesma, C. ed.). Vol. I, pp. 329-332, Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, The Hague.

Kuwabara, T. and Murata, N. (1983) Quantitative analysis of the inactivation of photosynthetic oxygen evolution and the release of polypeptides and manganese in the photosystem II particles of spinach chloroplasts. Plant Cell Physiol. 24, 741-747.

Murata, N., Miyao, M. and Kuwabara, T. (1983) Organization of photosynthetic oxygen evolution system. In The Oxygen Evolution System of Photosynthesis (Inoue, Y., Crofts, A.R., Govindjee, Murata, N., Renger, G. and Satoh, K. eds.). pp. 213-222, Academic press, Tokyo.

Kuwabara, T. and Murata, N. (1983) Characterization of 33-kilodalton, 24-kilodalton and 18-kilodalton proteins in the photosynthetic oxygen evolution system of spinach chloroplasts. In The Oxygen Evolution System of Photosynthesis (Inoue, Y., Crofts, A.R., Govindjee, Murata, N., Renger, G. and Satoh, K. eds.). pp. 223-228, Academic press, Tokyo.

Kuwabara, T. and Murata, N. (1982) An improved purification method and a further characterization of the 33-kilodalton protein of spinach chloroplasts. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 680, 210-215.

Kuwabara, T. and Murata, N. (1982) Inactivation of photosynthetic oxygen evolution and concomitant release of three polypeptides in the photosystem II particles of spinach chloroplasts. Plant Cell Physiol. 23, 533-539.

Kuwabara, T. and Murata, N. (1982) Evidence against identity of the atrazine receptor protein with the 33-kilodalton protein from spinach chloroplasts. Plant Cell Physiol. 23, 663-667.

Murata, N., Sato, N., Omata, T. and Kuwabara, T. (1981) Separation and characterization of thylakoid and cell envelope of the blue-green alga (cyanobacterium) Anacystis nidulans. Plant Cell Physiol. 22, 855-866.

Kuwabara, T. and Murata, N. (1979) Purification and characterization of 33 kilodalton protein of spinach chloroplasts. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 581, 228-236.