Publication

Haghir S, Yamada K, Kato M, Tsuge T, Wada T, Tominaga R, Ohashi Y, *Aoyama T. The Arabidopsis Basic-Helix-Loop-Helix transcription factor LRL1 activates cell wall-related genes during root hair development. Plant Cell Physiol (in press) (2025). [Pubmed]

Sugi N, Calhau ARM, Jacquier NMA, Millan-Blanquez M, Becker JD, Begcy K, Berger F, Bousquet-Antonelli C, Bouyer D, Cai G, Cheung AY, Coimbra S, Denninger P, Dresselhaus T, Feijó JA, Fowler JE, Geelen D, Grossniklaus U, Higashiyama T, Honys D, Igawa T, Ingram G, Jaillais Y, Johnson MA, Kato M, Kawachi M, Kawashima T, Kim YJ, Li HJ, Mongrand S, Motomura K, Nagahara S, Nakajima KP, Nelms B, Qu LJ, Schnittger A, Scholten S, Sprunck S, Sun MX, Twell D, Weijers D, Yang WC, *Maruyama D, *Widiez T. The peri-germ cell membrane: poorly characterized but key interface for plant reproduction. Nat Plants 10, 1607-1609 (2024). [Pubmed]

*Kurihara Y, Akagi C, Makita Y, Kawauchi M, Okubo-Kurihara E, Tsuge T, Aoyama T, *Matsui M. The blue light signaling inhibitor 3-bromo-7-nitroindazole affects gene translation at the initial reception of blue light in young Arabidopsis seedlings. Plant Biotechnol (Tokyo) 41, 153-157 (2024). [Pubmed]

*Kato M, Watari M, Tsuge T, Zhong S, Gu H, Qu LJ, Fujiwara T, Aoyama T. Redundant function of the Arabidopsis phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase genes PIP5K4-6 is essential for pollen germination. Plant J 117, 212-225 (2024).[Pubmed]

Akagi C, Kurihara Y, Makita Y, Kawauchi M, Tsuge T, Aoyama T, *Matsui M. Translational activation of ribosome-related genes at initial photoreception is dependent on signals derived from both the nucleus and the chloroplasts in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Plant Res 136, 227-238 (2023). [Pubmed]

Watari M, Kato M, Blanc-Mathieu R, Tsuge T, Ogata H, *Aoyama T. Functional Differentiation Among the Arabidopsis Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphate 5-Kinase Genes PIP5K1, PIP5K2, and PIP5K3. Plant Cell Physiol 63, 635-648 (2022). [Pubmed]

Zhang X, Nomoto M, Garcia-León M, Takahashi N, Kato M, Yura K, Umeda M, Rubio V, Tada Y, Furumoto T, Aoyama T, *Tsuge T. CFI 25 Subunit of Cleavage Factor I is Important for Maintaining the Diversity of 3' UTR Lengths in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Plant Cell Physiol 63, 369-83 (2022). [Pubmed]

Shimamura R, Ohashi Y, Taniguchi YY, Kato M, Tsuge T, *Aoyama T. Arabidopsis PLDζ1 and PLDζ2 localize to post-Golgi membrane compartments in a partially overlapping manner. Plant Mol Biol 108, 31-49 (2022). [Pubmed]

Kuroda R, Kato M, Tsuge T, *Aoyama T. Arabidopsis phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase genes PIP5K7, PIP5K8, and PIP5K9 are redundantly involved in root growth adaptation to osmotic stress. Plant J 106, 913-927 (2021). [Pubmed]

Aki SS, Yura K, Aoyama T, *Tsuge T. SAP130 and CSN1 interact and regulate male gametogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Plant Res 134, 279-89 (2021). [Pubmed]

Kato M, Tsuge T, Maeshima M, *Aoyama T. Arabidopsis PCaP2 modulates the phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate signal on the plasma membrane and attenuates root hair elongations. Plant J 99, 610-25 (2019). [Pubmed]

Hirano T, Konno H, Takeda S, Dolan L, Kato M, Aoyama T, Higaki T, Takigawa-Imamura H, *Sato MH. PtdIns(3,5)_P2 mediates root hair shank hardening in Arabidopsis. Nat Plants 4, 888-97 (2018). [Pubmed]

Yamada K, Sasabe M, Fujiwara Y, Wada T, *Tominaga-Wada R. Amino acid substitutions in CPC-LIKE MYB reveal residues important for protein stability in Arabidopsis roots. PLoS One 13, e0205522 (2018). [Pubmed]

Napoli N, Ghelli R, Brunetti P, De Paolis A, Cecchetti V, Tsuge T, Serino G, Matsui M, Mele G, Rinaldi G, Palumbo GA, Barozzi F, Costantino P, *Cardarelli M., A Newly Identified Flower-Specific Splice Variant of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR8 Regulates Stamen Elongation and Endothecium Lignification in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 30, 620-37 (2018). [Pubmed]

Koeduka T, Fujita Y, Furuta T, Suzuki H, Tsuge T, Matsui K. Aromatic amino acid decarboxylase is involved in volatile phenylacetaldehyde production in loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) flowers. Plant Biotechnol, (Tokyo), 34: 193-198 (2017). [Pubmed]

Hao L, Wei X, Zhu J, Shi J, Liu H, Gu H, Tsuge T, *Qu LJ., SNAIL1 is essential for female gametogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Intergr Plant Biol 59, 629-41 (2017). [Pubmed]

Tanaka N, Uno H, Okuda S, Gunji S, Ferjani A, Aoyama T, *Maeshima M., SRPP, a Cell Wall Protein is involved in Development and Protection of Seeds and Root Hairs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol 58, 760-69 (2017). [Pubmed]

*Koeduka T, Kajiyama M, Furuta T, Suzuki H, Tsuge T, Matsui K., Characterization of an O-methyltransferase specific to guaiacol-type benzenoids from the flowers of loquat (Eriobotrya japonica). J Biosci Bioeng 122, 679-84.(2016). [Pubmed]

*Koeduka T, Kajiyama M, Suzuki H, Furuta T, Tsuge T, Matsui K., Benzenoid biosynthesis in the flowers of Eriobotrya japonica: molecular cloning and functional characterization of p-methoxybenzoic acid carboxyl methyltransferase. Planta 244, 725-36 (2016). [Pubmed]

Tatsumi K, Yano M, Kaminade K, Sugiyama A, Sato M, Toyooka K, Aoyama T, Sato F, *Yazaki K., Characterization of Shikonin Derivative Secretion in Lithospermum erythrorhizon Hairy Roots as a Model of Lipid-Soluble Metabolite Secretion from Plants. Front Plant Sci 26, 1066 (2016). [Pubmed]

Nagata C, Miwa C, Tanaka N, Kato M, Suito M, Tsuchihira A, Sato Y, Segami S, *Maeshima M., A novel-type phosphatidylinositol phosphate-interactive, Ca-binding protein PCaP1 in Arabidopsis thaliana: stable association with plasma membrane and partial involvement in stomata closure. J Plant Res 129, 539-50 (2016). [Pubmed]

Wu Z, Zhu D, Lin X, Miao J, Gu L, Deng X, Yang Q, Sun K, Zhu D, Cao X, Tsuge T, Dean C, Aoyama T, Gu H, *Qu LJ., RNA-binding proteins AtRZ-1B and AtRZ-1C play a critical role in regulation of pre-mRNA splicing and gene expression during Arabidopsis development. Plant Cell 28, 55-73 (2016). [Pubmed]

Lin Q, Ohashi Y, Kato M, Tsuge T, Gu H, *Qu LJ, *Aoyama T., GLABRA2 directly suppresses basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor genes with diverse functions in root hair development. Plant Cell 27, 2894-906 (2015). [Pubmed]

Wada Y, Kusano H, Tsuge T, *Aoyama T., Phosphatidylinositol phosphate 5-kinase genes respond to phosphate deficiency for root hair elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J 81, 426-37 (2015). [Pubmed]

*Hayashi K, Nakamura S, Fukunaga S, Nishimura T, Jenness MK, Murphy AS, Motose H, Nozaki H, Furutani M, Aoyama T., Auxin transport sites are visualized in planta using fluorescent auxin analogs. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111, 11557-62 (2014). [Pubmed]

Tanaka N, Kato M, Tomioka R, Kurata R, Fukao Y, Aoyama T, *Maeshima M., Characteristics of a root hair-less line of Arabidopsis thaliana under physiological stresses. J Exp Bot 65, 1497-12 (2014). [Pubmed]

Kusano H, Tominaga R, Wada T, Kato M, *Aoyama T., Phosphoinositide signaling in root hair tip growth. “Plant Cell Wall Patterning and Cell Shape” (ed., Fukuda, H.: Wiley-Blackwell) 239-68 (2014).

Zhu D, Wu Z, Cao G, Li J, Wei J, Tsuge T, Gu H, Aoyama T, *Qu LJ., TRANSLUCENT GREEN, an ERF family transcription factor, controls water balance in Arabidopsis by activating the expression of aquaporin genes. Mol Plant 7, 601-15 (2014). [Pubmed]

Li R, Li J, Li S, Qin G, Novak O, Pěnčík A, Ljung K, Aoyama T, Liu J, Murphy A, Gu H, *Tsuge T, *Qu LJ., ADP1 affects plant architecture by regulating local auxin biosynthesis. PLoS Genet e1003954 (2014). [Pubmed]

Takai A, Satoh M, Matsuyama T, Ito A, Nakata R, Aoyama T, and *Inoue H., Secretion of miraculin through the function of a signal peptide conserved in the Kunitz-type soybean trypsin inhibitor family. FEBS Lett 587, 1767-72 (2013). [Pubmed]

Franciosini A, Lombardi B, Iafrate S, Pecce V, Mele G, Lupacchini L, Kondou Y, Gusmaroli G, Aki S, Tsuge T, Deng XW, Matsui M, Vittorioso P, Costantino P, *Serino G., The Arabidopsis COP9 SIGNALOSOME INTERACTING F-BOX KELCH 1 protein forms an SCF ubiquitin ligase and regulates hypocotyl elongation. Mol Plant 6, 1616-29 (2013). [Pubmed]

Kato M, Aoyama T, *Maeshima M., The Ca²⁺-binding protein PCaP2 located on the plasma membrane is involved in root hair development as a possible signal transducer. Plant J 74, 690-700 (2013). [Pubmed]

Lin Q, *Aoyama T., Pathways for epidermal cell differentiation via the homeobox gene GLABRA2: Update on the roles of the classic regulator. J Integr Plant Biol 54, 729-37 (2012). [Pubmed]

*Pick E, Golan A, Zimbler JZ, Guo L, Sharabi Y, Tsuge T, Hofmann K, Wei N., The minimal deneddylase core of the COP9 signalosome excludes the Csn6 MPN-domain. PLoS ONE 7, e43980 (2012). [Pubmed]

Aki S, Nakai H, Aoyama T, Oka A, *Tsuge T., AtSAP130/AtSF3b-3 function is required for reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol 52, 1330-9 (2011). [Pubmed]

*Tsuge T, Menon S, Tong Y, Wei N., CSN1 inhibits c-Jun phosphorylation and down-regulates ectopic expression of JNK1. Protein Cell 2, 423-32 (2011). [Pubmed]

Luo Y, Qin G, Zhang J, Liang Y, Song Y, Zhao M, Tsuge T, Aoyama T, Liu J, Gu H, *Qu LJ., D-myo-inositol-3-phosphate plays an essential role in auxin-regulated embryogenesis by affecting phosphatidylinositol-mediated endomembrane function in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 23, 1352-72 (2011). [Pubmed]

Taniguchi YY, Taniguchi M, Tsuge T, Oka A, *Aoyama T., Involvement of Arabidopsis thaliana phospholipase Dzeta2 in root hydrotropism through the suppression of root gravitropism. Planta 231, 491-7 (2010). [Pubmed]

She KC, Kusano H, Koizumi K, Yamakawa H, Hakata M, Imamura T, Fukuda M, Naito N, Tsurumaki Y, Yaeshima M, Tsuge T, Matsumoto K, Kudoh M, Itoh E, Kikuchi S, Kishimoto N, Yazaki J, Ando T, Yano M, Aoyama T, Sasaki T, Satoh H, *Shimada H., A novel factor FLOURY ENDOSPERM2 is involved in regulation of rice grain size and starch quality. Plant Cell 22, 3280-94 (2010). [Pubmed]

Cho KH, Jo A, Tsuge T, Kim JC, Kim R, Yoon HS, *Kim GT., Comparative analysis of local green tea in Korea by STS-RFLP. J Life Sci 20, 1415-9 (2010).

Cho KH, Lee EJ, Tsuge T, Jo A, Kim JC, Cheong GW, Yoon HS, *Kim GT., Comparative genomic analysis of Korean and Japanese green tea trees by using molecular markers. Can J Plant Sci 90, 293-8 (2010).

Matsuyama T, Satoh M, Nakata R, Aoyama T, *Inoue H., Functional expression of miraculin, a taste-modifying protein in Escherichia coli. J Biochem 145, 445-50 (2009). [Pubmed]

*Aoyama T., Phospholipid signaling in root hair development. "Root Hairs: Excellent Tools for the Study of Plant Molecular Cell Biology" (eds., Emons AMC and Ketelaar T., Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York), 171-89 (2009).

Dello Ioio R, Nakamura K, Moubayidin L, Perilli S, Taniguchi M, Morita MT, Aoyama T, Costantino P, *Sabatini S., A genetic framework for the control of cell division and differentiation in the root meristem. Science 322, 1380-4 (2008). [Pubmed]

Liu J, Zhang Y, Qin G, Tsuge T, Sakaguchi N, Luo G, Sun K, Shi D, Aki S, Zheng N, Aoyama T, Oka A, Yang W, Umeda M, Xie Q, Gu H, *Qu LJ., Targeted degradation of ICK4/KRP6 by the RING type E3 ligases RHF1a and RHF2a is essential for mitotic cell cycle progression during Arabidopsis gametogenesis. Plant Cell 20, 1538-54 (2008). [Pubmed]

Li L, Qin G, Tsuge T, Hou X, Ding M, Aoyama T, Oka A, Chen Z, Gu H, Zhao Y, *Qu LJ., SPOROCYTELESS modulates YUCCA expression to regulate the development of lateral organs in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 179, 751-64 (2008). [Pubmed]

Kusano H, Testerink C, Vermeer JE, Tsuge T, Shimada H, Oka A, Munnik T, *Aoyama T., The Arabidopsis Phosphatidylinositol Phosphate 5-Kinase PIP5K3 Is a Key Regulator of Root Hair Tip Growth. Plant Cell 20, 367-80 (2008). [Pubmed]

Menon S, Tsuge T, Dohmae N, Takio K, *Wei N., Association of SAP130/SF3b-3 with Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase complexes and its regulation by the COP9 signalosome. BMC Biochem 9, 1 (2008). [Pubmed]

Li L, Hou X, Tsuge T, Ding M, Aoyama T, Oka A, Gu H, Zhao Y, *Qu LJ., The possible action mechanisms of indole-3-acetic acid methyl ester in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Rep 27, 575-84 (2008). [Pubmed]

Pick E, Lau OS, Tsuge T, Menon S, Tong Y, Dohmae N, Plafker SM, Deng XW, *Wei N., Mammalian DET1 regulates Cul4A activity and forms stable complexes with E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes. Mol Cell Biol 27, 4708-19 (2007). [Pubmed]

Katou S, Kuroda K, Seo S, Yanagawa Y, Tsuge T, Yamazaki M, Miyao A, Hirochika H, *Ohashi Y., A calmodulin-binding mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase is induced by wounding and regulates the activities of stress-related mitogen-activated protein kinases in rice. Plant Cell Physiol 48, 332-44 (2007). [Pubmed]

Taniguchi M, Sasaki N, Tsuge T, *Aoyama T, Oka A., ARR1 directly activates cytokinin response genes that encode proteins with diverse regulatory functions. Plant Cell Physiol 48, 263-77 (2007). [Pubmed]

Imai KK, Ohashi Y, Tsuge T, Yoshizumi T, Matsui M, Oka A, *Aoyama T., The A-type cyclin CYCA2;3 is a key regulator of ploidy levels in Arabidopsis endoreduplication. Plant Cell 18, 382-96 (2006). [Pubmed]

Serino G, Su H, Peng Z, Tsuge T, Wei N, Gu H, *Deng XW., Characterization of the last subunit of the Arabidopsis COP9 signalosome: implications for the overall structure and origin of the complex. Plant Cell 15, 719-31 (2003). [Pubmed]

Ohmiya Y, Nakai T, Park YW, Aoyama T, Oka A, Sakai F, *Hayashi T., The role of PopCel1 and PopCel2 in poplar leaf growth and cellulose biosynthesis. Plant J 33, 1087-97 (2003). [Pubmed]

Ohashi Y, Oka A, Rodrigues-Pousada R, Possenti M, Roberuti I, Morelli G, *Aoyama T., Modulation of phospholipid signaling by GLABRA2 in root-hair pattern formation. Science 300, 1427-30 (2003). [Pubmed]

*Aoyama T, Oka A., Cytokinin signal transduction in plant cells. J Plant Res 116, 221-31 (2003). [Pubmed]

Ohashi Y, Oka A, Ruberti I, Morelli G, *Aoyama T., Entopically additive expression of GLABRA2 alters the frequency and spacing of trichome initiation. Plant J 29, 359-369 (2002). [Pubmed]

Ohgishi M, *Aoyama T., Inducible Gene Expression in Plants. Molecular Plant Biology, Practical Approach (eds., Gilmartin, P.M. and Bowler, C., Oxford University Press, Oxford) 2, 97-107 (2002).

Yang X, Menon S, Lykke-Andersen K, Tsuge T, Di Xiao, Wang X, Rodriguez-Suarez RJ, Zhang H, *Wei N., The COP9 signalosome inhibits p27(kip1) degradation and impedes G1-S phase progression via deneddylation of SCF Cul1. Curr Biol 12, 667-72 (2002). [Pubmed]

Kim GT, Shoda K, Tsuge T, Cho KH, Uchimiya H, Yokoyama R, Nishitani K, *Tsukaya H., The ANGUSTIFOLIA gene of Arabidopsis, a plant CtBP gene, regulates leaf-cell expansion, the arrangement of cortical microtubules in leaf cells and expression of a gene involved in cell-wall formation. EMBO J 21, 1267-79 (2002). [Pubmed]

Ohgishi M, Oka A, Morelli G, Ruberti I, *Aoyama T., Negative autoregulation of the Arabidopsis homeobox gene ATHB-2. Plant J 25, 389-98 (2001). [Pubmed]

Imajuku Y, Ohashi Y, *Aoyama T, Goto K, Oka A., An upstream region of the Arabidopsis thaliana CDKA;1 (CDC2aAt) gene directs transcription during trichome development. Plant Mol Biol 46, 205-13 (2001). [Pubmed]

Sakai H, Honma T, Aoyama T, Sato S, Kato T, Tabata S, *Oka A., ARR1, a transcription factor for genes immediately responsive to cytokinins. Science 294, 1519-21 (2001). [Pubmed]

*Tsukaya H, Tsuge T., Morphological adaptation of inflorecences in plants that develop at low temperatures in early spring : the convergent evolution of "downy plants". Plant Biol 3, 536-43 (2001).

Lyapina S, Cope G, Shevchenko A, Serino G, Tsuge T, Zhou C, Wolf DA, Wei N, Shevchenko A, *Deshaies RJ., Promotion of NEDD-CUL1 conjugate cleavage by COP9 signalosome. Science 292, 1382-5 (2001). [Pubmed]

Tsuge T, Matsui M, *Wei N., The subunit 1 of the COP9 signalosome suppresses gene expression through its N-terminal domain and incorporates into the complex through the PCI domain. J Mol Biol 305, 1-9 (2001). [Pubmed]

Tsuge T, Inagaki N, Yoshizumi T, Shimada H, Kawamoto T, Matsuki R, Yamamoto N, *Matsui M., Phytochrome-mediated control of COP1 gene expression in rice plants. Mol Genet Genomics 265, 43-50 (2001). [Pubmed]

Sakai H, Aoyama T, *Oka A., Arabidopsis ARR1 and ARR2 response regulators operate as transcriptional activators. Plant J 24, 715-23 (2000). [Pubmed]