PLANT LIPID RESEARCH TEAM
Publication list
Plant Lipid Research Team Findings
Original Article
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Chun-Wei Yu, Van C. Nguyen, Niña Alyssa M. Barroga, Yuki Nakamura, Hsou-min Li. (2024) Plastid LPAT1 is an integral inner envelope membrane protein with the acyltransferase domain located in the stroma. Plant Cell Rep, 43, 257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-024-03347-z
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Artik Elisa Angkawijaya. (2024) Time-specific lipid and gene expression responses to chilling stress in panicoid grass. J Exp Bot, 75:5467–5470. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae336
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Anh H Ngo, Artik Elisa Angkawijaya, Yuki Nakamura, Kazue Kanehara. (2024) Non-specific phospholipase C3 is involved in endoplasmic reticulum stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. J Exp Bot, erae303. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae303
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Niña Alyssa M Barroga, Van C Nguyen, Yuki Nakamura. (2024) The role of lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase 1 in reproductive growth of Arabidopsis thaliana. J Exp Bot, erae304. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae304
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Valentino Bervia Lunardi, Shella Permatasari Santoso, Artik Elisa Angkawijaya, Kuan-Chen Cheng, Phuong Lan Tran-Nguyen, Alchris Woo Go, Yuki Nakamura, Shin-Ping Lin, Hsien-Yi Hsu, Maria Yuliana, Felycia Edi Soetaredjo, Suryadi Ismadji. (2024) Synthesis of cellulose hydrogel by utilizing agricultural waste and zeolite for adsorption of copper metal ions. Ind Crop Prod 210:118179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.118179
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Anh H. Ngo, Yu-Ching Wu, Yuki Nakamura. (2023) Bidirectional movement of tunicamycin in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytol 241:10-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19306
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Chao-Yuan Yu and Yuki Nakamura*. (2023) SMALLER TRICHOMES WITH VARIABLE BRANCHES (SVB) and its homolog SVBL act downstream of transcription factor NAC089 and function redundantly in Arabidopsis unfolded protein response. J Exp Bot 74:5870-5880. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad296
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Van C. Nguyen and Yuki Nakamura*. (2023) Distinctly localized lipid phosphate phosphatases mediate endoplasmic reticulum glycerolipid metabolism in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 35:1548–1571. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad021
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Niña Alyssa M. Barroga and Yuki Nakamura*. (2022) LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID ACYLTRANSFERASE 2 (LPAT2) is required for de novo glycerolipid biosynthesis, growth, and development in vegetative and reproductive tissues of Arabidopsis. Plant J 112:709-721. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15974
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Anh H. Ngo and Yuki Nakamura*. (2022) Phosphate starvation-inducible GLYCEROPHOSPHODIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE6 is involved in Arabidopsis root growth. J Exp Bot 73:2995-3003. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac064
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Yue-Rong Tan and Yuki Nakamura*. (2022) The importance of Arabidopsis PHOSPHOLIPID N-METHYLTRANSFERASE in glycerolipid metabolism and plant growth. J Exp Bot 73:2971-2984. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac049
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Yu-chi Liu, Yue-Rong Tan, Chin-Wen Chang, Van C. Nguyen, Kazue Kanehara, Koichi Kobayashi, Yuki Nakamura*. (2022) Functional divergence of a pair of Arabidopsis phospho-base methyltransferases, PMT1 and PMT3, conferred by distinct N-terminal sequences. Plant J 110:1198-1212. [Cover issue] https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15741
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Sho Fujii, Koichi Kobayashi*, Ying-Chen Lin, Yu-chi Liu, Yuki Nakamura, Hajime Wada. (2022) Impacts of phosphatidylglycerol on plastid gene expression and light induction of nuclear photosynthetic genes. J Exp Bot 73:2952-2970. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac034
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Anh H. Ngo, Artik Elisa Angkawijaya, Ying-Chen Lin, Yu-chi Liu, Yuki Nakamura*. (2022) The phospho-base N-methyltransferases PMT1 and PMT2 produce phosphocholine for leaf growth in phosphorus-starved Arabidopsis. J Exp Bot 73:2985-2994. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab436
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Debayan Bose, Anh H. Ngo, Van C. Nguyen, Yuki Nakamura*. (2021) Non‐specific phospholipases C2 and 6 redundantly function in pollen tube growth via triacylglycerol production in Arabidopsis. Plant J 106(2):409-418. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15172
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Haruhiko Jimbo*, Taichi Izuhara, Takashi Hirashima, Kaichiro Endo, Yuki Nakamura, Hajime Wada. (2021) Membrane lipid remodeling in required for photosystem II function under low CO2. Plant J 105:245-253. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15054
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Artik Elisa Angkawijaya†, Cam Van Nguyen†, Farrel Gunawan, and Yuki Nakamura*. (2020) A pair of diacylglycerol kinases essential for gametogenesis and ER phospholipid metabolism in leaves and flowers of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 32:2602-2620. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00251
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Ying-Chen Lin†, Galileo Estopare Araguirang†, Anh Hai Ngo†, Kui-Ting Lin, Artik Elisa Angkawijaya, Yuki Nakamura*. (2020) The 4 Arabidopsis Choline/Ethanolamine Kinase Isozymes Play Distinct Roles in Metabolism and Development. Plant Physiol. 183(1):152-166. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.01399
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Yuki Nakamura*, Ying-Chen Lin, Satoshi Watanabe, Yu-chi Liu, Kenta Katsuyama, Kazue Kanehara, and Kenji Inaba*. (2019) High-resolution crystal structure of Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS T illuminates its phospholipid-binding site in flowering. iScience, 21:577-586. [Editor’s pick] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2019.10.045
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Anh Hai Ngo, Kazue Kanehara, and Yuki Nakamura*. (2019) Non‐specific phospholipases C, NPC2 and NPC6, are required for root growth in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 100(4):825-835. [cover issue: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.14257]
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Artik Elisa Angkawijaya, Van Cam Nguyen, and Yuki Nakamura*. (2019) Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases 4 and 5 are involved in glycerolipid metabolism and nitrogen starvation response in Arabidopsis. New Phytol. 224(1):336-351. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16000
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Ying-Chen Lin, Kazue Kanehara, and Yuki Nakamura*. (2019) Arabidopsis CHOLINE/ETHNAOLAMINE KINASE 1 (CEK1) is a primary choline kinase localized at the ER and involved in ER stress tolerance. New Phytol. 223(4):1904-1917. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15915
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Artik Elisa Angkawijaya, Anh Hai Ngo, Van Cam Nguyen, Farrel Gunawan, and Yuki Nakamura*. (2019) Expression profiles of 2 phosphate starvation-inducible phosphocholine/ phosphoethanolamine phosphatases, PECP1 and PS2, in Arabidopsis. Front Plant Sci. 10:662. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00662
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Van Cam Nguyen, Yuki Nakamura, and Kazue Kanehara*. Membrane lipid polyunsaturation mediated by FATTY ACID DESATURASE 2 (FAD2) is involved in endoplasmic reticulum stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 99(3):478-493. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14338
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Yu-chi Liu and Yuki Nakamura*. (2019) Triacylglycerol production in the snow algae Chlamydomonas nivalis under different nutrient conditions. Lipids 54(4):255-262. https://doi.org/10.1002/lipd.12143
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Yu-chi Liu, Ying-Chen Lin, Kazue Kanehara, and Yuki Nakamura*. (2019) A methyltransferase trio essential for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and growth. Plant Physiol. 179(2):433-445. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.01408
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Yu-chi Liu, Ying-Chen Lin, Kazue Kanehara, and Yuki Nakamura*. (2018) A pair of phospho-base methyltransferases important for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 96(5):1064-1075. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14090
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Yu-chi Liu, Farrel Gunawan, Ian Sofian Yunus, and Yuki Nakamura*. (2018) Arabidopsis Serine Decarboxylase 1 (SDC1) in Phospholipid and Amino Acid Metabolism. Front Plant Sci. 9:972. doi.10.3389/fpls.2018.00972. https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffpls.2018.00972
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Anh Hai Ngo, Ying-Chen Lin, Yu-chi Liu, Katharina Gutbrod, Helga Peisker, Peter Dörmann, and Yuki Nakamura* (2018) A pair of non-specific phospholipases C, NPC2 and NPC6, is involved in gametophyte development and glycerolipid metabolism in Arabidopsis. New Phytol. 219(1):163-175. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15147
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Ying-Chen Lin, Koichi Kobayashi, Hajime Wada, and Yuki Nakamura* (2018) Phosphatidylglycerophosphate phosphatase is required for root growth in Arabidopsis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 1863(6):563-575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2018.02.007
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Artik Elisa Angkawijaya and Yuki Nakamura* (2017) Arabidopsis PECP1 and PS2 are phosphate starvation-inducible phosphocholine phosphatases. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 494:397-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.09.094
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Artik Elisa Angkawijaya, Van Cam Nguyen, and Yuki Nakamura* (2017) Enhanced root growth in phosphate-starved Arabidopsis by stimulating de novo phospholipid biosynthesis through the overexpression of LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID ACYLTRANSFERASE 2 (LPAT2). Plant Cell Environ. 40(1):1807-1818. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12988
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Takashi Hirashima, Masakazu Toyoshima, Takashi Moriyama, Yuki Nakamura, and Naoki Sato (2017) Characterization of phosphoethanolamine-N-methyltransferases in green algae. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 488(1):141-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.05.026
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Yueh Cho, Chao-Yuan Yu, Yuki Nakamura, and Kazue Kanehara* (2017) Arabidopsis dolichol kinase AtDOK1 is involved in flowering time control. J. Exp. Bot. 68(12):3243-3252. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx095
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Ying-Chen Lin, Koichi Kobayashi, Chun-Hsien Hung, Hajime Wada, and Yuki Nakamura* (2016) Arabidopsis PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROPHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE1 (PGPP1) involved in phosphatidylglycerol biosynthesis and photosynthetic function. Plant J., 88:1022-1037. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13311
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Ian Sofian Yunus†, Yu-chi Liu†, and Yuki Nakamura* (2016) The importance of SERINE DECARBOXYLASE1 (SDC1) and ethanolamine biosynthesis during embryogenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J., 88:559-569. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13278
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Chun-Hsien Hung, Kazue Kanehara, and Yuki Nakamura*(2016) Isolation and characterization of a mutant defective in triacylglycerol accumulation in nitrogen-starved Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochimica. Biophysica. Acta, 1861:1282-1293.
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Chun-Hsien Hung, Kazue Kanehara, and Yuki Nakamura*(2016) In vivo reconstitution of algal triacylglycerol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Front. Microbiol., 7:70. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00070
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Chun-Hsien Hung, Koichi Kobayashi, Hajime Wada, and Yuki Nakamura*(2016) Functional specificity of cardiolipin synthase revealed by the identification of a cardiolipin synthase CrCLS1 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Front. Microbiol., 6:1542. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01542
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Kazue Kanehara*, Chao-Yuan Yu, Yueh Cho, Wei-Fun Cheong, Federico Torta, Guanghou Shui, Markus R Wenk, and Yuki Nakamura (2015) Arabidopsis AtPLC2 is a primary phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in phosphoinositide metabolism and the endoplasmic reticulum stress response. PLOS Genet., DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005511
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Chun-Hsien Hung, Kaichiro Endo, Koichi Kobayashi, Yuki Nakamura*, and Hajime Wada (2015) Characterization of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Front. Microbiol., 6:842. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00842
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Ian Sofian Yunus, Amaury Cazenave-Gassiot, Yu-chi Liu, Ying-Chen Lin, Markus R. Wenk and Yuki Nakamura* (2015) Phosphatidic acid is a major phospholipid class in reproductive organs of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signal. Behav., DOI:10.1080/15592324.2015.1049790
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Ying-Chen Lin, Yu-chi Liu, Yuki Nakamura*. (2015) The choline/ethanolamine kinase family in Arabidopsis: Essential role of CEK4 in phospholipid biosynthesis and embryo development. Plant Cell, 27:1497-1511. [cover issue: http://www.plantcell.org/content/27/5.cover-expansion]
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Chun-Hsien Hung, Koichi Kobayashi, Hajime Wada, Yuki Nakamura*. (2015) Isolation and characterization of a phosphatodylglycerol-phosphate phosphatase1, PGPP1, in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Physiol. Biochem., 92:56-61.
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Kazue Kanehara*, Yueh Cho, Ying-Chen Lin, Chia-En Chen, Chao-Yuan Yu and Yuki Nakamura. (2015) Arabidopsis DOK1 encodes a functional dolichol kinase involved in reproduction, Plant J., 81:292-303.
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Sho Fujii, Koichi Kobayashi*, Yuki Nakamura* and Hajime Wada. (2014) Inducible knockdown of MONOGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL SYNTHASE1 reveals roles of galactolipids in organelle differentiation in Arabidopsis cotyledons. Plant Physiol., 166:1436-1449.
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Yuki Nakamura*, Fernando Andrés, Kazue Kanehara, Yu-chi Liu, George Coupland and Peter Dörmann. (2014) Diurnal and circadian expression profiles of glycerolipid biosynthetic genes in Arabidopsis. Plant Signal. Behav., e29715 doi:10.4161/psb.29715.
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Yuki Nakamura*, Yu-chi Liu and Ying-Chen Lin. (2014) Floral glycerolipid profiles in homeotic mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commu., 450:1272-1275.
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Yuki Nakamura*, Fernando Andrés, Kazue Kanehara, Yu-chi Liu, Peter Dörmann and George Coupland. (2014) Arabidopsis florigen FT binds to diurnally oscillating phospholipids that accelerate flowering. Nat. Commun., 5:3553 doi: 10.1038/ncomms4553.
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Yuki Nakamura*, Norman Z. W. Teo, Guanghou Shui, Christine H.L. Chua, Wei-Fun Cheong, Sriram Parameswaran, Ryota Koizumi, Hiroyuki Ohta, Markus R. Wenk and Toshiro Ito*. (2014) Transcriptomic and lipidomic profiles of glycerolipids during Arabidopsis flower development. New Phytol., 203:310-322.
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Chun-Hsien Hung, Ming-Yang Ho, Kazue Kanehara and Yuki Nakamura*. (2013) Functional study of diacylglycerol acyltransferase type 2 family in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. FEBS Lett., 587:2364-2370.
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Yuki Nakamura, Ryota Koizumi, Guanghou Shui, Mie Shimojima, Markus R. Wenk, Toshiro Ito and Hiroyuki Ohta*. (2009) Arabidopsis lipins mediate eukaryotic pathway of lipid metabolism and cope critically with phosphate starvation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 106:20978-83.
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Yuki Nakamura, Koichi Kobayashi and Hiroyuki Ohta*. (2009) Activation of Galactolipid Biosynthesis in Development of Pistils and Pollen tubes. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 47:535-539.
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Nicole Gaude, Yuki Nakamura, Wolf-Rudiger Scheible, Hiroyuki Ohta and Peter Dörmann* (2008) Phospholipase C5 (NPC5) is involved in galactolipid accumulation during phosphate limitation in leaves of Arabidopsis. Plant J. 56:28-39.
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Yuki Nakamura and Hiroyuki Ohta* (2007) The diacylglycerol forming pathways differ among floral organs of Petunia hybrida. FEBS Lett. 581:5475-5479.
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Yuki Nakamura, Mami Tsuchiya and Hiroyuki Ohta* (2007) Plastidic phosphatidic acid phosphatases identified in a distinct subfamily of lipid phosphate phosphatases with prokaryotic origin. J. Biol. Chem. 282:29013-29021.
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Koichiro Awai, Takatoshi Kakimoto, Chie Awai, Takakazu Kaneko, Yuki Nakamura, Ken-ichiro Takamiya, Hajime Wada and Hiroyuki Ohta*.(2006) Comparative genomic analysis revealed a gene for monoglucosyldiacylglycerol synthase, an enzyme for photosynthetic membrane lipid synthesis in cyanobacteria. Plant Physiol. 141:1120-1127.
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Yuki Nakamura, Koichiro Awai, Tatsuru Masuda, Yasushi Yoshioka, Ken-ichiro Takamiya and Hiroyuki Ohta*. (2005) A novel phosphatidylcholine-hydrolyzing phospholipase C induced by phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis. J. Biol. Chem. 280:7469-7476. [Recommended by Faculty1000]
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Yuki Nakamura, Hitomi Arimitsu, Yoshiki Yamaryo, Koichiro Awai, Tatsuru Masuda, Hiroshi Shimada, Ken-ichiro Takamiya and Hiroyuki Ohta*. (2003) Digalactosyldiacylglycerol is a major glycolipid in floral organs of Petunia hybrida. Lipids 38:1107-1112.
Review articles / book chapters / editorials
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Masami Yokota Hirai, Masaharu Mizutani, Yuki Nakamura. (2024) Revisiting Plant Metabolite Functions. Plant Cell Physiol 64:1433-1435. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcad155
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Yonghua Li-Beisson, Masami Yokota Hirai, Yuki Nakamura. (2024) Plant metabolomics. J Exp Bot 75:1651–1653. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae047
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Koichi Kobayashi, Haruhiko Jimbo, Yuki Nakamura, Hajime Wada. (2023) Biosynthesis of phosphatidylglycerol in photosynthetic organisms. Prog Lipid Res 93:101266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plipres.2023.101266
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Mi Chung Suh, Hyun Uk Kim, and Yuki Nakamura*. (2022) Plant lipids: trends and beyond. J Exp Bot 73:2715-2720. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac125
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Yuki Nakamura*. (2021) Headgroup biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine in seed plants. Prog Lipid Res. 82:101091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plipres.2021.101091
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Yuki Nakamura* and Anh H. Ngo. (2020) Non-specific phospholipase C (NPC): an emerging class of phospholipase C in plant growth and development. J Plant Res. 133:489-497. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-020-01199-8
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Yuki Nakamura*. (2018) Membrane Lipid Oscillation: An Emerging System of Molecular Dynamics in the Plant Membrane. Plant Cell Physiol. 59:441-447.
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Yuki Nakamura*. (2017) Plant phospholipid diversity: Emerging functions in metabolism and protein-lipid interactions. Trends Plant Sci. 22(12):1027-1040.
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Takashi Osanai*, Youn-Il Park* and Yuki Nakamura*. (2017) Editorial: Biotechnology of Microalgae, Based on Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Eukaryotic Algae and Cyanobacteria. Front. Microbiol. 8:118. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00118
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Yonghua Li-Beisson*, Yuki Nakamura and John Harwood. (2016) Lipids: From Chemical Structures, Biosynthesis, and Analyses to Industrial Applications. In “Lipids in Plant and Algae Development (Y Nakamura and Y Li-Beisson eds)” Subcellular Biochemistry 86:1-18, Springer.
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Yuki Nakamura*. (2015) Function of polar glycerolipids in flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Prog. Lipid. Res. 60:17-29.
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Yuki Nakamura*. (2014) NPC: non-specific phospholipase Cs in plant functions. In “Phospholipases in Plant Signaling (Wang, X ed)” Signaling and Communication in Plants 8094:55-68, Springer.
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Yuki Nakamura*. (2013) Galactolipid biosynthesis in flowers. Botanical Studies, 54:29.
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Yuki Nakamura*. (2013) Assaying Plant Phosphatidic Acid Phosphatase Activity. In "Plant Lipid Signaling Protocols (Munnik T and Heilmann I, eds)" Methods in Molecular Biology 1009:233-240, Springer.
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Yuki Nakamura*. (2013) Phosphate starvation and membrane lipid remodeling in seed plants. Prog. Lipid. Res. 52:43-50.
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Yuki Nakamura and Hiroyuki Ohta*. (2011) Phosphatidic Acid Phosphatases in Seed Plants ~ Involvement in Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis and Signal Transduction. Seikagaku (Biochemistry) 82:1137-40 [Review in Japanese]
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Yuki Nakamura, Koichi Kobayashi, Mie Shimojima and Hiroyuki Ohta*. (2010) Biosynthesis and Function of Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol, the Signature Lipid of Chloroplasts. In "The Chloroplast (Rebeiz, CA ed)" Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration 31:185-202, Springer.
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Mie Shimojima*, Hiroyuki Ohta and Yuki Nakamura. (2010) Biosynthesis and Function of Chloroplast Lipids. In "Lipids in Photosynthesis (Wada, H. and Murata, N eds)" Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration 30:35-55, Springer.
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Yuki Nakamura and Hiroyuki Ohta*. (2010) Phosphatidic acid phosphatases in seed plants. In "Lipid Singaling in Plants (Munnik T, ed)", Plant Cell Monographs 16:131-141, Springer.
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Koichi Kobayashi, Yuki Nakamura and Hiroyuki Ohta*. (2009) Type A and type B monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases are spatially and functionally separated in plastids of higher plants. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 47:518-525.