Research field (2)：
Plants: molecular biology and physiology
, Biophysics
Research keywords (5)：
plant physiology
, ion transport
, Optogenetics
, Guillardia theta
, micrfobial rhodopsin
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5)：
2023 - 2026 Physiological function of microbial rhodopsin in the regulation of plant growth by soil bacteria
2019 - 2023 Development of ”All-optical” electrophysiology for membrane potential manipulation of plant
2017 - 2020 Development of a regulatory system of membrane potential in plant using microbial rhodopsin
2015 - 2018 Elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying the growth suppression of rice plants at elevated CO2 concentrations and development of techniques for releasing the suppression
Kentaro Mannen, Takashi Nagata, Andrey Rozenberg, Masae Konno, María del Carmen Marín, Reza Bagherzadeh, Oded Béjà, Takayuki Uchihashi, Keiichi Inoue. Multiple roles of a conserved glutamate residue for unique biophysical properties in a new group of microbial rhodopsins homologous to TAT rhodopsin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 2023. 168331-168331
Chun-Fu Chang, Masae Konno, Keiichi Inoue, Tahei Tahara. Effects of the Unique Chromophore-Protein Interactions on the Primary Photoreaction of Schizorhodopsin. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS. 2023. 14. 31. 7083-7091
Shoko Hososhima, Shinji Ueno, Satoshi Okado, Ken-Ichi Inoue, Masae Konno, Yumeka Yamauchi, Keiichi Inoue, Hiroko Terasaki, Hideki Kandori, Satoshi P Tsunoda. A light-gated cation channel with high reactivity to weak light. Scientific reports. 2023. 13. 1. 7625-7625
María Del Carmen Marín, Masae Konno, Hiromu Yawo, Keiichi Inoue. Converting a Natural-Light-Driven Outward Proton Pump Rhodopsin into an Artificial Inward Proton Pump. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2023. 145. 20. 10938-10942
Yusuke Nakasone, Yuma Kawasaki, Masae Konno, Keiichi Inoue, Masahide Terazima. Time-resolved detection of light-induced conformational changes of heliorhodopsin. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 2023. 25. 12833-12840
