Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2023 - 2027 多様なロドプシンが紡ぐ非神経系生命機能の光操作技術
2021 - 2023 ロドプシンの個性を生かした生命現象の革新的光操作法の開発
2019 - 2021 Development of optogenetic tools based on the comprehensive and structural analysis of microbial rhodopsins
2015 - 2017 高効率・低ノイズな視細胞応答を実現する視物質の分子メカニズム
Papers (47):
Taiki Nakamura, Yuka Shinozaki, Akihiro Otomo, Taito Urui, Misao Mizuno, Rei Abe-Yoshizumi, Manami Hashimoto, Keiichi Kojima, Yuki Sudo, Hideki Kandori, et al. Unusual Vibrational Coupling of the Schiff Base in the Retinal Chromophore of Sodium Ion-Pumping Rhodopsins. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2024
Kotaro Nakanishi, Keiichi Kojima, Yoshiyuki Sowa, Yuki Sudo. Bidirectional Optical Control of Proton Motive Force in Escherichia coli Using Microbial Rhodopsins. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2024. 128. 27. 6509-6517
Keiichi Kojima, Masataka Yanagawa, Yasushi Imamoto, Yumiko Yamano, Akimori Wada, Yoshinori Shichida, Takahiro Yamashita. Convergent mechanism underlying the acquisition of vertebrate scotopic vision. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2024. 107175-107175
Masumi Hasegawa-Takano, Toshiaki Hosaka, Keiichi Kojima, Yosuke Nishimura, Marie Kurihara, Yu Nakajima, Yoshiko Ishizuka-Katsura, Tomomi Kimura-Someya, Mikako Shirouzu, Yuki Sudo, et al. Cyanorhodopsin-II represents a yellow-absorbing proton-pumping rhodopsin clade within cyanobacteria. The ISME Journal. 2024. 18. 1
Ryota Ono, Nozomu Saeki, Keiichi Kojima, Hisao Moriya, Yuki Sudo. Demonstration of iodide-dependent UVA-triggered growth inhibition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells and identification of its suppressive molecules. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2023. 677. 1-5
Keiichi Kojima. Molecular Diversity of Photosensitive Protein Opsins and Their High Potential for Optogenetic Applications. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 2024. 47. 10. 1600-1609
Keiichi Kojima, Yuki Sudo. Convergent evolution of animal and microbial rhodopsins. RSC Advances. 2023. 13. 8. 5367-5381
Keiichi KOJIMA, Masataka YANAGAWA, Takahiro YAMASHITA. Molecular mechanism underlying color discrimination ability of frogs and geckos in the dark. Hikaku seiri seikagaku(Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry). 2022. 39. 3. 122-131