Publications

Google scholar： Yusuke V. Morimoto

Pubmed: YV Morimoto


Original Papers


1.     Hayato Ide, Yukihisa Hayashida, Yusuke V. Morimoto* (2023) Visualization of c-di-GMP in multicellular Dictyostelium stages. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11:1237778.

 

2.     #Hidenori Hashimura, #Yusuke V. Morimoto*, Yusei Hirayama, Masahiro Ueda (2022) Calcium responses to external mechanical stimuli in the multicellular stage of Dictyostelium discoideum. Scientific Reports 12:12428.

 

3.     #Jun Xu, #Nobuo Koizumi, #Yusuke V. Morimoto, Ryo Ozuru, Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Shuichi Nakamura (2022) Light-dependent synthesis of a nucleotide second messenger controls the motility of a spirochete bacterium. Scientific Reports 12:6825.

 

4.     Tohru Minamino, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Miki Kinoshita, Keiichi Namba (2021) Multiple roles of flagellar export chaperones for efficient and robust flagellar filament formation in Salmonella. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:756044.

 

5.     Tohru Minamino, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Miki Kinoshita, Keiichi Namba (2021) Membrane voltage-dependent activation mechanism of the bacterial flagellar protein export apparatus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 118 (22): e2026587118.

 

6.     Tohru Minamino, Miki Kinoshita, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Keiichi Namba (2021) The FlgN chaperone activates the Na+-driven engine of the Salmonella flagellar protein export apparatus. Communications Biology. 4(1):335.

 

7.     Yoshiaki Kinosita, Tsubasa Ishida, Myu Yoshida, Rie Ito, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Kazuki Goto, Richard M. Berry, Takayuki Nishizaka, Yoshiyuki Sowa (2020) Distinct chemotactic behavior in the original Escherichia coli K-12 depending on forward-and-backward swimming, not on run-tumble movements. Scientific Reports 10(1): 15887.

 

8.     Yusuke V. Morimoto*, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2020) GFP fusion to the N-terminus of MotB affects the proton channel activity of the bacterial flagellar motor in Salmonella. Biomolecules 10(9): 1255.

 

9.     Shin-Ichi Yamazaki, Hidenori Hashimura, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Yukihiro Miyanaga, Satomi Matsuoka, Yoichiro Kamimura, Masahiro Ueda (2020) Talin B regulates collective cell migration via PI3K signaling in Dictyostelium discoideum mounds. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 525(2): 372-377.

 

10.   Shuichi Nakamura, Yuta Hanaizumi, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Yumi Inoue, Marc Erhardt, Tohru Minamino, Keiichi Namba (2020) Direct observation of speed fluctuations of flagellar motor rotation at extremely low load close to zero. Molecular Microbiology 113(4):755-765.

 

11.   Tomofumi Sakai, Tomoko Miyata, Naoya Terahara, Koichiro Mori, Yumi Inoue, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Takayuki Kato, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2019) Novel insights into conformational rearrangements of the bacterial flagellar switch complex. mBio 10: e00079-19.  

 

12.   Hidenori Hashimura, Yusuke V. Morimoto*, Masato Yasui, Masahiro Ueda* (2019) Collective cell migration of Dictyostelium without cAMP oscillations at multicellular stages. Communications Biology 2: 34.

 

13.   Yuya Suzuki, Yusuke V. Morimoto*, Kodai Oono, Fumio Hayashi, Kenji Oosawa, Seishi Kudo, Shuichi Nakamura* (2019) Effect of the MotA(M206I) mutation on torque generation and stator assembly in the Salmonella H+-driven flagellar motor. Journal of Bacteriology 201: e00727-18.

 

14.   Mst. Shaela Pervin, Go Itoh, Md. Shahabe Uddin Talukder, Koushiro Fujimoto, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Masamitsu Tanaka, Masahiro Ueda, Shigehiko Yumura (2018) A study of wound repair in Dictyostelium cells by using novel laserporation. Scientific Reports 8: 7969.

 

15.   Naoya Terahara, Yumi Inoue, Noriyuki Kodera, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Takayuki Uchihashi, Katsumi Imada, Toshio Ando, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2018) Insight into structural remodeling of the FlhA ring responsible for bacterial flagellar type III protein export. Science Advances 4: eaao7054.

 

16.   Yumi Inoue, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2018) Novel insights into the mechanism of well-ordered assembly of bacterial flagellar proteins in Salmonella. Scientific Reports 8: 1787.

 

17.   Arata Furukawa, Kunihito Yoshikaie, Takaharu Mori, Hiroyuki Mori, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Yasunori Sugano, Shigehiro Iwaki, Tohru Minamino, Yuji Sugita, Yoshiki Tanaka, Tomoya Tsukazaki (2017) Tunnel formation inferred from the I form structures of the proton-driven protein secretion motor SecDF. Cell Reports 19: 895–901.

 

18.   #Koichi D. Hiraoka, #Yusuke V. Morimoto, Yumi Inoue, Takashi Fujii, Tomoko Miyata, Fumiaki Makino, Tohru Minamino, Keiichi Namba (2017) Straight and rigid flagellar hook made by insertion of the FlgG specific sequence into FlgE. Scientific Reports 7: 46723. (#These authors contributed equally.)

 

19.   Yusuke V. Morimoto, Nobunori Kami-ike, Tomoko Miyata, Akihiro Kawamoto, Takayuki Kato, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2016) High-resolution pH imaging of living bacterial cell to detect local pH differences. mBio 7: e01911-16.

 

20.   Tohru Minamino, Miki Kinoshita, Yumi Inoue, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Kunio Ihara, Satomi Koya, Noritaka Hara, Noriko Nishioka, Seiji Kojima, Michio Homma, Keiichi Namba (2016) FliH and FliI ensure efficient energy coupling of flagellar type III protein export in Salmonella. MicrobiologyOpen 5: 424–435.

 

21.   Tohru Minamino, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Noritaka Hara, Phillip D. Aldridge, Keiichi Namba (2016) The bacterial flagellar type III export gate complex is a dual fuel engine that can use both H+ and Na+ for flagellar protein export. PLOS Pathogens 12: e1005495.

 

22.   Matthew A. B. Baker, Robert M. G. Hynson, Lorraine Ganuelas, Nasim Shah Mohammadi, Chu Wai Liew, Anthony Rey, Anthony Duff, Cy Jeffries, Nicolas Delalez, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Daniela Stock, Judith Armitage, Andrew Turberfield, Keiichi Namba, Richard Berry, Lawrence Lee (2016) Domain-swap polymerization drives the self-assembly of the bacterial flagellar motor. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 23: 197–203.

 

23.   Md. Shafiqul Islam, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Kudo Seishi, Shuichi Nakamura (2015) H+ and Na+ are involved in flagellar rotation of the spirochete Leptospira. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 466: 196–200.

 

24.   Shuichi Nakamura, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Seishi Kudo (2015) A lactose fermentation product by Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, acetate, inhibits the motility of flagellated pathogenic bacteria. Microbiology 161: 701­–707.

 

25.   Tohru Minamino, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Miki Kinoshita, Phillip D. Aldridge, Keiichi Namba (2014) The bacterial flagellar protein export apparatus processively transports flagellar proteins even with extremely infrequent ATP hydrolysis. Scientific Reports 4: 7579.

 

26.   #Fan Bai, #Yusuke V. Morimoto, Shinsuke D. J. Yoshimura, Noritaka Hara, Nobunori Kami-ike, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2014) Assembly dynamics and the roles of FliI ATPase of the bacterial flagellar export apparatus. Scientific Reports 4: 6528. (#These authors contributed equally.)

 

27.   Yusuke V. Morimoto, Mariko Ito, Koichi D. Hiraoka, Yong-Suk Che, Fan Bai, Nobunori Kami-ike, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2014) Assembly and stoichiometry of FliF and FlhA in Salmonella flagellar basal body. Molecular Microbiology 91:1214–1226.

 

28.   Yong-Suk Che, Shuichi Nakamura, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Nobunori Kami-ike, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2014) Load-sensitive coupling of proton translocation and torque generation in the bacterial flagellar motor. Molecular Microbiology 91: 175­–184.

 

29.   David J. Castillo, Shuichi Nakamura, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Yong-Suk Che, Nobunori Kami-ike, Seishi Kudo, Tohru Minamino, Keiichi Namba (2013) The C-terminal periplasmic domain of MotB is responsible for load-dependent control of the number of stators of the bacterial flagellar motor. BIOPHYSICS 9: 173–181.

 

30.   Akihiro Kawamoto, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Tomoko Miyata, Tohru Minamino, Kelly T. Hughes, Takayuki Kato, Keiichi Namba (2013) Common and distinct structural features of Salmonella infectisome and flagellar basal body. Scientific Reports 3: 3369.

 

31.   Nao Moriya, Tohru Minamino, Hedda U. Ferris, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Masamichi Ashihara, Takayuki Kato, Keiichi Namba (2013) Role of the Dc domain of the bacterial hook protein FlgE in hook assembly and function. BIOPHYSICS 9:63–72.

 

32.   Norihiro Takekawa, Takashi Terauchi, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Tohru Minamino, Chien-Jung Lo, Seiji Kojima, Michio Homma (2013) Na+ conductivity of the Na+-driven flagellar motor complex composed of unplugged wild-type or mutant PomB with PomA. Journal of Biochemistry 153:441–451.

 

33.   Isabel Martinez-Argudo, Andreas K. J. Veenendaal, Xia Liu, A. Dorothea Roehrich, Maria C. Ronessen, Giulia Franzoni, Katerine N. van Rietschoten, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Yumiko Saijo-Hamano, Matthew B. Avison, David J. Studholme, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino, Ariel J. Blocker (2013) Isolation of Salmonella mutants resistant to the inhibitory effect of Salicylidene acylhydrazides on flagella-mediated motility. PLoS ONE 8:e52179.

 

34.   Yusuke V. Morimoto, Shuichi Nakamura, Koichi D. Hiraoka, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2013) Distinct roles of highly conserved charged residues at the MotA-FliG interface in bacterial flagellar motor rotation. Journal of Bacteriology 195:474–481.

 

35.   Noritaka Hara, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Akihiro Kawamoto, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2012) Interaction of the extreme N-terminal region of FliH with FlhA is required for efficient bacterial flagellar protein export. Journal of Bacteriology 195:353–360.

 

36.   Tohru Minamino, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Noritaka Hara, Keiichi Namba (2011) An energy transduction mechanism used in bacterial flagellar type III protein export. Nature Communications 2: 475.

 

37.   Tohru Minamino, Katsumi Imada, Miki Kinoshita, Shuichi Nakamura, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Keiichi Namba (2011) Structural insight into the rotational switching mechanism of the bacterial fagellar motor. PLoS Biology 9: e1000616.

 

38.   Yusuke V. Morimoto, Seiji Kojima, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2011) M153R mutation in a pH-sensitive green fluorescent protein stabilizes its fusion proteins. PLoS ONE 6: e19598.

 

39.   #Yusuke V. Morimoto, #Shuichi Nakamura, Nobunori Kami-ike, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2010) Charged residues in the cytoplasmic loop of MotA are required for stator assembly into the bacterial flagellar motor. Molecular Microbiology 78: 1117–1129. (#These authors contributed equally.)

 

40.   #Yusuke V. Morimoto, #Yong-Suk Che, #Tohru Minamino, Keiichi Namba (2010) Proton- conductivity assay of plugged and unplugged MotA/B proton channel by cytoplasmic pHluorin expressed in Salmonella. FEBS letters 584: 1268–1272. (#These authors contributed equally.)

 

41.   Tohru Minamino, Shinsuke D. Yoshimura, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Bertha González-Pedrajo, Nobunori Kami-ike, Keiichi Namba (2009) Roles of the extreme N-terminal region of FliH for efficient localization of the FliH-FliI complex to the bacterial flagellar type III export apparatus. Molecular Microbiology 74: 1471–1483.

 

42.   #Shuichi Nakamura, #Yusuke V. Morimoto, Nobunori Kami-ike, Tohru Minamino, Keiichi Namba (2009) Role of a conserved Prolyl residue (Pro173) of MotA in the mechanochemical reaction cycle of the proton-driven flagellar motor of Salmonella. Journal of Molecular Biology 393: 300–307. (#These authors contributed equally.)

 

43.   Jiro Okada, Yusuke Morimoto, Yoshihiro Toh (2009) Antennal motor activity induced by pilocarpine in the American cockroach. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 195: 351–363.



Reviews / Protocols / Books

 

1.     Yusuke V. Morimoto (2024) Ion Signaling in Cell Motility and Development in Dictyostelium discoideum. Biomolecules 14: 830.

 

2.     森本雄祐, 橋村秀典 (2023) 細胞性粘菌におけるシグナル伝達の高感度な可視化. 月刊 細胞, 55(5): 37–40.

 

3.     Yusuke V. Morimoto, Tohru Minamino (2023) Measurements of the ion channel activity of the transmembrane stator complex in the bacterial flagellar motor. Bacterial and Archaeal Motility. Methods in Molecular Biology 2646: 83–94.

 

4.     Tohru Minamino, Miki Kinoshita, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Keiichi Namba (2022) Activation mechanism of the bacterial flagellar dual-fuel protein export engine. Biophysics and Physicobiology, e190046. 

 

5.     南野徹, 木下実紀, 森本雄祐, 難波啓一 (2022) 細菌べん毛輸送装置の膜電位に依存した活性化機構. 生物物理, 62(3): 165–169

 

6.     Yusuke V. Morimoto, Tohru Minamino (2021) Architecture and assembly of the bacterial flagellar motor complex. Subcellular Biochemistry 96: 297–321.

 

7.     Tohru Minamino, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Akihiro Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Terashima, Katsumi Imada. (2017) Salmonella flagellum. Salmonella - A Re-emerging Pathogen 3–18.

 

8.     Hiroyuki Terashima, Akihiro Kawamoto, Yusuke V. Morimoto, Katsumi Imada, Tohru Minamino. (2017) Structural differences in the bacterial flagellar motor among bacterial species. Biophysics and Physicobiology, 14: 191–198. 

 

9.     森本雄祐, 上池伸徳, 難波啓一, 南野徹 (2017) バクテリア1細胞内における局所pH計測. 生物物理, 57: 296–298.

 

10.   Yusuke V. Morimoto, Nobunori Kami-ike, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2017) Determination of local pH differences within living Salmonella cells by high-resolution pH imaging based on pH-sensitive GFP derivative, pHluorin(M153R). Bio-protocol 7(17): e2529.

 

11.   Yusuke V. Morimoto, Tohru Minamino (2017) Stoichiometry and turnover of the stator and rotor. The Bacterial Flagellum: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 1593: 203–213.

 

12.   Yusuke V. Morimoto, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2017) Measurements of free-swimming speed of motile Salmonella cells in liquid media. Bio-protocol 7(1): e2093.

 

13.   Yusuke V. Morimoto, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino (2017) Bacterial intracellular sodium ion measurement using CoroNa Green. Bio-protocol 7(1): e2092.

 

14.   Yusuke V. Morimoto, Tohru Minamino (2014) Structure and function of the bi-directional bacterial flagellar motor. Biomolecules 4: 217–234.

 

15.   Yusuke V. Morimoto, Tohru Minamino (2012) Assembly and activation of the MotA/B proton channel complex of the proton-driven flagellar motor of Salmonella enterica. Salmonella - Distribution, Adaptation, Control Measures and Molecular Technologies 391–404.