Publications

2023年

• #Kobayashi K, Jimbo H, Nakamura Y, Wada H. (2023) Biosynthesis of phosphatidylglycerol in photosynthetic organisms. Prog. Lipid Res. 93:101266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plipres.2023.101266

• Yoshihara A, Kobayashi K, Nagata N, Fujii, S, Wada H, #Kobayashi K. (2023) Anionic lipids facilitate membrane development and protochlorophyllide biosynthesis in etioplasts. Plant Physiol. 194(3): 1692-1704. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad604

• #Kobayashi K, Yoshihara A, Kubota-Kawai H. (2023) Evolutionary implications from lipids in membrane bilayers and photosynthetic complexes in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. J. Biochem. 174(5):399-408. https://doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvad058

• #Suetsugu, K., Sugita, R., Yoshihara, A., Okada, H., Akita, K., Nagata, N., #Tanoi, K. and #Kobayashi, K. (2023) Aerial roots of the leafless epiphytic orchid Taeniophyllum are specialized for performing crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis. New Phytol. 238(3): 932-937. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18812

2022年

• Endo K., Abe M., Kawanishi N., Jimbo H., Kobayashi K., Suzuki T., Nagata N., Miyoshi H., #Wada H. (2022) Crucial importance of length of fatty-acyl chains bound to the sn-2 position of phosphatidylglycerol for growth and photosynthesis of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Mol Cell Biol Lipids. in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2022.159158

• Liu Y-C., Tan Y-R., Chang C-W., Nguyen, VC., Kanehara K., Kobayashi K., #Nakamura Y. (2022) Functional divergence of a pair of Arabidopsis phospho-base methyltransferases, PMT1 and PMT3, conferred by distinct N-terminal sequences. Plant J., in press. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15741

• Fujii S, #Kobayashi K, Lin YC, Liu YC, Nakamura Y, Wada H. (2022) Impacts of phosphatidylglycerol on plastid gene expression and light induction of nuclear photosynthetic genes. J. Exp. Bot. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac034

• Yoshihara A, #Kobayashi K. (2022) Lipids in photosynthetic protein complexes in the thylakoid membrane of plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. J. Exp. Bot. https://academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jxb/erac017/6520667; free-access link: https://academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jxb/erac017/6520667?guestAccessKey=13f76512-e9c0-4294-908e-4a0265f35c7f 

• Yoshihara A, #Kobayashi K. (2022) Photosynthesis and cell growth trigger degradation of phycobilisomes during nitrogen limitation. Plant Cell Physiol. 63: 189-199. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcab159; free-access link: https://academic.oup.com/pcp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pcp/pcab159/6414402?guestAccessKey=b33d670e-f872-41a3-8a31-6eb87026edc8 

2021年

• Yoshihara A, Nagata N, Wada H, #Kobayashi K. (2021) Plastid anionic lipids are essential for the development of both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic organs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22 (9), 4860. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22094860

• #Kobayashi K, Suetsugu K, Wada H. (2021) The leafless orchid Cymbidium macrorhizon performs photosynthesis in pericarp during fruiting season. Plant Cell Physiol. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcab006 ; free-access link: https://academic.oup.com/pcp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pcp/pcab006/6119645?guestAccessKey=1c7890a2-b950-4e3c-b87e-53d602fd3b74

• Obata T, Kobayashi K, Tadakuma R, Akasaka T, Iba K, #Negi J. (2021) The endoplasmic reticulum pathway for membrane lipid synthesis has a significant contribution toward shoot-removal-induced root chloroplast development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcab009

2020年

• Hirashima T, Jimbo H, Kobayashi K, #Wada H. (2020) A START domain-containing protein is involved in the incorporation of ER-derived fatty acids into chloroplast glycolipids in Marchantia polymorpha. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 534, 436-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.11.063

• #Hanano S, Tomatsu H, Ohnishi A, Kobayashi K, Kondo Y, Betsuyaku S, Takita E, Ogata Y, Ozawa K, Suda K, Hosouchi T, Nagase T, Suzuki H, Sakurai N, Masumoto H, Fukuda H, #Shibata D (2020)  An artificial conversion of roots into organs with shoot stem characteristics by inducing two transcription factors. Iscience, 23(7):101332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101332.

• Kobayashi, K., Osawa, Y., Yoshihara, A., Shimojima, M. and #Awai, K. (2020) Relationship between glycerolipids and photosynthetic components during recovery of thylakoid membranes from nitrogen starvation-induced attenuation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Front. Plant Sci. in press. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00432 

• Yeh, C.-M., Kobayashi, K., Fujii, S., Fukaki, H., Mitsuda, N. and #Ohme-Takagi, M. (2020) Blue light regulates phosphate deficiency-dependent primary root growth inhibition in Arabidopsis. Front. Plant Sci. 10:1803. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01803  

2019

• Kobayashi, K. and #Masuda, T. (2019) Transcriptional control for the chlorophyll metabolism. In Metabolism, Structure and Function of Plant Tetrapyrroles. Advances in Botanical Research Vol. 91 Edited by Grimm, B. pp. 133–152. Elsevier. 

• Fujii, S., Wada, H. and #Kobayashi, K. (2019) Role of galactolipids in plastid differentiation before and after light exposure. Plants 8: 357. 

• Fujii, S., Nagata, N., Masuda, T., Wada, H. and #Kobayashi, K. (2019) Galactolipids are essential for internal membrane transformation during etioplast-to-chloroplast differentiation. Plant Cell Physiol. 60: 1224-1238.

• Endo, K., Kobayashi, K., Wang, H.-T., Chu, H.-A., Shen, J.-R. and #Wada, H. (2019) Site-directed mutagenesis of two amino acid residues in cytochrome b559 α subunit that interact with a phosphatidylglycerol molecule (PG772) induces quinone-dependent inhibition of photosystem II activity. Photosynth. Res. 139: 267-279.

2018

• Endo, K., Kobayashi, K., Wang, H.-T., Chu, H.-A., Shen, J.-R. and #Wada, H. (2018) Site-directed mutagenesis of two amino acid residues in cytochrome b559 α subunit that interact with a phosphatidylglycerol molecule (PG772) induces quinone-dependent inhibition of photosystem II activity. Photosynth. Res. in press.

• Fujii, S., #Kobayashi, K., Nagata, N., Masuda, T., and Wada, H. (2018) Digalactosyldiacylglycerol is essential for organization of the membrane structure in etioplasts. Plant Physiol. 177:1487-1497. 

• Saito, M., Endo, K., Kobayashi, K., Watanabe, M., Ikeuchi, M., Murakami, A., Murata, N. and #Wada, H. (2018) High myristic acid content in the cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. PCC 8801 results from substrate specificity of lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1863: 939–947.

• Lin, Y.-C., Kobayashi, K., Wada, H. and #Nakamura, Y. (2018) Phosphatidylglycerophosphate phosphatase is required for root growth in Arabidopsis. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1863: 563–575.

• Ohnishi, A., Wada, H. and #Kobayashi, K. (2018) Improved photosynthesis in Arabidopsis roots by activation of GATA transcription factors. Photosynthetica 56: 1–12.

• Fujii, S., Wada, H. and #Kobayashi, K. (2018) Genetic analysis of chloroplast biogenesis, and function and mutant collections. In Plastids. pp. 341–365 Springer. 

2017

• #Kobayashi, K., Endo, K. and Wada, H. (2017) Specific distribution of phosphatidylglycerol to photosystem complexes in the thylakoid membrane Front. Plant Sci. 8: 1991

• Fujii, S., #Kobayashi, K., Nagata, N., Masuda, T. and Wada, H. (2017) Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol facilitates synthesis of photoactive protochlorophyllide in etioplasts. Plant Physiol. 174: 2183-2198.

• #Kobayashi, K. and Iwase, A. (2017) Simultaneous but spatially different regulation of non-photosynthetic callus formation and photosynthetic root development after shoot removal. Plant Signal. Behav. 12: e1338999.

• #Kobayashi, K., Ohnishi, A., Sasaki, D., Fujii, S., Iwase, A., Sugimoto, K., Masuda, T. and Wada, H. (2017) Shoot removal induces chloroplast development in roots via cytokinin signaling. Plant Physiol. 173: 2340-2355.

• Fujisawa, T., Narikawa, R., Maeda, S., Watanabe, S., Kanesaki, Y., Kobayashi, K., Nomata, J., Hanaoka, M., Watanabe, M., Ehira, S., Suzuki, E., Awai, K. and #Nakamura, Y. (2017) CyanoBase: a large-scale update on its 20th anniversary. Nucleic Acids Res. 45: D551-D554. 

2016

• Endo, K., Kobayashi, K. and #Wada, H. (2016) Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol has an essential role in Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 under phosphate-deficient conditions. Plant Cell Physiol. 57: 2461-2471.

• Lin, Y.-C., Kobayashi, K., Hung, C.-H., Wada, H. and #Nakamura, Y. (2016) Arabidopsis PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROPHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE 1 (PGPP1) involved in phosphatidylglycerol biosynthesis and photosynthetic function. Plant J. 88: 1022-1037.

• Espinas, N.A., Kobayashi, K., Sato, Y., Mochizuki, N., Takahashi, K., Tanaka, R. and #Masuda, T. (2016) Allocation of heme is differentially regulated by ferrochelatase isoforms in Arabidopsis cells. Front. Plant Sci. 7: 1326.

• Kobayashi, K., Endo, K. and #Wada, H. (2016) Multiple impacts of loss of plastidic phosphatidylglycerol biosynthesis on photosynthesis during seedling growth of Arabidopsis. Front. Plant Sci. 7: 336.

• Hung, C.-H., Kobayashi, K., Wada, H. and #Nakamura, Y. (2016) Functional specificity of cardiolipin synthase revealed by the identification of a cardiolipin synthase CrCLS1 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Front. Microbiol. 6: 1542.

• #Kobayashi, K. and Masuda, T. (2016) Transcriptional regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front. Plant Sci. 7: 1811.

• #Kobayashi, K. (2016) Role of membrane glycerolipids in photosynthesis, thylakoid biogenesis and chloroplast development. J. Plant Res. 129: 565–580.

• Kobayashi, K., Endo, K. and #Wada, H. (2016) Roles of lipids in photosynthesis. In Lipids in Plant and Algae Development. Edited by Nakamura, Y. and Li-Beisson, Y. pp. 21–49. Springer International Publishing, Berlin.

• #Kobayashi, K. and Wada, H. (2016) Role of lipids in chloroplast biogenesis. In Lipids in Plant and Algae Development. Edited by Nakamura, Y. and Li-Beisson, Y. pp. 103–125. Springer International Publishing, Berlin.

• Kobayashi, K. and #Masuda, T. (2016) Regulation of chlorophyll metabolism in plants. In Handbook of Photosynthesis. Third Edition. Edited by Pessarakli, M. pp. 173–192. CRC press, Cleveland, Ohio. 

2015

• Hung, C.-H., Endo, K., Kobayashi, K., #Nakamura, Y. and Wada, H. (2015) Characterization of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii phosphatidylglycero- phosphate synthase in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Front. Microbiol. 6: 842.

• Hung, C.-H., Kobayashi, K., Wada, H. and #Nakamura, Y. (2015) Isolation and characterization of a phosphatidylglycerophosphate phosphatase1, PGPP1, in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 92: 56–61.

• Endo, K., Mizusawa, N., Shen, J.-R., Yamada, M., Tomo, T., Komatsu, H., Kobayashi, M., Kobayashi, K. and #Wada, H. (2015) Site-directed mutagenesis of amino acid residues of D1 protein interacting with phosphatidylglycerol affects the function of plastoquinone QB in photosystem II. Photosynth. Res. 126: 385–397.

• Kobayashi, K., Fujii, S., Sato, M., Toyooka, K. and #Wada, H. (2015) Specific role of phosphatidylglycerol and functional overlaps with other thylakoid lipids in Arabidopsis chloroplast biogenesis. Plant Cell Rep. 34: 631–642.

• Listiawan, D.A., Tanoue, R., Kobayashi, K. and #Masuda, T. (2015) Expression analysis of transcription factors involved in chloroplast differentiation. Procedia Chem. 14: 146–151.

2014

• Fujii, S*., #Kobayashi, K*., #Nakamura, Y. and Wada, H. (2014) Inducible knockdown of MONOGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL SYNTHASE 1 reveals roles of galactolipids in organelle differentiation in Arabidopsis cotyledons. Plant Physiol. 166: 1436-1449. (*Co-first authors)

• #Kobayashi, K., Masuda, T., Tajima, N., Wada, H. and #Sato, N. (2014) Molecular phylogeny and intricate evolutionary history of the three Isofunctional enzymes involved in the oxidation of protoporphyrinogen IX. Genome Biol. Evol. 6: 2141-2155.

• Hori, K ... Kobayashi, K. (15番目) ... #Ohta, H. (全50名) (2014) Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation. Nat. Commun. 5: 3978. 

• Murakawa, M., Shimojima, M., Shimomura, Y., Kobayashi, K., Awai, K. and #Ohta, H. (2014) Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthesis in the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts is required for enhanced growth under sucrose supplementation. Front. Plant Sci. 5: 280.

• #Kobayashi, K., Fujii, S., Sasaki, D., Baba, S., Ohta, H., Masuda, T. and Wada, H. (2014) Transcriptional regulation of thylakoid galactolipid biosynthesis coordinated with chlorophyll biosynthesis during the development of chloroplasts in Arabidopsis. Front. Plant Sci. 5: 272. 

2013

• Kobayashi, K., Sasaki, D., Noguchi, K., Fujinuma, D., Komatsum, H., Kobayashi, M., Sato, M., Toyooka, K., Sugimoto, K., Niyogi, K. K., Wada, H. and #Masuda, T. (2013) Photosynthesis of root chloroplasts developed in Arabidopsis lines overexpressing GOLDEN2-LIKE transcription factors. Plant Cell Physiol. 54: 1365-1377.

• #Kobayashi, K., Narise, T., Sonoike, K., Hashimoto, H., Sato, N., Kondo, M., Nishimura, M., Sato, M., Toyooka, K., Sugimoto, K., Wada, H., Masuda, T. and Ohta, H. (2013) Role of galactolipid biosynthesis in coordinated development of photosynthetic complexes and thylakoid membranes during chloroplast biogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 73: 250-261.

• Kobayashi, K. and #Masuda, T. (2013) Spatial and temporal regulation of chloroplast development in Arabidopsis root. In Photosynthesis Research for Food, Fuel and Future. Edited by Kuang, T., Lu, C. and Zhang, L. pp. 389-393. Springer International Publishing, Berlin. 

2012

• #Kobayashi, K., Baba, S., Obayashi, T., Keranen, M., Aro, E. M., Fukaki, H., Ohta, H. and Masuda, T. (2012) Regulation of root greening by light and auxin/cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 24: 1081-1095.

• #Kobayashi, K., Obayashi, T. and Masuda, T. (2012) Role of the G-box element in regulation of chlorophyll biosynthesis in Arabidopsis roots. Plant Signal. Behav. 7: 922-926.

• Espinas, N. A., Kobayashi, K., Takahashi, S., Mochizuki, N. and #Masuda, T. (2012) Evaluation of unbound free heme in plant cells by differential acetone extraction. Plant Cell Physiol. 53: 1344-1354.

• Hedtke, B., Alawady, A., Albacete, A., Kobayashi, K., Melzer, M., Roitsch, T., Masuda, T. and #Grimm, B. (2012) Deficiency in riboflavin biosynthesis affects tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in etiolated Arabidopsis tissue. Plant Mol. Biol. 78: 77-93.

• Kobayashi, K. and #Masuda, T. (2012) Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in plant systems. In The Handbook of Porphyrin Science. Edited by Kadish, K.M., Smith, K.M. and Guilard, R. vol. 20, pp. 143-198. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore.

2011 and before

• Tanaka, R., Kobayashi, K. and #Masuda, T. (2011) Tetrapyrrole metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Arabidopsis Book, 9: e0145.

• Narise, T*., Kobayashi, K*., Baba, S., Shimojima, M., Masuda, S., Fukaki, H. and #Ohta, H. (2010) Involvement of auxin signaling mediated by IAA14 and ARF7/19 in membrane lipid remodeling during phosphate starvation. Plant Mol. Biol. 72: 533-544. (*Co-first authors)

• Nakamura, Y., Kobayashi, K., Shimojima, M. and #Ohta, H. (2010) Biosynthesis and function of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol. In The Chloroplast: Basics and Application: The signature lipid of chloroplasts. Edited by Rebeiz, C.A., Benning, C., Bohnert, H., Daniell, H., Hoober, J.K., Lichtenthaler, H.K. et al. pp. 185-202. Springer International Publishing, Berlin.

• Kobayashi, K., Awai, K., Nakamura, M., Nagatani, A., Masuda, T. and #Ohta, H. (2009) Type-B monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases are involved in phosphate starvation-induced lipid remodeling, and are crucial for low-phosphate adaptation. Plant J. 57: 322-331.

• Nakamura, Y*., Kobayashi, K*. and #Ohta H (2009) Activation of galactolipid biosynthesis in development of pistils and pollen tubes. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 47: 535-539. (*Co-first authors)

• Kobayashi, K., Nakamura, Y. and #Ohta, H. (2009) Type A and type B monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases are spatially and functionally separated in plastids of higher plants. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 47: 518-525.

• Kobayashi, K., Mochizuki, N., Yoshimura, N., Motohashi, K., Hisabori, T. and #Masuda, T. (2008) Functional analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana isoforms of the Mg-chelatase CHLI subunit. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 7: 1216-1224.

• Kobayashi, K. and #Ohta, H. (2008) Possible requirement of galactolipids for embryogenesis. In Photosynthesis: Energy from the Sun. Edited by Allen, J.F., Golbeck, J.H. and Osmond, B. pp. 787-790. Springer International Publishing, Berlin. 

• Kobayashi, K., Kondo, M., Fukuda, H., Nishimura, M. and #Ohta, H. (2007) Galactolipid synthesis in chloroplast inner envelope is essential for proper thylakoid biogenesis, photosynthesis, and embryogenesis. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 104: 17216-17221.

• Kobayashi, K., Masuda, T., Takamiya, K. and #Ohta, H. (2006) Membrane lipid alteration during phosphate starvation is regulated by phosphate signaling and auxin/cytokinin crosstalk. Plant J. 47: 238-248.

• Taki, N., Sasaki-Sekimoto, Y., Obayashi, T., Kikuta, A., Kobayashi, K., Ainai, T., Yagi, K., Sakurai, N., Suzuki, H., Masuda, T., Takamiya, K., Shibata, D., Kobayashi, Y. and #Ohta, H. (2005) 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid triggers expression of a distinct set of genes from jasmonic acid, and plays a role in wound-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 139: 1268-1283.

• Kobayashi, K*., Awai, K*., Takamiya, K. and #Ohta, H. (2004) Arabidopsis type B monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase genes are expressed during pollen tube growth and induced by phosphate starvation. Plant Physiol. 134: 640-648. (*Co-first authors)

• Kobayashi, K., Awai, K., Shimada, H., Masuda, T., Takamiya, K. and #Ohta, H. (2003) Histochemical analysis of three MGD genes using promoter-GUS fusion system in Arabidopsis. In Advanced research on plant lipids. Edited by Murata, N., Yamada, M., Nishida, I., Okuyama, H., Sekiya, J. and Wada, H. pp. 199-202. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.