Sandrine Kappel, Maureen J Frieboes, Ryo Yokoyama, Christian Kappel, Szilvia Z Tóth, Alisdair R Fernie, Peter Jahns, Nicholas Smirnoff, Fayezeh Aarabi, Ute Armbruster; Developmental and environmental effects on VTC2-dependent leaf ascorbate accumulation and functions; Journal of Experimental Botany; 2025; eraf035 [DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraf035]
Ryo Yokoyama* and Hiroshi A. Maeda*; Arabidopsis 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate (DAHP) synthases of the shikimate pathway display both manganese- and cobalt-dependent activities; Plant Direct; 2025; 9, 1*co-corresponding author
Ryo Yokoyama; Evolution of aromatic amino acid metabolism in plants—a key driving force behind plant chemical diversity in aromatic natural products; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B; 2024; 379: 1914
Ryo Yokoyama; Enzyme promiscuity powers plant chemical diversity ー a case of prenyltransferases in biosynthesis of quinone derivatives; Plant Physiology
Jorge El-Azaz, Bethany Moore, Yuri Takeda-Kimura, Ryo Yokoyama, Micha Wijesingha Ahchige, Xuan Chen, Matthew Schneider, Hiroshi A. Maeda; Coordinated regulation of the entry and exit steps of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis supports the dual lignin pathway in grasses; Nature Communications; 2023; 14 (1), 7242
Ryo Yokoyama; EngineeRING the gear of ATP synthase: A way to address complexity and flexibility of photosynthesis; Plant Physiology; 2023; 192(2), 691-693
Laise Rosado-Souza, Ryo Yokoyama, Uwe Sonnewald, Alisdair R. Fernie; Understanding source-sink interactions: Progress in model plants and translational research to crops in controlled and field conditions; Molecular Plant; 2023; 16(1); 96-121
Ryo Yokoyama†, Marcos V V de Oliveira†, Yuri Takeda-Kimura, Hirofumi Ishihara, Saleh Alseekh, Stéphanie Arrivault, Vandna Kukshal, Joseph M. Jez, Mark Stitt, Alisdair R. Fernie, Hiroshi A. Maeda; Point mutations that boost aromatic amino acid production and CO2 assimilation in plants; Science Advances; 2022, 8(23), †co-first author
Ryo Yokoyama#, Bailey Kleven, Anika Gupta, Yuer Wang, and Hiroshi A. Maeda#; 3-Deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase as the gatekeeper of plant aromatic natural product biosynthesis; Current Opinion in Plant Biology; 2022; 67, 102219, #co-corresponding author
Ryo Yokoyama, Marcos V. V. de Oliveira, Bailey Kleven, and Hiroshi A. Maeda; The Entry Reaction of the Plant Shikimate Pathway Is Subjected to Highly-Complex Metabolite-Mediated Regulation; The Plant Cell; 2021; 33, 671–696
Ryo Yokoyama and Toshiharu Shikanai; Diversity and Physiological Significance of Thylakoid Structures; News Letter: The Japanese Society of Photosynthetic Research; 2016; 26, 3; 168-18
Ryo Yokoyama, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Maki Kondo, Satomi Takeda, Kentaro Ifuku, Yoichiro Fukao, Yasuhiro Kamei, Mikio Nishimura, and Toshiharu Shikanai; Grana-localized proteins, RIQ1 and RIQ2, Affect the Organization of Light Harvesting Complex II and Grana Stacking in Arabidopsis; The Plant Cell; 2016; 28, 2261-2275