Synthetic Genomics Research Team

Synthetic Genomics Research team is to produce new chemical materials in plants that connect to bioplastics and biomass energy by the use of genome information of various organisms. For this purpose we will search and design genes and synthesize new metabolic pathways for production of new biomass resources.

Research Fields

Chemistry / Molecular Biology & Genetics / Plant & Animal Science

Research Subjects

• Production of Biomass Plastics and new materials using plants
• Phenome analysis for biomass control using model plants and crops
• Collection of tools for gene design

Publications

1. Kuroda, H ., Yanagawa, Y ., Takahashi, N ., Horii, Y ., and Matsui, M. :
   "A Comprehensive Analysis of Interaction and Localization of Arabidopsis SKP1-LIKE (ASK) and F-Box (FBX) Proteins"
   PLOS ONE 7 , e50009 (2012).
2. Schneider, K ., Breuer, C ., Kawamura, A ., Jikumaru, Y ., Hanada, A ., Fujioka, S ., Ichikawa, T ., Kondou, Y ., Matsui, M ., Kamiya, Y ., Yamaguchi, S ., and Sugimoto, K .:
   "Arabidopsis PIZZA Has the Capacity to Acylate Brassinosteroids"
   PLOS ONE 7 , e46805 (2012).
3. Kim, JS., Mizoi, J ., Kidokoro, S ., Maruyama, K ., Nakajima, J ., Nakashima, K ., Mitsuda, N., Takiguchi, Y ., Ohme-Takagi, M., Kondou, Y ., Yoshizumi, T ., Matsui, M ., Shinozaki, K ., and Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K.:
   "Arabidopsis GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR7 Functions as a Transcriptional Repressor of Abscisic Acid- and Osmotic Stress-Responsive Genes, Including DREB2A"
   Plant Cell 24 , 3393-3405 (2012).
4. Oka, Y ., Ono, Y ., Toledo-Ortiz, G ., Kokaji, K ., Matsui, M ., Mochizuki, N ., and Nagatani, A . :
   "Arabidopsis Phytochrome A Is Modularly Structured to Integrate the Multiple Features That Are Required for a Highly Sensitized Phytochrome"
   Plant Cell 24, 2949-2962 (2012).
5. Kumar, S ., Yoshizumi, T ., Hongo, H ., Yoneda, A ., Hara, H ., Hamasaki, H ., Takahashi, N ., Nagata, N ., Shimada, H ., and Matsui, M .:
   "Arabidopsis mitochondrial protein TIM50 affects hypocotyl cell elongation through intracellular ATP level"
   Plant Science 183 , 212-217( 2012).
6. Hamasaki, H ., Yoshizumi, T ., Takahashi, N ., Higuchi, M ., Kuromori, T ., Imura, Y ., Shimada, H ., and Matsui, M .:
   "SD3, an Arabidopsis thaliana Homolog of TIM21, Affects Intracellular ATP Levels and Seedling Development"
   Molecular Plant 5 , 461-471(2012).