着任前の研究成果 粟井 光一郎
論文
1) Kobayashi, K., Awai, K., Nakamura, M., Nagatani, A., Masuda, T. and Ohta, H. (2008) Type B monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases are involved in phosphate starvation-induced lipid remodeling and are crucial for low-phosphate adaptation. Plant J. in press
2) Lu, B., Xu, C., Awai, K., Jones, A.D. and Benning C. (2007) A small ATPase protein of Arabidopsis, TGD3, involved in chloroplast lipid import. J. Biol. Chem. 282: 35945-35953.
3) Awai, K., Watanabe, H., Benning, C. and Nishida, I. (2007) Digalactosyldiacylglycerol is required for better photosynthetic growth of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 under phosphate limitation. Plant Cell Physiol. 48: 1517-1523.
4) Awai, K. and Wolk C.P. (2007) Identification of the glycosyl transferase required for synthesis of the principal glycolipid characteristic of heterocysts of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 266: 98-102
5) Awai, K., Xu, C., Tamot, B. and Benning C. (2006) A phosphatidic acid-binding protein of the chloroplast inner envelope membrane involved in lipid trafficking. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103: 10817-10822
6) Awai, K., Kakimoto, T., Awai, C., Kaneko, T., Nakamura, Y., Takamiya, K., Wada, H. and Ohta, H. (2006) Comparative genomic analysis revealed a gene for monoglucosyldiacylglycerol synthase, an enzyme for photosynthetic membrane lipid synthesis in cyanobacteria. Plant Physiol. 141: 1120-1127
7) Awai, K., Xu, C., Lu, B. and Benning, C. (2006) Lipid trafficking between the endoplasmic reticulum and the chloroplast. Biochem Soc Trans. 34: 395-398.
8) Xu, C., Fan, J., Froehlich, J., Awai, K. and Benning C. (2005) Mutation of an essential chloroplast envelope protein affects phosphatidate metabolism in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 17: 3094-3110.
9) Nakamura, Y., Awai, K., Masuda, T., Yoshioka, Y., Takamiya, K. and Ohta, H. (2005) A novel phosphatidylcholine-hydrolyzing phospholipase C that is induced during phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis. J. Biol. Chem. 280: 7469-7476.
10) Kobayashi, K., Awai, K., Takamiya, K. and Ohta, H. (2004) Arabidopsis type B MGDG synthase genes are expressed during pollen tube growth and induced by phosphate starvation. Plant Physiol. 134: 640-648.
解説記事
1) Benning C, Xu C and Awai K (2006) Non-vesicular and vesicular lipid trafficking involving plastids. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 9: 241-247.
2) 粟井光一郎 (2006) 葉緑体膜脂質合成に関わるマルチサブユニット型ABCトランスポーター 化学と生物 44: 731-732
3) Benning, C., Xu, C. and Awai, K. (2004) Arabidopsis as a genetic model for interorganelle lipid trafficking. Genetic Engineering, 26: 1-11
国際学会発表論文
1) Awai, K., Xu, C., Lu, B. and Benning, C. (2007) Lipid trafficking between the endoplasmic reticulum and the chloroplast. In Current Advances in the Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Plant Lipids, Benning, C. and Ohlrogge, J. eds, pp 43-47, Aardvark Global Publishing Company, USA.
