Research Areas
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Life Science / Structural biochemistry
Updated on 2023/11/30
Life Science / Structural biochemistry
Hokkaido University, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science
2008.03, Graduated
Hokkaido University
Master's Course, 2010.03, Completed
Hokkaido University
Doctor's Course, 2013.03, Completed
, Researcher, 2017.04 - 2017.05
, Assistant Professor, 2017.06 - 2020.05
Molecular evolutionary insight of structural zinc atom in yeast xylitol dehydrogenases and its application in bioethanol production by lignocellulosic biomass., Scientific reports, 13(1) 1920, 2023.02
Yoshiwara K, Watanabe S, Watanabe Y
Single Author
Crystal Structure of l-2,4-Diketo-3-deoxyrhamnonate Hydrolase Involved in the Nonphosphorylated l-Rhamnose Pathway from Bacteria., Biochemistry, 62(2) 524-534, 2022.12
Fukuhara S, Watanabe S, Watanabe Y, Nishiwaki H
Single Author
Crystal structure of L-arabinose 1-dehydrogenase as a short-chain reductase/dehydrogenase protein., Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 604 14-21, 2022.03
Watanabe S, Yoshiwara K, Matsubara R, Watanabe Y
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Crystal structure of Tam41 cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol synthase from a Firmicutes bacterium., Journal of biochemistry, 171(4) 429-441, 2021.12
Kimura K, Kawai F, Kubota-Kawai H, Watanabe Y, Tomii K, Kojima R, Hirata K, Yamamori Y, Endo T, Tamura Y
Single Author
Crystal structures of aconitase X enzymes from bacteria and archaea provide insights into the molecular evolution of the aconitase superfamily., Communications biology, 4(1) 687, 2021.06
Seiya Watanabe, Yohsuke Murase, Yasunori Watanabe, Yasuhiro Sakurai, Kunihiko Tajima
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Impaired phosphatidylethanolamine metabolism activates a reversible stress response that detects and resolves mutant mitochondrial precursors., iScience, 24(3) 102196, 2021.03
Sam PN, Calzada E, Acoba MG, Zhao T, Watanabe Y, Nejatfard A, Trinidad JC, Shutt TE, Neal SE, Claypool SM
Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)
Crystal structure of L-rhamnose 1-dehydrogenase involved in the non-phosphorylative pathway of L-rhamnose metabolism in bacteria., FEBS letters, 2021.01
Kentaroh Yoshiwara, Seiya Watanabe, Yasunori Watanabe
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Crystal structure of bacterial L-arabinose 1-dehydrogenase in complex with L-arabinose and NADP., Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 530(1) 203-208, 2020.09
Kentaroh Yoshiwara, Seiya Watanabe, Yasunori Watanabe
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Biochemical and structural characterization of L-2-keto-3-deoxyarabinonate dehydratase: A unique catalytic mechanism in the Class I aldolase protein superfamily., Biochemistry, 2020.07
Watanabe S, Watanabe Y, Nobuchi R, Ono A
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Structural Studies of Selective Autophagy in Yeast, Methods in Molecular Biology, 2019.01
Akinori Yamasaki, Yasunori Watanabe, Nobuo N. Noda
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Inactivation of cardiolipin synthase triggers changes in mitochondrial morphology., FEBS letters, 2017.12
Matsumura A, Higuchi J, Watanabe Y, Kato M, Aoki K, Akabane S, Endo T, Oka T
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Expression of mammalian mitochondrial F-1-ATPase in Escherichia coli depends on two chaperone factors, AF1 and AF2, FEBS OPEN BIO, 6(12) 1267-1272, 2016.12
Toshiharu Suzuki, Naoya Iida, Junko Suzuki, Yasunori Watanabe, Toshiya Endo, Toru Hisabori, Masasuke Yoshida
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Phosphatidylserine transport by Ups2-Mdm35 in respiration-active mitochondria, JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 214(1) 77-88, 2016.07
Non Miyata, Yasunori Watanabe, Yasushi Tamura, Toshiya Endo, Osamu Kuge
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Structural Basis for Receptor-Mediated Selective Autophagy of Aminopeptidase I Aggregates, CELL REPORTS, 16(1) 19-27, 2016.06
Akinori Yamasaki, Yasunori Watanabe, Wakana Adachi, Kuninori Suzuki, Kazuaki Matoba, Hiromi Kirisako, Hiroyuki Kumeta, Hitoshi Nakatogawa, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Fuyuhiko Inagaki, Nobuo N. Noda
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Structural Basis of the Differential Function of the Two C. elegans Atg8 Homologs, LGG-1 and LGG-2, in Autophagy, MOLECULAR CELL, 60(6) 914-929, 2015.12
Fan Wu, Yasunori Watanabe, Xiang-Yang Guo, Xin Qi, Peng Wang, Hong-Yu Zhao, Zheng Wang, Yuko Fujioka, Hui Zhang, Jin-Qi Ren, Tian-Cheng Fang, Yu-Xian Shen, Wei Feng, Jun-Jie Hu, Nobuo N. Noda, Hong Zh...
Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)
Structural and mechanistic insights into phospholipid transfer by Ups1-Mdm35 in mitochondria, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 6 7922, 2015.08
Yasunori Watanabe, Yasushi Tamura, Shin Kawano, Toshiya Endo
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Structure-based Analyses Reveal Distinct Binding Sites for Atg2 and Phosphoinositides in Atg18, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 287(38) 31681-31690, 2012.09
Yasunori Watanabe, Takafumi Kobayashi, Hayashi Yamamoto, Hisashi Hoshida, Rinji Akada, Fuyuhiko Inagaki, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Nobuo N. Noda
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Selective Transport of alpha-Mannosidase by Autophagic Pathways STRUCTURAL BASIS FOR CARGO RECOGNITION BY Atg19 AND Atg34, JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 285(39) 30026-30033, 2010.09
Yasunori Watanabe, Nobuo N. Noda, Hiroyuki Kumeta, Kuninori Suzuki, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Fuyuhiko Inagaki
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Crystallization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae alpha-mannosidase, a cargo protein of the Cvt pathway, ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY AND CRYSTALLIZATION COMMUNICATIONS, 65(Pt 6) 571-573, 2009.06
Yasunori Watanabe, Nobuo N. Noda, Kazuya Honbou, Kuninori Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Fuyuhiko Inagaki
Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)
Mechanism of cargo recognition during selective autophagy, InTech, 2012.03
Watanabe Y, Noda NN
Crystal structures of the Ups1-Mdm35 complex Reveal the Mechanism of Phospholipid Transfer in Mitochondria, Photon Factory Highlights 2015, 50-51, 2016
Yasunori Watanabe, Toshiya Endo
Ehime University Biological Science Award, 2019.10, Others, Yasunori Watanabe
Outstanding Young Scientist Presentation Award, 2015.12, Others, Yasunori Watanabe
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2023.04 - 2024.03
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C),2022.04 - 2025.03
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists,2020.04 - 2022.03
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B),2016.04 - 2018.03
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows,2014.04 - 2017.03
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows,2010 - 2012