Kyoto University · Faculty of Science / Graduate School of Science · 講師

Research keywordsvisual opsins・non-visual opsins・Opn5 photoreceptors・spectral tuning・channelrhodopsin engineering・rhodopsin photochemistry・metabotropic glutamate receptors・deep-sea shrimp photoreception・bistable opsins

Research fieldsAnimal physiology/Animal behavior・Basic biology・Biology・Biophysics・Biological science・Biological Sciences

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• How opsins diversified after the teleost whole-genome duplication: Insights from two parietopsins of the red piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri2025 · 2025年09月20日
• Opn5L1 is a retinal receptor that behaves as a reverse and self-regenerating photoreceptorNature Communications,
• Evolution of Mammalian Opn5 as a Specialized UV-absorbing Pigment by a Single Amino Acid MutationJOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY,
• Efficiencies of Activation of Transducin by Cone and Rod Visual PigmentsBIOCHEMISTRY,

• Comparative study of receptor/G-protein coupling specificity
• 脊椎動物新規紫外線受容タンパク質の機能発現メカニズムの解析
• 無脊椎動物の光受容タンパク質オプシン５における機能発現メカニズム
• Opn5が関与する非視覚機能の探索

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