下線は渡邊研メンバー、*は責任著者

​

28. Yasunori Watanabe*, Hiroyuki Kumeta, Seiya Watanabe (2025)

Structural basis for phosphatidylcholine synthesis by bacterial phospholipid N-methyltransferases.

Journal of biological chemistry  108507-108507

 

27. Miyu Akagashi, Seiya Watanabe*, Sebastian Kwiatkowski, Jakub Drozak, Shin-Ichi Terawaki, Yasunori Watanabe (2024)

Crystal structure of L-2-keto-3-deoxyfuconate 4-dehydrogenase reveals a unique binding mode as a α-furanosyl hemiketal of substrates.

Scientific reports 14(1) 14602-14602

 

26. Yasunori Watanabe*, Kuninori Suzuki* (2024)

The activation mechanism of Atg15, a vacuolar phospholipase required for the disintegration of organelle membranes.

Autophagy  1-2

 

25. Yasunori Watanabe*, Yurina Iwasaki, Kyoka Sasaki, Chie Motono, Kenichiro Imai, Kuninori Suzuki* (2023)

Atg15 is a vacuolar phospholipase that disintegrates organelle membranes.

Cell reports  113567-113567

 

24. Kentaroh Yoshiwara, Seiya Watanabe*, Yasunori Watanabe (2023)

Molecular evolutionary insight of structural zinc atom in yeast xylitol dehydrogenases and its application in bioethanol production by lignocellulosic biomass.

Scientific reports 13(1) 1920-1920

 

23. Shota Fukuhara, Seiya Watanabe*, Yasunori Watanabe, Hisashi Nishiwaki (2022)

Crystal Structure of l-2,4-Diketo-3-deoxyrhamnonate Hydrolase Involved in the Nonphosphorylated l-Rhamnose Pathway from Bacteria.

Biochemistry 62(2) 524-534

 

22. Seiya Watanabe*, Kentaroh Yoshiwara, Ryo Matsubara, Yasunori Watanabe (2022)

Crystal structure of L-arabinose 1-dehydrogenase as a short-chain reductase/dehydrogenase protein.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications 604 14-21

 

21. Keisuke Kimura, Fumihiro Kawai, Hisako Kubota-Kawai, Yasunori Watanabe, Kentaro Tomii, Rieko Kojima, Kunio Hirata, Yu Yamamori, Toshiya Endo, Yasushi Tamura* (2021)

Crystal structure of Tam41 cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol synthase from a Firmicutes bacterium.

Journal of biochemistry 171(4) 429-441

 

20. Seiya Watanabe*, Yohsuke Murase, Yasunori Watanabe, Yasuhiro Sakurai, Kunihiko Tajima (2021)

Crystal structures of aconitase X enzymes from bacteria and archaea provide insights into the molecular evolution of the aconitase superfamily.

Communications biology 4(1) 687-687

 

19. Pingdewinde N Sam, Elizabeth Calzada, Michelle Grace Acoba, Tian Zhao, Yasunori Watanabe, Anahita Nejatfard, Jonathan C Trinidad, Timothy E Shutt, Sonya E Neal, Steven M Claypool* (2021)

Impaired phosphatidylethanolamine metabolism activates a reversible stress response that detects and resolves mutant mitochondrial precursors.

iScience 24(3) 102196-102196

 

18. Kentaroh Yoshiwara, Seiya Watanabe*, Yasunori Watanabe (2021)

Crystal structure of L-rhamnose 1-dehydrogenase involved in the non-phosphorylative pathway of L-rhamnose metabolism in bacteria.

FEBS letters 595(5) 637-646

 

17. Kentaroh Yoshiwara, Seiya Watanabe*, Yasunori Watanabe (2020)

Crystal structure of bacterial L-arabinose 1-dehydrogenase in complex with L-arabinose and NADP.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications 530(1) 203-208

 

16. Seiya Watanabe*, Yasunori Watanabe (co-first author), Rika Nobuchi, Akari Ono (2020)

Biochemical and structural characterization of L-2-keto-3-deoxyarabinonate dehydratase: A unique catalytic mechanism in the Class I aldolase protein superfamily.

Biochemistry 59(32) 2962-2973

 

15. Yasunori Watanabe, Seiya Watanabe*, Yasutaka Fukui, Hisashi Nishiwaki (2020)

Functional and structural characterization of a novel L-fucose mutarotase involved in non-phosphorylative pathway of L-fucose metabolism.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications 528(1) 21-27

 

14. Yasunori Watanabe*, Yasuo Watanabe, Seiya Watanabe* (2020)

Structural Basis for Phosphatidylethanolamine Biosynthesis by Bacterial Phosphatidylserine Decarboxylase.

Structure 28(7) 799-809

 

13. Yasunori Watanabe, Yasushi Tamura, Chika Kakuta, Seiya Watanabe, Toshiya Endo* (2020)

Structural basis for interorganelle phospholipid transport mediated by VAT-1.

Journal of biological chemistry 295(10) 3257-3268

 

12. Yasunori Watanabe, Chinatsu Iga, Yasuo Watanabe, Seiya Watanabe* (2019)

Structural insights into the catalytic and substrate recognition mechanisms of bacterial l-arabinose 1-dehydrogenase.

FEBS letters 593(11) 1257-1266

 

11. Yasunori Watanabe, Seiya Watanabe*, Yoshika Itoh, Yasuo Watanabe (2019)

Crystal structure of substrate-bound bifunctional proline racemase/hydroxyproline epimerase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications 511(1) 135-140

 

10. Akinori Yamasaki, Yasunori Watanabe, Nobuo N Noda* (2019)

Structural Studies of Selective Autophagy in Yeast.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 1880 77-90

 

9. Ayaka Matsumura, Jun Higuchi, Yasunori Watanabe, Masahiro Kato, Keigo Aoki, Shiori Akabane, Toshiya Endo, Toshihiko Oka* (2018)

Inactivation of cardiolipin synthase triggers changes in mitochondrial morphology

FEBS Letters 592(2) 209-218

 

8. Toshiharu Suzuki*, Naoya Iida, Junko Suzuki, Yasunori Watanabe, Toshiya Endo, Toru Hisabori, Masasuke Yoshida (2016)

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

 

7. Non Miyata, Yasunori Watanabe, Yasushi Tamura, Toshiya Endo, Osamu Kuge* (2016)

Phosphatidylserine transport by Ups2-Mdm35 in respiration-active mitochondria

Journal of Cell Biology 214(1) 77-88

 

6. Akinori Yamasaki, Yasunori Watanabe (co-first author), Wakana Adachi, Kuninori Suzuki, Kazuaki Matoba, Hiromi Kirisako, Hiroyuki Kumeta, Hitoshi Nakatogawa, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Fuyuhiko Inagaki, Nobuo N. Noda* (2016)

Structural Basis for Receptor-Mediated Selective Autophagy of Aminopeptidase I Aggregates

Cell Reports 16(1) 19-27

 

5. Fan Wu, Yasunori Watanabe (co-first author), 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 Zhang* (2015)

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

 

4. Yasunori Watanabe, Yasushi Tamura, Shin Kawano, Toshiya Endo* (2015)

Structural and mechanistic insights into phospholipid transfer by Ups1-Mdm35 in mitochondria

Nature Communications 6 7922

 

3. Yasunori Watanabe, Takafumi Kobayashi, Hayashi Yamamoto, Hisashi Hoshida, Rinji Akada, Fuyuhiko Inagaki, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Nobuo N. Noda* (2012)

Structure-based Analyses Reveal Distinct Binding Sites for Atg2 and Phosphoinositides in Atg18

Journal of biological chemistry 287(38) 31681-31690

 

2. Yasunori Watanabe, Nobuo N. Noda*, Hiroyuki Kumeta, Kuninori Suzuki, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Fuyuhiko Inagaki* (2010)

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

 

1. Yasunori Watanabe, Nobuo N. Noda, Kazuya Honbou, Kuninori Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Fuyuhiko Inagaki* (2009)

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