Makoto Kawamukai Regulation of sexual differentiation initiation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Biosci. Biochem. Biotechnol. (in press)

Tomohito Ohsima, Zhang Jianjun, Takuki Fukamachi, Yuko Ohno, Hiroko Senoo, Yasuhiro Matsuo、Makoto Kawamukai, A dominant negative 14ー3ー3 mutant in Schizosaccharomyces pombe distinguishes the binding protein involved in sexual differentiation and check point. PLoS ONE 18(10):e0291524(2023)

Imrul Hossain, Nirmal Mazumder Tomohiro Kaino, Makoto Kawamukai, Hemanth Noothalapati, Tatsuyuki Yamamoto. Direct visualization of structurally similar polysaccharides in single yeast cells in vivo by multivariate analysis assisted Raman microspectoroscopy. J. Physical Chemistry, 127:5249-5256 (2023)

Ikuhisa Nishida, Yuki Ohmori, Ryota Yanai, Shogo Nishihara, Yasuhiro Matsuo, Tomohiro Kaino, Dai Hirata, Makoto Kawamukai. Identification of novel coenzyme Q10 biosynthetic proteins Coq11 and Coq12 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. J Biol Chem,299:104797 (2023)

Kouhei Takenaka, Shiho Nishioka, Yuki Nishida, Makoto Kawamukai, Yasuhiro Matsuo. Tfs1, transcription elongation factor TFIIS, has an impact on chromosomal segregation affected by pka1 deletion in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Current Genetics, 69:115-125 (2023)

Yasuhiro Matsuo, Stevan Marcus Makoto Kawamukai. Synergistic roles of the phopholipase B homolog Plb1 and the cAMP-dependent protein kinase Pka1 in the hypertonic stress response of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Current Genetics 68:661-674 2022

Melissa A. Sleda, Zhu-Hong Li, Ranjan Behera, Baihetiya Baierna, Catherine Li, Jomkwan Jumpathong, Satish R. Malwal, Makoto Kawamukai, Eric Oldfield, VSilvia N. J. Moreno. Toxoplasma gondii Coq1 is a heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase and its inhibition by a lipophilic bisphosphonate protects mice against T. gondii infection. mBIO 13(5) e0196622 (2022)

Yuka Kawase, Takuma Tanabe, Makoto Kawamukai, Masa-aki Yoshida. Whole-genome sequencing of Psudoalteromonas. sp. strain KAN5, an agar-degrading bacterium isolated from the gut of an alga-eating fish. Microbiology resource announcement.11(8)e0039822 (2022)

川向 誠 AMP化に関わるFicドメインタンパク質 生物工学会誌5月号 270-271(2022)

Masa-aki Yoshida Takuma Tanabe Hideo Akiyoshi Makoto Kawamukai Gut microbiota analysis of Blenniidae fishes including an algae-eating fish and clear boundary formation among isolated Vibrio strains. Scientific Reports 12(1):4642 (2022)

Shin-ichi Inamura, Takuma Tanabe Makoto Kawamukai Yasuhiro Matsuo, Expression of Mug14 is regulated by the transcription factor Rst2 through the cAMP-dependent protein kinase pathway in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Gurrent Genetics 67(5):807-821(2021)

Keisuke Tomita, Yoko Yashiroda, Yasuhiro Matsuo, Jeff Piotrowski, Sheena Li, Reika Okamoto, Mami Yoshimura, Hiromi Kimura, Yumi Kawamura, Makoto Kawamukai,Charles Boone, Minoru Yoshida, Hideaki Nojiri, Kazunori Okada. Genome-wide screening of genes associated with Momilactone B sensitivity in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. G3 11(8):jkab156 (2021)

川向誠 分担 コエンザイムQの生合成と欠損症「ビタミン・バイオファクター総合事典」、朝倉書店 (2021年7月)

Ikuhisa Nishida, Ryota Yanai, Yasuhiro Matsuo, Tomohiro Kaino, Makoto Kawamukai,Benzoic acid inhibits Coenzyme Q biosynthesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe PLoS One.15(11):e0242616. (2020)

Takuma Tanabe, Makoto Kawamukai, Yasuhiro Matsuo. Glucose limitation and pka1 deletion rescue aberrant mitotic spindle formation induced by Mal3 overexpression in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 84(8):1667-1680 (2020)

Nungnit Wattanavichean, Ikuhisa Nishida, Masahiro Ando, Makoto Kawamukai, Tatsuyuki Yamamoto, Hiro-o Hamaguchi. Organelle specific simultaneous Raman/green fluorescence protein microspectroscopy for living cell physicochemical studies J. Biophotonics 13(4):e201960163 (2020)

Ikuhisa Nishida, Kazumasa Yokomi, Kouji Hosono, Kazuhiro Hayashi, Yauhiro Matsuo, Tomohiro Kaino, Makoto Kawamukai. CoQ10 production in Schizosaccharomyces pombe is increased by reduction of glucose leveles or deletion of pka1. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol 103:4899-4915 (2019)

Takuma Tanabe, Masayuki Yamaga, Makoto Kawamukai, Yasuhiro Matsuo. Mal3 is a multi-copy suppressor of the sensitivity to microtuble-deporimerizing drugs and chromosome mis-segregation in a fission yeast pka1 mutant. PloS One 14(4):e0214803 (2019)

Shiho Morisada, Ikuhisa Nishida, Makoto Kawamukai, Hiroyuki Horiuchi, Ryouichi Fukuda. Suppression of respiratory growth defect of mutant deficient in mitochondrial phopholipase A1 by overexpression of genes involved in coenzyme Q synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bioscie. Biotechnolo. Biochem. 82:1633-1639 (2018)

Tomohiro Kaino, Kai Tonoko, Shiomi Mochizuki, Yuriko Takashima, Makoto Kawamukai. Schizosaccharomyces japonicus has low levels of CoQ10 synthesis, respiration deficiency, and efficient ethanol production at high temperature. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 82:1031-1042

Makoto Kawamukai. Biosyntheisis and applications of prenylquinones Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 82:963-977 (2018)

Hemanth Noothalapati, Ryo Ikarashi, Keita Iwasaki, Tatsuro Nishida, Tomohiro Kaino, Keisuke Yoshikiyo, Keiji Terao,  Daisuke Nakata, Naoko Ikuta,, Masahiro Ando, Hiro-o Hamaguchi, Makoto Kawamukai, Tatsuyuki Yamamoto. Studying anti-oxidative properties of inclusion complexes of alfa-lipoic acid with gamma-cyclodextrin in single living fission yeast by confocal Raman microspectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 197:237-243 (2018)


Kouhei Takenaka, Takuma Tanabe, Makoto Kawamukai, Ysuhiro Matsuo, Overexpression of the transcription factor Rst2 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe indicates growth defect, mitotic defects, and microtubule disorder. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 82:247-257(2018)


戒 能智宏、川向誠 第5章 酵母によるコエンザイムQ10の生産「酵母菌・麹菌・乳酸菌の産業応用展開(五味、阿部監修)」(シーエムシー出版)2018 年1月

Tomohiro Yamaki, Masahiro Otani, Kohei Ono, Takuro Mimura, Koshiro Oda, Takeshi Minamii, Shingo Matsumoto, Yuzy Matsuo, Makoto Kawamukai, Takashi Akihiro. Isolation and characterization of rice cesium tansporter genes from a rice-transporter-enrihced yeast expression library. Physiologia Plantarum 160:425-436 (2017)

Kohei Nishino, Misaki Kushima, Tomohiro Kaino, Yasuhiro Matsuo, Makoto Kawamukai. Urea enhances cell lysis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe ura4 mutants. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem 81:1444-1451(2017)

戒 能智宏、川向 誠、コエンザイムQ10増産技術の開発、バイオインダストリー 34巻:5月号 63-71(2017)

Sean Qiu Lee, Tsu So Tan, Makoto Kawamukai Ee Sin Chen.  Cellular Factories for CoenzymQ10 production. Microbial Cell Factories 16(1):39 (2017)

Yorinaga Y, Kumasaka T, Yamamoto M, Hamada K, Kawamukai M. Crystal structure of a family 80 chitosanase from Mitsuaria chitosanitabida. FEBS Lett. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12557. 2017

Daisuke Moriyama, Tomohiro Kaino, Kazuyoshi Yajima, Ryota Yanai, Yasuhiro Ikenaka, Junzo Hasegawa, Motohisa Washida, Hirokazu Nanba, Makoto Kawamukai. Cloning and characterization of decaprenyl dihosphate synthase from three different fungi. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 101(4):1559-1571(2017)

Yasuhiro Matsuo, Makoto Kawamukai. cAMP dependent protein kinase involves calcium tolerance through the regulation of Prz1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Biosci. Biotechnol Biochem. 81;231-241(2017)

Hemanth Noothalapati, Takahiro Sasaki, Tomohiro Kaino, Makoto Kawamukai, Hiro-o Hamaguchi and Tatsuyuki Yamamoto. Label-free chemical imaging of fungal spore wall architecture by raman microscopy and multivariate curve resolution analysis. Scientific Report 6:27789. doi: 10.1038/srep27789. (2016)

Makoto Kawamukai. Biosynthesis of coenzyme Q in eukaryotes. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 80: 23-33 (2016)

Takaharu Yamamoto, Yasuyo Kobayashi, Guo-Lei Zhou, Makoto Kawamukai. Identification and characterization of Csh3 as a SH3 protein that interacts with fission yeast Cap1. FEMS Yeast Research 15(8)pii:fov097(2015)

Kohei Nishino, Misaki Kushima, Yuzy Matsuo, Yasuhiro Matsuo, Makoto Kawamukai. Cell lysis in S. pombe ura4 mutants is suppressed by loss of functional Pub1, which regulates the uracil transporter Fur4. PLoS ONE 10:e0141796 (2015)

戒能智宏、川向誠、第4章 生合 成と欠損症、「コエンザイムQ10基礎と応用」(山本順寛編)丸善 2015

Daisuke Moriyama, Kouji Hosono, Makoto Fujii, Motohisa Washida, Hirokazu Nanba, Tomohiro Kaino, Makoto Kawamukai. Production of CoQ10 in fission yeast by expression of genes responsible for CoQ10 biosynthesis. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 79(6):1026-1033 (2015)


Murai M, Matsunobu K, Kudo S, Ifuku K, Kawamukai M, Miyoshi H. Identification of the Binding Site of the Quinone-Head Group in Mitochondrial Coq10 by Photoaffinity Labeling. Biochemistry 53:3359-4003 (2014)

Kazuhiro Hayashi, Yuki Ogiyama, Kazumasa Yokomi, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Tomohiro Kaino, Makoto Kawamukai. Functional conservation of coenzyme Q biosynthetic genes among yeasts, plants, and humans. PLoS ONE 9(6)e99038 (2014)


Hiroaki Kato, Shintaro Kira and Makoto Kawamukai. The transcription factors Atf1 and Pcr1 are essential for transcriptional induction of the extracellular maltase Agl1 in fission yeast. PLoS ONE 8(3)e80572 (2013)

Yuji Tanaka, Kohji Nishimura, Makoto Kawamukai, Akinobu Oshima, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa. Redundant function of two Arabidopsis COPII components, AtSec24B and AtSec24C, are essential for male and femal gametogenesis. Planta 238:561-575 (2013)

山本達之、川向誠、寺尾啓二、濱口宏夫、機能性食品成分 第17章シクロデキストリン包摂体が分裂酵母の生育に及ぼす効果、「シクロデキストリンの化学と 技術: 寺尾、池田 監修」第5編、CMC出版、170-175 (2013)

川向誠 戒能智宏 太田明徳 福田良一 脂質の代謝 分担執筆 酵母の生命科学と生物工学(原島 高木編)化学同人 2013


Tatsuro Nishida, Tomohiro Kaino, Ryo Ikarashi, Daisuke Nakata, Keiji Terao, Masahiro Ando, Hiroo Hamaguchi, Makoto Kawamukai, Tatsuyuki Yamamoto. The effect of coenzyme Q10 included by gamma-cyclodextrin on the growth of fission yeast studied by microscope Raman spectroscopy. J. Molecular Structure  375-381(2013)

Yuzy Matsuo, Kouhei Nishino, Kouhei Mizuno, Takashi Akihiro, Takashi Toda, Yasuhiro Matsuo, Tomohiro Kaino and Makoto Kawamukai. Polypeptone induces dramatic cell lysis in ura4 deletion mutants of fission yeast PLoS ONE 8(3):e59887(2013)

Tomohiko Matsuzawa, Youko Kageyama, Kazuyoshi Ooishi, Makoto Kawamukai, and Kaoru Takegawa. The Zinc finger protein Gsf1 regulates Gsf2-dependent flocculation in fission yeast. FEMS Yeast Research 13:259-266 (2013)

Katsuhiro Tanae, Tomitaka Horiuchi, Takuya Yamakawa, Yuzy Matsuo, and Makoto Kawamukai. Sim3 shares some common roles with the histone chaperone Asf1 in fission yeast. FEBS Lett 586:4190-4196(2012)

Kaino T, Tasaka Y, Tatehashi Y, Takagi H. Functional Analysis of the C-Terminal Region of γ-Glutamyl Kinase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 76(3):454-61 (2012).


Shinya Nakamura, Takamasa Suzuki, Makoto Kawamukai, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa. Expression analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana small secreted protein genes. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem 76:434-436 (2012)

川 向 誠 核内タンパク質の品質管理機構 化学と生物 50:76-77(2012)

Katsuhiro Tanae, Tomitaka Horiuchi, Yuzy Matsuo, Satoshi Katayama, Makoto Kawamaukai. Histone chaperone Asf1 plays an essential role in maintaining genomic stability in fission yeast. PLoS ONE 7:e30472 (2012)

Mi-Suk Seo, Sakiko Takahashi, Koh-ichi Kadowaki, Makoto Kawamukai, Manabu Takahara, Tadashi Takamizo. Expression of CoQ10-producing ddsA transgene by efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transformaion in Panicum meyerianum. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 107:325-332(2011)

Two Sec13p Homologs, AtSec13A and AtSec13B, Redundantly Contribute to the Formation of COPII Transport Vesicles in Arabidopsis thaliana. Takeshi HINO, Yuji TANAKA, Makoto KAWAMUKAI, Kohji NISHIMURA, Shoji MANO and Tsuyoshi NAKAGAWA. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem.75:1848-1852 (2011)

Dipali Rani Gupta, Swapan Kumar Paul, Yasuo Oowatari, Yasuhiro Matsuo, Makoto Kawamukai. Multistep regulation of protein kinase A in its localization, phosphorylation and binding with a regulatory subunit in fission yeast. Current Genetics 57:353-365 (2011)

Dipali Rani Gupta, Swapan Kumar Paul, Yasuo Oowatari, Yasuhiro Matsuo, Makoto Kawamukai. Complex formation, phosphorylation, and localization of protein kinase A of Schizosaccharomyces pombe upon glucose starvation. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 75(8) 1456-1465 (2011)

川向 誠、コエンザイムQ10生産微 生物の開発、生物工学会誌、89:323-325(2011)

Tanaka Y, Nakamura S, Kawamukai M, Koizumi N, Nakagawa T.Development of a Series of Gateway Binary Vectors Possessing a Tunicamycin Resistance Gene as a Marker for the Transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 75:804-807 (2011)

Yasuo Oowatari, Heetae Jeong, Katsuhiro Tanae, Tsuyoshi Nakagawa. Makoto Kawamukai. Regulation and role of an RNA-binding protein Msa2 in controlling the sexual differentiation in fission yeast. Current Genetics 57:191-200 (2011).

Yuzy Matsuo, Hayafumi Kishimoto, Katsuhiro Tanae, Kenji Kitamura, Satoshi Katayama, Makoto Kawamukai. Nuclear protein quality is regulated by the ubiquitin-proteasome system through the activity of Ubc4 and San1 in fission yeast. J. Biol. Chem 286:13775-13790 (2011).

川 向誠、分担執筆、生物学辞典、東京化学同人(2010)

川向誠 真野佳博 編 ポイントがわかる分子生物学 第2版 (2010)

Nobuhiko Mukai, Kazuo Masaki Tsutomu Fujii, Makoto Kawamukai, Haruyuki Iefuji. PAD1 and FDC1 are essential for the decarboxylation of phenylacrylic acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biosci. Bioengin. 109:564-569 (2010).


Yuzy Matsuo, Hayafumi Kishimoto, Tomitaka Horiuchi, Katsuhiro Tanae, Makoto Kawamukai. Simple and effective gap-repair cloning using short tracts of flanking homology in fission yeast. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 74:685-689 (2010)

Tie-Zhong Cui, Tomohiro Kaino, Makoto Kawamukai. A subunit of decaprenyl diphosphate synthase stabilizes octaprenyl diphosphate synthase in Escherichia coli by forming a high-molecular weight complex. FEBS Lett 584, 652-656 (2010)

Sakiko Takahashi, Toshikazu Ohtani, Hikaru Satoh, Yasunori Nakamura, Makoto Kawamukai, Koh-Ichi Kadowaki. Development of Coenzyme Q10-enriched rice using sugary and shrunken mutants. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 74, 182-184 (2010)