H. Fukuzawa

Periplasmic carbonic anhydrase CAH1 contributes to high inorganic carbon affinity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

The study identifies CAH1, a periplasmic carbonic anhydrase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, as essential for maintaining high inorganic carbon affinity under CO2-limiting conditions.

Proton-pumping rhodopsins in marine diatoms

This study identifies diatom rhodopsin as a light-driven proton pump localized to plastid membranes and suggests it contributes to a CO2-concentrating mechanism in diatoms.

Excretion of triacylglycerol as a matrix lipid facilitating apoplastic accumulation of a lipophilic metabolite shikonin.

The paper investigates how plants secrete lipophilic metabolites like shikonin by excreting triacylglycerol as a matrix lipid, facilitating apoplastic accumulation.

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Tubulin-Gene Disruptants for Efficient Isolation of Strains Bearing Novel Tubulin Mutations

This paper isolates novel tubulin mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by disrupting single tubulin genes and using drug resistance screening.

Inner lumen proteins stabilize doublet microtubules in cilia/flagella

The paper identifies FAP45 and FAP52 as proteins that stabilize microtubules in cilia by binding to their inner structure and preventing detachment.