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Masaya Watanabe

The University of Tokyo

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Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1 Assay:protein sequence· 1

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Hideaki E. KATOiD· 2 shared Keiichi InoueiD· 2 shared Masahiro FukudaiD· 2 shared Chenxiang ZhaoiD· 1 shared Frederik SchulziD· 1 shared Hideki KandoriiD· 1 shared Hiromu YawoiD· 1 shared Hiroshi IshikitaiD· 1 shared

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Structural basis for color tuning and passive ion conductance in red-shifted pump-fold channelrhodopsin ChR024

Yuka Takeno, Seiya Tajima, Suhyang Kim, Masaki Tsujimura, Yuma Ito, Masahiro Sugiura, Yo Yamashita, Koichiro E. Kishi, Masahiro Fukuda, Seiwa Nakamura, Masaya Watanabe, Hisako Ikeda, Kota Katayama, Yuji Furutani, Hideki Kandori, , Hideaki E. KATO

This study presents cryo-EM structures of ChR024, revealing its color-tuning mechanism and transition from a proton pump to a light-gated channel.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics

Functional characterization of red-shifted rhodopsin channels from giant viruses explored by a machine-learning model for long-wavelength optogenetics

Shunki Takaramoto, Chenxiang Zhao, Masayuki Karasuyama, Frederik Schulz, Masaya Watanabe, Yuma Kawasaki, Takashi Nagata, Masae Konno, Naoya Morimoto, Masahiro Fukuda, Yu Inatsu, Hiromu Yawo, Oded Béjà, Hideaki E. KATO, Tanja Woyke, , Keiichi Inoue

The paper uses a machine-learning model to predict red-shifted channelrhodopsin variants, identifying ChR024 with a maximum absorption wavelength of ~578 nm for optogenetics.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics