T. Hosokawa

Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs

The paper identifies a novel defensive fungal symbiosis in stinkbugs where females transfer fungi to eggs to protect them from wasp parasitism.

Rapid Vacuolar Sorting of the Borate Transporter BOR1 Requires the Adaptor Protein Complex AP-4 in Arabidopsis

This study shows that AP-4 is required for rapid vacuolar sorting of the borate transporter BOR1 in Arabidopsis under high-B conditions.

Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist

The paper shows that a single mutation in E. coli enables it to become an insect mutualist by disrupting carbon catabolite repression.

Molecular determinants of Arc oligomerization and formation of virus-like capsids

This paper identifies a 28-amino-acid region in Arc critical for oligomerization and virus-like capsid formation, showing that exogenous RNA enhances assembly.

Structure of monomeric full-length ARC sheds light on molecular flexibility, protein interactions, and functional modalities

This study determines the structure of monomeric full-length ARC, revealing its compact conformation and interaction sites for postsynaptic proteins and phospholipid membranes.