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Nobuaki Ishihama, Yohta Fukuda, Yumiko Shirano, Kazuhiro J. Fujimoto, Kaori Takizawa, Ryoko Hiroyama, Hiroki Ito, Mayumi Nishimura, Takeshi Yanai, Tsuyoshi Inoue A, Ken Shirasu, Anuphon Laohavisit
This study identifies a copper-dependent redox receptor in plants that perceives hydrogen peroxide through a surface-bound copper ion.
Nature Communications · May 18, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology
Naoyoshi Kumakura, Takayuki Motoyama, Keisuke Miyazawa, Toshihiko Nogawa, Julien Pernier, Katsuma Yonehara, Mayuko Sato, Yumi Goto, Kaori Sakai, Nobuaki Ishihama, K. MATSUMORI, Pamela Gan, Kiminori Toyooka, Sandrine Lévêque‐Fort, Hiroyuki Koshino, , Ken Shirasu
This study identifies PKS2 and PBG13 as essential for forming a semipermeable cell wall in pathogenic fungi, enabling turgor pressure and pathogenicity.
Science · Feb 12, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology
Erika Iino, Yasuhiro Kadota, Noriko Maki, Kazuki Sato, Erika Ono, Nobuaki Ishihama, Mason Rugen-Hankey, Siyuan Wei, Bruno Pok Man Ngou, Naoyoshi Kumakura, Marc W. Schmid, Sebastian Eves‐van den Akker, Takamasa Suzuki, Taketo Uehara, Ken Shirasu
The paper identifies trehalase-derived peptides as MAMPs that trigger LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis, enabling broad-spectrum pathogen detection.
Science Advances · Jul 30, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology
Seowon Choi, Motoki Shimizu, Akira Abe, Nobuaki Ishihama, Yuko Ishikawa, Daigo Takemoto, Ken Shirasu, Yoshitaka Takano, Ryohei Terauchi, Hiroaki Kato
The paper identifies STT3A as a gene required for recognizing pathogen-derived sphingolipids in Arabidopsis, showing its role in plant immunity through post-translational modifications.
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology