Kota Katayama

This paper identifies a coral opsin, AtAntho2c, that can autonomously regenerate its inactive state through thermal isomerization of retinal, enabling repeated light responses without exogenous retinal.

This study investigates the structural dynamics of the human KOR-Gi signaling complex with G-protein-biased and balanced agonists, identifying key residues involved in signaling bias.

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

The paper reports light energy transfer from hydroxylated carotenoids to heimdallarchaeial rhodopsins in marine archaea, showing light-harvesting capabilities in archaea similar to bacterial rhodopsins.