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Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Takashi Nagata; Eiichiro Takada; Hisao Tsukamoto; Akihisa Terakita
Homologs of vertebrate Opn3 potentially serve as a light sensor in nonphotoreceptive tissue.
Kazumi Sakai; Yasushi Imamoto; Chih-Ying Su; Akihisa Terakita; Hisao Tsukamoto; Takahiro Yamashita; King-Wai Yau; Yoshinori Shichida
Photochemical nature of parietopsin.
Takashi Nagata; Shinjiro Saeki; Yoshinori Shichida; Kentaro Arikawa; Kunio Isono; Michiyo Kinoshita; Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Fumio Tokunaga; Hisao Tsukamoto; Akihisa Terakita
Depth perception from image defocus in a jumping spider.

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2013: Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Takashi Nagata; Eiichiro Takada; Hisao Tsukamoto; Akihisa Terakita
Homologs of vertebrate Opn3 potentially serve as a light sensor in nonphotoreceptive tissue.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2013;110(13):4998-5003.
2012: Kazumi Sakai; Yasushi Imamoto; Chih-Ying Su; Akihisa Terakita; Hisao Tsukamoto; Takahiro Yamashita; King-Wai Yau; Yoshinori Shichida
Photochemical nature of parietopsin.
Biochemistry 2012;51(9):1933-41.
2012: Takashi Nagata; Shinjiro Saeki; Yoshinori Shichida; Kentaro Arikawa; Kunio Isono; Michiyo Kinoshita; Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Fumio Tokunaga; Hisao Tsukamoto; Akihisa Terakita
Depth perception from image defocus in a jumping spider.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2012;335(6067):469-71.
2012: Seiji Wada; Emi Kawano-Yamashita; Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Akihisa Terakita
Expression of UV-sensitive parapinopsin in the iguana parietal eyes and its implication in UV-sensitivity in vertebrate pineal-related organs.
PloS one 2012;7(6):e39003.
2011: Emi Kawano-Yamashita; Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Yoshinori Shichida; Tadashi Oishi; Satoshi Tamotsu; Akihisa Terakita
β-arrestin functionally regulates the non-bleaching pigment parapinopsin in lamprey pineal.
PloS one 2011;6(1):e16402.
2010: Hisao Tsukamoto; Akihisa Terakita
Diversity and functional properties of bistable pigments.
Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology 2010;9(11):1435-43.
2010: Hisao Tsukamoto; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
A pivot between helices V and VI near the retinal-binding site is necessary for activation in rhodopsins.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2010;285(10):7351-7.
2010: Motohiro Wakakuwa; Akihisa Terakita; Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Doekele G Stavenga; Yoshinori Shichida; Kentaro Arikawa
Evolution and mechanism of spectral tuning of blue-absorbing visual pigments in butterflies.
PloS one 2010;5(11):e15015.
2010: Takashi Nagata; Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Hisao Tsukamoto; Akihisa Terakita
Identification and characterization of a protostome homologue of peropsin from a jumping spider.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 2010;196(1):51-9.
2009: Hisao Tsukamoto; David L Farrens; Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Akihisa Terakita
The magnitude of the light-induced conformational change in different rhodopsins correlates with their ability to activate G proteins.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2009;284(31):20676-83.
2009: Takefumi Morizumi; Naoki Kimata; Akihisa Terakita; Yasushi Imamoto; Takahiro Yamashita; Yoshinori Shichida
G protein subtype specificity of rhodopsin intermediates metarhodopsin Ib and metarhodopsin II.
Photochemistry and photobiology 2009;85(1):57-62.
2008: Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Kosuke Takano; Hisao Tsukamoto; Kohzoh Ohtsu; Fumio Tokunaga; Akihisa Terakita
Jellyfish vision starts with cAMP signaling mediated by opsin-G(s) cascade.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008;105(40):15576-80.
2008: Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Akihisa Terakita
Gq-coupled rhodopsin subfamily composed of invertebrate visual pigment and melanopsin.
Photochemistry and photobiology 2008;84(4):1024-30.
2008: Takahiro Yamashita; Akihisa Terakita; Toshihiro Kai; Yoshinori Shichida
Conformational change of the transmembrane helices II and IV of metabotropic glutamate receptor involved in G protein activation.
Journal of neurochemistry 2008;106(2):850-9.
2008: Takeo Horie; Daisuke Sakurai; Hisashi Ohtsuki; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida; Jiro Usukura; Takehiro Kusakabe; Motoyuki Tsuda
Pigmented and nonpigmented ocelli in the brain vesicle of the ascidian larva.
The Journal of comparative neurology 2008;509(1):88-102.
2008: Akihisa Terakita; Hisao Tsukamoto; Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Michio Sugahara; Takahiro Yamashita; Yoshinori Shichida
Expression and comparative characterization of Gq-coupled invertebrate visual pigments and melanopsin.
Journal of neurochemistry 2008;105(3):883-90.
2007: Masaki Torii; Daisuke Kojima; Toshiyuki Okano; Atsushi Nakamura; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida; Akimori Wada; Yoshitaka Fukada
Two isoforms of chicken melanopsins show blue light sensitivity.
FEBS letters 2007;581(27):5327-31.
2007: Emi Kawano-Yamashita; Akihisa Terakita; Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Yoshinori Shichida; Tadashi Oishi; Satoshi Tamotsu
Immunohistochemical characterization of a parapinopsin-containing photoreceptor cell involved in the ultraviolet/green discrimination in the pineal organ of the river lamprey Lethenteron japonicum.
The Journal of experimental biology 2007;210(Pt 21):3821-9.
2006: Chih-Ying Su; Donggen Luo; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida; Hsi-Wen Liao; Manija A Kazmi; Thomas P Sakmar; King-Wai Yau
Parietal-eye phototransduction components and their potential evolutionary implications.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2006;311(5767):1617-21.
2006: Toru Ota; Yuji Furutani; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida; Hideki Kandori
Structural changes in the Schiff base region of squid rhodopsin upon photoisomerization studied by low-temperature FTIR spectroscopy.
Biochemistry 2006;45(9):2845-51.
2005: Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Kaoru Kubokawa; Hisao Tsukamoto; Yoshinori Shichida; Akihisa Terakita
Cephalochordate melanopsin: evolutionary linkage between invertebrate visual cells and vertebrate photosensitive retinal ganglion cells.
Current biology : CB 2005;15(11):1065-9.
2005: Yuji Furutani; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida; Hideki Kandori
FTIR studies of the photoactivation processes in squid retinochrome.
Biochemistry 2005;44(22):7988-97.
2005: Hisao Tsukamoto; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
A rhodopsin exhibiting binding ability to agonist all-trans-retinal.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005;102(18):6303-8.
2005: Akihisa Terakita
The opsins.
Genome biology 2005;6(3):213.
2004: Takahiro Yamashita; Toshihiro Kai; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
A novel constitutively active mutation in the second cytoplasmic loop of metabotropic glutamate receptor.
Journal of neurochemistry 2004;91(2):484-92.
2004: Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Emi Kawano; Yoshimi Kinugawa; Tadashi Oishi; Yoshinori Shichida; Satoshi Tamotsu; Akihisa Terakita
Bistable UV pigment in the lamprey pineal.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2004;101(17):6687-91.
2004: Akihisa Terakita; Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Hisao Tsukamoto; Takahiro Yamashita; Takashi Miyata; Yoshinori Shichida
Counterion displacement in the molecular evolution of the rhodopsin family.
Nature structural & molecular biology 2004;11(3):284-9.
2003: Yuki Nakashima; Takehiro Kusakabe; Rie Kusakabe; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida; Motoyuki Tsuda
Origin of the vertebrate visual cycle: genes encoding retinal photoisomerase and two putative visual cycle proteins are expressed in whole brain of a primitive chordate.
The Journal of comparative neurology 2003;460(2):180-90.
2002: Shigeki Kuwayama; Hiroo Imai; Takahiro Hirano; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
Conserved proline residue at position 189 in cone visual pigments as a determinant of molecular properties different from rhodopsins.
Biochemistry 2002;41(51):15245-52.
2002: Mitsumasa Koyanagi; Akihisa Terakita; Kaoru Kubokawa; Yoshinori Shichida
Amphioxus homologs of Go-coupled rhodopsin and peropsin having 11-cis- and all-trans-retinals as their chromophores.
FEBS letters 2002;531(3):525-8.
2002: Tetsuji Okada; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
[Structure-function relationship in G protein-coupled receptors deduced from crystal structure of rhodopsin].
Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 2002;47(8 Suppl):1123-30.
2002: Akihisa Terakita; Takahiro Yamashita; Nozomu Nimbari; Daisuke Kojima; Yoshinori Shichida
Functional interaction between bovine rhodopsin and G protein transducin.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(1):40-6.
2001: Takahiro Yamashita; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
The second cytoplasmic loop of metabotropic glutamate receptor functions at the third loop position of rhodopsin.
Journal of biochemistry 2001;130(1):149-55.
2001: N Katagiri; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida; Y Katagiri
Demonstration of a rhodopsin-retinochrome system in the stalk eye of a marine gastropod, Onchidium, by immunohistochemistry.
The Journal of comparative neurology 2001;433(3):380-9.
2001: Hiroo Imai; Takahiro Hirano; Hideki Kandori; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
Difference in molecular structure of rod and cone visual pigments studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
Biochemistry 2001;40(9):2879-86.
2001: Atsushi Nakamura; Daisuke Kojima; Toshiyuki Okano; Hiroo Imai; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida; Yoshitaka Fukada
Regulatory mechanism for the stability of the meta II intermediate of pinopsin.
Journal of biochemistry 2001;129(2):329-34.
2000: Akihisa Terakita; Takahiro Yamashita; Yoshinori Shichida
Highly conserved glutamic acid in the extracellular IV-V loop in rhodopsins acts as the counterion in retinochrome, a member of the rhodopsin family.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2000;97(26):14263-7.
2000: Takahiro Yamashita; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
Distinct roles of the second and third cytoplasmic loops of bovine rhodopsin in G protein activation.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2000;275(44):34272-9.
2000: Yoshinori Shichida; S Tachibanaki; T Mizukami; Hiroo Imai; Akihisa Terakita
Heterogeneity of rhodopsin intermediate state interacting with transducin.
Methods in enzymology 2000;315():347-63.
2000: Hiroo Imai; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
Analysis of amino acid residues in rhodopsin and cone visual pigments that determine their molecular properties.
Methods in enzymology 2000;315():293-312.
1999: Atsushi Nakamura; Daisuke Kojima; Hiroo Imai; Akihisa Terakita; Toshiyuki Okano; Yoshinori Shichida; Yoshitaka Fukada
Chimeric nature of pinopsin between rod and cone visual pigments.
Biochemistry 1999;38(45):14738-45.
1999: Hiroo Imai; Takahiro Hirano; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida; R S Muthyala; R L Chen; leticia colmenares; R S Liu
Probing for the threshold energy for visual transduction: red-shifted visual pigment analogs from 3-methoxy-3-dehydroretinal and related compounds.
Photochemistry and photobiology 1999;70(1):111-5.
1999: T Suzuki; K Narita; Akihisa Terakita; Eri Takai; K Nagai; Y Kito; Y Tsukahara
Regulation of squid visual phospholipase C by activated G-protein alpha.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology 1999;122(3):369-74.
1999: Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
[Diversity of visual pigments and phototransduction systems on the basis of both molecular phylogenetic and functional protein analyses].
Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 1999;44(3):217-25.
1998: T Nagata; Akihisa Terakita; Hideki Kandori; Yoshinori Shichida; A Maeda
The hydrogen-bonding network of water molecules and the peptide backbone in the region connecting Asp83, Gly120, and Glu113 in bovine rhodopsin.
Biochemistry 1998;37(49):17216-22.
1998: Akihisa Terakita; Takahiro Yamashita; S Tachibanaki; Yoshinori Shichida
Selective activation of G-protein subtypes by vertebrate and invertebrate rhodopsins.
FEBS letters 1998;439(1-2):110-4.
1998: Akihisa Terakita; H Takahama; Takahiko Hariyama; T Suzuki; Y Tsukahara
Light-regulated localization of the beta-subunit of Gq-type G-protein in the crayfish photoreceptors.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 1998;183(4):411-7.
1998: S Tachibanaki; Hiroo Imai; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
Identification of a new intermediate state that binds but not activates transducin in the bleaching process of bovine rhodopsin.
FEBS letters 1998;425(1):126-30.
1997: S Tachibanaki; Hiroo Imai; T Mizukami; Tetsuji Okada; Yasushi Imamoto; Tomonari Matsuda; Yoshitaka Fukada; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
Presence of two rhodopsin intermediates responsible for transducin activation.
Biochemistry 1997;36(46):14173-80.
1997: Hiroo Imai; Akihisa Terakita; S Tachibanaki; Yasushi Imamoto; T Yoshizawa; Yoshinori Shichida
Photochemical and biochemical properties of chicken blue-sensitive cone visual pigment.
Biochemistry 1997;36(42):12773-9.
1997: Daisuke Kojima; Akihisa Terakita; Tomoko Ishikawa; Y Tsukahara; A Maeda; Yoshinori Shichida
A novel Go-mediated phototransduction cascade in scallop visual cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1997;272(37):22979-82.
1997: T Nagata; Akihisa Terakita; Hideki Kandori; Daisuke Kojima; Yoshinori Shichida; A Maeda
Water and peptide backbone structure in the active center of bovine rhodopsin.
Biochemistry 1997;36(20):6164-70.
1997: Hiroo Imai; Daisuke Kojima; Tomonori Oura; S Tachibanaki; Akihisa Terakita; Yoshinori Shichida
Single amino acid residue as a functional determinant of rod and cone visual pigments.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1997;94(6):2322-6.
1996: Akihisa Terakita; H Takahama; S Tamotsu; T Suzuki; T Hariyama; Y Tsukahara
Light-modulated subcellular localization of the alpha-subunit of GTP-binding protein Gq in crayfish photoreceptors.
Visual neuroscience 1996;13(3):539-47.
1995: T Suzuki; Akihisa Terakita; K Narita; K Nagai; Y Tsukahara; Y Kito
Squid photoreceptor phospholipase C is stimulated by membrane Gq alpha but not by soluble Gq alpha.
FEBS letters 1995;377(3):333-7.
1994: Koichi Ozaki; Akihisa Terakita; M Ozaki; R Hara; T Hara; Ikuko Hara-Nishimura; H Mori; M Nishimura
Molecular characterization and functional expression of squid retinal-binding protein. A novel species of hydrophobic ligand-binding protein.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1994;269(5):3838-45.
1993: Akihisa Terakita; Y Tsukahara; T Hariyama; T Seki; H Tashiro
Light-induced binding of proteins to rhabdomeric membranes in the retina of crayfish (Procambarus clarkii).
Vision research 1993;33(17):2421-6.
1993: Akihisa Terakita; T Hariyama; Y Tsukahara; Y Katsukura; H Tashiro
Interaction of GTP-binding protein Gq with photoactivated rhodopsin in the photoreceptor membranes of crayfish.
FEBS letters 1993;330(2):197-200.
1992: Akimasa Shibukawa; Akihisa Terakita; J Y He; Terumichi Nakagawa
High-performance frontal analysis-high-performance liquid chromatographic system for stereoselective determination of unbound ketoprofen enantiomers in plasma after direct sample injection.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences 1992;81(7):710-5.
1989: Akihisa Terakita; R Hara; T Hara
Retinal-binding protein as a shuttle for retinal in the rhodopsin-retinochrome system of the squid visual cells.
Vision research 1989;29(6):639-52.
1987: Koichi Ozaki; Akihisa Terakita; R Hara; T Hara
Isolation and characterization of a retinal-binding protein from the squid retina.
Vision research 1987;27(7):1057-70.
1986: Koichi Ozaki; Akihisa Terakita; R Hara; T Hara
Rhodopsin and retinochrome in the retina of a marine gastropod, Conomulex luhuanus.
Vision research 1986;26(5):691-705.