Education

Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Bio-Agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, 1996

Current position

Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Publications (selected)

1. Ogawa-Ohnishi, M. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2015). Identification of three potent hydroxyproline O-galactosyltransferases in Arabidopsis. Plant J 81(5): 736-746.
   
2. Tabata, R., Sumida, K., Yoshii, T., Ohyama, K., Shinohara, H. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2014). Perception of root-derived peptides by shoot LRR-RKs mediates systemic N-demand signaling. Science 346(6207): 343-346.
   
3. Ogawa-Ohnishi, M., Matsushita, W. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2013). Identification of three hydroxyproline O-arabinosyltransferases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat Chem Biol 9(11): 726-730. 
   
4. Okamoto, S., Shinohara, H., Mori, T., Matsubayashi, Y.* and Kawaguchi, M.* (2013). Root-derived CLE glycopeptides control nodulation by direct binding to HAR1 receptor kinase. Nat Commun 4: 2191. (*Co-corresponding authors)
   
5. Shinohara, H. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2013). Chemical synthesis of Arabidopsis CLV3 glycopeptide reveals the impact of hydroxyproline arabinosylation on peptide conformation and activity. Plant Cell Physiol 54(3): 369-374.
   
6. Shinohara, H., Moriyama, Y., Ohyama, K. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2012). Biochemical mapping of a ligand-binding domain within Arabidopsis BAM1 reveals diversified ligand recognition mechanisms of plant LRR-RKs. Plant J 70(5): 845-854.
   
7. Matsuzaki, Y., Ogawa-Ohnishi, M., Mori, A. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2010). Secreted peptide signals required for maintenance of root stem cell niche in Arabidopsis. Science 329(5995): 1065-1067.
   
8. Komori, R., Amano, Y., Ogawa-Ohnishi, M. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2009). Identification of tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(35): 15067-15072.
   
9. Ohyama, K., Shinohara, H., Ogawa-Ohnishi, M. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2009). A glycopeptide regulating stem cell fate in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat Chem Biol 5(8): 578-58.
   
10. Ohyama, K., Ogawa, M. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2008). Identification of a biologically active, small, secreted peptide in Arabidopsis by in silico gene screening, followed by LC-MS-based structure analysis. Plant J 55(1): 152-160.
    
11. Ogawa, M., Shinohara, H., Sakagami, Y. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2008). Arabidopsis CLV3 peptide directly binds CLV1 ectodomain. Science 319(5861): 294. 
    
12. Hirakawa, Y., Shinohara, H., Kondo, Y., Inoue, A., Nakanomyo, I., Ogawa, M., Sawa, S., Ohashi-Ito, K., Matsubayashi, Y. and Fukuda, H. (2008). Non-cell-autonomous control of vascular stem cell fate by a CLE peptide/receptor system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(39): 15208-15213.
    
13. Amano, Y., Tsubouchi, H., Shinohara, H., Ogawa, M. and Matsubayashi, Y. (2007). Tyrosine-sulfated glycopeptide involved in cellular proliferation and expansion in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(46): 18333-18338.
    
14. Matsubayashi, Y., Ogawa, M., Morita, A. and Sakagami, Y. (2002). An LRR receptor kinase involved in perception of a peptide plant hormone, phytosulfokine. Science 296(5572): 1470-1472.
    
15. Yang, H., Matsubayashi, Y., Nakamura, K. and Sakagami, Y. (1999). Oryza sativa PSK gene encodes a precursor of phytosulfokine-alpha, a sulfated peptide growth factor found in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96(23): 13560-13565. 
    
16. Matsubayashi, Y., Takagi, L. and Sakagami, Y. (1997). Phytosulfokine-alpha, a sulfated pentapeptide, stimulates the proliferation of rice cells by means of specific high- and low-affinity binding sites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94(24): 13357-13362.
    
17. Matsubayashi, Y. and Sakagami, Y. (1996). Phytosulfokine, sulfated peptides that induce the proliferation of single mesophyll cells of Asparagus officinalis L. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 93(15): 7623-7627.