Education

Ph.D. in Department of Biological Science, Hiroshima University, 2010

Current position

Assistant Professor in Department of Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

Publications

1. Ito, T., Nakata, M., Fukazawa, J., Ishida, S. and Takahashi, Y. (2014). Phosphorylation-independent binding of 14-3-3 to NtCDPK1 by a new mode. Plant Signal Behav 9(12): e977721.
   
2. Fukazawa, J., Teramura, H., Murakoshi, S., Nasuno, K., Nishida, N., Ito, T., Yoshida, M., Kamiya, Y., Yamaguchi, S. and Takahashi, Y. (2014). DELLAs function as coactivators of GAI-ASSOCIATED FACTOR1 in regulation of gibberellin homeostasis and signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 26(7): 2920-2938.
   
3. Ito, T., Nakata, M., Fukazawa, J., Ishida, S. and Takahashi, Y. (2014). Scaffold function of Ca²⁺-dependent protein kinase: tobacco Ca²⁺-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE1 transfers 14-3-3 to the substrate REPRESSION OF SHOOT GROWTH after phosphorylation. Plant Physiol 165(4): 1737-1750.
   
4. Ito, T., Nakata, M., Ishida, S. and Takahashi, Y. (2011). The mechanism of substrate recognition of Ca²⁺-dependent protein kinases. Plant Signal Behav 6(7): 924-926.
   
5. Fukazawa, J., Nakata, M., Ito, T., Matsushita, A., Yamaguchi, S. and Takahashi, Y. (2011). bZIP transcription factor RSG controls the feedback regulation of NtGA20ox1 via intracellular localization and epigenetic mechanism. Plant Signal Behav 6(1): 26-28.
   
6. Takahashi, Y. and Ito, T. (2011). Structure and function of CDPK: a sensor responder of calcium. In: Luan, S. (ed). Coding and decoding of calcium signals in plants. Springer, 129-146.
   
7. Ito, T., Nakata, M., Fukazawa, J., Ishida, S. and Takahashi, Y. (2010). Alteration of substrate specificity: the variable N-terminal domain of tobacco Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase is important for substrate recognition. Plant Cell 22(5): 1592-1604.
   
8. Fukazawa, J., Nakata, M., Ito, T., Yamaguchi, S. and Takahashi, Y. (2010). The transcription factor RSG regulates negative feedback of NtGA20ox1 encoding GA 20-oxidase. Plant J 62(6): 1035-1045.