Education
Ph.D., Osaka University, Japan, 2011
Current Position
Assistant professor, Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Publications
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Furukawa, A., Yoshikaie, K., Mori, T., Mori, H., Morimoto, Y. V., Sugano, Y., Iwaki, S., Minamino, T., Sugita, Y., Tanaka, Y. and Tsukazaki, T. (2017). Tunnel Formation Inferred from the I-Form Structures of the Proton-Driven Protein Secretion Motor SecDF. Cell Rep 19(5): 895-901.
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Hiraoka, K. D., Morimoto, Y. V., Inoue, Y., Fujii, T., Miyata, T., Makino, F., Minamino, T. and Namba, K. (2017). Straight and rigid flagellar hook made by insertion of the FlgG specific sequence into FlgE. Sci Rep 7: 46723.
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Morimoto, Y. V., Kami-ike, N., Miyata, T., Kawamoto, A., Kato, T., Namba, K. and Minamino, T. (2016). High-resolution pH imaging of living bacterial cell to detect local pH differences. mBio 7: e01911-16.
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Minamino, T., Kinoshita, M., Inoue, Y., Morimoto, Y. V., Ihara, K., Koya, S., Hara, N., Nishioka, N., Kojima, S., Homma, M. and Namba, K. (2016). FliH and FliI ensure efficient energy coupling of flagellar type III protein export in Salmonella. Microbiologyopen 5(3): 424-435.
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Minamino, T., Morimoto, Y. V., Hara, N., Aldridge, P. D. and Namba, K. (2016). The Bacterial Flagellar Type III Export Gate Complex Is a Dual Fuel Engine That Can Use Both H+ and Na+ for Flagellar Protein Export. PLoS Pathog 12(3): e1005495.
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Baker, M. A., Hynson, R. M., Ganuelas, L. A., Mohammadi, N. S., Liew, C. W., Rey, A. A., Duff, A. P., Whitten, A. E., Jeffries, C. M., Delalez, N. J., Morimoto, Y. V., Stock, D., Armitage, J. P., Turberfield, A. J., Namba, K., Berry, R. M. and Lee, L. K. (2016). Domain-swap polymerization drives the self-assembly of the bacterial flagellar motor. Nat Struct Mol Biol 23(3): 197-203.
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Islam, M. S., Morimoto, Y. V., Kudo, S. and Nakamura, S. (2015). H(+) and Na(+) are involved in flagellar rotation of the spirochete Leptospira. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 466(2): 196-200.
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Nakamura, S., Morimoto, Y. V. and Kudo, S. (2015). A lactose fermentation product produced by Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, acetate, inhibits the motility of flagellated pathogenic bacteria. Microbiology 161(Pt 4): 701-707.
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Minamino, T., Morimoto, Y. V., Kinoshita, M., Aldridge, P. D. and Namba, K. (2014). The bacterial flagellar protein export apparatus processively transports flagellar proteins even with extremely infrequent ATP hydrolysis. Sci Rep 4: 7579.
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Bai, F., Morimoto, Y. V., Yoshimura, S. D. J., Hara, N., Kami-ike, N., Namba, K. and Minamino, T. (2014). Assembly dynamics and the roles of FliI ATPase of the bacterial flagellar export apparatus. Sci Rep 4: 6528.
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Morimoto, Y. V., Ito, M., Hiraoka, K. D., Che, Y. S., Bai, F., Kami-Ike, N., Namba, K. and Minamino, T. (2014). Assembly and stoichiometry of FliF and FlhA in Salmonella flagellar basal body. Mol Microbiol 91(6): 1214-1226.
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Che, Y. S., Nakamura, S., Morimoto, Y. V., Kami-Ike, N., Namba, K. and Minamino, T. (2014). Load-sensitive coupling of proton translocation and torque generation in the bacterial flagellar motor. Mol Microbiol 91(1): 175-184.
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Castillo, D. J., Nakamura, S., Morimoto, Y. V., Che, Y. S., Kami-Ike, N., Kudo, S., Minamino, T. and Namba, K. (2013). The C-terminal periplasmic domain of MotB is responsible for load-dependent control of the number of stators of the bacterial flagellar motor. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 9: 173-181.
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Kawamoto, A., Morimoto, Y. V., Miyata, T., Minamino, T., Hughes, K. T., Kato, T. and Namba, K. (2013). Common and distinct structural features of Salmonella injectisome and flagellar basal body. Sci Rep 3: 3369.
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Moriya, N., Minamino, T., Ferris, H. U., Morimoto, Y. V., Ashihara, M., Kato, T. and Namba, K. (2013). Role of the Dc domain of the bacterial hook protein FlgE in hook assembly and function. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 9: 63-72.
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Takekawa, N., Terauchi, T., Morimoto, Y. V., Minamino, T., Lo, C. J., Kojima, S. and Homma, M. (2013). Na+ conductivity of the Na+-driven flagellar motor complex composed of unplugged wild-type or mutant PomB with PomA. J Biochem 153(5): 441-451.
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Martinez-Argudo, I., Veenendaal, A. K., Liu, X., Roehrich, A. D., Ronessen, M. C., Franzoni, G., van Rietschoten, K. N., Morimoto, Y. V., Saijo-Hamano, Y., Avison, M. B., Studholme, D. J., Namba, K., Minamino, T. and Blocker, A. J. (2013). Isolation of Salmonella mutants resistant to the inhibitory effect of Salicylidene acylhydrazides on flagella-mediated motility. PLoS One 8(1): e52179.
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Morimoto, Y. V., Nakamura, S., Hiraoka, K. D., Namba, K. and Minamino, T. (2013). Distinct roles of highly conserved charged residues at the MotA-FliG interface in bacterial flagellar motor rotation. J Bacteriol 195(3): 474-481.
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Hara, N., Morimoto, Y. V., Kawamoto, A., Namba, K. and Minamino, T. (2012). Interaction of the extreme N-terminal region of FliH with FlhA is required for efficient bacterial flagellar protein export. J Bacteriol 194: 5353–5360.
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Minamino, T., Morimoto, Y. V., Hara, N. and Namba, K. (2011). An energy transduction mechanism used in bacterial flagellar type III protein export. Nat Commun 2: 475.
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Minamino, T., Imada, K., Kinoshita, M., Nakamura, S., Morimoto, Y. V. and Namba, K. (2011). Structural insight into the rotational switching mechanism of the bacterial flagellar motor. PLoS Biol 9(5): e1000616.
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Morimoto, Y. V., Kojima, S., Namba, K. and Minamino, T. (2011). M153R mutation in a pH-sensitive green fluorescent protein stabilizes its fusion proteins. PLoS One 6(5): e19598.
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Morimoto, Y. V., Nakamura, S., Kami-ike, N., Namba, K. and Minamino, T. (2010). Charged residues in the cytoplasmic loop of MotA are required for stator assembly into the bacterial flagellar motor. Mol Microbiol 78(5): 1117-1129.
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Morimoto, Y. V., Che, Y. S., Minamino, T. and Namba, K. (2010). Proton-conductivity assay of plugged and unplugged MotA/B proton channel by cytoplasmic pHluorin expressed in Salmonella. FEBS Lett 584(6): 1268-1272.
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Minamino, T., Yoshimura, S. D., Morimoto, Y. V., Gonzalez-Pedrajo, B., Kami-Ike, N. and Namba, K. (2009). Roles of the extreme N-terminal region of FliH for efficient localization of the FliH-FliI complex to the bacterial flagellar type III export apparatus. Mol Microbiol 74(6): 1471-1483.
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Nakamura, S., Morimoto, Y. V., Kami-ike, N., Minamino, T. and Namba, K. (2009). Role of a conserved prolyl residue (Pro173) of MotA in the mechanochemical reaction cycle of the proton-driven flagellar motor of Salmonella. J Mol Biol 393(2): 300-307.
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Okada, J., Morimoto, Y. and Toh, Y. (2009). Antennal motor activity induced by pilocarpine in the American cockroach. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 195(4): 351-363.
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