Wataru Sakamoto

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Affiliation: Professor, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901088788951518
researchmap Member ID: 1000163686

External link: http://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/saka/index-j.html

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2010 - Present

Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University
Apr, 2003 - Mar, 2010

Okayama University
Jun, 2000 - Mar, 2003

Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University
Jul, 1993 - May, 2000

Okayama University
Mar, 1996 - Nov, 1996

Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS
Jul, 1990 - Jun, 1993

博士研究員, ボイストンプソン研究所, コーネル大学
Apr, 1990 - Jul, 1990

The University of Tokyo

Education

- Mar, 1990

The University of Tokyo
- Mar, 1985

The University of Tokyo

Committee Memberships

Mar, 2020 - Present

Editor-in-Chief, Plant and Cell Physiology
Oct, 2018 - Sep, 2023

連携委員, 日本学術会議
Mar, 2019 - Apr, 2022

特別展「植物地球を支える仲間たち」監修協力者, 国立科学博物館
Jan, 2011 - Dec, 2021

Editor, Plant Physiology
Jan, 2014 - Mar, 2016

幹事長（理事）, 日本植物生理学会
Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

生物学専門研究員, 日本学術振興会学術システム研究センター

Awards

2023

ASPB Enid MacRobbie Corresponding Membership Award, American Society of Plant Biologists

Wataru Sakamoto
2007

第7回日本光合成シンポジウムベストポスター賞
2001

日本遺伝学会奨励賞

Papers

169

Characterization of tryptophan oxidation affecting D1 degradation by FtsH in the photosystem II quality control of chloroplasts.

Yusuke Kato, Hiroshi Kuroda, Shin-Ichiro Ozawa, Keisuke Saito, Vivek Dogra, Martin Scholz, Guoxian Zhang, Catherine de Vitry, Hiroshi Ishikita, Chanhong Kim …

eLife, 12, Nov 21, 2023
Plastid inheritance revisited: emerging role of organelle DNA degradation in angiosperms.

Wataru Sakamoto, Tsuneaki Takami

Plant & cell physiology, Sep 13, 2023
x- and y-type thioredoxins maintain redox homeostasis on photosystem I acceptor side under fluctuating light.

Yuki Okegawa, Nozomi Sato, Rino Nakakura, Ryota Murai, Wataru Sakamoto, Ken Motohashi

Plant physiology, Aug 22, 2023
Greetings from the PCP Editor-in-Chief.

Wataru Sakamoto

Plant & cell physiology, 64(7) 701-703, Jul 17, 2023
Maternal plastid inheritance: two abating factors identified.

Wataru Sakamoto, Tsuneaki Takami

Trends in genetics : TIG, 39(5) 342-343, May, 2023
Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with sorghum susceptibility to Asian stem borer damage

Cyprian Osinde, Wataru Sakamoto, Hiromi Kajiya-Kanegae, Islam S. Sobhy, Arthur K. Tugume, Anthony M. Nsubuga, Ivan Galis

Journal of Plant Interactions, 18(1), 2023
DOMINANT AWN INHIBITOR Encodes the ALOG Protein Originating from Gene Duplication and Inhibits AWN Elongation by Suppressing Cell Proliferation and Elongation in Sorghum.

Hideki Takanashi, Hiromi Kajiya-Kanegae, Asuka Nishimura, Junko Yamada, Motoyuki Ishimori, Masaaki Kobayashi, Kentaro Yano, Hiroyoshi Iwata, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, Wataru Sakamoto

Plant & cell physiology, 63(7) 901-918, Jul 14, 2022
Sorghum Ionomics Reveals the Functional SbHMA3a Allele that Limits Excess Cadmium Accumulation in Grains.

Fiona Wacera Wahinya, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, Zihuan Jing, Tsuneaki Takami, Takehiro Kamiya, Hiromi Kajiya-Kanegae, Hideki Takanashi, Hiroyoshi Iwata, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, Toru Fujiwara …

Plant & cell physiology, 63(5) 713-728, May 16, 2022
Genetic analysis of chlorophyll synthesis and degradation regulated by BALANCE of CHLOROPHYLL METABOLISM.

Hiroshi Yamatani, Takeshi Ito, Kenji Nishimura, Tetsuya Yamada, Wataru Sakamoto, Makoto Kusaba

Plant physiology, 189(1) 419-432, May 3, 2022
Functional division of f-type and m-type thioredoxins to regulate the Calvin cycle and cyclic electron transport around photosystem I.

Yuki Okegawa, Wataru Sakamoto, Ken Motohashi

Journal of plant research, 135(4) 543-553, Mar 24, 2022
Distinctive in vitro ATP Hydrolysis Activity of AtVIPP1, a Chloroplastic ESCRT-III Superfamily Protein in Arabidopsis.

Norikazu Ohnishi, Manabu Sugimoto, Hideki Kondo, Ken-Ichi Shioya, Lingang Zhang, Wataru Sakamoto

Frontiers in plant science, 13 949578-949578, 2022
NB-LRR-encoding genes conferring susceptibility to organophosphate pesticides in sorghum

Zihuan Jing, Fiona Wacera W., Tsuneaki Takami, Hideki Takanashi, Fumi Fukada, Yoji Kawano, Hiromi Kajiya-Kanegae, Hiroyoshi Iwata, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, Wataru Sakamoto

Scientific Reports, 11(1) 19828-19828, Dec, 2021
Maintaining the Chloroplast Redox Balance Through the PGR5-Dependent Pathway and the Trx System is Required for Light-Dependent Activation of Photosynthetic Reactions.

Yuki Okegawa, Natsuki Tsuda, Wataru Sakamoto, Ken Motohashi

Plant & cell physiology, 63(1) 92-103, Oct 8, 2021
Mutations in a Golden2-Like Gene Cause Reduced Seed Weight in Barley albino lemma 1 Mutants

Shin Taketa, Momoko Hattori, Tsuneaki Takami, Eiko Himi, Wataru Sakamoto

Plant and Cell Physiology, 62(3) 447-457, Jul 31, 2021
Structural basis for VIPP1 oligomerization and maintenance of thylakoid membrane integrity.

Tilak Kumar Gupta, Sven Klumpe, Karin Gries, Steffen Heinz, Wojciech Wietrzynski, Norikazu Ohnishi, Justus Niemeyer, Benjamin Spaniol, Miroslava Schaffer, Anna Rast …

Cell, 184(14) 3643-3659, Jul 8, 2021
Editorial Feature: Meet the PCP Editor-In-Chief—Wataru Sakamoto

Wataru Sakamoto

Plant and Cell Physiology, 62(2) 222-223, May 11, 2021
With Greetings and Hope for a Recoverable 2021: From the PCP Editor-In-Chief

Wataru Sakamoto

Plant and Cell Physiology, 62(2) 219-221, May 11, 2021
Genetic dissection of QTLs associated with spikelet-related traits and grain size in sorghum.

Hideki Takanashi, Mitsutoshi Shichijo, Lisa Sakamoto, Hiromi Kajiya-Kanegae, Hiroyoshi Iwata, Wataru Sakamoto, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi

Scientific reports, 11(1) 9398-9398, Apr 30, 2021
Phos-tag-based approach to study protein phosphorylation in the thylakoid membrane.

Keiji Nishioka, Yusuke Kato, Shin-Ichiro Ozawa, Yuichiro Takahashi, Wataru Sakamoto

Photosynthesis research, 147(1) 107-124, Jan, 2021
Phototropin- and photosynthesis-dependent mitochondrial positioning in Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll cells.

Md Sayeedul Islam, Toan Van Nguyen, Wataru Sakamoto, Shingo Takagi

Journal of integrative plant biology, 62(9) 1352-1371, Sep, 2020

Books and Other Publications

光合成

(Role: Joint author)

朝倉書店, 2022
Special Exhibition PLANTS Mainstays of The Planet

(Role: Joint author)

Jul, 2021
スーパーバイオマス：植物に学ぶ

坂本亘, 福田裕穂, 稲田のりこ編 (Role: Joint author, 光合成の効率向上とスーパーバイオマス)

慶應大学出版会, Feb, 2016
光合成研究と産業応用最前線

加藤裕介, 坂本亘

エヌティーエス, Feb, 2014
光合成辞典

日本光合成学会, 2014
動植物の受精学

真野昌二, 山田(後藤)志野, 坂本亘

化学同人, Oct, 2013
生物学辞典

東京化学同人, 2009
Chloroplast biogenesis: Plastid division, inheritance, regulation, protein import and proteome.

American Society of Plant Biologists, 2008
二層膜オルガネラの遺伝学

共立出版, 2006
分子生物学辞典

共立出版, 2006
PNE増刊号「二層膜オルガネラの遺伝学」

共立出版, 2005
育種学辞典

培風館, 2005
植物科学キーノート

シュプリンガー・フェアラーク東京, 2002
朝倉植物生理学講座（西村幹夫編）. 第1巻. 植物細胞.

朝倉書店, 2002

Presentations

405

Thylakostasis and membrane remodeling molecules

Wataru Sakamoto

US-Japan Binational Photosynthesis Workshop, Tempe, Arizona Invited
Thylakostasis: versatile roles of thylakoid membrane remodeling proteins Arabidopsis chloroplasts

Wataru Sakamoto

2023 International Symposium on Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, Shanghai, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Nov 2, 2023 Invited
x- and y-type thioredoxins protect photosystem I from photoinhibition under fluctuating light

Okegawa, Y, Motohashi, K, Sakamoto, W

Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2023, Taipei, Taiwan
Thylakoid membrane remodeling molecule VIPP1 interacts with HSP70 through its C-terminal tail in Arabidopsis

Li, D, Ozawa, S.I, Sakamoto, W

Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2023, Taipei, Taiwan
Site-directed mutagenesis and in vivo observation of VIPP1, an ESCRT-III super family protein involved in thylakoid membrane remodeling in Arabidopsis chloroplasts

Gachie, S.W, Sakamoto, W

Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2023, Taipei, Taiwan
The functional significance of membrane remodeling at grana edges in photosynthetic responses to different light intensities in Arabidopsis

Ogawa, Y, Iwano, M, Kawamoto, A, Kurisu, G, Shikanai, T, Sakamoto, W

Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2023, Taipei, Taiwan
The function of thylakoid membrane fusion by FZL protein in sustaining optimized photosynthetic electron transfer

Ogawa, Y, Iwano, M, Kawamoto, A, Kurisu, G, Shikanai, T, Sakamoto, W

The 33rd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
x型およびy型チオレドキシンは光化学系Iの電子受容体側の制御に寄与する

桶川友季, 本橋健, 坂本亘

第13回日本光合成学会，名古屋
グラナマージン局在性膜リモデリングタンパク貨FZLは過剰なpmf存在下でチラコイド膜を保護する

小川由, 岩野惠, 鹿内利治, 坂本亘

第13回日本光合成学会，名古屋
Co-immunoprecipitation analysis of the protein interacting with VIPP1 involved in thylakoid membrane remodeling

Li, D, Sakamoto, W
Exploiting sorghum, a crop of African origin with cutting-edge genome technology

Wataru Sakamoto

Webinar Series on Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University, Indonesia (online), Apr 15, 2023 Invited
Exploiting sorghum, a crop of African origin with cutting-edge genome technology

Wataru Sakamoto

60th Anniversary of Kenya-Japan Partnership Commemoration Lecture, Mar 22, 2023 Invited
Characterization of rice mutants lacking organelle exonuclease DPD1

Islam, M.F, Yamatani, H, Takami, T, Kusaba, M, Sakamoto W

第64回日本植物生理学会，仙台
オルガネラ DNA 分解異常が引き起こすオートファジー変異株早枯れ表現型の抑制機構について

高見常明, 坂本亘

第64回日本植物生理学会，仙台
シロイヌナズナの x-型，y-型チオレドキシン欠損変異株の解析

桶川友季, 佐藤望, 本橋健, 坂本亘

第64回日本植物生理学会，仙台
ICP-MS によるシロイヌナズナ溢泌液のイオノーム解析

八木宏樹, 吉田善葵, 三原衣織, 高見常明, 坂本亘, 嶋田知生, 西村いくこ, 上田晴子

第64回日本植物生理学会，仙台
シロイヌナズナのグラナマージン局在性ダイナミン様タンパク質 FZL によるチラコイド膜の維持

小川由, 岩野惠, 川本晃大, 栗栖源嗣, 鹿内利治, 坂本亘

第64回日本植物生理学会，仙台
Maintenance of thylakoid membrane architecture and integrity in Arabidopsis

Wataru Sakamoto

International Symposium on Photosynthesis and Chloroplast Regulation, Nov 16, 2022 Invited
Thylakogenesis: maintenance of thylakoid membrane architecture and integrity in Arabidopsis

Wataru Sakamoto

Seminar at Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Nov 10, 2022 Invited
QTL analysis of novel agronomical traits using a high-density mapping population in sorghum

Wataru Sakamoto

16th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, Nov 9, 2022 Invited

Teaching Experience

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Photosynthesis ubiquity: Supramolecular complexes and their regulations to enable ph otosynthesis all around the globe

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2028
Elucidating photosynthetic adaptation through the structure of thylakoid membrane remodeling

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2028
Thylakoid Membrane Remodeling and Optimization of Photosynthetic Activity

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024
Integrative studies on the processive degradation of macromolecules in chloroplasts

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2021

SAKAMOTO Wataru
New Photosynthesis : Re-optimization of the solar energy conversion system

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jun, 2016 - Mar, 2021

Minagawa Jun
Feedback regulation of photosynthetic electron transfer by promo motive force

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jun, 2016 - Mar, 2021

TAKAHASHI Yuichiro
Studies on the missing link between stay green and adaptation to environment

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jun, 2018 - Mar, 2020

Sakamoto Wataru
Elucidating salvaging role of tissue-specific organelle DNA degradation conserved in land plants

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2016

SAKAMOTO Wataru, Tsuneaki TAKAMI
Genetic engineering of chloroplast genome using a large-chloroplast mutant in rice

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2010 - 2012

SAKAMOTO Wataru, NAKAZONO Mikio
植物のアロ認証に伴う雄側ミトコンドリアの排除とゲノム分解システムの普遍性

科学研究費助成事業新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型), 新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型), 日本学術振興会, 2010 - 2011

坂本亘
チラコイド膜プロテアーゼFtsHの安定性とTHF1との相互作用

科学研究費助成事業特別研究員奨励費, 特別研究員奨励費, 日本学術振興会, 2009 - 2011

坂本亘, ZHANG L.
Photosynthesis : dynamics and molecular mechanism of light energy conversion apparatus

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Creative Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Creative Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2006 - 2010

TAKAHASHI Yuichiro, SHIN Kenjin, MINAGAWA Jyun, SAKAMOTO Wataru, KASHINO Yasuhiro
Studies on chloroplast biogenesis and the role of plastids in male gametogenesis

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2007 - 2008

SAKAMOTO Wataru, MATUSHIMA Ryo, TOMITA Yuko, KATO Yusuke, MIURA Eiko, SOD Mergen
植物の葉における斑入りと環境適応

科学研究費助成事業萌芽研究, 萌芽研究, 日本学術振興会, 2007 - 2008

坂本亘, 一瀬勇規
花粉の核性を支配する分子機構の解明

科学研究費助成事業萌芽研究, 萌芽研究, 日本学術振興会, 2005 - 2006

坂本亘
The molecular mechanism of mitochondrial fission and fusion in higher plants.

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2003 - 2005

TSUTSUMI Nobuhiro, NAKAZONO Mikio, KADOWAKI Koichi, SAKAMOTO Wataru
植物の葉が斑入りを起こす分子メカニズム

科学研究費助成事業萌芽研究, 萌芽研究, 日本学術振興会, 2003 - 2004

坂本亘
Molecular analysis of rye-drived midget chromosomes by microdissection

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2001 - 2002

MURATA Minoru, OGURA Yutaka, SAKAMOTO Wataru
Analysis and application of regulatory genes controlling anthocyanin accumulation in rice

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2001 - 2002

SAKAMOTO Wataru, FUKUOKA Hiroyuki, MURETA Minoru
Capture of transposons utilizing mutable chlorophyll mutant in rice and tomato

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1998 - 2001

MAEKAWA Masahiko, SAKAMOTO Wataru, MASUDA Masaharu, OGURA Yutaka, OKUMOTO Yutaka, HASEGAWA Hiroshi

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