Takeshi Higa

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Affiliation: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Degree: 博士（理学）(九州大学)

Researcher number: 40772819
J-GLOBAL ID: 201901009697752709
researchmap Member ID: B000359071

Research Areas

Life sciences / Plants: molecular biology and physiology /

Awards

2020

日本光生物学協会奨励賞, 植物オルガネラの強光ストレス回避機構の研究, 日本光生物学協会

Papers

Chloroplast-actin filaments decide the direction of chloroplast avoidance movement under strong light in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Masamitsu Wada, Takeshi Higa, Kaoru Katoh, Nobuko Moritoki, Tomonori Nakai, Yuri Nishino, Atsuo Miyazawa, Shinsuke Shibata, Yoshinobu Mineyuki

Journal of plant research, Apr 10, 2024
Microtubule-associated phase separation of MIDD1 tunes cell wall spacing in xylem vessels in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Takeshi Higa, Saku T Kijima, Takema Sasaki, Shogo Takatani, Ryosuke Asano, Yohei Kondo, Mayumi Wakazaki, Mayuko Sato, Kiminori Toyooka, Taku Demura …

Nature plants, Jan 3, 2024
CHLOROPLAST UNUSUAL POSITIONING 1 is a plant-specific actin polymerization factor regulating chloroplast movement.

Sam-Geun Kong, Yosuke Yamazaki, Atsushi Shimada, Saku T Kijima, Keiko Hirose, Kaoru Katoh, Jeongsu Ahn, Hyun-Geun Song, Jae-Woo Han, Takeshi Higa …

The Plant cell, Dec 22, 2023
A fungal sesquiterpene biosynthesis gene cluster critical for mutualist-pathogen transition in Colletotrichum tofieldiae.

Kei Hiruma, Seishiro Aoki, Junya Takino, Takeshi Higa, Yuniar Devi Utami, Akito Shiina, Masanori Okamoto, Masami Nakamura, Nanami Kawamura, Yoshihiro Ohmori …

Nature communications, 14(1) 5288-5288, Sep 6, 2023
Exploring the roles of fungal-derived secondary metabolites in plant-fungal interactions

Tan Anh Nhi Nguyen, Takeshi Higa, Akito Shiina, Yuniar Devi Utami, Kei Hiruma

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 125, May, 2023
Microtubule-associated ROP interactors affect microtubule dynamics and modulate cell wall patterning and root hair growth.

Gil Feiguelman, Xiankui Cui, Hasana Sternberg, Eliran Ben Hur, Takeshi Higa, Yoshihisa Oda, Ying Fu, Shaul Yalovsky

Development (Cambridge, England), 149(22), Nov 15, 2022
A distinct class of GTP-binding proteins mediates chloroplast protein import in Rhodophyta.

Sanghun Baek, Sousuke Imamura, Takeshi Higa, Yumi Nakai, Kan Tanaka, Masato Nakai

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(34) e2208277119, Aug 23, 2022
Tic12, a 12-kD essential component of the Translocon at the inner envelope membrane of chloroplasts in Arabidopsis.

Xueyang Zhao, Takeshi Higa, Masato Nakai

The Plant cell, Aug 4, 2022
A PSTAIRE-type cyclin-dependent kinase controls light responses in land plants

Liang Bao, Natsumi Inoue, Masaki Ishikawa, Eiji Gotoh, Ooi-Kock Teh, Takeshi Higa, Tomoro Morimoto, Eggie Febrianto Ginanjar, Hirofumi Harashima, Natsumi Noda …

Science Advances, 8(4), Jan 28, 2022
Light-induced chloroplast movements in Oryza species.

Miki Kihara, Tomokazu Ushijima, Yoshiyuki Yamagata, Yukinari Tsuruda, Takeshi Higa, Tomomi Abiko, Takahiko Kubo, Masamitsu Wada, Noriyuki Suetsugu, Eiji Gotoh

Journal of plant research, 133(4) 525-535, Apr 18, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Phototropin 2 contributes to the chloroplast avoidance response at the chloroplast-plasma membrane interface.

Kazuhiro Ishishita, Takeshi Higa, Hidekazu Tanaka, Shin-Ichiro Inoue, Aeri Chung, Tomokazu Ushijima, Tomonao Matsushita, Toshinori Kinoshita, Masato Nakai, Masamitsu Wada …

Plant physiology, Mar 19, 2020 Peer-reviewed
CHLOROPLAST UNUSUAL POSITIONING 1 is a new type of actin nucleation factor in plants

Sam-Geun Kong, Atsushi Shimada, Saku T. Kijima, Keiko Hirose, Kaoru Katoh, Jeongsu Ahn, Takeshi Higa, Akira Takano, Yuki Nakamura, Noriyuki Suetsugu …

Jan 15, 2020
Chloroplast Accumulation Response Enhances Leaf Photosynthesis and Plant Biomass Production.

Eiji Gotoh, Noriyuki Suetsugu, Wataru Yamori, Kazuhiro Ishishita, Ryota Kiyabu, Masako Fukuda, Takeshi Higa, Bungo Shirouchi, Masamitsu Wada

Plant physiology, 178(3) 1358-1369, Nov, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Palisade cell shape affects the light-induced chloroplast movements and leaf photosynthesis.

Eiji Gotoh, Noriyuki Suetsugu, Takeshi Higa, Tomonao Matsushita, Hirokazu Tsukaya, Masamitsu Wada

Scientific reports, 8(1) 1472-1472, Jan 24, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Ferns, mosses and liverworts as model systems for light-mediated chloroplast movements

Noriyuki Suetsugu, Takeshi Higa, Masamitsu Wada

PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT, 40(11) 2447-2456, Nov, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Temperature-dependent signal transmission in chloroplast accumulation response

Takeshi Higa, Satoshi Hasegawa, Yoshio Hayasaki, Yutaka Kodama, Masamitsu Wada

JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH, 130(4) 779-789, Jul, 2017 Peer-reviewed
RPT2/NCH1 subfamily of NPH3-like proteins is essential for the chloroplast accumulation response in land plants

Noriyuki Suetsugu, Atsushi Takemiya, Sam-Geun Kong, Takeshi Higa, Aino Komatsu, Ken-ichiro Shimazaki, Takayuki Kohchi, Masamitsu Wada

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 113(37) 10424-10429, Sep, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Light-Induced Movements of Chloroplasts and Nuclei Are Regulated in Both Cp-Actin-Filament-Dependent and -Independent Manners in Arabidopsis thaliana

Noriyuki Suetsugu, Takeshi Higa, Eiji Gotoh, Masamitsu Wada

PLOS ONE, 11(6) e0157429, Jun, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Light-Induced Movements of Chloroplasts and Nuclei Are Regulated in Both Cp-Actin-Filament-Dependent and -Independent Manners in Arabidopsis thaliana

Noriyuki Suetsugu, Takeshi Higa, Eiji Gotoh, Masamitsu Wada

PLOS ONE, 11(6) e0168318, Jun, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Chloroplast avoidance movement is not functional in plants grown under strong sunlight

Takeshi Higa, Masamitsu Wada

PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT, 39(4) 871-882, Apr, 2016 Peer-reviewed

Research Projects

葉緑体光定位運動における新規制御因子ARF/ARLファミリータンパク質の機能解明

科学研究費助成事業, 若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025

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