Take Matsuyama

Photochemical properties of mammalian melanopsin.

Y. Shichida, T. Yamashita, Y. Imamoto, 2012, Biochemistry.

Evolution of opsins and phototransduction

Yoshinori Shichida, Y. Shichida, Take Matsuyama, 2009, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Origin of the low thermal isomerization rate of rhodopsin chromophore

K. Nakanishi, Y. Sako, Keiichi Kojima, 2015, Scientific Reports.

Red-Tuning of the Channelrhodopsin Spectrum Using Long Conjugated Retinal Analogues.

T. Ishizuka, H. Yawo, Y. Shichida, 2018, Biochemistry.

Covalent Bond between Ligand and Receptor Required for Efficient Activation in Rhodopsin*

Takahiro Yamashita, Yoshinori Shichida, Y. Shichida, 2009, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

The C-terminus of the G protein α subunit controls the affinity of nucleotides.

Y. Shichida, T. Yamashita, Y. Imamoto, 2012, Biochemistry.

Alternative Formation of Red-Shifted Channelrhodopsins: Noncovalent Incorporation with Retinal-Based Enamine-Type Schiff Bases and Mutated Channelopsin.

T. Ishizuka, H. Yawo, Y. Shichida, 2017, Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin.