Muraoka, Y., Kobayashi, S., Oskam, L., Tateyama, M., Masago, A., Tanaka, Y., Yokoyama, T., Furuta, T., Takase, H., Tanudjaja, E., Terashima, S., Shimizukawa, H., Yamanashi, T., Saito, S., Ijima, H., Tanaka, M., Miyamoto, A., Kato, M., Sato, K., Tsujii, M., Umezawa, T., Quintero, F.J., Rubio, F., Kudla, J., Ito, M., Kubo, Y., Ishimaru, Y., Pierik, R., Uozumi, N.
AKT5 is a bona fide potassium channel and controls petiole growth in Arabidopsis.
Sci. Adv. in press
 

Sato, K., Suzuki, K., Saito, S., Kakei, T., Kato, M., Yazaki, M., Kawai, Y., Arisawa, M., Isaka, N., Yamaguchi, T., Grenzi, M., Luoni, L., Kono, M., Hayashi, Y., Kinoshita, T., Aziz, F., Bashir, K., Seki, M., Kamimura, A., Higaki, T., Takeuchi, J., Todoroki, Y., Yin, H., Rubio, F., Kudla, J., Munemasa, S., Murata, Y., Tsujii, M., Ishimaru, Y., Costa, A., Uozumi, N.
Synthetic ion channel inhibitors enhance plant drought tolerance.
Nat. Commun. in press
 

Zhang, H., Tsujii, M., Tanudjaja, E., Shimizukawa, H., Muraoka, Y., Sato, Y., Kera, K., Furuta, T., Kaneko, S., Amaya, S., Sugiura, H., Arai, F., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
An ancestral glutamate receptor mediates cell volume regulation during high K+ stress in cyanobacteria.
J. Biol. Chem. 302, 111396, 2026.
 

Ueda, M., Todaka, D., Takahashi, S., Ishida, J., Tanaka, M., Ikeda, T., Suzuki, K., Miwa, M., Uchiyama, T., Ishimaru, Y., Sayama, K., Uozumi, N., Matsuyama, S., Nagano, A.J., Kikuno, H., Seki, M.
Requirement of Trichome Formation for the Growth-promoting Effects of Olivine for Enhanced Weathering in Arabidopsis thaliana.
J. Plant Growth Regul. 45, 2999, 2026.
 

Yamanashi. T., Muraoka, Y., Furuta, T., Kume, T., Sekido, N., Saito, S., Terashima, S., Yokoyama, T., Tanaka, Y., Miyamoto, A., Sato, K., Ito, T., Nakazawa, H., Umetsu, M., Tanudjaja, E., Tsujii, M., Dreyer, I., Schroeder, J.I., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
Structure Reveals Regulation Mechanism of Plant Outward-Rectifying K+ channel GORK by Structural Rearrangements in CNBD-Ankyrin-bridge.
PNAS 122, e2500070112, 2025.
 

Miwa, M., Nakatsuma, A., Matsuyama, S., Toyama, S., Uchiyama, T., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
Comparison of in-vacuum micro-PIXE and in-air micro-PIXE for unfixed plant sample.
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., B. 557, 165536, 2024.
 

Tsujii, M., Kobayashi, A., Kano, A., Kera, K., Takagi, T., Nagata, N., Kojima, S., Hikosaka, K., Oguchi, R., Sonoike, K., Azai, C., Inagaki, T., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
Na+-driven pH regulation by Na+/H+ antiporters promote photosynthetic efficiency in cyanobacteria.
Plant Physiol. 197, kiae562, 2024.
 

Tsujii, M., Tanudjaja, E., Zhanga, H., Shimizukawa, H., Konishi, A., Furuta, T., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
Dissecting structure and function of the monovalent cation/H+ antiporters Mdm38 and Ylh47 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
J. Bacteriol. 206, e00182-24, 2024.
 

Yamanashi, T., Takeshi, S., Sasaki S., Takashima, K., Kaneko, T., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
Utilizing plasma-generated N2O5 gas from atmospheric air as a novel gaseous nitrogen source for plants.
Plant Mol. Biol. 114, 35, 2024.
 

Muraoka, Y., Yang, G., Munemasa, S., Takeuchi, Y., Ishimaru, Y., Murata, Y., Uozumi, N., Ueda, M.
Outward-rectifying plant K+ channel SPORK2 exhibits temperature-sensitive ion transport activity.
Curr. Biol. 33, 1-7, 2023.
 

Uchiyama, T., Saito, S., Yamanashi. T., Kato, M., Takebayashi, K., Hamamoto, S., Tsujii, M., Takagi, T., Nagata, N., Ikeda, H. Kikunaga, H., Suda, T., Toyama, S., Miwa, M., Matsuyama, S., Seo, M., Horie, T., Kuromori, T., Yamagami, M., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
The HKT1 Na+ transporter protects plant fertility by decreasing Na+ content in stamen filaments.
Sci. Adv. 9, eadg5495, 2023.
 

Kobayashi, A., Nakamura, M., Tsujii, M., Makino, K., Nagayama, T., Nakamura, K., Nanatani, K., Kota, K., Furuuchi, Y., Kayamori, S., Furuta, T., Suzuki, I., Hayakawa, Y., Tanudjaja, E., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
Two cyanobacterial response regulators with diguanylate cyclase activity, Rre2 and Rre8, participate in biofilm formation.
Mol. Microbiol. 119, 599-611, 2023.
 

Tanudjaja, E., Hoshi, N, Yamamoto, K., Ihara, K., Furuta, T., Tsujii, M., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
Two Trk/Ktr/HKT-type potassium transporters, TrkG and TrkH perform distinct functions in Escherichia coli K-12.
J. Biol. Chem. 299, 102846, 2023.
 

Yamanashi. T., Uchiyama, T., Saito, S., Higashi, T., Ikeda, H. Kikunaga, H., Yamagami, M., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
Potassium transporter KUP9 participates in K+ distribution in roots and leaves under low K+ stress.
Stress Biol. 2, 565, 2022.
 

Sato, K., Saito, S., Endo, K., Kono, M., Kakei, T., Taketa, H., Kato, M., Hamamoto, S., Grenzi, M., Costa, A., Munemasa, S., Murata, Y., Ishimaru, Y., Uozumi, N.
Green tea catechins, catechin gallate and gallocatechin gallate, are potent inhibitors of ABA-induced stomatal closure.
Adv. Sci. 9, 2201403, 2022.
 

Yang, G., Ishimaru, Y., Hoshino, S., Muraoka, Y., Uozumi, N., Ueda, M.
12‑Hydroxyjasmonic acid glucoside causes leaf‑folding of Samanea saman through ROS accumulation.
Sci. Rep. 12, 7232, 2022.
 

Takaoka, Y., Iwahashi, M., Chini, A., Saito, H., Ishimaru, Y., Egoshi, S., Kato, N., Tanaka, M., Bashir, K., Seki, M., Solano, R., Ueda, M.
A rationally designed JAZ subtype-selective agonist of jasmonate perception.
Nat. Commun. 9, 3654, 2018.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Hayashi, K., Suzuki, T., Fukaki, H., Prusinska, J., Meesters, C., Quareshy, M., Egoshi, Y., Matsuura, H., Takahashi, K., Kato, N., Kombrink, E., Napier, R.M., Hayashi, K.I., Ueda M.
Jasmonic acid inhibits auxin-induced lateral rooting independently of the CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1 receptor.
Plant Physiol. 177, 1704-1716, 2018.
 

Oikawa, T., Ishimaru, Y., Munemasa, S., Takeuchi, Y., Washiyama, K., Hamamoto, S., Yoshikawa, N., Murata, Y., Uozumi, N., Ueda, M.
Ion Channels Regulate Nyctinastic Leaf Opening in Samanea saman.
Curr. Biol. 28, 2230-2238.e7, 2018.
 

Ueda, M., Hayashi, K., Egoshi, S., Ishimaru, Y., Takaoka, Y., Yamakoshi, H., Dodo, K., Sodeoka, M.
The alkyne-tag Raman imaging of coronatine, a plant pathogen virulence factor, in Commelina communis and its possible mode of action.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 16, 3348-3352, 2018.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Washiyama, K., Oikawa, T., Hamamoto, S., Uozumi, N., Ueda, M.
Dimerization of GTR1 regulates their plasma membrane localization.
Plant Signal Behav. e1334749 2017.
 

Ueda, M. Egoshi, S., Dodo, K., Ishimaru, Y., Yamakoshi, H., Nakano, T., Takaoka, Y., Tsukiji, S., Sodeoka, M. 
Non-canonical function of a small-molecular virulence factor coronatine against plant immunity: An In vivo Raman imaging approach.
ACS Cent. Sci. 3, 462-472, 2017.
 

Masuda, H., Shimochi, E., Hamada, T., Senoura, T., Kobayashi, T., Aung, M.S., Ishimaru, Y., Ogo, Y., Nakanishi, H., Nishizawa, N.K.
A new transgenic rice line exhibiting enhanced ferric iron reduction and phytosiderophore production confers tolerance to low iron availability in calcareous soil.
PLoS ONE 12, e0173441, 2017.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Oikawa, T., Suzuki, T., Takeishi, S., Matsuura, H., Takahashi, K., Hamamoto, S., Uozumi, N., Shimizu, T., Seo, M., Ohta, H., Ueda, M.
GTR1 is a jasmonic acid and jasmonoyl-l-isoleucine transporter in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 81, 249-255, 2017.
 

Kanno, Y., Oikawa, T., Chiba, Y., Ishimaru, Y., Shimizu, T., Sano, N., Koshiba, T., Kamiya, Y., Ueda, M., Seo, M.
AtSWEET13 and AtSWEET14 regulate gibberellin-mediated physiological processes.
Nat. Commun. 7, 13245, 2016.
 

Kobayashi, T., Itai, R.N., Senoura, T., Oikawa, T., Ishimaru, Y., Ueda, M., Nakanishi, H., Nishizawa, N.K.
Jasmonate signaling is activated in the very early stages of iron deficiency responses in rice roots.
Plant Mol. Biol. 91, 533-547, 2016.
 

Egoshi, S., Takaoka, Y., Saito, H., Nukadzuka, Y., Hayashi, K., Ishimaru, Y., Yamakoshi, H., Dodo, K., Sodeoka, M., Ueda, M.
Dual function of coronatine as a bacterial virulence factor against plants: possible COI1–JAZ-independent role.
RSC Adv. 6, 19404-19412, 2016.
 

Takaoka, Y., Shigenaga, M., Imai, M., Nukadzuka, Y., Ishimaru, Y., Saito, K., Yokoyama, R., Nishitani, K., Ueda, M.
Protein ligand-tethered synthetic calcium indicator for localization control and spatiotemporal calcium imaging in plant cells.
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 26, 9-14, 2016.
 

Bashir, K.*, Ishimaru, Y.*, Nakanishi, R.I., Senoura, T., Takahashi, M., An, G., Oikawa, T., Ueda, M., Sato, A.. Uozumi, N., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Iron deficiency regulated OsOPT7 is essential for iron homeostasis in rice. 
Plant Mol. Biol. 88, 165-176, 2015. (*equally contributed)
 

Kurotani, K., Hayashi, K., Hatanaka, S., Toda, Y., Ogawa, D., Ichikawa, H., Ishimaru, Y., Tashita, R., Suzuki, T., Ueda, M., Hattori, T., Takeda, S.
Elevated levels of CYP94 family gene expression alleviate the jasmonate response and enhance salt tolerance in rice.
Plant Cell Physiol. 56, 779-789, 2015.
 

Vigani, G., Bashir, K., Ishimaru, Y., Lehmann, M., Casiraghi, F.M., Nakanishi, H., Seki, M., Geigenberger, P., Zocchi, G., Nishizawa, N.K.
Knocking down mitochondrial iron transporter (MIT) reprograms primary and secondary metabolism in rice plants.
J. Exp. Bot. 67, 1357-1368, 2015.
 

Saito, H., Oikawa, T., Hamamoto, S., Ishimaru, Y., Sato, M.K., Sekimoto, Y.S., Utsumi, T., Chen, J., Kanno, Y., Masuda, S., Kamiya, Y., Seo, M., Uozumi, N., Ueda, M., Ohta, H.
The jasmonate-responsive GTR1 transporter is required for gibberellin-mediated stamen development in Arabidopsis.
Nat. Commun. 6, 6095, 2015.
 

Ueda, M., Yang, G., Nukadzuka, Y., Ishimaru, Y., Tamura, S., Manabe, Y.
Functional importance of the sugar moiety of jasmonic acid glucoside for bioactivity and target affinity.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 13, 55-58, 2015.
 

Takahashi, R.*, Ishimaru, Y.*, Shimo, H.*, Bashir, K., Senoura, T., Sugimoto, K., Ono, K., Suzuku N., Kawachi, N., Ishii, S., Yan, Y.G., Fujimaki, S., Yano, M., Nishizawa, N.K., Nakanishi, H.
From Laboratory to Field OsNRAMP5-Knockdown Rice Is a Promising Candidate for Cd Phytoremediation in Paddy Fields.
PLoS ONE 9, e98816, 2014. (*equally contributed)
 

Bashir, K., Takahashi, R., Akhtar, S., Ishimaru, Y., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
The knockdown of OsVIT2 and MIT affects iron localization in rice seed.
Rice 6, 31, 2013.
 

Masuda, H., Kobayashi, T., Ishimaru, Y., Takahashi, M., Aung, M.S., Nakanishi, H., Mori, S., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Iron-biofortification in rice by the introduction of three barley genes participated in mugineic acid biosynthesis with soybean ferritin gene.
Front. Plant Sci. 4, 132, 2013.
 

Ishikawa, S.*, Ishimaru, Y.*, Igura, M., Kuramata, M, Abe, T., Senoura, T., Hase, Y., Arao, T., Nishizawa, N.K., and Nakanishi, H.
Ion-beam irradiation, gene identification, and marker-assisted breeding in the development of low cadmium rice.
PNAS 109, 19166-19171, 2012. (*equally contributed)
 

Ueda, M., Yang, G., Ishimaru, Y., Itabashi, T., Tamura, S., Kiyota, H., Kuwahara, S., Inomata, S., Shoji, M., and Sugai, Y.
Hybrid Stereoisomers of a Compact Molecular Probe Based on a Jasmonic Acid Glucoside Syntheses and Biological Evaluations.
Bioorg. Med. Chem. 20, 5832-5843, 2012.
 

Masuda, H., Ishimaru, Y., Aung, M.S., Kobayashi, T., Kakei, Y., Takahashi, M., Higuchi, K., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Iron biofortification in rice by the introduction of multiple genes involved in iron nutrition.
Sci. Rep. 2, 543, 2012.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Bashir, K., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
OsNRAMP5, a major player for constitutive iron and manganese uptake in rice.
Plant Signal Behav. 7, 763-766, 2012.
 

Kakei, Y., Ishimaru, Y., Kobayashi, T., Yamakawa, T., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
OsYSL16 plays a role in the allocation of iron.
Plant Mol. Boil. 79, 583-594, 2012.
 

Takahashi, R.*, Ishimaru, Y.*, Shimo, H., Ogo Y., Senoura, T., Nishizawa, N.K and Nakanishi, H.
The OsHMA2 transporter is involved in root-to-shoot translocation of Zn and Cd in rice.
Plant Cell Environ. 35, 1948-1957, 2012. (*equally contributed)
 

Bashir, K., Ishimaru, Y., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Molecular mechanisms of zinc uptake and translocation.
Plant Soil 361, 189-201, 2012.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Takahashi, R., Bashir, K., Shimo, H., Senoura, T., Sugimoto, K., Ono, K., Yano, M., Ishikawa, S., Arao, T., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Characterizing the role of rice NRAMP5 in Manganese, Iron and Cadmium Transport.
Sci. Rep. 2, 286, 2012.
 

Shimo, H., Ishimaru, Y., An, G., Yamakawa, T., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Low cadmium (LCD), a novel gene related to cadmium tolerance and accumulation in rice.
J. Exp. Bot. 62, 5727-5734, 2011.
 

Bashir, K.*, Ishimaru, Y.*, Shimo, H.*, Kakei, Y., Senoura, T., Takahashi, R., Sato, Y., Sato, Y., Uozumi, N., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Rice phenolics efflux transporter 2 (PEZ2) plays an important role in solubilizing apoplasmic iron.
Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 57, 803-812, 2011. (*equally contributed)
 

Takahashi, R., Ishimaru, Y., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Role of the iron transporter OsNRAMP1 in cadmium uptake and accumulation in rice.
Plant Signal Behav. 6, 1813-1816, 2011.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Bashir, K., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
The role of rice phenolics efflux transporter in solubilizing apoplasmic iron.
Plant Signal Behav. 6, 1624-1626, 2011.
 

Bashir, K., Ishimaru, Y., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Identification and characterization of the major mitochondrial Fe transporter in rice.
Plant Signal Behav. 6, 1591-1593, 2011.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Kakei, Y., Shimo, H., Bashir, K., Sato, Y., Sato,Y., Uozumi, N., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
A rice phenolics efflux transporter is essential for solubilizing precipitated apoplasmic iron in the plant stele.
J. Biol. Chem. 286, 24649-24655, 2011.
 

Bashir, K.*, Ishimaru, Y.*, Shimo, H., Nagasaka, S., Fujimoto, M., Takanashi H., Tsutsumi, M., An, G., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Mitochondrial iron transporter is essential for plant growth.
Nat. Commun. 2, 322, 2011. (*equally contributed)
 

Takahashi, R., Ishimaru, Y., Senoura, T., Shimo, H., Ishikawa, S., Arao, T., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
The OsNRAMP1 iron transporter is involved in Cd accumulation in rice.
J. Exp. Bot. 62, 4843-4850, 2011.
 

Bashir, K., Ishimaru, Y., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Iron Uptake and Loading into Rice Grains.
Rice 3, 122-130, 2010.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Masuda, H., Bashir, K., Inoue, H., Tsukamoto, T., Takahashi, M., Nakanishi, H., Aoki, N., Hirose, T., Ohsugi, R., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Rice metal-nicotianamine transporter, OsYSL2, is required for the long-distance transport of iron and manganese.
Plant J. 62, 379-390, 2010.
 

Masuda, H., Usuda, K., Kobayashi, T., Ishimaru, Y., Kakei, Y., Takahashi, M., Higuchi, K., Nakanishi, H., Mori, S., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Overexpression of the barley nicotianamine synthase gene HvNAS1 increases iron and zinc concentrations in rice grains.
Rice 2, 155-166, 2009.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Bashir, K., Fujimoto, M., An, G., Itai, N.R., Tsutsumi, M., Mori, S. Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
A mitochondrial iron regulated gene (MIR) plays an important role in iron homeostasis in rice.
Mol. Plant 2, 1059-1066, 2009.
 

Takahashi, M., Nozoye, T., Kitajima, N., Fukuda, N., Hokura, A., Terada, Y., Nakai, I., Ishimaru, Y., Kobayashi, T., Nakanishi, H., and Nishizawa, N.K.
in vivo analysis of metal distribution and expression of metal transporters in rice seed during germination process by microarray and X-ray Fluorescence Imaging of Fe, Zn, Mn, and Cu.
Plant Soil 325, 39-51, 2009.
 

Aoyama, T., Kobayashi, T., Takahashi, M., Nagasaka, S., Usuda, K., Kakei, Y., Ishimaru, Y., Nakanishi, H., Mori, S., and Nishizawa, N.K.
OsYSL18 is a rice iron(III)-deoxymugineic acid transporter specifically expressed in reproductive organs and phloem of lamina joints.
Plant Mol. Boil. 70, 681-692, 2009.
 

Usuda, K., Wada, Y., Ishimaru, Y., Kobayashi, T., Takahashi, M., Nakanishi, H., Nagato, Y., Mori, S., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Genetically engineered rice that contains higher mounts of nicotianamine to enhance the antihypertensive effect.
Plant Biot. J. 7, 87-95, 2009.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Suzuki, M., Ogo, Y., Takahashi, M., Nakanishi, H., Mori, S., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Synthesis of nicotianamine and deoxymugineic acid is regulated by OsIRO2 in Zn excess rice plants.
Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 54, 417-423, 2008.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Masuda, H., Suzuki, M., Bashir, K., Takahashi, M., Nakanishi, H., Mori, S., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Overexpression of the OsZIP4 zinc transporter induces disarrangement of zinc distribution in rice plants.
J. Exp. Bot. 58, 2909-2915, 2007.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Kim, S., Tsukamoto, T., Oki, H., Kobayashi, T., Watanabe, S., Matsuhashi, S., Takahashi, M., Nakanishi, H., Mori, S., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Mutational reconstructed ferric chelate reductase confers enhanced tolerance in rice to iron deficiency in calcareous soil.
PNAS 104, 7373-7378, 2007.
 

Nozoye, T., Inoue, H., Takahashi, M., Ishimaru, Y., Nakanishi, H., Mori, S., and Nishizawa, N.K.
The expression of iron homeostasis-related genes during rice germination.
Plant Mol. Boil. 64, 35-47, 2007.
 

Nakanishi, N., Ogawa, I., Ishimaru, Y., Mori, S. and Nishizawa, N.K.
Fe-deficiency enhances Cd uptake and translocation mediated by the Fe2+ transporters OsIRT1 and OsIRT2 in rice.
Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 52, 464-469, 2006.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Suzuki, M., Tsukamoto, T., Suzuki, K., Nakazono, M., Kobayashi, T., Wada, Y., Watanabe, S., Matsuhashi, S., Takahashi, M., Nakanishi, H., Mori, S., and Nishizawa, N.K.
Rice plants take up iron as an Fe3+-phytosiderophore and as Fe2+.
Plant J. 45, 335-346, 2006.
 

Ishimaru, Y., Suzuki, M., Kobayashi, T., Takahashi, M., Nakanishi, H., Mori, S., and Nishizawa, N.K.
OsZIP4, a novel zinc-regulated zinc transporter in rice.
J. Exp. Bot. 56, 3204-3214, 2005.