Research Summary

Selected Publications

Papers with an asterisk(*) are based on research conducted outside of RIKEN.

• 1. *Angkawijaya, A.E, Nguyen, C.V., Gunawan, F., and Nakamura, Y.:
  "A pair of diacylglycerol kinases essential for gametogenesis and ER phospholipid metabolism in leaves and flowers of Arabidopsis."
  Plant Cell 32, 2602-2620. (2020).
• 2. *Ngo, A.H., Kanehara, K., and Nakamura, Y.:
  "Non‐specific phospholipases C, NPC2 and NPC6, are required for root growth in Arabidopsis."
  Plant J. 100(4), 825-835. (2019).
• 3. *Angkawijaya, A.E., Nguyen, V.C., and Nakamura, Y.:
  Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases 4 and 5 are involved in glycerolipid metabolism and nitrogen starvation response in Arabidopsis."
  New Phytol. 224(1), 336-351. (2019).
• 4. *Lin, Y-C., Kanehara, K., and Nakamura, Y.:
  "Arabidopsis CHOLINE/ETHNAOLAMINE KINASE 1 (CEK1) is a primary choline kinase localized at the ER and involved in ER stress tolerance."
  New Phytol. 223(4), 1904-1917. (2019).
• 5. *Liu, Y-c, Lin, Y-C, Kanehara, K., and Nakamura, Y.:
  "A methyltransferase trio essential for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and growth."
  Plant Physiol. 179(2), 433-445. (2019).
• 6. *Liu, Y-c, Lin, Y-C, Kanehara, K., and Nakamura, Y.:
  "A pair of phospho-base methyltransferases important for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in Arabidopsis."
  Plant J. 96(5), 1064-1075. (2018).
• 7. *Ngo, A.H., Lin, Y-C., Liu, Y-c., Gutbrod, K., Peisker, H., Dörmann, P., and Nakamura, Y.:
  "A pair of non-specific phospholipases C, NPC2 and NPC6, is involved in gametophyte development and glycerolipid metabolism in Arabidopsis."
  New Phytol. 219(1), 163-175. (2018).
• 8. *Nakamura, Y.:
  "Plant phospholipid diversity: Emerging functions in metabolism and protein-lipid interactions."
  Trends Plant Sci. 22(12), 1027-1040. (2017).
• 9. *Lin, Y-C., Liu, Y-c., and Nakamura, Y.:
  "The choline/ethanolamine kinase family in Arabidopsis: Essential role of CEK4 in phospholipid biosynthesis and embryo development."
  Plant Cell, 27, 1497-1511. (2015).
• 10. *Nakamura, Y., Andrés, F., Kanehara, K., Liu, Y-c., Dörmann, P., and Coupland, G.:
  "Arabidopsis florigen FT binds to diurnally oscillating phospholipids that accelerate flowering."
  Nat. Commun., 5, 3553. (2014).

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