Structural analysis of biomolecules
by cryo-electron microscopy

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Murata's Publications

  1. Fukuda Y, Suzaki T, Murata K, Chihong S (2025) Novel ultrastructural features of the nucleus of the ancestral dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina as revealed by freeze substitution fixation. Front Protistol 3 1512258. WEB
  2. Burton-Smith RN, Yagi-Utsumi M, Yanaka S, Song C, Murata K, Kato K (2025) Elucidating the Unique J-Shaped Protomer Structure of Amyloid-β(1-40) Fibril with Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Int J Mol Sci 26(3) 1179. WEB
  3. Oda H, Nishiguchi S, Song C, Murata K, Uchihashi T, Suzuki Y (2024) Nanoscale visualization of Drosophila E-cadherin ectodomain fragments and their interactions using DNA origami nanoblocks. J Mol Biol 437(2) 168875. WEB
  4. Sugiyama H, Watanabe K, Song C, Murata K, Segawa Y (2024) Structure Determination of Tweezer-shaped π-Extended Tetraphenylenes without Recrystallization by Microcrystal Electron Diffraction. Chemical Letters 53 upae192. WEB
  5. Watanabe R, Song C, Takemura T, Murata K (2024) Subnanometer structure of medusavirus capsid during maturation using cryo-electron microscopy. J Virol 98(9) e0043624. WEB
  6. Waschestjuk D, Murata K, Takemura M. (2024) Complete genome sequence of Tornadovirus japonicus, a relative of Pacmanvirus, isolated from the Tamagawa River in Japan. Microbiol Resour Announc 13(7) e0026524. WEB
  7. Lin SSY, Kato T, Namba K, Hosogi N, Song C, Murata K, Yen CH, Hsu TL, Wong CH, Wu YM, Tu IP, Chang WH (2024) Use of phase plate cryo-EM reveals conformation diversity of therapeutic IgG with 50 kDa Fab fragment resolved below 6 Å. Sci Rep 14 14079. WEB
  8. Maity B, Kameyama S, Tian J, Pham TT, Abe S, Chatani E, Murata K, Ueno T (2024) Fusion of amyloid beta with ferritin yields an isolated oligomeric beta-sheet-rich aggregate inside the ferritin cage. Biomater Sci 12(9) 2408-2417. WEB
  9. Chen L, Fukata Y, Murata K (2024) In situ cryo-electron tomography: a new method to elucidate cytoplasmic zoning at the molecular level. J Biochem. 175(2) 187-193. WEB
  10. レイモンド・バートンスミス，村田 和義(2024) 「腸球菌 V 型 ATP アーゼ反応過程の構造解析」,生化学, 第 96 巻第 1 号，pp. 28‒35　日本生化学会 WEB
  11. 宋 致宖、村田和義 (2023) 「クライオ電子顕微鏡によるタンパク質の構造解析」,タンパク質構造解析手法とIn silicoスクリーニングへの応用事例, pp.83-94、（株）技術情報協会　ISBN 978-4-86104-971-2　Link
  12. Burton-Smith RN, Song C, Ueno H, Murata T, Iino R, Murata K (2023) Six states of Enterococcus hirae V-type ATPase reveals non-uniform rotor rotation during turnover. Comm. Biol. 6 755. WEB
  13. Burton-Smith RN, Murata K. (2023) Cryo-electron Microscopy of Protein Cages. Methods Mol Biol. 2671 173-210. WEB
  14. Okamoto K, Song C, Wang H, Sakaguchi M, Chalkiadaki C, Miyazaki N, Nabeshima T, Morita K, Inoue S, Murata K. (2023) Structure and its transformation of elliptical nege-like virus Tanay virus. J Gen Virol. 104(6). WEB
  15. Fukuda T, Furukawa K, Maruyama T, Yamashita SI, Noshiro D, Song C, Ogasawara Y, Okuyama K, Alam JM, Hayatsu M, Saigusa T, Inoue K, Ikeda K, Takai A, Chen L, Lahiri V, Okada Y, Shibata S, Murata K, Klionsky DJ, Noda NN, Kanki T (2023) The mitochondrial intermembrane space protein mitofissin drives mitochondrial fission required for mitophagy. Mol Cell 83(12) 2045-2058.e9. WEB
  16. Ishii A, Shan J, Sheng X, Kim E, Watanabe A, Yokono M, Noda C, Song C, Murata K, Liu Z, Minagawa J (2023) The photosystem I supercomplex from a primordial green alga Ostreococcus tauri harbors three light-harvesting complex trimers. Elife 12 e84488. WEB
  17. Zhang R, Takemura M, Murata K, Ogata H (2023) "Mamonoviridae", a proposed new family of the phylum Nucleocytoviricota. Arch Virol 168(3):80. WEB
  18. ソン・チホン、村田和義 (2023) 「自然科学研究機構におけるクライオ電子顕微鏡支援」 クライオ電子顕微鏡ハンドブック(難波啓一、加藤貴之、牧野文信　監修), pp.189-196 (株)エヌ・ティー・エス ISBN 978-4-86043-804-3 C3047 Link
  19. レイモンド・バートンスミス、村田和義 (2023) 「巨大ウイルスの構造解析」 クライオ電子顕微鏡ハンドブック(難波啓一、加藤貴之、牧野文信　監修), pp.189-196 (株)エヌ・ティー・エス ISBN 978-4-86043-804-3 C3047 Link
  20. Chihara A, Burton-Smith RN, Kajimura N, Mitsuoka K, Okamoto K, Song C*, Murata K* (2022) A novel capsid protein network allows the characteristic inner membrane structure of Marseilleviridae giant viruses. Sci Rep 12(1):21428. WEB
  21. Nishizawa Y, Watanabe T, Noguchi T, Takizawa M, Song C, Murata K, Minato H, Suzuki D (2022) Durable gelfoams stabilized by compressible nanocomposite microgels. Chem Commun (Camb) 58, 12927-12930. WEB
  22. 宋 致宖、村田和義 (2022) 特集　クライオ電子顕微鏡の現在「生命分子動態機能解析システムと組み合わせたクライオEM研究支援」 顕微鏡Vol 57. No.3 P.113-117　日本顕微鏡学会 WEB
  23. 武村政春、深谷将、緒方博之、村田和義（2022） 巨大ウイルスの一種メドゥーサウイルス～そのゲノムならびに粒子構造に関する特殊性～，化学と生物 Vol.60(6) P.290-294 WEB
  24. Johkura K, Usuda N, Tanaka Y, Fukasawa M, Murata K, Noda T, Ohno N (2022) Whole-Cell Observation of ZIO-Stained Golgi Apparatus in Rat Hepatocytes with Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscope, SBF-SEM. Microscopy (Oxf) 71(5), 262-270. WEB
  25. Miyazaki N, Song C, Oka T, Miki M, Murakami K, Iwasaki K, Katayama K, Murata K* (2022) Atomic structure of human sapovirus capsid by single particle cryo-electron microscopy revealed a unique capsid protein conformation in caliciviruses. J Virol 96(9), e0029822. WEB
  26. Matsushita A, Stewart F, Ilić M, Chen PJ, Wakita D, Miyazaki N, Murata K, Kinoshita M, Belusic G, Arikawa K (2022) Connectome of the lamina reveals the circuit for early color processing in the visual pathway of a butterfly. Cur biology 32(10):2291.e3, 00506-1. WEB
  27. Watanabe R, Song C, Kayama Y, Takemura M, Murata K* (2022) Particle morphology of Medusavirus inside and outside cells reveals new maturation process of giant virus. J Virol 96(7), e0185321. WEB
  28. Burton-Smith RN, Murata K (2021) Cryo-electron microscopy of the giant viruses. Microscopy, 70(6), 477-486. WEB
  29. Yagi-Utsumi M, Aoki K, Watanabe H, Song C, Nishimura S, Satoh T, Yanaka S, Ganser C, Tanaka S, Schnapka V, Goh EW, Furutani Y, Murata K, Uchihashi T, Arakawa K, Kato K (2021) Desiccation-induced fibrous condensation of CAHS protein from an anhydrobiotic tardigrade. Sci Rep 11(1), 21328. WEB
  30. Haga K, Takai-Todaka R, Matsumura Y, Takano T, Tojo T, Nagami A, Ishida Y, Masaki H, Tsuchiya M, Ebisudani T, Sugimoto S, Sato T, Yasuda H, Fukunaga K, Sawada A, Nemoto N, Song C, Murata K, Morimoto T, Katayama K (2021) Nasal delivery of single-domain antibodies improves symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in an animal model. PLoS Pathogens. 17(10):e1009542. WEB
  31. Kamiya R, Uchiyama J, Matsuzaki S, Murata K, Iwasaki K, Miyazaki N (2021) Acid-stable capsid structure of Helicobacter pylori bacteriophage KHP30 by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. Structure. 30(2), 300-312.e3. WEB
  32. Takahashi H, Fukaya S, Song C, Murata K, Takemura M (2021) Cotonvirus japonicus using Golgi apparatus of host cells for its virion factory phylogenetically links tailed tupanvirus and icosahedral mimivirus.J Virol 95(18),e0091921. WEB
  33. Harada N, Hirose Y, Song C, Kurita H, Sato M, Onodera J, Murata K, Itoh F (2021) A novel characteristic of a phytoplankton as a potential source of straight-chain alkanes.Sci Rep 11(1), 14190. WEB
  34. Pan X , Tokutsu R, Li A, Takizawa K, Song C, Murata K, Yamasaki T, Liu Z, Minagawa J, Li M (2021) Structural basis of LhcbM5-mediated state transitions in green algae.Nature plant 7(8), 1119-1131. doi: 10.1038/s41477-021-00960-8. WEB
  35. 宋 致宖、村田和義 (2021) クライオ電子顕微鏡で生体分子の構造解析をはじめよう　日本結晶学会誌, 63 巻 2 号 p. 80-88 Link
  36. 村田和義 (2021) 巨大ウイルスの構造解析，ネオウイルス学　河岡義裕編P.187, ISBN 978-4-08-721159-7 集英社新書 Link
  37. Song C, Satoh T, Sekiguchi T, Kato K*, Murata K* (2021) Structural fluctuations of the human proteasome α7 homo-tetradecamer double ring imply the proteasomal α-ring assembly mechanism. Int J Mol Sci 22(9), 4519. WEB
  38. Kayama Y, Burton-Smith RN, Song C, Terahara N, Kato T, Murata K* (2021) Below 3 Å structure of apoferritin using a multipurpose TEM with a side entry cryoholder.Sci Rep 11, 8395. WEB
  39. Kutomi O, Yamamoto R, Hirose K, Mizuno K, Nakagiri Y, Imai H, Noga A, Obbineni JM, Zimmermann N, Nakajima M, Shibata D, Shibata M, Shiba K, Kita M, Kigoshi H, Tanaka Y, Yamasaki Y, Asahina Y, Song C, Nomura M, Nomura M, Nakajima A, Nakachi M, Yamada L, Nakazawa S, Sawada H, Murata K, Mitsuoka K, Ishikawa T, Wakabayashi KI, Kon T, Inaba K (2021) A dynein-associated photoreceptor protein prevents ciliary acclimation to blue light. Sci Adv 7, eabf3621. WEB
  40. Yamada H, Chikamatsu K, Aono A, Murata K, Miyazaki N, Kayama Y, Bhatt A, Fujiwara N, Maeda S, Mitarai S (2020) Fundamental cell morphologies of the species in the novel five genera robustly correlate with new classification in family Mycobacteriaceae. Front Microbiol 11, 562395. WEB
  41. Tanaka N, Fujita T, Takahashi Y, Yamasaki J, Murata K, Arai S (2020) Progress in environmental high-voltage transmission electron microscopy for nanomaterials. Phil Trans R Soc A378, 20190602. WEB
  42. レイモンド バートンスミス，千原あかね，梶村 直子，光岡 薫，岡本 健太，宋 致宖，村田 和義（2020）クライオ超高圧電子顕微鏡による巨大ウイルスの構造研究，大阪大学超高圧電子顕微鏡センター年報　No.49 P.16-20 Link
  43. 安藤潤、中村彰彦、山本真由子、ソンチホン、村田和義、飯野亮太（2020）金銀ナノ粒子による多色・高速生体1分子イメージング，光学Vol.49 No.6 P.249 日本光学会 Link
  44. Tomita M, Nagatani Y, Murata K & Momose A (2020) Enhancement of low-spatial-frequency components by a new phase-contrast STEM using a probe formed with an amplitude Fresnel zone plate. Ultramicroscopy, 218, 113089. WEB
  45. Song C, Takai-Todaka R, Miki M, Haga K, Fujimoto A, Ishiyama R, Oikawa K, Yokoyama M, Miyazaki N, Iwasaki K, Murakami K, Katayama K* & Murata K* (2020) Dynamic rotation of the protruding domain enhances the infectivity of norovirus. PLOS Pathogens, July 2. WEB
  46. Yagi-Utsumi M, Yanaka S, Song C, Satoh T, Yamazaki C, Kasahara H, Shimazu T, Murata K, Kato K (2020) Characterization of amyloid β fibril formation under microgravity conditions. Microgravity ６, 17. WEB
  47. Okamoto K, Ferreira RJ, Larsson DSD, Maia FRNC, Isawa H, Sawabe K, Murata K, Hajdu J, Iwasaki K, Kasson PM, Miyazaki N (2020) Acquired functional capsid structures in metazoan totivirus-like dsRNA virus. Structure 28, 1-9. WEB
  48. Watanabe T, Nishizawa Y, Minato H, Song C, Murata K, Suzuki D (2020) Hydrophobic monomers recognize microenvironments in hydrogel microspheres during free radical seeded emulsion polymerization. Angewandte Chemie Int Ed 59, 1-6. WEB
  49. Furuta T, Bush NE, Yang AET, Ebara S, Miyazaki N, Murata K, Hirai D, Shibata K & Hartmann MJZ (2020) The cellular and mechanical basis for response characteristics of identified primary afferents in the rat vibrissal system. Curr Biol 30, 815-826.e5. WEB
  50. Yagi-Utsumi M, Sikdar A, Song C, Park J, Inoue R, Watanabe H, Burton-Smith R.N., Kozai T, Suzuki T, Kodama A, Ishii K, Yagi H, Satoh T, Uchiyama S, Uchihashi T, Joo K, Lee J, Sugiyama M, Murata K & Kato K (2020) Supramolecular tholos-like architecture constituted by archaeal proteins without functional annotation. Sci Rep 10, 1540. WEB
  51. Imachi H, Nobu MK, Nakahara N, Morono Y, Ogawara M, Takaki Y, Takano Y, Uematsu K, Ikuta T, Ito M, Matsui Y, Miyazaki M, Murata K, Saito Y, Sakai S, Song C, Tasumi E, Yamanaka Y, Yamaguchi T, Tamaki H & Takai K (2020) Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface. Nature 577, 519–52515. WEB
  52. Sheng X, Watanabe A, Li A, Kim E, Song C, Murata K, Mr. Song D, Minagawa J & Liu Z (2019) Structural insight into light harvesting for photosystem II in green algae. Nature Plants 5, 1320–1330. WEB
  53. Ando, J, Nakamura A, Yamamoto M, Song C, Murata K & Iino R (2019) Multi-color high-speed tracking of single biomolecules with silver, gold, silver-gold alloy nanoparticles. ACS Photonics 6(11), 2870-2883. WEB
  54. Kaji T, Song C, Murata K, Nonaka S, Ogawa, K, Kondo Y, Ohtsuka S & Palmer R (2019) Evolutionary transformation of mouthparts from particle-feeding to piercing carnivory in Viper copepods: 3D analyses of a key innovation using advanced imaging techniques. Front Zool 16, 35. WEB
  55. Burton-Smith, RN, Watanabe A, Tokutsu R, Song C, Murata K & Minagawa J (2019) Structural determination of the large photosystem II–light harvesting complex II supercomplex of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using non-ionic amphipol. J Biol Chem 294(41), 15003–15013. WEB
  56. Sekiguchi T, Satoh T, Kurimoto E, Song C, Kozai T, Watanabe H, Ishii K, Yagi H, Yanaka S, Uchiyama S, Uchihashi T, Murata K & Kato K (2019) Mutational and combinatorial control of self-assembling and disassembling of human proteasome α-subunits. Int J Mol Sci 20(9), 2308. WEB
  57. Hirose Y, Chihong S, Watanabe M, Yonekawa C, Murata K, Ikeuchi M & Eki T (2019) Diverse chromatic acclimation regulating phycoerythrocyanin and rod-shaped phycobilisome in cyanobacteria. Mol Plant 12(5), 715-725. WEB
  58. Yoshikawa G, Blanc-Mathieu R, Song C, Kayama Y, Mochizuki T, Murata K, Ogata H & Takemura M (2019) Medusavirus, a novel large DNA virus discovered from hot spring water. J Virol 93(8), e02130-18. WEB
  59. Kubota-Kawai H, Burton-Smith RN, Tokutsu R, Song C, Akimoto S, Yokono M, Ueno Y, Kim E, Watanabe A, Murata K & Minagawa J (2019) Ten antenna proteins are associated with the core in the supramolecular organization of the photosystem I supercomplex in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J Biol Chem 294(12), 4304-4314, WEB
  60. Nakamichi Y, Miyazaki N, Tsutsumi K, Higashiura A, Narita H, Shimizu T, Uehara-Ichiki T, Omura T, Murata K Nakagawa A (2019) An assembly intermediate structure of Rice dwarf virus reveals a hierarchical outer capsid shell assembly mechanism. Structure 27, 1-10. WEB
  61. Kim YJ, Lee YJ, Kim HJ, Kim HS, Kang M-S, Lee S-K, Park MK, Murata K, Kim HL & Seo YR (2018) A molecular mechanism of nickel (II): reduction of nucleotide excision repair activity by structural and functional disruption of p53. Carcinogenesis 39, 1157–1164.WEB
  62. Ando J, Nakamura A, Visootsat A, Yamamoto M, Song C, Murata K & Iino R (2018) Single-nanoparticle tracking with angstrom localization precision and microsecond time resolution. Biophys J, 115(12):2413-2427, WEB
  63. Tsunoda J, Song C, Imai FL, Takagi J, Ueno H, Murata T, Iino R & Murata K (2018) Off-axis rotor in Enterococcus hirae V-ATPase visualized by Zernike phase plate single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. Sci Rep 8, 15632, WEB
  64. Takeichi Y, Uebi T, Miyazaki N, Murata K, Yasuyama K, Inoue K, Suzaki T, Kubo H, Kajimura N, Takano J, Omori T, Yoshimura R, Endo Y, Hojo MK, Takaya E, Kurihara S, Tatsuta K, Ozaki K　& Ozaki M (2018) Putative Neural Network within an Olfactory Sensory Unit for Nestmate and Non-nestmate Discrimination in the Japanese Carpenter Ant: The Ultrastructures and Mathematical Simulation. Front Cell Neurosci, 12, 310. WEB
  65. Murata K, & Kaneko Y (2018) Visualization of DNA Compaction in Cyanobacteria by High-voltage Cryo-electron Tomography. J Visual Exper 137, e57197. WEB
  66. Watanabe T, Song C, Murata K, Kureha T & Suzuki D (2018) Seeded Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene in the Presence of Water-Swollen Hydrogel Microspheres. ACS Lungmuir 34(29), 8571-8580. WEB
  67. Kobayashi N, Inano K, Sasahara K, Sato T, Miyazawa K, Fukuma T, Hecht M, Song C, Murata K, & Arai R (2018) Self-Assembling Supramolecular Nanostructures Constructed from de Novo Extender Protein Nanobuilding Blocks. ACS Synth Biol 7, 1381-1394. WEB
  68. Uchihashi T, Watanabe Y, Nakazaki Y, Yamasaki T, Watanabe H, Maruno T, Ishii K, Uchiyama S, Song C, Murata K, Iino R, & Ando T (2018) Dynamic Structural States of ClpB Involved in Its Disaggregation Function. Nature Commun 9, 2147. WEB
  69. Asare KK, Sakaguchi M, Lucky AB, Asada M, Miyazaki S, Katakai Y, Kawai S, Song S, Murata K, Yahata K, & Kaneko O (2018) The Plasmodium knowlesi MAHRP2 ortholog localizes to structures connecting Sinton Mulligan's clefts in the infected erythrocyte. Parasitol Int 67, 481-492. WEB
  70. 村田和義（2018）空間フィルタリング、周波数フィルタリング，「イメージングの選び方・使い方100＋」，実験医学増刊 Vol.36 No.20 P. 3550, 5332　羊土社 Link
  71. 村田和義 (2018) 超高圧電子顕微鏡　ライフサイエンス顕微鏡学ハンドブック (山科正平・高田邦昭 責任編集), pp.150-154 朝倉書店 ISBN978-4-254-31094-8 Link
  72. 岡本健太，村田和義（2018）巨大ウイルスの構造解析：クライオ電子顕微鏡の新たな挑戦　実験医学 36(8), P.1344-1348　羊土社 Link
  73. 宋 致宖, 村田和義（2018）クライオ電子顕微鏡によるタンパク質の動的構造解析　J Comp Chem, Japan 17(1), 38-45.　Link
  74. Okamoto K, Miyazaki N, Reddy HKN., Hantke MF, Maia FRNC., Larsson DSD, Abergel C, Claverie JM, Hajdu J, Murata K, & Svenda M (2018) Cryo-EM structure of a Marseilleviridae virus particle reveals a large internal microassembly. Virology 516, 239-245. WEB
  75. Murata K & Wolf M (2018) Cryo-electron microscopy for structural analysis of dynamic biological macromolecules. Biochim Biophys Acta 1862(2), 324-334. WEB
  76. 片山和彦、芳賀　慧、藤本　陽、戸田玲子、村上耕介、村田和義、中西　章（2017）ノロウイルス研究の最新知見　感染制御と予防衛生Vol.1 No.1, P.4-11　メディカルレビュー社　Link
  77. Nakao A, Miyazaki N, Ohira K, Hagihara H, Takagi T, Usuda N, Ishii S, Murata K, & Miyakawa T (2017) Immature morphological properties in subcellular-scale structures in the dentate gyrus of Schnurri-2 knockout mice: a model for schizophrenia and intellectual disability. Mol Brain 10:60. WEB
  78. Nakamura A, Tasaki T, Okuni Y, Song C, Murata K, Kozai T, Hara M, Sugimoto H, Suzuki K, Watanabe T, Uchihashi T, Noji H, & Iino R (2017) Rate constants, processivity, and productive binding ratio of chitinase A revealed by single-molecule analysis. Phys Chem ChemvPhys 20(5), 3844. WEB
  79. Okamoto K, Miyazaki N, Song C, Maia FRNC, Reddy HKN, Abergel C, Claverie J-M, Hajdu J, Svenda M, Murata K (2017) Structural variability and complexity of the giant Pithovirus sibericum particle revealed by high-voltage electron cryo-tomography and energy-filtered electron cryo-microscopy. Sci Rep 7, 13291. WEB
  80. Satoh T, Song C, Zhu T, Toshimori T, Murata K, Hayashi Y, Kamikubo H, Uchihashi T, & Kato K (2017) Visualisation of a flexible modular structure of the ER folding-sensor enzyme UGGT. Sci Rep 7:12142 WEB
  81. Conley M, Emmott E, Orton R, Taylor D, Carneiro DG, Murata K, Goodfellow IG, Hansman GS, & Bhella D (2017) Vesivirus 2117 capsids more closely resemble sapovirus and lagovirus particles than other known vesivirus structures. J Gen Virol 98, 68–76. WEB
  82. Sai K, Wang S, Kaito A, Fujiwara T, Maruo T, Itoh Y, Miyata M, Sakakibara S, Miyazaki N, Murata K, Yamaguchi Y, Haruta T, Nishioka H, Motojima Y, Komura M, Kimura K, Mandai K, Takai Y, & Mizoguchi A (2017) Multiple roles of afadin in the ultrastructural morphogenesis of mouse hippocampal mossy fiber synapses. J Comp Neurol 525:2719–2734. WEB
  83. Song C, Murata K, & Suzaki T (2017) Intracellular symbiosis of algae with possible involvement of mitochondrial dynamics. Sci Rep 7, 1221. WEB
  84. Murata K, Zhang Q, Gerardo Galaz-Montoya J, Fu C, Coleman ML, Osburne MS, Schmid MF, Sullivan MB, Chisholm SW, & Chiu W (2017) Visualizing Adsorption of Cyanophage P-SSP7 onto Marine Prochlorococcus. Sci Rep 7, 44176. WEB
  85. Ichimura K, Kakuta S, Kawasaki Y, Miyaki T, Nonami T, Miyazaki N, Nakao T, Enomoto S, Arai S, Koike M, Murata K, & Sakai T. (2017) Morphological process of podocyte development revealed by block- face scanning electron microscopy. J Cell Sci 130, 132–142. WEB
  86. Watanabe T, Kobayashi C, Song C, Murata K, Kureha T, Suzuki D (2016) Impact of Spatial Distribution of Charged Groups in Core Poly( N ‑ isopropylacrylamide)-Based Microgels on the Resultant Composite Structures Prepared by Seeded Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene.Langmuir 32:12760–12773. WEB
  87. Murata K, Hagiwara S, Kimori Y, & Kaneko Y (2016) Ultrastructure of compacted DNA in cyanobacteria by high-voltage cryo-electron tomography.Sci Rep, 6: 34934. WEB
  88. Haga K, Fujimoto A, Takai-Todaka R , Miki M, Doan YH, Murakami K, Yokoyama M, Murata K, Nakanishi A, Katayama K. (2016) Functional receptor molecules CD300lf and CD300ld within the CD300 family enable murine noroviruses to infect cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 113(41), E6248–E6255. WEB
  89. Okamoto K, Miyazaki N, Larsson DS, Kobayashi D, Svenda M, Mühlig K, Maia FR, Gunn LH, Isawa H, Kobayashi M, Sawabe K, Murata K, Hajdu J. (2016) The infectious particle of insectborne totivirus-like Omono River virus has raised ridges and lacks fibre complexes. Sci Rep, 6: 33170. WEB
  90. Negishi T, Miyazaki N, Murata K, Yasuo H, & Ueno N. (2016) Physical association between a novel plasma-membrane structure and centrosome orients cell division. Elife, 5, e16550. WEB
  91. Yamaguchi M, Yamada H, Higuchi K, Yamamoto Y, Arai S, Murata K, Mori Y, Furukawa H, Uddin MS & Chibana H (2016) High-voltage electron microscopy tomography and structome analysis of unique spiral bacteria from the deep sea. Microscopy 65, 363-369. WEB
  92. Takeuchi M, Karahara I, Kajimura N, Takaoka A, Murata K, Misaki K, Yonemura S, Staehelin LA & Mineyuki Y. (2016). Single microfilaments mediate the early steps of microtubule bundling during preprophase band formation in onion cotyledon epidermal cells. Mol Biol Cell, 27(11):1809-1820. WEB
  93. Oshima A, Matsuzawa T, Murata K, Tani K, & Fujiyoshi Y. (2016). Hexadecameric structure of an invertebrate gap junction channel. J Mol Biol, 428(6):1227-1236. WEB
  94. Kaji T, Kakui K, Miyazaki N, Murata K, & A R Palmer (2016). Mesoscale morphology at nanoscale resolution: serial block-face scanning electron microscopy reveals fine 3D detail of a novel silk spinneret system in a tube-building tanaid crustacean. Front Zool, 13:14. WEB
  95. Kobayashi C, Watanabe T, Murata K, Kureha T, & Suzuki D. (2016). Localization of Polystyrene Particles on the Surface of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) Microgels Prepared by Seeded Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene. Langmuir, 32(6): 1429-1439. WEB
  96. Sakaguchi M, Miyazaki N, Fujioka H, Kaneko O, Murata K.(2016). Three-dimensional analysis of morphological changes in the malaria parasite infected red blood cell by serial block-face scanning electron microscopy. J Struct Biol, 193(3): 162–171. WEB
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  99. Watanabe M, Suzuki Y, Uchida K, Miyazaki N, Murata K, Matsumoto S, Kakizaki H, & Tominaga M. (2015). Trpm7 Protein Contributes to Intercellular Junction Formation in Mouse Urothelium. J Biol Chem 290(50): 29882-29892. WEB
  100. Satoh K, Takanami K, Murata K, Kawata M, Sakamoto T & Sakamoto H. (2015). Three-dimensional visualization of multiple synapses in thick sections using high-voltage electron microscopy in the rat spinal cord. Data Br 4, 566–570. WEB
  101. Satoh K, Takanami K, Murata K, Kawata M, Sakamoto T, & Sakamoto H. (2015). Effective synaptome analysis of itch-mediating neurons in the spinal cord : A novel immunohistochemical methodology using high-voltage electron microscopy. Neurosci Let 599, 86–91. WEB
  102. Ichimura K, Miyazaki N, Sadayama S, Murata K, Koike M, Nakamura K, Ohta K, & Sakai T (2015). Three-dimensional architecture of podocytes revealed by block-face scanning electron microscopy. Sci Rep 5, 8993. WEB
  103. Miyazaki N, Esaki M, Ogura T, Murata K. (2014). Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy for three-dimensional analysis of morphological changes in mitochondria regulated by Cdc48p/p97 ATPase. J Struct Biol, 187: 187-93. WEB
  104. Murata K, Esaki M, Ogura T, Arai S, Yamamoto Y, & Tanaka N. (2014). Whole-Cell Imaging of the Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by High-Voltage Scanning Transmission Electron Tomography. Ultramicroscopy, 146: 39-45. WEB
  105. Yoshioka-Nishimura M, Nanba D, Takaki T, Ohba C, Tsumura N, Morita N, Sakamoto H, Murata K & Yamamoto Y. (2014). Quality Control of Photosystem II: Direct Imaging of the Changes in the Thylakoid Structure and Distribution of FtsH Proteases in Spinach Chloroplasts under Light Stress. Plant and Cell Physiology, 55: 1255-65. WEB
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  108. Wu Y, Wang C, Chen Y, Tu I, Miyazaki N, Murata K, Nagayama K, Chang W. (2013). Zernike phase contrast cryo-electron microscopy reveals 100 kDa component in both symmetric and asymmetric protein complexes. J. Physics D 46: 494008.
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  112. Kumoi K, Satoh T, Murata K, Hiromoto T, Mizushima T, Kamiya Y, Noda M, Uchiyama S, Yagi H & Kato K. (2013). An archaeal homolog of proteasome assembly factor functions as a proteasome activator. PloS one 8: e60294. WEB
  113. Oti T, Satoh K, Saito K, Murata K, Kawata M, Sakamoto T & Sakamoto H. (2012) Three-dimensional evaluation of the spinal local neural network revealed by the high-voltage electron microscopy: a double immunohistochemical study. Histochemistry and cell biology. 138: 693－697. WEB
  114. Hansman G, Taylor D, McLellan J, Smith T, Georgiev I, Tame J, Park SY, Yamazaki M, Gondaira F, Miki M, Katayama K, Murata K* & Kwong P*. (2012) Structural basis for broad detection of genogroup II noroviruses by a monoclonal antibody that binds to a site occluded in the viral particle. J Virol 86: 3635-3646. *Corresponding authors WEB
  115. Rochat RH, Liu X, Murata K, Nagayama K, Rixon FJ, Chiu W (2011) Seeing the portal in herpes simplex virus type 1 B capsids. J Virol 85(4) : 1871-1874. WEB
  116. 村田和義（2011）電子顕微鏡による生体分子イメージングの現在　最新医学　66(10) : 107-114.
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  118. Yip CK, Murata K, Walz T, Sabatini DM & Kang SA. (2010). Structure of the human mTOR complex I and its implications for rapamycin inhibition. Mol Cell 38 : 768-774.WEB
  119. Murata K, Nishimura S, Kuniyasu A, & Nakayama H (2010) Three-dimensional structure of the alpha1-beta complex in the skeletal muscle dihydropyridine receptor by single-particle electron microscopy. J Electron Microsc 59(3) : 215-226. WEB
  120. Murata K, Liu X, Danev R, Jakana J, Schmid MF, King J, Nagayama K, & Chiu W (2010) Zernike Phase Contrast Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Tomography for Structure Determination at Nanometer and Sub-Nanometer Resolutions. Structure 18(8) : 903-912. WEB
  121. Liu X, Zhang Q, Murata K, Baker ML, Sullivan MB, Fu C, Dougherty MT, Schmid MF, Osburne MS, Chisholm SW, & Chiu W (2010) Structural changes in a marine podovirus associated with release of its genome into Prochlorococcus. Nat Struct Mol Biol 17(7) : 830-836. WEB
  122. 村田和義、Qinfen Zhang、Xiangan Liu、Michael Schmid、Wah Chiu（2010）電子線トモグラフィー単粒子解析によるT7様ウイルスのシアノバクテリアへの感染過程の解析．顕微鏡 46(2) : 114-118.
  123. Iwasaki K, Miyazaki N, Hammar L, Zhu Y, Omura T, Wu B, Sjöborg F, Yonekura K, Murata K, Namba K, Caspar DL, Fujiyoshi Y, & Cheng RH (2008) Pleomorphic configuration of the trimeric capsid proteins of Rice dwarf virus that allows formation of both the outer capsid and tubular crystals. J Mol Biol 383 : 252-265. WEB
  124. Wu SR, Haag L, Hammar L, Wu B, Garoff H, Xing L, Murata K, & Cheng RH (2007) The dynamic envelope of a fusion class II virus. Prefusion stages of semliki forest virus revealed by electron cryomicroscopy. J Biol Chem 282: 6752-6762. WEB
  125. Okamoto K, Narayanan R, Lee SH, Murata K, & Hayashi Y (2007) The role of CaMKII as an F-actin-bundling protein crucial for maintenance of dendritic spine structure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104 : 6418-6423. WEB
  126. Kim MJ, McNally B, Murata K, & Meller A (2007) Characteristics of Solid-state Nanometer Pores Fabricated Using Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). Nanotechnology 18 : 205302-205306.
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  129. Murata K, Mitsuoka K, Hirai T, Walz T, Agre P, Heymann JB, Engel A & Fujiyoshi Y. (2001) Molecular basis of water selectivity on aquaporin-1. Kidney Int 60 : 399-399.
  130. Schmidt Krey I, Mitsuoka K, Hirai T, Murata K, Cheng Y, Fujiyoshi Y, Morgenstern & R, Hebert H (2000) The three-dimensional map of microsomal glutathione transferase 1 at 6 A resolution. EMBO J 19 : 6311-6316. WEB
  131. Murata K, Okamoto M, & Suzaki T (2000) Morphological change of cell membrane-integrated crystalline structure induced by cell shape change in Euglena gracilis. Protoplasma 214 : 73-79.
  132. Murata K, Mitsuoka K, Hirai T, Walz T, Agre P, Heymann JB, Engel A, & Fujiyoshi Y (2000) Structural determinants of water permeation through aquaporin-1. Nature 407 : 599-605. WEB
  133. Schmidt Krey I, Murata K, Hirai T, Mitsuoka K, Cheng Y, Morgenstern R, Fujiyoshi Y, & Hebert H (1999) The projection structure of the membrane protein microsomal glutathione transferase at 3 A resolution as determined from two-dimensional hexagonal crystals. J Mol Biol 288 : 243-253. WEB
  134. Mitsuoka K, Murata K, Walz T, Hirai T, Agre P, Heymann JB, Engel A, & Fujiyoshi Y (1999) The structure of aquaporin-1 at 4.5-A resolution reveals short alpha-helices in the center of the monomer. J Struct Biol 128 : 34-43. WEB
  135. Mitsuoka K, Hirai T, Murata K, Miyazawa A, Kidera A, Kimura Y, & Fujiyoshi Y (1999) The structure of bacteriorhodopsin at 3.0 A resolution based on electron crystallography: implication of the charge distribution. J Mol Biol 286 : 861-882. WEB
  136. Konno T, Murata K, & Nagayama K (1999) Amyloid-like aggregates of a plant protein: a case of a sweet-tasting protein, monellin. FEBS Lett 454 : 122-126. WEB
  137. Hirai T, Murata K, Mitsuoka K, Kimura Y, & Fujiyoshi Y (1999) Trehalose embedding technique for high-resolution electron crystallography: application to structural study on bacteriorhodopsin. J Electron Microsc (Tokyo) 48 : 653-658. WEB
  138. Suzuki H, Yonekura K, Murata K, Hirai T, Oosawa K, & Namba K (1998) A structural feature in the central channel of the bacterial flagellar FliF ring complex is implicated in type III protein export. J Struct Biol 124 : 104-114. WEB
  139. Murata K & Suzaki T (1998) High-salt solutions prevent reactivation of euglenoid movement in detergent-treated cell models of Euglena gracillis. Protoplasma 203 : 125-129.
  140. Ikeda Yamasaki I, Odahara T, Mitsuoka K, Fujiyoshi Y, & Murata K (1998) Projection map of the reaction center-light harvesting 1 complex from Rhodopseudomonas viridis at 10 A resolution. FEBS Lett 425 : 505-508. WEB
  141. Heymann JB, Walz T, Hirai T, Murata K, Smith BL, Mitsuoka K, Fujiyoshi Y, Agre P & Engel A. (1998) The water channel in aquaporin-1. Biophys J 74, A123-A123.
  142. Walz T, Hirai T, Murata K, Smith BL, Typke D, Tittmann P, Fuchs K, Muller DJ, Heymann JB, Mitsuoka K, Gross H, Fujiyoshi Y, Agre P & Engel A. (1997) Three-dimensional structure of aquaporin 1 at 6 angstrom resolution. Eur J Cell Biol 74, 30-30.
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  144. Mitsuoka K, Murata K, Kimura Y, Namba K, & Fujiyoshi Y (1997) Examination of the LeafScan 45, a line-illuminating micro-densitometer, for its use in electron crystallography. Ultramicroscopy 68 : 109-121.
  145. Kimura Y, Vassylyev D, Miyazawa A, Kidera A, Matsushima M, Mitsuoka K, Murata K, Hirai T, & Fujiyoshi Y (1997) High resolution structure of bacteriorhodopsin determined by electron crystallography. Photochem Photobiol 66 : 764-767.
  146. Kimura Y, Vassylyev DG, Miyazawa A, Kidera A, Matsushima M, Mitsuoka K, Murata K, Hirai T, & Fujiyoshi Y (1997) Surface of bacteriorhodopsin revealed by high-resolution electron crystallography. Nature 389 : 206-211. WEB
  147. Hebert H, Schmidt Krey I, Morgenstern R, Murata K, Hirai T, Mitsuoka K, & Fujiyoshi Y (1997) The 3.0 A projection structure of microsomal glutathione transferase as determined by electron crystallography of p 21212 two-dimensional crystals. J Mol Biol 271 : 751-758. WEB
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  150. Mimori Y, Yamashita I, Murata K, Fujiyoshi Y, Yonekura K, Toyoshima C, & Namba K (1995) The structure of the R-type straight flagellar filament of Salmonella at 9 A resolution by electron cryomicroscopy. J Mol Biol 249 : 69-87. WEB
  151. Knoblich A, Matsumoto M, Murata K, Fujiyoshi Y (1995) Cryogenic transmission electron microscopic studies for micellar structure correlated with solution viscosity on perfluorooctyl sufonates and their mixtures with a nonionic surfactant. Langmuir 11 : 2361-2366.
  152. Knoblich A, Matsumoto M, Ishiguro R, Murata K, Fujiyoshi Y, Ishigami Y, & Osman M (1995) Electron cryo-microscopic studies on micellar shape and size of surfactin, an anionic lipopeptide. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 5 : 43-48.
  153. Yamanaka K, Ogura T, Murata K, Suzaki T, Niki H, & Hiraga S (1994) Characterization of translucent segments observed in an smbA mutant of Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 116 : 61-66. WEB
  154. Tomoyasu T, Yamanaka K, Murata K, Suzaki T, Bouloc P, Kato A, Niki H, Hiraga S, & Ogura T (1993) Topology and subcellular localization of FtsH protein in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 175 : 1352-1357. WEB

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