Rei Narikawa

Rei Narikawa

Tokyo Metropolitan University

H-index: 32

Asia-Japan

About Rei Narikawa

Rei Narikawa, With an exceptional h-index of 32 and a recent h-index of 27 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Tokyo Metropolitan University, specializes in the field of Photobiology, Optogenetics, Cyanobacteria.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Crucial Residue for Tuning Thermal Relaxation Kinetics in the Biliverdin-binding Cyanobacteriochrome Photoreceptor Revealed by Site-saturation Mutagenesis

Functional Modification of Cyanobacterial Phycobiliprotein and Phycobilisomes through Bilin Metabolism Control

Conformational change in an engineered biliverdin-binding cyanobacteriochrome during the photoconversion process

Evidence for an early green/red photocycle that precedes the diversification of GAF domain photoreceptor cyanobacteriochromes

Novel cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptor with the second Cys residue showing atypical orange/blue reversible photoconversion

Role of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in the metabolism of fairy chemicals in rice

Introduction of reversible cysteine ligation ability to the biliverdin‐binding cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptor

Identification of significant residues for intermediate accumulation in phycocyanobilin synthesis

Rei Narikawa Information

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Citations(all)

3748

Citations(since 2020)

1894

Cited By

2651

hIndex(all)

32

hIndex(since 2020)

27

i10Index(all)

53

i10Index(since 2020)

45

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Rei Narikawa Skills & Research Interests

Photobiology

Optogenetics

Cyanobacteria

Top articles of Rei Narikawa

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Crucial Residue for Tuning Thermal Relaxation Kinetics in the Biliverdin-binding Cyanobacteriochrome Photoreceptor Revealed by Site-saturation Mutagenesis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Takahisa Suzuki

Masataka Yoshimura

Munehito Arai

Rei Narikawa

2024/1/19

Functional Modification of Cyanobacterial Phycobiliprotein and Phycobilisomes through Bilin Metabolism Control

bioRxiv

Mizuho Sato

Takeshi Kawaguchi

Kaisei Maeda

Mai Watanabe

Masahiko Ikeuchi

...

2024

Conformational change in an engineered biliverdin-binding cyanobacteriochrome during the photoconversion process

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Yuka Takeda

Itsuki Ohtsu

Takahisa Suzuki

Yusuke Nakasone

Keiji Fushimi

...

2023/9/1

Evidence for an early green/red photocycle that precedes the diversification of GAF domain photoreceptor cyanobacteriochromes

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Nibedita Priyadarshini

Niklas Steube

Dennis Wiens

Rei Narikawa

Annegret Wilde

...

2023/6

Novel cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptor with the second Cys residue showing atypical orange/blue reversible photoconversion

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Hiroki Hoshino

Rei Narikawa

2023/2

Role of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in the metabolism of fairy chemicals in rice

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Hirohide Takemura

Jae-Hoon Choi

Keiji Fushimi

Rei Narikawa

Jing Wu

...

2023

Introduction of reversible cysteine ligation ability to the biliverdin‐binding cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptor

The FEBS Journal

Takahisa Suzuki

Masataka Yoshimura

Hiroki Hoshino

Keiji Fushimi

Munehito Arai

...

2023/10

Identification of significant residues for intermediate accumulation in phycocyanobilin synthesis

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Keita Miyake

Hiroyuki Kimura

Rei Narikawa

2022/4

Cyanobacterial photoreceptors and their applications

Hiroki Hoshino

Keita Miyake

Rei Narikawa

2022/1/1

A red light–responsive photoswitch for deep tissue optogenetics

Nature Biotechnology

Yuto Kuwasaki

Kazushi Suzuki

Gaigai Yu

Shota Yamamoto

Takahiro Otabe

...

2022/11

A semi-synthetic red light photoswitch for optogenetic control of protein activity

Yuto Kuwasaki

Kazushi Suzuki

Gaigai Yu

Yuki Kakihara

Michiru Nishiwaki

...

2021/5/5

Transient electronic and vibrational signatures during reversible photoswitching of a cyanobacteriochrome photoreceptor

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Sean R Tachibana

Longteng Tang

Cheng Chen

Liangdong Zhu

Yuka Takeda

...

2021/4/5

Unusual ring D fixation by three crucial residues promotes phycoviolobilin formation in the DXCF-type cyanobacteriochrome without the second Cys

Biochemical Journal

Keiji Fushimi

Rei Narikawa

2021/3/12

Green light perception paved the way for the diversification of GAF domain photoreceptors

bioRxiv

Nibedita Priyadarshini

Niklas Steube

Dennis Wiens

Rei Narikawa

Annegret Wilde

...

2021/9/27

Comparison of the forward and reverse photocycle dynamics of two highly similar canonical red/green cyanobacteriochromes reveals unexpected differences

Biochemistry

Julia S Kirpich

Che-Wei Chang

Jasper Franse

Qinhong Yu

Francisco Velazquez Escobar

...

2021/1/13

Identification of a dual orange/far-red and blue light photoreceptor from an oceanic green picoplankton

Nature communications

Yuko Makita

Shigekatsu Suzuki

Keiji Fushimi

Setsuko Shimada

Aya Suehisa

...

2021/6/16

Phytochromes and cyanobacteriochromes: Photoreceptor molecules incorporating a linear tetrapyrrole chromophore

Keiji Fushimi

Rei Narikawa

2021

An engineered biliverdin-compatible cyanobacteriochrome enables a unique ultrafast reversible photoswitching pathway

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Sean R Tachibana

Longteng Tang

Liangdong Zhu

Yuka Takeda

Keiji Fushimi

...

2021/5/16

Rational design of multiple photoconvertible molecules inspired by evolutionary lineage of cyanobacteriochromes

光合成研究

KEIJI FUSHIMI

REI NARIKAWA

2020

Unveiling of a novel bifunctional photoreceptor, Dualchrome1, isolated from a cosmopolitan green alga

Yuko Makita

Shigekatsu Suzuki

Keiji Fushimi

Setsuko Shimada

Aya Suehisa

...

2020/10/14

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