Researchers

SAGA Yoshitaka

SAGA Yoshitaka
Professor
Faculty Department of Science / Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/yoshisaga

Education and Career

Education

  • 1990/04 - 1994/03 , The University of Tokyo, The Faculty of Engineering,
  • 1994/04 - 1996/03 , The University of Tokyo, The Graduate School of Engineering,
  • 1996/04 - 1999/03 , The University of Tokyo, The Graduate School of Engineering,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2017 - Today , Kindai University Department of Chemistry Professor
  • Jun. 2018 - Dec. 2018 , アムステルダム自由大学 客員研究員（兼任）
  • Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2018 , 科学技術振興機構 さきがけ研究者（兼任）
  • Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2017 , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Science 准教授
  • Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2010 , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Science 講師
  • Jan. 2003 - Mar. 2005 , 日本学術振興会 特別研究員（SPD）
  • Apr. 2002 - Dec. 2002 , 日本学術振興会 特別研究員（PD）
  • Apr. 1999 - Mar. 2002 , Ritsumeikan University 総合理工学研究機構 ポストドクトラルフェロー

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Functional solid-state chemistry
  • Life sciences, Functional biochemistry
  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Molecular biochemistry
  • Life sciences, Biophysics

Research Interests

生物有機化学, Artificial photosynthesis, Carotenoid, Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll

Published Papers

  1. Spectral changes of light-harvesting complex 2 lacking B800 bacteriochlorophyll a under neutral pH conditions
    Shota Kawato; Shinichi Sato; Hirotaka Kitoh-Nishioka; Yoshitaka Saga
    Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences  2, Apr. 2024 
  2. Atomic force microscopic analysis of the light-harvesting complex 2 from purple photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum.
    Masayuki Morimoto; Haruna Hirao; Masaharu Kondo; Takehisa Dewa; Yukihiro Kimura; Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo; Hitoshi Asakawa; Yoshitaka Saga
    Photosynthesis Research  157  , 13-20, 17, Mar. 2023  , Refereed
  3. Conversion of B800 Bacteriochlorophyll a to 3-Acetyl Chlorophyll a in the Light-Harvesting Complex 3 by In Situ Oxidation
    Yoshitaka Saga; Kohei Hamanishi; Tetsuya Yamamoto; Kazuki Hinago; Yutaka Nagasawa
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B  127  (12)  , 2683-2689, 15, Mar. 2023  , Refereed

MORE

MISC

  1. 23pYD-2 Orientation distribution of transition dipoles in photosynthetic antenna apparatus chlorosome made of huge pigment aggregates, studied by fluorescence anisotropy of single molecules at cryogenic temperature , Shibata Yutaka; Saga Yoshitaka; Tateishi Shingo; Nakabayasi Shosuke; Tamiaki Hitoshi; Itoh Shigeru , Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan , 63 , 1 , 357 , 357 , 29, Feb. 2008
  2. Chlorosomal self-aggregation of zinc chlorophyll derivatives in the presence of cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and organosilanes in aqueous phase , Y. Saga; H. Kida; Y. Nishikawa; H. Tamiaki , PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH , 91 , 2-3 , 158 , 158 , Feb. 2007
  3. In vitro activity of C-20 methyltransferase, BchU, in biosynthetic pathway of bacteriochlorophyll c , J Harada; Y Saga; S Osumi; H Oh-Oka; H Tamiaki , PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY , 46 , S41 , S41 , 2005

MORE

Patents

  1. メチル基転移酵素、そのDNA、及び特定部位にメチル基が導入されたポルフィリン型化合物の製造方法 , 民秋 均, 原田 二朗, 佐賀 佳央

Awards & Honors

  1. Mar. 2004, 日本化学会, 第18回若い世代の特別講演会 講演者

Research Grants & Projects

  1. 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C), 色素置換による光合成エネルギー移動制御：色素集団と単量体の共存の重要性を理解する , 近畿大学
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Photodecomposition of lignins by solar energy using chlorophylls in plant biomasses , Kindai University
  3. 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業 新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型), 紅色光合成細菌の光収穫タンパク質への異種色素の再構成によるアンテナ機能の制御 , 近畿大学

MORE