Deng D, Sun P, Yan C, Ke M, Jiang X, Xiong L, Ren W, Hirata K, Yamamoto M, Fan S, Yan N. Molecular basis of ligand recognition and transport by glucose transporters. Nature. 2015 Oct 15;526(7573):391-6. doi: 10.1038/nature14655. Epub 2015 Jul 15.
Tanabe H, Fujii Y, Okada-Iwabu M, Iwabu M, Nakamura Y, Hosaka T, Motoyama K, Ikeda M, Wakiyama M, Terada T, Ohsawa N, Hato M, Ogasawara S, Hino T, Murata T, Iwata S, Hirata K, Kawano Y, Yamamoto M, Kimura-Someya T, Shirouzu M, Yamauchi T, Kadowaki T, Yokoyama S..:Crystal structures of the human adiponectin receptors. Nature. 2015 Apr 16;520(7547):312-6. doi: 10.1038/nature14301. Epub 2015 Apr 8.
Deng D, Sun P, Yan C, Ke M, Jiang X, Xiong L, Ren W, Hirata K, Yamamoto M, Fan S, Yan N.:Molecular basis of ligand recognition and transport by glucose transporters. Nature. 2015 Oct 15;526(7573):391-6. doi: 10.1038/nature14655. Epub 2015 Jul 15
M. Suga, F. Akita, K. Hirata, G. Ueno, H. Murakami, Y. Nakajima, T. Shimizu, K. Yamashita, M. Yamamoto, Hideo Ago & J.R. Shen--. “Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 Å resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses” Nature 517, 99-103 (2015)
J. Wang, C. Yan, Y. Li, K. Hirata, M. Yamamoto, N. Yan and Q. Hu. “Crystal structure of a bacterial homologue of SWEET transporters” Cell Research 24:1486-1489 (2014).
K. Hirata, K. Shinzawa-Itoh, N. Yano, S. Takemura, K. Kato, M. Hatanaka, K. Muramoto, T. Kawahara, T. Tsukihara, E. Yamashita, K. Tono, G. Ueno, T. Hikima, H. Murakami, Y. Inubushi, M. Yabashi, T. Ishikawa, M. Yamamoto, T. Ogura, H. Sugimoto, JR. Shen, S. Yoshikawa & H. Ago “Determination of damage-free crystal structure of an X-ray-sensitive protein using an XFEL” Nature Methods 11, 734-736 (2014)
K. Kumazaki, S. Chiba, M. Takemoto, A. Furukawa, K. Nishiyama, Y. Sugano, T. Mori, N. Dohmae, K. Hirata, Y. Nakada-Nakura, AD. Maturana, Y. Tanaka, H. Mori, Y. Sugita, F. Arisaka, K. Ito, R. Ishitani, T. Tsukazaki & O. Nureki. “Structural basis of Sec-independent membrane protein insertion by YidC” Nature 509, 516-520 (2014)
T. Nishizawa, S. Kita, A.D. Maturana, N. Furuya, K. Hirata, G. Kasuya, S. Ogasawara, NDohmae N, Iwamoto T, Ishitani R, Nureki O. “Structural basis for the counter-transport mechanism of a H+/Ca2+ exchanger” Science 341(6142), 168-172 (2013)
K. Hasegawa, N. Shimizu, H. Okumura, N. Mizuno, S. Baba, K. Hirata, T. Takeuchi, H. Yamazaki, Y. Senba, H. Ohashi, M. Yamamoto and T. Kumasaka. “SPring-8 BL41XU, a high-flux macromolecular crystallography beamline” J. Synchrotron Rad. 20, 910-913(2013)
N. Inoue, D. Hamada, H. Kamikubo, K. Hirata, M. Kataoka, M. Yamamoto, M. Ikawa, M. Okabe and Y. Hagihara. “Molecular dissection of IZUMO1, a sperm protein essential for sperm-egg fusion” Development 140.15 3221-3229(2013)
K. Yonekura, M. Watanabe, Y. Kageyama, K. Hirata, M. Yamamoto & S. Maki-Yonekura. “Post-Transcriptional Regulator Hfq Binds Catalase HPII: Crystal Structure of the Complex” PloS one, 8(11), e78216(2013)
HE. Kato, F. Zhang, O. Yizhar, C. Ramakrishnan, T. Nishizawa, K. Hirata, J. Ito, Y. Aita, T. Tsukazaki, S Hayashi, P. Hegemann, AD. Maturana, R. Ishitani, K. Deisseroth, O. Nureki. “Crystal structure of the channelrhodopsin light-gated cation channel” Nature 482(7385), 369-374 (2012)
K. Hirata, Y. Kawano, G. Ueno, K. Hashimoto, H. Murakami, K. Hasegawa, T. Hikima, T. Kumasaka and M. Yamamoto. “Achievement of protein micro-crystallography at SPring-8 beamline BL32XU” J. Phys. Conf. 425, 012002 (2012)
T. Hikima, K. Hashimoto, H. Murakami, G. Ueno, Y. Kawano, K. Hirata, K. Hasegawa, T. Kumasaka and M. Yamamoto. “3D Manipulation of Protein Microcrystal with Optical Tweezers for X-ray Crystallography” J. Phys. Conf. 425, 012011 (2012)
M. Makino, I. Wada, N. Mizuno, K. Hirata, N. Shimizu, T. Hikima, M. Yamamoto and T. Kumasaka. “Fine-needle capillary mounting for protein microcrystals” J. Appl. Cryst. 45, 785-788 (2012).
A. Watanabe, K. Hirata, Y. Hagiwara, Y. Yutani, M. Sugishima, M. Yamamoto, K. Fukuyama and K. Wada. “Expression, purification and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of cyanobacterial biliverdin reductase.” Acta Cryst. F67, 313-317(2011)
K. Hirata, G. Ueno, A. Nisawa, Y. Kawano, T. Hikima, N. Shimizu, T. Kumasaka, H. Yumoto, T. Tanaka, S. Takahashi, K. Takeshita, H. Ohashi, S. Goto, H. Kitamura and M. Yamamoto. “New Micro-beam Beamline at SPring-8, Targeting at Protein Microcrystallography” AIP Conference Proceedings, 1234, 893-896(2010)
T. Ueno, M. Abe, K. Hirata, S. Abe, M. Suzuki, N. Shimizu, M. Yamamoto, M. Takata, and Y. Watanabe. “Process of Accumulation of Metal Ions on the Interior Surface of apo-Ferritin: Crystal Structures of a Series of apo-Ferritins Containing Variable Quantities of Pd(II) Ions” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (14), 5094-5100(2009)
H. Aoyama, K. Muramoto, K. Shinzawa-Itoh, K. Hirata, E. Yamashita, T. Tsukihara, T. Ogura, S. Yoshikawa. “A peroxide bridge between Fe and Cu ions in the O2 reduction site of fully oxidized cytochrome c oxidase could suppress the proton pump” PNAS, 106, 7, 2165-2169(2009)
S. Abe, K. Hirata, T. Ueno, K. Morino, N. Shimizu, M. Yamamoto, M. Takata, E. Yashima, and Y. Watanabe. “Polymerization of Phenylacetylene by Rhodium Complexes within a Discrete Space of apo-Ferritin” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (20), 6958-6960 (2009)
M. Makino, S. Kondo, T. Kaneko, S. Baba, K. Hirata, and T. Kumasaka. “Expression, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the PAS domain of RsbP, a stress-response phosphatise in Bacillus subtilis” Acta Cryst. F65, 65(Pt 6): 559-561(2009)
N. Shimizu, K. Hirata, K. Hasegawa, G. Ueno, M. Yamamoto. “Dose Dependency of Radiation Damage for Protein Crystals Studied at Various X-ray Energies” J. Synchrotron. Rad. 14, 4-10(2007).
K. Muramoto, K. Hirata, K. Shinzawa-Itoh, S. Yoko-o, E. Yamashita, H. Aoyama, T. Tsukihara, and S. Yoshikawa. “A histidine residue acting as a controlling site for dioxygen reduction and proton pumping by cytochrome c oxidase” PNAS, 104, 19, 7881-7886(2007)
K. Hirata, S. Muraoka, K. Suenaga, T. Kuroda, K. Kato, H. Tanaka, M. Yamamoto, M. Takata, K. Yamada, H. Kigoshi. “Structure basis for antitumor effect of aplyronine A” J. Mol. Biol. 356(4): 945-54(2006)
S. Mine, T. Nakamura, K. Hirata, K. Ishikawa, Y. Hagihara and K. Uegaki. “Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of a catalytic domain of hyperthermophilic chitinase fromPyrococcus furiosus” Acta Cryst. F62, 791-793(2006).
K. Hirata, E. Yamashita, H. Aoyama, K. Muramoto, S. Yoshikawa and T. Tsukihara. “Scaling of one-shot oscillation images with a reference data set” J. Synchrotron. Rad. 11, 60-63(2004)
