T. Oba, M. Hanasaki, M. Minabe & H. Tamiaki, "Fabrication of a novel nano-device
that functions on demand," Chem. Lett., 34, 150–151 (2005).
H. Tamiaki, H. Kitamoto, T. Watanabe, R. Shibata, "Self-aggregation of
synthetic protobacteriochlorophyll-d derivatives," Photochem.
Photobiol., 81, 170–176 (2005).
M. Kunieda, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc
oxo-bacteriochlorins bearing substituents characteristic of chlorosomal
chlorophylls," J. Org. Chem., 70, 820–828 (2005).
J. Harada, H. Oh-oka, Y. Saga & H. Tamiaki, "Natural reverse mutations of the
inactivated bchU gene in Chlorobium vibrioforme NCIB 8327," In
Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives (Ed by A. van
der Est, D. Bruce), pp. 119–120, Allen Press, Lawrence, KS (2005).
I. de Boer, J. Matysik, S. Sasaki, T. Miyatake, S. Yagai, H. Tamiaki, A. R. Holzwarth & H. J. M. de Groot, "Self-organization of BChl c in chlorosomes studied by MAS NMR of aggregated Cd-chlorins," In Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives (Ed by A. van der Est, D. Bruce), pp. 121–122, Allen Press, Lawrence, KS (2005).
Y. Saga, Y. Shibata, D. Yamamoto, T. Kouyama, S. Itoh & H. Tamiaki,
"Microscopic Investigation of Single Chlorosomes from Green Photosynthetic
Bacteria at Cryogenic Temperature," In Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects
to Global Perspectives (Ed by A. van der Est, D. Bruce), pp. 125–127, Allen
Press, Lawrence, KS (2005).
H. Tamiaki, T. Watanabe & M. Kunieda, "Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc
17,18-cis-bacteriochlorophyll-d derivative," In Photosynthesis:
Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives (Ed by A. van der Est, D.
Bruce), pp. 127–128, Allen Press, Lawrence, KS (2005).
M. Kunieda & H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of zinc oxo-bacteriochlorins as
models of chlorosomal chlorophylls," In Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects
to Global Perspectives (Ed by A. van der Est, D. Bruce), 128–130, Allen
Press, Lawrence, KS (2005).
T. Miyatake, T. Onishi, H. Tamiaki, M. Fujiwara & T. Matsushita,
"Self-Aggregate of Zinc Chlorins Surrounded with Phospholipid Assembly for a
Structural Model of Chlorosome," In Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to
Global Perspectives (Ed by A. van der Est, D. Bruce), pp. 130–133, Allen
Press, Lawrence, KS (2005).
H. Morishita, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of 18O-labelled (pyro)pheophytins
including pheophytin-d," In Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to
Global Perspectives (Ed by A. van der Est, D. Bruce), pp. 796–797, Allen
Press, Lawrence, KS (2005).
T. Oba & H. Tamiaki, "Chirality at the central metal atoms of chlorophylls," In
Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives (Ed by A. van
der Est, D. Bruce), pp. 886–888, Allen Press, Lawrence, KS (2005).
M. Hanasaki, M. Sato, M. Minabe, H. Tamiaki & T. Oba, "Fabrication of an
artificial nano-device on a design principle of photosynthetic systems," In
Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives (Ed by A. van
der Est, D. Bruce), pp. 1079–1080, Allen Press, Lawrence, KS (2005).
H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregates of natural and modified chlorophylls as photosynthetic light-harvesting antenna systems: Substituent effect on the B-ring," Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 4, 675–680 (2005); perspective paper invited from the editor.
Y. Saga, H. Tamiaki. Y. Shibata and S. Itoh, "Excitation Energy Transfer in Individual Light-Harvesting Chlorosome from Green Photosynthetic Bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus at Cryogenic Temperature," Chem. Phys. Lett., 409, 34–37 (2005).
T. Mizoguchi, H. Oh-oka & H. Tamiaki, "Determination of Stereochemistry of Bacteriochlorophyll gF and 81-Hydroxy-Chlorophyll aF from Heliobacterium modesticaldum," Photochem. Photobiol., 81, 666–673 (2005).
H. Morishita, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of Regioselectively 18O-Labelled Chlorophyll Derivatives at the 31- and/or 131-Positions through One-Pot Exchange of Carbonyl Oxygen Atoms," Tetrahedron, 61, 6097–6107 (2005).
Y. Saga, S. Osumi, H. Higuchi, H. Tamiaki, "Bacteriochlorophyll-c Homolog Composition in Green Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme Dependent on the Concentration of Sodium Sulfide in Liquid Cultures," Photosynth. Res., 86, 123–130 (2005).
T. Miyatake, K. Shitasue, Y. Omori, K. Nakagawa, M. Fujiwara, T. Matsushita, H. Tamiaki, "Time-Dependent Self-Assembly of 31-Epimerically Pure and Mixed Zinc Methyl Bacteriopheophorbides-d in an Aqueous Tetrahydrofuran Solution," Photosynth. Res., 86, 131–136 (2005).
J. Harada, Y. Saga, H. Oh-oka, H. Tamiaki, "Different sensitivities to oxygen between two strains of the photosythetic green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme NCIB 8327 with bacteriochlorophyll c and d," Photosynth. Res., 86, 137–143 (2005).
J. Harada, Y. Saga, Y. Yaeda, H. Oh-oka, H. Tamiaki, "In vitro activity of C-20 methyltransferase, BchU, involved in bacteriochlorophyll c biosynthesis pathway in green sulfur bacteria," FEBS Lett., 579, 1983–1987 (2005).
S. Sasaki, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of Strapped Zinc Chlorophyll Derivatives and Their Complexation with a Single Axial Ligand," Tetrahedron, 61, 8041–8048 (2005).
T. Oba, H. Tamiaki, "Effects of peripheral substituents on diastereoselectivity of the fifth ligand binding to chlorophylls, and nomenclature of the asymmetric axial coordination sites," Bioorg. Med. Chem., 13, 5733–5739 (2005).
X.-F. Wang, J. Xiang, P. Wang, Y. Koyama, S. Yanagida, Y. Wada, K. Hamada, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, "Dye-sensitized solar cells using a chlorophyll a derivative as the sensitizer and carotenoids having different conjugation lengths as redox spacers," Chem. Phys. Lett., 408, 409–414 (2005).
J. Harada, K. Wada, H. Yamaguchi, H. Oh-oka, H. Tamiaki, K. Fukuyama, "Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction study of BchU, methyltransferase from Chlorobium tepidum involved in bacteriochlorophyll c biosynthesis," Acta Crystal. F, 61, 712–714 (2005).
H. Miyake, H. Sugimoto, H. Tamiaki, H. Tsukube, "Dynamic Helicity Inversion in Octahedral Cobalt(II) Complex System via Solvato-Diastereomerism," Chem. Commun., 4291–4293 (2005).
H. Tamiaki, Y. Shimamura, H. Yoshimura, S. K. Pandey, R. K. Pandey, "Self-Aggregation of Synthetic Zinc 3-Hydroxymethyl-Purpurin-18 and N-Hexylimide Methyl Esters in an Aqueous Solution as Models of Green Photosynthetic Bacterial Chlorosomes," Chem. Lett., 34, 1344–1345 (2005).
T. S. Balaban, H. Tamiaki and A. R. Holzwarth, "Chlorins Programmed for Self-Assembly," Supramolecular Dye Chemistry, F. Würthner, Ed. (Topics Curr. Chem., vol. 258), pp. 1–38, Springer: Heidelberg (2005).
T. Miyatake, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregates of bacteriochlorophylls-c, d and e in a light-harvesting antenna system of green photosynthetic bacteria: Effect of stereochemistry at the chiral 3-(1-hydroxyethyl) group on the supramolecular arrangement of chlorophyllous pigments," J. Photochem. Photobiol. C: Photochem. Rev., 6, 89–107 (2005).
S. Sasaki, H. Takebe, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of stereospecifically face-protected chlorophyll derivatives," Tetrahedron Lett., 46, 7687–7689 (2005).
X.-F. Wang, Y. Kakitani, J. Xiang, Y. Koyama, F. S. Rondonuwu, H. Nagae, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, "Generation of carotenoid radical cation in the vicinity of a chlorophyll derivative bound to titanium oxide, upon excitation of the chlorophyll derivative to the Qy state, as identified by time-resolved absorption spectroscopy," Chem. Phys. Lett., 416, 229–233 (2005).
S. Sasaki, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "Gallium (III) complexes of methyl pyropheophorbide-a as synthetic models for investigation of diastereomerically controlled axial ligation towards chlorophylls," Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 16, 1168–1171 (2006).
Y. Saga, T.-Y. Kim, T. Hisai, H. Tamiaki, "Assembly of extramembranous light-harvesting complexes of green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobium tepidum on glass surface by electrostatic layer-by-layer adsorption," Thin Solid Films, 500, 278–282 (2006).
R. Shibata, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc chlorophyll derivative possessing a perfluoroalkyl group in a fluorinated solvent," Bioorg. Med. Chem., 14, 2235–2241 (2006).
T. Mizoguchi, A. Shoji, M. Kunieda, H. Miyashita, T. Tsuchiya, M. Mimuro, H. Tamiaki, "Stereochemical determination of chlorophyll-d molecule from Acaryochloris marina and its modification to a self-aggregative chlorophyll as a model of green photosynthetic bacterial antennae," Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 5, 291–299 (2006).
M. Kunieda, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc chlorins possessing 13-ester-carbonyl group as chlorosomal chlorophyll models," Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2352–2361 (2006).
Y. Saga, T. Wazawa, Y. Ishii, T. Yanagida, H. Tamiaki, "Single Supramolecule Spectroscopy of Natural and Alkaline-Treated Chlorosomes from Green Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacteria," J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 6, 1750–1757 (2006).
S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis and Optical Properties of Bacteriochlorophyll-a Derivatives Having Various C3-Substituents on the Bacteriochlorin p-System," J. Org. Chem., 71, 2648–2654 (2006).
H. Hirabayashi, M. Amakawa, Y. Kamimura, Y. Shino, H. Satoh, S. Itoh, H. Tamiaki, "Analysis of photooxidized pigments in water-soluble chlorophyll protein complex isolated from Chenopodium album," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 183, 121–125 (2006).
X.-F. Wang, A. Matsuda, Y. Koyama, H. Nagae, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, Y. Wada, "Effects of plant carotenoid spacers on the performance of a dye-sensitized solar cell using a chlorophyll derivative: Enhancement of photocurrent determined by one electron-oxidation potential of each carotenoid," Chem. Phys. Lett., 423, 470–475 (2006).
J. Nomata, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, Y. Fujita, "A Second Nitorogenase-like Enzyme for Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis: Reconstitution of Chlorophyllide a Reductase with Purified X-protein (BchX) and YZ-protein (BchY-BchZ) from Rhodobacter capsulatus," J. Biol. Chem., 281, 15021–15028 (2006).[selected as Papers of Week on issue 21, May 26, 2006; J. Biol. Chem., 281, e9915 (2006)]
S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of Cyclic Chlorophyll Oligomers," Tetrahedron. Lett., 47, 4965–4968 (2006).[selected as the cover picture on issue 28]
S. Sasaki, Y. Kotegawa, H. Tamiaki, "Trifluoroacetyl-chlorin as a new chemosensor for alcohol/amine detection," Tetrahedron Lett., 47, 4849–4852 (2006).
H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of Self-Aggregative (Bacterio)chlorophylls," J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 10, 407 (2006).
R. Shibata, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc chlorophyll derivatives possessing perfluoroalkyl groups," J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 10, 861 (2006).
T. Miyatake, S. Kato, T. Onishi, S. Tanigawa, T. Matsushita, H. Tamiaki, "Self-assemblies of amphiphilic zinc chlorins for supramolecular light-harvesting antenna," J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 10, 347 (2006).
Y. Shibata, Y. Saga, H. Tamiaki, S. Itoh, "Low-temperature fluorescence from single chlorosomes, photosynthetic antenna complexes of green filamentous and sulfur bacteria," Biophys. J., 91, 3787–3796 (2006).
Y. Saga, S. Akai, T. Miyatake, H. Tamiaki, "Self-assembly of natural light-harvesting bacteriochlorophylls of green sulfur photosynthetic bacteria in silicate capsules as stable models of chlorosomes," Bioconjugate Chem, 17, 988–994 (2006).
K. Wada, H. Yamaguchi, J. Harada, K. Niimi, S. Osumi, Y. Saga, H. Oh-oka, H. Tamiaki, K. Fukuyama, "Crystal Structures of BchU, a Methyltransferase Involved in Bacteriochlorophyll c Biosynthesis, and Its Complex with S-Adenosylhomocystein: Implication for Reaction Mechanism," J. Mol. Biol., 360, 843–853 (2006).[selected as the cover picture on issue 4]
Y. Saga, H. Tamiaki, "Transmission Electron Microscopic Study on Supramolecular Nanostructures of Bacteriochlorophyll Self-Aggregates in Chlorosomes of Green Photosynthetic Bacteria," J. Biosci. Bioeng., 102, 118–123 (2006).
H. Tamiaki, Y. Azefu, R. Shibata, R. Sato, K. Toma, "Oligomethylene spacer length dependent interaction of synthetic galactolipids incorporated in phospholipid layers with ricin," Colloids Surf. B: Biointerfaces, 53, 87–93 (2006).
H. Tamiaki, K. Nishihara, R. Shibata, "Synthesis of self-aggregative zinc chlorophylls possessing polymerizable esters as a stable model for main light-harvesting antennas of green photosynthetic bacteria," International J. Photoenergy, Article ID 90989, 1–8 (2006).
T. Mizoguchi, J. Harada, H. Tamiaki, "Structural detemination of dihydro- and tetrahydrogeranylgeranyl groups at the 17-proionate of bacteriochlorophylls-a," FEBS Lett., 580, 6644–6648 (2006).
H. Tamiaki, T. Watanabe, M. Kunieda, "Self-aggregation of Synthetic Zinc 31-Hydroxy-131-Oxo-17,18-cis-Chlorin in a Non-Polar Organic Solvent," Res. Chem. Int., 33, 161–168 (2007).
M. Kunieda, E. Nakato, H. Tamiaki, "Optical properties of synthetic porphyrins bearing or lacking an exo-five-membered ring and a keto carbonyl group on it, both of which are present in naturally occurring chlorophylls," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 185, 321–330 (2007).
H. Tamiaki, R. Shibata, T. Mizoguchi, "The 17-propionate function of (bacterio)chlorophylls: biological implication of their long esterifying chains in photosynthetic systems," Photochem. Photobiol., 83, 152–162 (2007).
K. Wada, J. Harada, Y. Yaeda, H. Tamiaki, H. Oh-oka, K. Fukuyama, "Crystal Structures of CbiL, a Methyltransferase Involved in Anaerobic Vitamin B12 Biosynthesis, and its Complex with S-Adenosylhomocysteine: Implications for the Reaction Mechanism," FEBS J., 274, 563–573 (2007).
H. Tamiaki, T. Nishiyama, R. Shibata, "Self-aggregation of zinc chlorophylls possessing perfluoroalkyl chains in fluorous solvents: Selective extraction of the self-aggregates with fluorous phase and accelerated formation of the ordered supramolecules in this phase," Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 17, 1920–1923 (2007).
M. Kunieda & H. Tamiaki, "Regioisomerically controlled self-aggregation of zinc 3-hydroxymethyl-13-formyl-chlorin/porphyrin and their 3,13-inverted pigments," J. Org. Chem., 72, 2443–2451 (2007).
T. Miyatake, S. Tanigawa, S. Kato, H. Tamiaki, "Aqueous Self-Aggregates of Amphiphilic Zinc 31-Hydroxy- and 31-Methoxy-chlorins for Supramolecular Light-Harvesting Systems," Tetrahedron Lett., 48, 2251–2254 (2007).
Y. Saga, Y. Hirai, H. Tamiaki, "Kinetic Analysis of Demetalation of Bacteriochlorophyll c and e Homologs Purified from Green Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacteria," FEBS Lett., 581, 1847–1850 (2007).
H. Tamiaki, K. Kumon, R. Shibata, "Synthetic hydroxymethyl-porphyrins for protection of carboxy group," J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 11, 434–441 (2007).
Y. Shibata, Y. Saga, H. Tamiaki, S. Itoh, "Polarized Fluorescence of Aggregated Bacteriochlorophyll c and Baseplate Bacteriochlorophyll a in Single Chlorosomes Isolated from Chloroflexus aurantiacus," Biochemistry, 46, 7062–7068 (2007).
S. Sasaki, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "A facile synthetic method for conversion of chlorophyll-a to bacteriochlorophyll-c," J. Org. Chem., 72, 4566–4569 (2007).
R. Shibata, T. Mizoguchi, T. Inazu, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc chlorophyll derivatives possessing multi-perfluoroalkyl chains in perfluorinated solvents," Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 6, 749–757 (2007).
X.-F. Wang, Y. Koyama, Y. Wada, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, "A dye-sensitized solar cells using pheophytin-carotenoid adduct: Enhancement of photocurrent by electron and singlet-energy transfer and by suppression of singlet-triplet annihilation due to the presence of the carotenoid moiety," Chem. Phys. Lett., 439, 115–120 (2007).
M. Kunieda, K. Yamamoto, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, "Facile synthesis of self-aggregative zinc bacteriochlorins by modifying naturally occurring chlorophyll-a," Chem. Lett., 36, 936–937 (2007).
M. Kunieda, Y. Mikata, H. Tamiaki, "Regioselective Transformation of Octaethylporphyrin into a Phytoporphyrin Analogue," J. Org. Chem., 72, 7398–7401 (2007).
T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "The effect of esterifying chains at the 17-propionate of bacteriochlorophylls-c on their self-assembly," Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 80, 2196–2202 (2007).
Y. Saga, Y. Shibata, S. Itoh, H. Tamiaki, "Direct Counting of Submicrometer-Sized Photosynthetic Apparatus Dispersed in Medium at Cryogenic Temperature by Confocal Laser Fluorescence Microscopy: Estimation of the Number of Bacteriochlorophyll c in Single Light-Harvesting Antenna Complexes of Green Photosynthetic Bacteria," J. Phys. Chem., B, 111, 12605–12609 (2007).