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2/10 には資源生物科学専攻の修士論文発表会が開催されました．生物制御化学研究室からは濱名一穂君が「イネいもち病菌によるサクラネチンの代謝に関する研究」というタイトルで 2 年間の研究成果を発表しました．2/12, 13 には資源生物科学かの卒業論文発表会も開催され，生物制御化学研究室からは下記の 4 名の四年生が発表を行いました．
照山真司「花芽誘導活性を有する脂肪酸類縁体の合成研究 - シクロペンタン環導入誘導体の合成 -」
渡邉彩音「花芽誘導活性を有する脂肪酸類縁体の合成研究 - 芳香環導入誘導体の合成 -」
酒井健伍「紫外線照射イネ葉に蓄積するアミド化合物に関する研究」
武山恵典「モミラクトン A のいもち病菌による代謝に関する研究」
武山君の発表はその後に行われた農業化学生態学の打ち上げでの優秀発表の投票で第 2 位の栄誉に輝きました．
12/10 のセミナーでの文献紹介の担当は四年生の渡邉さんで，紹介した論文は Mori, M., Miki, N., Ito, D., Kondo, T. & Yoshida, K. Structure of tecophilin, a tri-caffeoylanthocyanin from the blue petals of Tecophilaea cyanocrocus, and the mechanism of blue color development. Tetrahedron 70, 8657-8664 (2014) でした．Tecophilaea cyanocrocus の花の青色色素であるカフェオイルアントシアニン三量体 tecophilin の構造についての報告でした．
12/17 のセミナーでの文献紹介の担当は化学生態学研究室四年生の横山さんで，紹介した論文は Bailly, A. et al. The inter-kingdom volatile signal indole promotes root development by interfering with auxin signalling. Plant J. 80, 758-771 (2014) でした．土壌細菌が放出する揮発性化合物であるインドールの植物の成長に与える影響についての報告でした．
1/7 のセミナーでの文献紹介の担当は四年生の酒井君で，紹介した論文は Sun, H. et al. Scopoletin is a phytoalexin against Alternaria alternata in wild tobacco dependent on jasmonate signalling. J. Exp. Bot. 65, 4305-4315 (2014) でした．スコポレチンが野生タバコにおいて Alternaria alternata に対するフィトアレキシンとして働くことについての報告でした．
1/14 のセミナーでの文献紹介の担当は四年生の照山君で，紹介した論文は Hayashi, K. et al. A novel total synthesis of isocryptolepine based on a microwave-assisted tandem Curtius rearrangement and aza-electrocyclic reaction. Tetrahedron 68, 4274-4279 (2012) でした．抗マラリア活性のある天然物 isocryptolepine のマイクロ波照射を利用した合成研究についての報告でした．
12/8-2/13 の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました．
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670. Stitz, M., Hartl, M., Baldwin, I.T., and Gaquerel, E. (2014). Jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine coordinates metabolic networks required for anthesis and floral attractant emission in wild tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata). Plant Cell 26: 3964–3983.
671. Eugster, P.J. et al. (2014). Retention time prediction for dereplication of natural products (CxHyOz) in LC–MS metabolite profiling. Phytochemistry 108: 196–207.
672. Shang, Y. et al. (2014). Biosynthesis, regulation, and domestication of bitterness in cucumber. Science 346: 1084–1088.
673. Takei, M., Yoshida, S., Kawai, T., Hasegawa, M., and Suzuki, Y. (2015). Adaptive significance of gall formation for a gall-inducing aphids on Japanese elm trees. J. Insect Physiol. 72: 43–51.
674. Fang, C. et al. Identification and comparative analysis of microRNAs in barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) in response to rice allelopathy. Plant Cell Environ. in press.
675. Lee, G., Lee, S., Chung, M.-S., Jeong, Y., and Chung, B. Rice terpene synthase 20 (OsTPS20) plays an important role in producing terpene volatiles in response to abiotic stresses. Protoplasma in press.
676. Farmer, E.E., Gasperini, D., and Acosta, I.F. (2014). The squeeze cell hypothesis for the activation of jasmonate synthesis in response to wounding. New Phytol. 204: 282–288.
677. Dai, L. et al. (2015). Design, synthesis, and evaluation of caffeic acid amides as synergists to sensitize fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans to fluconazole. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 25: 34–37.
678. Wiesel, L. et al. (2014). Molecular effects of resistance elicitors from biological origin and their potential for crop protection. Front. Plant Sci. 5: 655.
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681. Ranjan, A. et al. Upregulation of jasmonate biosynthesis and jasmonate-responsive genes in rice leaves in response to a bacterial pathogen mimic. Funct. Integr. Genomics in press.
682. Shi, L. et al. The regulation of methyl jasmonate on hyphal branching and GA biosynthesis in Ganoderma lucidum partly via ROS generated by NADPH oxidase. Fungal Genet. Biol. in press.
683. Yamada, Y. et al. (2015). Terpene synthases are widely distributed in bacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112: 857–862.
684. Fukuda, A., Sugimoto, K., Ando, T., Yamamoto, T., and Yano, M. Chromosomal locations of a gene underlying heat-accelerated brown spot formation and its suppressor genes in rice. Mol. Genet. Genomics in press.
685. Ramegowda, V., and Senthil-Kumar, M. (2015). The interactive effects of simultaneous biotic and abiotic stresses on plants: Mechanistic understanding from drought and pathogen combination. J. Plant Physiol. 176: 47–54.
686. Hadwiger, L.A., and Tanaka, K. (2014). EDTA a novel inducer of pisatin, a phytoalexin indicator of the non-host resistance in peas. Molecules 20: 24–34.
687. Ling, L.L. et al. (2015). A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance. Nature 517: 455–459.
688. Roos, J., Bejai, S., Mozūraitis, R., and Dixelius, C. (2015). Susceptibility to Verticillium longisporum is linked to monoterpene production by TPS23/27 in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 81: 572–585.
689. Andersson, M.X. et al. (2015). Involvement of the electrophilic isothiocyanate sulforaphane in Arabidopsis Local defense responses. Plant Physiol. 167: 251–261.
690. Larrieu, A. et al. (2015). A fluorescent hormone biosensor reveals the dynamics of jasmonate signalling in plants. Nat. Commun. 6: 6043.
691. Narusaka, M. et al. (2015). Yeast cell wall extract induces disease resistance against bacterial and fungal pathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica crop. PLoS ONE 10: e0115864.
692. Hu, X. et al. Re-examination of chlorophyllase function implies its involvement in defense against chewing herbivores. Plant Physiol. in press.
693. Shroff, R. et al. Quantification of plant surface metabolites by MALDI mass spectrometry imaging: glucosinolates on Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Plant J. in press.
694. Berim, A., Kim, M.-J., and Gang, D.R. (2015). Identification of a unique 2-oxoglutarate-dependent flavone 7-O-demethylase completes the elucidation of the lipophilic flavone network in basil. Plant Cell Physiol. 56: 126–136.
695. Ji, H., Kyndt, T., He, W., Vanholme, B., and Gheysen, G. β-aminobutyric acid–induced resistance against root-knot nematodes in rice is based on increased basal defence. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. in press.
696. Setyaningsih, W., Saputro, I.E., Barbero, G.F., Palma, M., and Garc√≠a, B., Carmelo (2015). Determination of melatonin in rice (Oryza sativa) grains by pressurized liquid extraction. J. Agric. Food Chem. 63: 1107–1115.
697. Hardeland, R. (2015). Melatonin in plants and other phototrophs: advances and gaps concerning the diversity of functions. J. Exp. Bot. 66: 627–646.
698. Wei, W. et al. (2015). Melatonin enhances plant growth and abiotic stress tolerance in soybean plants. J. Exp. Bot. 66: 695–707.
699. Kim, N.H., and Hwang, B.K. (2015). Pepper heat shock protein 70a interacts with the type III effector AvrBsT and triggers plant cell death and immunity. Plant Physiol. 167: 307–322.
700. Van Bockhaven, J. et al. Silicon induces resistance to the brown spot fungus Cochliobolus miyabeanus by preventing the pathogen from hijacking the rice ethylene pathway. New Phytol. in press.
701. Cheng, H. et al. The WRKY45-2–WRKY13–WRKY42 transcriptional regulatory cascade is required for rice resistance to fungal pathogen. Plant Physiol. in press.
