Junko Yano

Publications

• Synthetic Model of the Asymmetric [Mn3CaO4] Cubane Core of the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22308383
• Preparation and Properties of a Monomeric High-spin Mn(v)-oxo Complex
  Journal of the American Chemical Society. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22233169
• A High-Spin Iron(IV)-Oxo Complex Supported by a Trigonal Nonheme Pyrrolide Platform
  Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jan, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22214221
• Cytokines in the Host Response to Candida Vaginitis: Identifying a Role for Non-classical Immune Mediators, S100 Alarmins
  Cytokine. Dec, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22182685
• Structural and Electronic Study of an Amorphous MoS3 Hydrogen-generation Catalyst on a Quantum-controlled Photosensitizer
  Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). Oct, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21956994
• Calcium in the Oxygen-evolving Complex: Structural and Mechanistic Role Determined by X-ray Spectroscopy
  Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. B, Biology. Jul-Aug, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21524917
• Altered Structure of the Mn4Ca Cluster in the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II by a Histidine Ligand Mutation
  The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Mar, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21233216
• Participation of Glutamate-354 of the CP43 Polypeptide in the Ligation of Manganese and the Binding of Substrate Water in Photosystem II
  Biochemistry. Dec, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 21114287
• Structure and Valency of a Cobalt-phosphate Water Oxidation Catalyst Determined by in Situ X-ray Spectroscopy
  Journal of the American Chemical Society. Oct, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20839862
• Epithelial Cell-derived S100 Calcium-binding Proteins As Key Mediators in the Hallmark Acute Neutrophil Response During Candida Vaginitis
  Infection and Immunity. Dec, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20823201
• Highly-selective and Reversible O2 Binding in Cr3(1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)2
  Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jun, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20481535
• Direct Detection of Oxygen Ligation to the Mn(4)Ca Cluster of Photosystem II by X-ray Emission Spectroscopy
  Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English). 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20017172
• X-ray Emission Spectroscopy to Study Ligand Valence Orbitals in Mn Coordination Complexes
  Journal of the American Chemical Society. Sep, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19663435
• X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  Photosynthesis Research. Nov-Dec, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19653117
• Carbon-Centered Free Radicals in Particulate Matter Emissions from Wood and Coal Combustion
  Energy & Fuels : an American Chemical Society Journal. May, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19551161
• Effects of Oral Health Care on Salivary Flow Rate in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Preliminary Study
  Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health / Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health. Jul, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19443883
• X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Photosynthetic Oxygen-evolving Complex
  Coordination Chemistry Reviews. Feb, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 19190720
• Where Water is Oxidized to Dioxygen: Structure of the Photosynthetic Mn4Ca Cluster from X-ray Spectroscopy
  Inorganic Chemistry. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18330965
• Single-molecule Magnetism Properties of the First Strontium-manganese Cluster [SrMn14O11(OMe)3(O2CPh)18(MeCN)2]
  Inorganic Chemistry. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18281933
• Structural Changes in the Mn4Ca Cluster and the Mechanism of Photosynthetic Water Splitting
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Feb, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18250316
• Focusing the View on Nature's Water-splitting Catalyst
  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 17989003
• High-resolution Structure of the Photosynthetic Mn4Ca Catalyst from X-ray Spectroscopy
  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 17954437
• Glutamate-354 of the CP43 Polypeptide Interacts with the Oxygen-evolving Mn4Ca Cluster of Photosystem II: a Preliminary Characterization of the Glu354Gln Mutant
  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. Mar, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 17954433
• Polarized X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Single-crystal Mn(V) Complexes Relevant to the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II
  Journal of the American Chemical Society. Oct, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17918832
• Oxidation State Changes of the Mn4Ca Cluster in Photosystem II
  Photosynthesis Research. Jun, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17429751
• Heteronuclear Mn-Ca/Sr Complexes, and Ca/Sr EXAFS Spectral Comparisons with the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II
  Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England). Apr, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17406700
• Structure and Orientation of the Mn4Ca Cluster in Plant Photosystem II Membranes Studied by Polarized Range-extended X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Mar, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17190828
• [Effect of Oral Health Care Program on the Oral Function of the Elderly]
  Journal of UOEH. Dec, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17209517
• Where Water is Oxidized to Dioxygen: Structure of the Photosynthetic Mn4Ca Cluster
  Science (New York, N.Y.). Nov, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17082458
• [Functional Improvement Program of Musculoskeletal System of the Elderly in an Isolated Island of Kagoshima Prefecture]
  Journal of UOEH. Jun, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16780231
• High-resolution Mn EXAFS of the Oxygen-evolving Complex in Photosystem II: Structural Implications for the Mn4Ca Cluster
  Journal of the American Chemical Society. Nov, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16248606
• X-ray Damage to the Mn4Ca Complex in Single Crystals of Photosystem II: a Case Study for Metalloprotein Crystallography
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Aug, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16103362
• X-ray Spectroscopy of the Mn4Ca Cluster in the Water-oxidation Complex of Photosystem II
  Photosynthesis Research. 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15977060
• The Electronic Structure of Mn in Oxides, Coordination Complexes, and the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II Studied by Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
  Journal of the American Chemical Society. Aug, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15303869
• Single Crystal X- and Q-band EPR Spectroscopy of a Binuclear Mn(2)(III,IV) Complex Relevant to the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II
  Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jun, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15198595
• Strongest Correlation of HbA(1c) with 1-month-earlier Glucose Levels in Type 2 Diabetes
  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. Mar, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 14757288
• Vaginal and Oral Epithelial Cell Anti-Candida Activity
  Infection and Immunity. Dec, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12438389
• Calcium EXAFS Establishes the Mn-Ca Cluster in the Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II
  Biochemistry. Oct, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12390018