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1.   †Pan. X., †Tokutsu, R., †Li, A., Takizawa, K., Song, C., Murata, K., Yamasaki, T., Liu, Z., Minagawa, J., Li, M.

Structural basis of LhcbM5-mediated state transitions in green algae.

Nat. Plants, published, 2021. (†Equal contributions) 

2.  *Tokutsu, R., Fujimura-Kamada, K.,  Yamasaki, T., Okajima, K., *Minagawa, J. 

UV-A/B radiation rapidly activates photoprotective mechanisms in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Plant Physiol., 185: 1894-1902, 2021. (*Corresponding authors) 

3.  *Tokutsu, R., Fujimura-Kamada, K., Matsuo, T., Yamasaki, T., *Minagawa, J. 

The CONSTANS flowering complex controls the protective response of photosynthesis in the green alga Chlamydomonas.

Nat. Commun., 10: 4099, 2019. (*Corresponding authors) 

4.  *Tokutsu, R., Fujimura-Kamada, K., Yamasaki, T., Matsuo, T., *Minagawa, J. 

Isolation of photoprotective signal transduction mutants by systematic bioluminescence screening in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Sci. Rep., 9: 2820, 2019. (*Corresponding authors)

5.  Kosuge, K., Tokutsu, R., Kim, E., Akimoto, S., Yokono, M., Ueno, Y., Minagawa, J. 

LHCSR1-dependent fluorescence quenching is mediated by excitation energy transfer from LHCII to photosystem I in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.,115: 3722-3727, 2018.

6.  ​†Petroutsos, D., †Tokutsu, R., Maruyama, S., Flori, S., Greiner, A., Magneschi, L., Cusant, L., Kottke, T., Mittag,

      M., Hegemann, P., Finazzi, G.,Minagawa, J.

A blue light photoreceptor mediates the feedback regulation of photosynthesis.

Nature 537: 563-566, 2016. (†Equal contributions)

7.  Tokutsu, R., Minagawa, J.

Energy-dissipative supercomplex of photosystem II associated with LHCSR3 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 110: 10016-10021, 2013.

8.  †Allorent, G., †Tokutsu, R., Roach, T., Peers, P., Cardol, P., Girard-Bascou, J., Seigneurin-Berny, D., Petroutsos, D.,

     Kuntz, M., Breyton, C., Franck, F., Wollman, F. A., Niyogi, K. K., Krieger-Liszkay, A., Minagawa, J., Finazzi, G.

A dual strategy to cope with high light in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Plant Cell 25: 545-557, 2013. (†Equal contributions)

9.  Tokutsu, R., Kato, N., Bui, K. H., Ishikawa, T., Minagawa, J.

Revisiting the supramolecular organization of photosystem II in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

J. Biol. Chem. 287, 31574-31581, 2012.

10.  Tokutsu, R., Iwai, M., Minagawa, J.

CP29, a monomeric light-harvesting complex II, is essential for state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

J. Biol. Chem. 284:7777-7782, 2009.

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