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Yusuke Kouzai
Researcher at National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Publications - 22
Citations - 961
Yusuke Kouzai is an academic researcher from National Agriculture and Food Research Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Brachypodium distachyon & Rhizoctonia solani. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 17 publications receiving 731 citations. Previous affiliations of Yusuke Kouzai include Okayama University & Kihara Institute for Biological Research.
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The Bifunctional Plant Receptor, OsCERK1, Regulates Both Chitin-Triggered Immunity and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Rice
Kana Miyata,Toshinori Kozaki,Yusuke Kouzai,Kenjirou Ozawa,Kazuo Ishii,Erika Asamizu,Yoshihiro Okabe,Yosuke Umehara,Ayano Miyamoto,Yoshihiro Kobae,Kohki Akiyama,Hanae Kaku,Yoko Nishizawa,Naoto Shibuya,Tomomi Nakagawa +14 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the symbiotic function of ancestral CERK1 in AM symbiosis enabled the molecular evolution to leguminous NFR1 and resulted in the establishment of legume-rhizobia symbiosis.
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Surface α-1,3-glucan facilitates fungal stealth infection by interfering with innate immunity in plants.
Takashi Fujikawa,Ayumu Sakaguchi,Yoko Nishizawa,Yusuke Kouzai,Eiichi Minami,Shigekazu Yano,Hironori Koga,Tetsuo Meshi,Marie Nishimura +8 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that α-1,3-glucan protected the fungal cell wall from degradative enzymes secreted by plants even from the pre-penetration stage and interfered with the release of PAMPs to delay innate immune defense responses.
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Perception of the chitin oligosaccharides contributes to disease resistance to blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae in rice.
TL;DR: The results suggest that CEs are produced and recognized through the LysM domain of CEBiP during the interaction between rice and M. oryzae and imply that engineering pattern recognition receptors represents a new strategy for crop protection against fungal diseases.
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Targeted Gene Disruption of OsCERK1 Reveals Its Indispensable Role in Chitin Perception and Involvement in the Peptidoglycan Response and Immunity in Rice
Yusuke Kouzai,Susumu Mochizuki,Keisuke Nakajima,Yoshitake Desaki,Masahiro Hayafune,Hideo Miyazaki,Naoki Yokotani,Kenjirou Ozawa,Eiichi Minami,Hanae Kaku,Naoto Shibuya,Yoko Nishizawa +11 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that OsCERK1 is indispensable for chitin perception and participates in innate immunity in rice, and also mediates the peptidoglycan response.
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CEBiP is the major chitin oligomer-binding protein in rice and plays a main role in the perception of chitin oligomers.
Yusuke Kouzai,Keisuke Nakajima,Masahiro Hayafune,Kenjirou Ozawa,Hanae Kaku,Naoto Shibuya,Eiichi Minami,Yoko Nishizawa +7 more
TL;DR: Affinity-labeling analysis using biotinylated N-acetylchitooctaose demonstrated that CEBiP is the major CE-binding protein in rice cultured cells and leaves, which was consistent with the result that the response to CE in cebip cells was greatly diminished.