Y. Saga*, K. Okamoto
Self-assembly of zinc 3-hydroxymethyl chlorophyll derivatives esterified with different linear alcohols in deep eutectic solvents
Chemistry Letters (2024) in press.

Y. Saga*, Y. Sasamoto, K. Inada, Z.-Y. Wang-Otomo, Y. Kimura
Spectral modulation of B850 bacteriochlorophyll a in light-harvesting complex 2 from purple photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum by detergents and calcium ions
Biochimica Biophysica Acta Bioenergetics (2024) 1865, 149503 (7 pages).

Y. Saga*, K. Hamanishi, S. Kawato
Removal of B800 bacteriochlorophyll a from light-harvesting complex 3 of the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodoblastus acidophilus
Plant and Cell Physiology (2024) in press.

S. Kawato, S. Sato, H. Kitoh-Nishioka, Y. Saga*
Spectral changes of light-harvesting complex 2 lacking B800 bacteriochlorophyll a under neutral pH conditions
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (2024) 23, 871-879.

Y. Saga*, K. Hamanishi, T. Yamamoto, K. Hinago, Y. Nagasawa
Conversion of B800 bacteriochlorophyll a to 3-acetyl chlorophyll a in light-harvesting complex 3 by in situ oxidation
Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2023) 127, 2683-2689.
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M. Morimoto^#, H. Hirao^#, M. Kondo, T. Dewa, Y. Kimura, Z.-Y. Wang-Otomo, H. Asakawa*, Y. Saga*
Atomic force microscopic analysis of the light-harvesting complex 2 from purple photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum
Photosynthesis Research (2023) 157, 13-20.
^# Morimoto and Hirao have contributed equally.

Y. Saga*, K. Hamanishi
Effects of detergents on the spectral features of B820 bacteriochlorophyll a in light-harvesting complex 3
ACS Omega (2022) 7, 29231-29235.
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Y. Takashima, Y. Saga*
Isomerization kinetics of bacteriochlorophyll b and bacteriopheophytin b under acidic conditions
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (2022) 21, 1193-1199.

Y. Kimura*, M. Imanishi, L. Yong, Y. Yura, T. Ohno, Y. Saga, M. T. Madigan, Z.-Y. Wang-Otomo*
Identification of Metal-sensitive Structural Changes in the Ca²⁺-binding Photocomplex from Thermochromatium tepidum by Isotope-edited Vibrational Spectroscopy
Journal of Chemical Physics (2022) 156, 105101 (10 pages).

M. Tanaka, A. Tanaka, Y. Saga*
Effects of Peripheral Substituents on Epimerization Kinetics of Formylated Chlorophylls
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (2022) 26, 273-278.

Y. Saga*, A. Tanaka, M. Yamashita, T. Shinoda, T. Tomo, Y. Kimura
Spectral Properties of Chlorophyll f in the B800 Cavity of Light-harvesting Complex 2 from the Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodoblastus acidophilus
Photochemistry and Photobiology (2022) 98, 169-174.

E. Elias, N. Liguori, Y. Saga, J. Schafers, R. Croce*
Functional Harvesting of Far-red light in Plant Antenna Complexes Incorporating Chlorophyll d
Biomacromolecules (2021) 22, 3313-3322.

Y. Saga*, Y. Otsuka, A. Tanaka, Y. Masaoka, T. Hidaka, Y. Nagasawa*
Energy Transfer Dynamics in Light-harvesting Complex 2 Variants Possessing Oxidized B800 Bacteriochlorophyll a
Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2021) 125, 6830-6836.
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Y. Kimura*, T. Yamashita, R. Seto, M. Imanishi, M. Honda, S. Nakagawa, Y. Saga, S. Takenaka, L.-J. Yu, M. T. Madigan, Z.-Y. Wang-Otomo*
Circular Dichroism and Resonance Raman Spectroscopies of Bacteriochlorophyll b-Containing LH1-RC Complexes
Photosynthesis Research (2021) 148, 77-86.

Y. Saga*, M. Yamashita, Y. Masaoka, T. Hidaka, M. Imanishi, Y. Kimura, Y. Nagasawa*
Excitation Energy Transfer from Bacteriochlorophyll b in the B800 Site to B850 Bacteriochlorophyll a in Light-harvesting Complex 2
Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2021) 125, 2009-2017. 
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解説、Proceedingなど

Y. Saga*
Comparative analysis of the N-terminal peptide in light-harvesting complex II from oxygenic photosynthetic organisms
Peptide Science 2022, 89-92 (2023).