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, in press.

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).