YUKICHI FUJIKAWA

Last Updated :2025/10/02

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Associate Professor/Lecturer
E-mail
fujikawahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
Biochemical studies on gene expression and function of stress-related enzymes in higher plants

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D., Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Applied Biological Science : Department of Applied Biological Science : Molecular Agro-Life Science Program
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Food and AgriLife Science
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Food and AgriLife Science

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

  • Molecular Agro-Life Science Program

Research Fields

  • Agricultural sciences;Agricultural chemistry;Applied biochemistry

Research Keywords

  • antioxidant

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry (JSBBA)

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Cell Science
  2. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Intensive, Cell Science
  3. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Food safety and health science
  4. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Laboratory Work in General Chemistry
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Introduction to Physiology
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Research Front of Food and AgriLife Science
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis I
  9. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Graduation Thesis II
  10. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis III
  11. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Genome Science II
  12. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Laboratory Work in Molecular Agro-life ScienceII
  13. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Cell Technology
  14. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Plant Molecular Biology
  15. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Bio-Analytical Science
  16. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Reading of Foreign Literature in Molecular Agro-Life Science
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science A
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science A
  19. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science B
  20. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science B
  21. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Food andAgriLife Science
  22. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Applied Plant Science

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Identification of six CPC-like genes and their differential expression in leaves of tea plant, Camellia sinensis, JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 263, 202108
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  2. Effect of mutation of C-terminal and heme binding region of Arabidopsis catalase on the import to peroxisomes, BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 83(2), 322-325, 2019
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  3. High levels of expression of multiple enzymes in the Smirnoff-Wheeler pathway are important for high accumulation of ascorbic acid in acerola fruits, BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 83(9), 1713-1716, 20191102
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  4. Exogenous proline has favorable effects on growth and browning suppression in rice but not in tobacco, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 142, 1-7, 201909
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  5. Two G-box-like elements essential to high gene expression of SlAKR4B in tomato leaves, BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 82(3), 425-432, 2018
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  6. Amino acid substitutions in CPC-LIKE MYB reveal residues important for protein stability in Arabidopsis roots, PLOS ONE, 13(10), 20181011
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  7. A novel regulatory element responsible for high transcriptional expression of acerola GDP-d-mannose pyrophosphorylase gene, BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 81(6), 1194-1197, 2017
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  8. Gene expression and promoter analysis of a novel tomato aldo-keto reductase in response to environmental stresses, Journal of Plant Physiology, 200(1), 35-44, 20160602
  9. Cloning and gene expression analysis of ascorbic acid biosynthesis enzymes in Moringa oleifera, African Journal of Agricultural Research, 10(22), 2274-2285, 20150528
  10. ★, Split luciferase complementation assay to detect regulated protein-protein interactions in rice protoplasts in a large-scale format, RICE, 7, 20140628
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  11. Comparative physiological analysis of salinity tolerance in rice, SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION, 59(6), 896-903, 20131201
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  12. Analysis of Ascorbic Acid Biosynthesis Using a Simple Transient Gene Expression System in Tomato Fruit Protoplasts, BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 77(3), 673-675, 20130313
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  13. Molecular Cloning and Characterization of L-Galactose-1-phosphate Phosphatase from Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 76(6), 1155-1162, 20120612
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  14. ★, Characterization of Secretory Phospholipase A(2) with Phospholipase A(1) Activity in Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum (L.), LIPIDS, 47(3), 303-312, 20120312
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  15. Overexpression of the acerola (Malpighia glabra) monodehydroascorbate reductase gene in transgenic tobacco plants results in increased ascorbate levels and enhanced tolerance to salt stress, SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 78, 295-301, 20120112
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  16. Gene expression of monodehydroascorbate reductase and dehydroascorbate reductase during fruit ripening and in response to environmental stresses in acerola (Malpighia glabra), J. Plant Physiol, 168(6), 619-617, 20110401
  17. Light regulation of ascorbic acid biosynthesis in rice via light responsive cis-elements in genes encoding ascorbic acid biosynthetic enzymes, Bioscicence Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 74(4), 888-891, 20100401
  18. Luminescence detection of SNARE-SNARE interaction in Arabidopsis protoplasts, Plant Molecular Biology, 72(4), 433-444, 20100301
  19. Increase in ascorbate content of transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing Acerola (Malpighia glabra) phosphomannomutase gene, J. Plant Physiol., 166(6), 652-660, 20090401
  20. Gene expression of ascorbic acid biosynthesis related enzymes of the Smirnoff-Wheeler pathway in acerola (Malpighia glabra)., Journal of plant physiology, 166, 652-660, 20081229
  21. RNAi-mediated knockdown of the XIP-type endoxylanase inhibitor gene, OsXIP, has no effect on grain development and germination in rice., Plant Cell Physiology, 49(7), 1122-1127, 20080701
  22. Multidimensional fluorescence microscopy of multiple organelles in Arabidopsis seedlings., Plant Methods, 19(4), 1-14, 20080519
  23. ★, Split luciferase complementation assay to study protein-protein interactions in Arabidopsis protoplasts., Plant J., 52(1), 185-195, 20071001
  24. Molecular cloning and effect of c-fos mRNA on pharmacological stimuli in the goldfish brain, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, D1, 253-259, 20060701
  25. ★, Molecular Cloning, Expression and Characterization of Secretory Phospholipase A2 in Tobacco, Lipids, 40(9), 901-908, 20050901
  26. Partial cloning and expression of mRNA coding choline acetyltransferase in the spinal cord of the goldfish, Carassius auratus., Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 141(3), 253-260, 20050401
  27. Recombinant expression and characterization of three group IB phospholipase A2 isoforms in the red sea bream Chrysophrys major., Fisheries Science, 69, 1263-1270, 20030401
  28. Localization of group IB phospholipase A2 isoform in the gills of the red sea bream, Pagrus (Chrysophrys) major., Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 132(3), 671-683, 20020701
  29. Cloning and expression of group IB phospholipase A2 isoforms in the red sea bream, Pagrus major., Lipids, 36(5), 499-506, 20010501
  30. Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of group I phospholipases A2 from the gills of the red sea bream, Pagrus major., Lipids, 35(12), 1359-1370, 20001201

Publications such as books

  1. 2018/03/20, Ascorbic Acid in Plant Growth, Development and Stress Tolerance, Regulation of Ascorbic Acid Biosynthesis in Plants, Acerola (Malpighia glabra), Ascorbic acid biosynthesis, cis-Element, Fruits, Gene expression, Light, Smirnoff-Wheeler pathway, Springer, Cham, 2018, 03, Scholarly Book, Joint work, E, Marina Suekawa, Takayuki Kondo, Yukichi Fujikawa, Muneharu Esaka, 978-3-319-74056-0, 514, 157-176
  2. 2018/03/20, Ascorbic Acid in Plant Growth, Development and Stress Tolerance, Physiological Role of Ascorbic Acid Recycling Enzymes in Plants, Ascorbic acid-glutathione cycle, Ascorbic acid recycling, Dehydroascorbate reductase, Environmental stress, Monodehydroascorbate reductase, Oxidative stress tolerance, Springer, Cham, 2018, 03, Scholarly Book, Joint work, E, Marina Suekawa, Yukichi Fujikawa, Muneharu Esaka, 978-3-319-74056-0, 514, 355-373

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. The analysis of gene expression mechanism and physiological function of aldo-keto reductase in tomato, Suekawa M, Fujikawa Y, Esaka M, Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2017, 2017/11/04, Without Invitation, English, The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists, Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists, Taiwan
  2. Characterization of ascorbic acid biosynthesis in Moringa, Fujikawa, Y., 8th International Congress on Interdisciplinary Investigation, 2012/06/15, With Invitation, English, SantoDomingo, Domincan Republic
  3. Elucidation of high accumulation mechanism of ascorbic acid in Acerola (Malpighia glabra), Yukichi Fujikawa, Marina Suekawa, Muneharu Esaka, The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of Japan, 2018/09/24, With Invitation, English