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2026

Recent preprints and accepted publications.

20

Strigolactones in chemistry: Chemical tools to visualize and manipulate receptor function

Masahiko Yoshimura*

Chemistry Letters 2026, upag069. Highlight Review.

DOI

19

Substrate-Programmed Selectivity in Sequential Transpeptidase Ligation

Kento Kiriyama, Ayato Sato, Naoto Kinashi, Tomoko Yoneda, Naoya Kadofusa, Taichi Chisuga, Daishi Fujita, Shogo Nakano,* Yoshiki Ikeda,* Masahiko Yoshimura*

ChemRxiv 2026

DOI

18

Potent and Receptor-Selective Germination Inhibitor for Striga hermonthica

Michio Kuruma, Masahiko Yoshimura, Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Ayato Sato, Yuta Uchiyama, Yoshiya Seto, Kenichiro Itami, Shuhei Kusano, Shinya Hagihara*

Precision Chem 2026, ASAP

DOI

2025

Photocleavable systems and protein release chemistry.

17

Photocleavable Systems for Cell Biology: Conceptual Design across Molecular Modalities

Masahiko Yoshimura,* Tomoko Inose*

ChemBioChem 2025, e202500564

DOI Preprint

16

Remote Silyl Groups Enhance Hydrolytic Stability and Photocleavage Efficiency in Carbamates for Protein Release

Masahiko Yoshimura,* Ryuto Sasayama, Takashi Kajiwara, Chihiro Mori, Yusuke Nakasone, Tomoko Inose*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202502376

Preprint

2023

Strigolactone chemistry, plant biology, and synthetic methodology.

15

Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Simplified Analogues of the Major Corn Strigolactones, Zealactone and Zeapyranolactone

Masahiko Yoshimura, Michael Dieckmann, Alexandre Lumbroso, Raymonde Fonne-Pfister, Claudio Screpanti, Katrin Hermann, Stefano Rendine, Pierre Quinodoz, Alain De Mesmaeker*

Helv. Chim. Act. 2023, e202300111

Paper

14

Novel Synthetic Approach towards Amino-Substituted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons through Electrocyclization of Keteniminium Salts

Masahiko Yoshimura, Pierre Quinodoz, Lucia Reyes Mendez, Amandine Kolleth, Sarah Sulzer-Mosse, Thomas Vent-Schmidt, Ulfet Karadeniz Yezer, Saron Catak, Alain De Mesmaeker*

Helv. Chim. Act. 2023, e202300085

Paper

13

Maize resistance to witchweed through changes in strigolactone biosynthesis

Chun Li, Li Dong, Jeeva Durairaj, Jian-Cheng Guan, Masahiko Yoshimura, Pierre Quinodoz, Roger Horber, Kathrin Gaus, Jiabao Li, Yihenew B. Setotaw, Jiayang Qi, Hugo De Groote, Yan Wang, Boukary Thiombiano, Katerina Flokova, Alison Walmsley, Tatiana V. Charnikhova, Agata Chojnacka, Sofia Correia de Lemos, Yu Ding, Daniel Skibbe, Katrin Hermann, Claudio Screpanti, Alain De Mesmaeker, Eric A. Schmelz, Alpha Menkir, Mark Medema, A. D. J. van Dijk, Jianhua Wu, Karen E. Koch, Harro J. Bouwmeester

Science 2023, 379, 94-99

Paper

2022

Coordination cages and synthetic aromatic chemistry.

12

Coordination/Metal-Organic Cages Inside Out

Tomoki Tateishi, Masahiko Yoshimura, Shun Tokuda, Fuyuki Matsuda, Daishi Fujita,* Shuhei Furukawa*

Coord. Chem. Rev. 2022, 467, 214612. Review paper.

Paper

11

Efficient Synthesis of 9-Aminophenanthrenes and Heterocyclic Analogues by Electrocyclization of Biaryl Keteniminium Salts

Pierre Quinodoz, Amandine Kolleth, Dylan Dagoneau, Masahiko Yoshimura, Lucia Reyes Mendez, Mylene Joigneaux, Roman Staiger, Robin Horber, Sarah Sulzer-Mosse, Aybike Bekar Cesaretli, Ulfet Karadeniz Yezer, Saron Catak, Alain De Mesmaeker*

Helv. Chim. Act. 2022, 105, e202200093

Paper

2020

Strigolactone receptor inhibitors and zealactone synthesis.

10

Development of potent inhibitors for strigolactone receptor DWARF 14

Masahiko Yoshimura, Sojung F. Kim, Ryosuke Takise, Shuhei Kusano, Sakuya Nakamura, Masanori Izumi, Akiko Yagi, Kenichiro Itami, Shinya Hagihara*

Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 14917-14919

Paper

9

Total synthesis and biological evaluation of zealactone 1a/b

Masahiko Yoshimura, Michael Dieckmann, Pierre-Yves Dakas, Raymonde Fonne-Pfister, Claudio Screpanti, Katrin Hermann, Stefano Rendine, Pierre Quinodoz, Beyza Horoz, Saron Catak, Alain De Mesmaeker*

Helv. Chim. Act. 2020, 103, e2000017

Paper

2019 and earlier

Foundational work in strigolactone probes, receptors, auxin signaling, and synthesis.

8

Total synthesis and biological evaluation of heliolactone

Masahiko Yoshimura, Raymonde Fonne-Pfister, Claudio Screpanti, Katrin Hermann, Stefano Rendine, Michael Dieckmann, Pierre Quinodoz, Alain De Mesmaeker*

Helv. Chim. Acta 2019, 102, e1900211

Paper Synfacts

7

Selective Deprotection of the Diphenylmethylsilyl (DPMS) Hydroxyl Protecting Group under Environmentally Responsible, Aqueous Conditions

Nnamdi Akporji, Josh Lieberman, Michael Maser, Masahiko Yoshimura, Zarko Boskovic, Bruce H. Lipshutz*

ChemCatChem 2019, 11, 5743-5747

Paper

6

Chemical hijacking of auxin signaling with an engineered auxin-TIR1 pair

Naoyuki Uchida, Koji Takahashi, Rie Iwasaki, Ryotaro Yamada, Masahiko Yoshimura, Takaho A. Endo, Seisuke Kimura, Hua Zhang, Mika Nomoto, Yasuomi Tada, Toshinori Kinoshita, Kenichiro Itami, Shinya Hagihara, Keiko U. Torii

Nat. Chem. Biol. 2018, 14, 299-305

Paper

5

The dynamics of strigolactone perception in Striga hermonthica: a working hypothesis

Yuichiro Tsuchiya,* Masahiko Yoshimura, Shinya Hagihara

J. Exp. Bot. 2018, 69, 2281-2290

Paper

4

Discovery of shoot branching regulator targeting strigolactone receptor DWARF14

Masahiko Yoshimura, Ayato Sato, Keiko Kuwata, Yoshiaki Inukai, Toshinori Kinoshita, Kenichiro Itami, Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Shinya Hagihara*

ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4, 230-234

Paper

3

Structural monitoring of the onset of excited-state aromaticity in a liquid crystal phase

Masaki Hada, Shohei Saito, Sei’ichi Tanaka, Ryuma Sato, Masahiko Yoshimura, Kazuhiro Mouri, Kyohei Matsuo, Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Mitsuo Hara, Yasuhiko Hayashi, Fynn Rohricht, Rainer Herges, Yasuteru Shigeta, Ken Onda, R. J. Dwayne Miller

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15792-15800

Paper

2

Strigolactone receptors in Striga hermonthica

Masahiko Yoshimura,* Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Yoshikatsu Sato, Kenichiro Itami, Toshinori Kinoshita, Shinya Hagihara

Plant Morphology 2017, 29, 33-37

Paper

1

Probing strigolactone receptors in Striga hermonthica with fluorescence

Yuichiro Tsuchiya,* Masahiko Yoshimura, Yoshikatsu Sato, Keiko Kuwata, Shigeo Toh, Duncan Holbrook-Smith, Hua Zhang, Peter McCourt, Kenichiro Itami, Toshinori Kinoshita, Shinya Hagihara*

Science 2015, 349, 864-868

Paper

Patents

Selected patent applications.

JP 2013-230516 / 2015-089886Kenichiro Itami, Toshinori Kinoshita, Shinya Hagihara, Koji Takahashi, Masahiko Yoshimura, Hua Zhang, Nils Schroder

JP 2013-230446 / 2015-089885Kenichiro Itami, Toshinori Kinoshita, Shinya Hagihara, Koji Takahashi, Masahiko Yoshimura

JP 2015-132707Shinya Hagihara, Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Masahiko Yoshimura, Kenichiro Itami, Toshinori Kinoshita; YLG from TCI

PCT/EP2021/078997Alain De Mesmaeker, Michael Dieckmann, Pierre Quinodoz, Masahiko Yoshimura

PCT/EP2022/053237Joerg Leipner, Pierre Quinodoz, Masahiko Yoshimura, Claudio Screpanti, Fonne-Pfister, Alain De Mesmaeker, Alessandro Bergna, Ben Ozer Oyserman

JP 2023-175595Masahiko Yoshimura, Daishi Fujita

JP 2023-175598Masahiko Yoshimura, Yoshiki Ikeda, Fuyuki Matsuda, Daishi Fujita

JP 2023-213310Masahiko Yoshimura, Yoshiki Ikeda, Fuyuki Matsuda, Daishi Fujita

JP 2024-103186Masahiko Yoshimura, Tomoko Inose, Ryuto Sasayama

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