2025
64. Lee A, Park N, Song C & Cha J (2025) AmyA contributes to the glycogen synthesis in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Int J Biol Macromol, 141431.
63. Fukuda Y, Suzaki T, Murata K & Song C (2025) Novel ultrastructural features of the nucleus of the ancestral dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina as revealed by freeze substitution fixation. Front Protistol 3, 1512258.
62. Burton-Smith RN, Yagi-Utsumi M, Yanaka S, Song C, Murata K & Kato K (2025) Elucidating the Unique J-Shaped Protomer Structure of Amyloid-β(1-40) Fibril with Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Int J Mol Sci 26(3), 1179.
61. Oda H, Nishiguchi S, Song C, Murata K, Uchihashi T & Suzuki Y (2025) Nanoscale visualization of Drosophila E-cadherin ectodomain fragments and their interactions using DNA origami nanoblocks. Journal of Molecular Biology, 437(2), 168875.
2024
60. Kim HU, Park YH, An, MY, Kim, YK, Song C & Jung HS (2024) Structural insights into calcium-induced conformational changes in human gelsolin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 735, 150826.
59. Kim HU, An MY, Kang H, Huh YS, Song C & Jung HS (2024) Optimized visualization of liposomes: a comparative analysis based on the signal-to-noise ratio. 55-62.
58. Han S, Kim S, Sedlacek C J, Farooq A, Song C, Lee S, Liu S, Brüggemann N, Rohe L, Kwon M, Rhee S K & Jung M Y (2024) Adaptive traits of Nitrosocosmicus clade ammonia-oxidizing archaea. Mbio, 15(11), e02169-24.
57. Sugiyama H, Watanabe K, Song C, Murata K & Segawa Y (2024) Structure Determination of Tweezer-shaped π-Extended Tetraphenylenes without Recrystallization by Microcrystal Electron Diffraction. Chemical Letters 53, upae192.
56. Watanabe R, Song C, Takemura T & Murata K (2024) Subnanometer structure of medusavirus capsid during maturation using cryo-electron microscopy. J Virol 98(9), e0043624.
55. Lin SSY, Kato T, Namba K, Hosogi N, Song C, Murata K, Yen CH, Hsu TL, Wong CH, Wu YM, Tu IP & Chang WH (2024) Use of phase plate cryo-EM reveals conformation diversity of therapeutic IgG with 50 kDa Fab fragment resolved below 6 Å. Sci Rep 14, 14079.
2023
54. 宋 致宖 & 村田和義 (2023) 「クライオ電子顕微鏡によるタンパク質の構造解析」,タンパク質構造解析手法とIn silicoスクリーニングへの応用事例, pp.83-94、（株）技術情報協会 ISBN 978-4-86104-971-2.
53. Burton-Smith RN, Song C, Ueno H, Murata T, Iino R & Murata K (2023) Six states of Enterococcus hirae V-type ATPase reveals non-uniform rotor rotation during turnover Comm Biol 6, 755.
52. Okamoto K, Song C, Wang H, Sakaguchi M, Chalkiadaki C, Miyazaki N, Nabeshima T, Morita K, Inoue S & Murata K (2023) Structure and its transformation of elliptical nege-like virus Tanay virus. J Gen Virol. 104(6), 001863
51. Fukuda T, Furukawa K, Maruyama T, Yamashita SI, Noshiro D, Song C, Ogasawara Y, Okuyama K, Alam JM, Hayatsu M, Saigusa T, Inoue K, Ikeda K, Takai A, Chen L, Lahiri V, Okada Y, Shibata S, Murata K, Klionsky DJ, Noda NN & Kanki T (2023) The mitochondrial intermembrane space protein mitofissin drives mitochondrial fission required for mitophagy. Mol Cell 83(12), 2045-2058.e9.
50. Ishii A, Shan J, Sheng X, Kim E, Watanabe A, Yokono M, Noda C, Song C, Murata K, Liu Z & Minagawa J (2023) The photosystem I supercomplex from a primordial green alga Ostreococcus tauri harbors three light-harvesting complex trimers. Elife 12, e84488.
49. ソン・チホン & 村田和義 (2023) 「自然科学研究機構におけるクライオ電子顕微鏡支援」 クライオ電子顕微鏡ハンドブック(難波啓一、加藤貴之、牧野文信 監修), pp.189-196 (株)エヌ・ティー・エス ISBN 978-4-86043-804-3 C3047
2022
48. Chihara A, Burton-Smith RN, Kajimura N, Mitsuoka K, Okamoto K, Song C & Murata K (2022) A novel capsid protein network allows the characteristic inner membrane structure of Marseilleviridae giant viruses. Sci Rep 12(1), 21428.
47. Nishizawa Y, Watanabe T, Noguchi T, Takizawa M, Song C, Murata K, Minato H & Suzuki D (2022) Durable gelfoams stabilized by compressible nanocomposite microgels. Chem Commun (Camb) 58, 12927-12930.
46. Watanabe R, Song C, Kayama Y, Takemura M & Murata K (2022) Particle morphology of Medusavirus inside and outside cells reveals new maturation process of giant virus. J Virol 96(7), e01853-21.
45. Miyazaki N, Song C, Oka T, Miki M, Murakami K, Iwasaki K, Katayama K & Murata K (2022) Atomic Structure of the Human Sapovirus Capsid Reveals a Unique Capsid Protein Conformation in Caliciviruses. J Virol 96(9), e00298-22.
2021
44. Yagi-Utsumi M, Aoki K, Watanabe H, Song C, Nishimura S, Satoh T, Yanaka S, Ganser C, Tanaka S, Schnapka V, Goh EW, Furutani Y, Murata K, Uchihashi T, Arakawa K & Kato K (2021) Desiccation-induced fibrous condensation of CAHS protein from an anhydrobiotic tardigrade. Sci Rep 11(1), 21328.
43. Haga K, Takai-Todaka R, Matsumura Y, Song C, Takano T, Tojo T, Nagami A, Ishida Y, Masaki H, Tsuchiya M, Ebisudani T, Sugimoto S, Sato T, Yasuda H, Fukunaga K, Sawada A, Nemoto N, Murata K, Morimoto T & Katayama K (2021) Nasal delivery of single-domain antibodies improves symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in an animal model. PLoS Pathogens 17(10), e1009542.
42. Takahashi H, Fukaya S, Song C, Murata K & Takemura M (2021) Cotonvirus japonicus using Golgi apparatus of host cells for its virion factory phylogenetically links tailed tupanvirus and icosahedral mimivirus. J Virol 95(18), e00919-21.
41. Harada N, Hirose Y, Song C, Kurita H, Sato M, Onodera J, Murata K & Itoh F (2021) A novel characteristic of a phytoplankton as a potential source of straight-chain alkanes. Sci Rep 11(1), 14190.
40. Pan X, Tokutsu R, Li A, Takizawa K, Song C, Murata K, Yamasaki T, Liu Z, Minagawa J & Li M (2021) Structural basis of LhcbM5-mediated state transitions in green algae. Nature plant 7(8), 1119-1131.
39. Song C & Murata K (2021) Let’s Start Structural Analysis of Biomolecules with Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Nihon Kessho Gakkaishi, 63(2), 80-88.
38. Song C, Satoh T, Sekiguchi T, Kato K & Murata K (2021) Structural fluctuations of the human proteasome α7 homo-tetradecamer double ring imply the proteasomal α-ring assembly mechanism. Int J Mol Sci 22(9), 4519.
37. Kayama Y, Burton-Smith RN, Song C, Terahara N, Kato T & Murata K (2021) Below 3 Å structure of apoferritin using a multipurpose TEM with a side entry cryoholder. Sci Rep 11, 8395.
36. Kutomi O, Yamamoto R, Hirose K, Mizuno K, Nakagiri Y, Imai H, Noga A, Obbineni JM, Zimmermann N, Nakajima M, Shibata D, Shibata M, Shiba K, Kita M, Kigoshi H, Tanaka Y, Yamasaki Y, Asahina Y, Song C, Nomura M, Nomura M, Nakajima A, Nakachi M, Yamada L, Nakazawa S, Sawada H, Murata K, Mitsuoka K, Ishikawa T, Wakabayashi KI, Kon T & Inaba K (2021) A dynein-associated photoreceptor protein prevents ciliary acclimation to blue light. Sci Adv 7, eabf3621.
2020
35. Song C, Takai-Todaka R, Miki M, Haga K, Fujimoto A, Ishiyama R, Oikawa K, Yokoyama M, Miyazaki N, Iwasaki K, Murakami K, Katayama K & Murata K (2020) Dynamic rotation of the protruding domain enhances the infectivity of norovirus. PLOS Pathogens, 16(7), e1008619.
34. Goughnour P C, Park M C, Kim S B, Jun S, Yang W S, Chae S, Cho S, Song C, Lee J H, Hyun J K, Kim B G, Hwang D, Jung H S, Gho Y S & Kim S (2020) Extracellular vesicles derived from macrophages display glycyl‐tRNA synthetase 1 and exhibit anti‐cancer activity. J Extracell Vesicles 10(1), e12029.
33. Yagi-Utsumi M, Yanaka S, Song C, Satoh T, Yamazaki C, Kasahara H, Shimazu T, Murata K & Kato K (2020) Characterization of amyloid β fibril formation under microgravity conditions. npj Microgravity 6(1), 1-8.
32. Watanabe T, Nishizawa Y, Minato H, Song C, Murata K & Suzuki D (2020) Hydrophobic monomers recognize microenvironments in hydrogel microspheres during free radical seeded emulsion polymerization. Angewandte Chemie Int Ed 59(23), 8849-8853.
31. Yagi-Utsumi M, Sikdar A, Song C, Park J, Inoue R, Watanabe H, Burton-Smith RN, Kozai T, Suzuki T, Kodama A, Ishii K, Yagi H, Satoh T, Uchiyama S, Uchihashi T, Joo K, Lee J, Sugiyama M, Murata K & Kato K (2020) Supramolecular tholos-like architecture constituted by archaeal proteins without functional annotation. Sci Rep 10, 1540.
30. Imachi H, Nobu MK, Nakahara N, Morono Y, Ogawara M, Takaki Y, Takano Y, Uematsu K, Ikuta T, Ito M, Matsui Y, Miyazaki M, Murata K, Saito Y, Sakai S, Song C, Tasumi E, Yamanaka Y, Yamaguchi T, Tamaki H & Takai K (2020) Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface. Nature 577(7791), 519–525.
2019
29. Sheng X, Watanabe A, Li A, Kim E, Song C, Murata K, Song D, Minagawa J & Liu Z (2019) Structural insight into light harvesting for photosystem II in green algae. Nature Plants 5(12), 1320-1330.
28. Ando J, Nakamura A, Yamamoto M, Song C, Murata K & IINO R (2019) Multi-color high-speed tracking of single biomolecules with silver, gold, silver-gold alloy nanoparticles. ACS Photonics 6(11), 2870-2883.
27. Kaji T, Song C, Murata K, Nonaka S, Ogawa, K, Kondo Y, Ohtsuka S & Palmer R (2019) Evolutionary transformation of mouthparts from particle-feeding to piercing carnivory in Viper copepods: 3D analyses of a key innovation using advanced imaging techniques. Front Zool 16(1), 1-14.
26. Burton-Smith RN, Watanabe A, Tokutsu R, Song C, Murata K & Minagawa J (2019) Structural determination of the large photosystem II–light harvesting complex II supercomplex of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using non-ionic amphipol. J Biol Chem, 294(41), 4304-4314.
25. Sekiguchi T, Satoh T, Kurimoto E, Song C, Kozai T, Watanabe H, Ishii K, Yagi H, Yanaka S, Uchiyama S, Uchihashi T, Murata K & Kato K (2019) Mutational and combinatorial control of self-assembling and disassembling of human proteasome α-subunits. Int J Mol Sci 20(9), 2308.
24. Hirose Y, Song C, Watanabe M, Yonekawa C, Murata K, Ikeuchi M & Eki T (2019) Diverse chromatic acclimation regulating phycoerythrocyanin and rod-shaped phycobilisome in cyanobacteria. Mol Plant 12(5), 715-725.
23. Yoshikawa G, Blanc-Mathieu R, Song C, Kayama Y, Mochizuki T, Murata K, Ogata H & Takemura M (2019) Medusavirus, a novel large DNA virus discovered from hot spring water. J Virol 93(8), e02130-18.
22. Kubota-Kawai H, Burton-Smith RN, Tokutsu R, Song C, Akimoto S, Yokono M, Ueno Y, Kim E, Watanabe A, Murata K & Minagawa J (2019) Ten antenna proteins are associated with the core in the supramolecular organization of the photosystem I supercomplex in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J Biol Chem294(12), 4304-4314.
2018
21. Ando J, Nakamura A, Visootsat A, Yamamoto M, Song C, Murata K & Iino R (2018) Single-nanoparticle tracking with angstrom localization precision and microsecond time resolution. Biophys J 115(12), 2413-2427.
20. Tsunoda J, Song C, Imai FL, Takagi J, Ueno H, Murata T, Iino R & Murata K (2018) Off-axis rotor in Enterococcus hirae V-ATPase visualized by Zernike phase plate single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. Sci Rep 8, 15632.
19. Watanabe T, Song C, Murata K, Kureha T & Suzuki D (2018) Seeded Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene in the Presence of Water-Swollen Hydrogel Microspheres. ACS Langmuir 34(29), 8571-8580.
18. Uchihashi T, Watanabe Y, Nakazaki Y, Yamasaki T, Watanabe H, Maruno T, Ishii K, Uchiyama S, Song C, Murata K, Iino R & Ando T (2018) Dynamic Structural States of ClpB Involved in Its Disaggregation Function. Nature Commun. 9(1), 1-12.
17. Koayashi N, Inano K, Sasahara K, Sato T, Miyazawa K, Fukuma T, Hecht M, Song C, Murata K & Arai R (2018) Self-Assembling Supramolecular Nanostructures Constructed from de Novo Extender Protein Nanobuilding Blocks. ACS Synth Biol 7(5), 1381-1394.
16. Asare KK, Sakaguchi M, Lucky AB, Asada M, Miyazaki S, Katakai Y, Kawai S, Song C, Murata K, Yahata K & Kaneko O (2018) The Plasmodium knowlesi MAHRP2 ortholog localizes to structures connecting Sinton Mulligan clefts in the infected erythrocyte. Parasitol Int 67(4), 481-492.
15. Higuchi R, Song C, Hoshina R & Suzaki T (2018) Endosymbiosis- related changes in ultrastructure and chemical composition of Chlorella variabilis (Archaeplastida, Chlorophyta) cell wall in Paramecium bursaria (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea). Eur J Protistol 66, 149-155.
14. Song C & Murata K (2018) Cryo-electron Microscopy for Structural Analysis of Dynamic Biological Macromolecules. J Comp Chem, Japan 17(1), 38-45.
2017
13. Song C, Murata K & Suzaki T (2017) Intracellular symbiosis of algae with possible involvement of mitochondrial dynamics. Sci Rep 7(1), 1221.
12. Satoh T, Song C, Zhu T, Toshimori T, Murata K, Hayashi Y, Kamikubo H, Uchihashi T & Kato K (2017) Visualisation of a flexible modular structure of the ER folding-sensor enzyme UGGT. Sci Rep 7(1), 12142.
11. Okamoto K, Miyazaki N, Song C, Maia FRNC, Reddy HKN, Abergel C, Claverie, JM, Hajdu J, Svenda M & Murata K (2017) Structural variability and complexity of the giant Pithovirus sibericum particle revealed by high-voltage electron cryo-tomography and energy-filtered electron cryo-microscopy. Sci Rep 7(1), 13291.
10. Nakamura A, Tasaki T, Okuni Y, Song C, Murata K, Kozai T, Hara M, Sugimoto H, Suzuki K, Watanabe T, Uchihashi T, Noji H & Iino R (2017) Rate constants, processivity, productive binding ratio of chitinase A revealed by single-molecule analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 20(5), 3010-3018.
9. Kim S B, Kim H R, Park M C, Cho S, Goughnour P C, Han D, Yoon I, Kim Y, Kang T, Song E, Kim P, Choi H, Mun J Y, Song C, Lee S, Jung H S & Kim S (2017) Caspase-8 controls the secretion of inflammatory lysyl-tRNA synthetase in exosomes from cancer cells. J Cell Biol 216(7), 2201-2216.
8. Hayashi D, Yagi K, Song C, Ueda S, Yamanoue M, Topham M, Suzaki T, Saito N, Emoto N & Shirai Y (2017) Diacylglycerol kinase alpha is involved in the vitamin E-induced amelioration of diabetic nephropathy in mice. Sci Rep 7(1), 2597.
Pre-2016
Pre-2016
7. Song C, Lee J H, Jun S, Chung J M, Hyun J & Jung H S (2016) Technical advances in intracellular detection using immuno-gold particles: simple cryofixation with metal contact quick freezing. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 16(5), 4593-4597.
6. Watanabe T, Kobayashi C, Song C, Murata K, Kureha T & Suzuki D (2016) Impact of spatial distribution of charged groups in core poly (N‑isopropylacrylamide)-based microgels on the resultant composite structures prepared by seeded emulsion polymerization of styrene. Langmuir 32(48), 12760-12773.
5. Gwak Y, Jung W, Lee Y, Kim J S, Kim C G, Ju J H, Song C, Hyun J K & Jin E (2014) An intracellular antifreeze protein from an Antarctic microalga that responds to various environmental stresses. FASEB J, 28(11), 4924-4935.
4. Song C & Suzaki T (2013) Improved preservation of organelles in Paramecium bursaria by freeze-substitution with glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide. J Electr Microsc Technol Med Biol 27(1), 1-8.
3. Yoshida K, Ohnishi M, Fukao Y, Okazaki Y, Song C, Hayashi F, Fujiwara M, Nakanishi Y, Saito K, Shimmen T, Suzaki T, Fukaki H, Maeshima M & Mimura T (2013) Studies on vacuolar membrane microdomains isolated from Arabidopsis suspension-cultured cells: Local distribution of vacuolar membrane proteins. Plant Cell Physiol 54 (10), 1571-1584.
2. Song C & Suzaki T (2010) Transmission electron microscopic observations of Chlorella-free Paramecium bursaria infected with yeast cells. J Protozool Jpn 43, 42-43.
1. Song C, Matsumoto R, Nishigaki K, Yato T, Shimada H, Omura G & Suzaki T (2010) Intracellular symbiosis of a yeast Pichia capsulata in Paramecium bursaria. J Protozool Jpn 42, 37-39.