Toshinori Kinoshita
Principal Investigator, Professor
Website:http://plantphys.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/index.html
E-mail:kinoshita[at]bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Please replace [at] with @ when sending an email.)
Plant molecular biology, plant chemical biology, stomata, auxin, plant growth
Kinoshita has been studying signaling pathways of stomatal opening and closing, and molecular mechanisms of plant cell growth in response to the phytohormone auxin. By using genetic, biochemical, and physiological approaches, he has identified the key components regulating stomatal opening and closing reported by Darwin in 1898. More recently, he reported evidence for the existence of an unidentified auxin receptor responsible for plant growth, which became the basis of one of the core projects in this Institute. He will be involved mainly in the development of molecules that selectively induce plant growth, collaborating with the groups of Itami, Crudden, Ooi, and Torii.
Profile
1991 | B.S.; Kyushu University (Biological Science) |
1993 | M.S.; Kyushu University (Biological Science) |
1994 | Dr. Sci.; Kyushu University (Biological Science) |
1993-1994 | JSPS Research Fellow (DC) |
1994-1999 | Research Associate; School of Sciences, Kyushu University |
1999-2007 | Assistant Professor; Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University |
2005-2009 | JST PRESTO Researcher |
2007-2010 | Associate Professor; Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University |
2010-present | Professor; Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University |
2013-present | Director; Gene Research Center, Nagoya University |
2013-present | Professor; WPI-ITbM, Nagoya University |
Research Highlights
- Enhanced plant growth through promotion of stomatal opening
- Discovery of the key factor for stomatal opening ~ Towards new technologies for drought tolerance and growth control of crops ~
- Discovery of compounds that keep plants fresh ~ Controlling plant pore openings for drought tolerance and delay in leaf withering ~
Selected Awards and Honors
2015-2019 | Project Leader for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, MEXT Grant-in-Aid Project |
2007 | Minister Award for Distinguished Young Scientists |
Selected Publications
- Wang, Y.; Noguchi, K.; Ono, N.; Inoue, S.; Terashima, I.; Kinoshita, T. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2014, 111, 533. Overexpression of plasma membrane H+-ATPase in guard cells promotes light-induced stomatal opening and enhances plant growth. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305438111
- Takahashi, K.; Hayashi, K.; Kinoshita, T. Plant Physiol. 2012, 159, 632. Auxin activates the plasma membrane H+-ATPase by phosphorylation during hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.196428
- Kinoshita, T.; Ono, N.; Hayashi, Y.; Morimoto, S.; Nakamura, S.; Soda, M.; Kato, Y.; Ohnishi, M.; Nakano, T.; Inoue, S.; Shimazaki, K. Curr. Biol. 2011, 21, 1232. FLOWERING LOCUS T regulates stomatal opening. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.06.025
- Kinoshita, T.; Cano-Delgado, A.; Seto, H.; Hiranuma, S.; Fujioka, S.; Yoshida, S.; Chory, J. Nature 2005, 433, 167. Binding of brassinosteroids to the extracellular domain of plant receptor kinase BRI1. DOI: 10.1038/nature03227
- Kinoshita, T.; Doi, M.; Suetsugu, N.; Kagawa, T.; Wada, M.; Shimazaki, K. Nature 2001, 414, 656. phot1 and phot2 mediate blue light regulation of stomatal opening. DOI: 10.1038/414656a
- Members
- Yoshimura Group
- Yamaguchi Group
- Bode Group
- Crudden Group
- Frommer Group
- Itami Group
- Kamikouchi Group
- Hirota Group (collaborating with Kay)
- Kinoshita Group
- Ooi Group
- Tama Group
- Shimotohno Group (collaborating with Torii)
- Tsuchiya Group
- Yanai Group
- Laohavisit Group
- Mizuta Group
- Phung Group
- Kurihara Group
- Molecular Structure Center
- Live Imaging Center
- Chemical Library Center
- Peptide Protein Center
- Administrative Department
- Affiliated Researchers