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Yasufumi Umena

Nagoya Gakuin University

95

Works

7,534

Citations

29

h-index

42

i10-index

Research Topics

Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Affiliations

Aichi University2021–2021

Okayama University of Science2019–2019

High Energy Accelerator Research Organization2019–2019

University of British Columbia2008–2008

Jichi Medical University2020–2021

Top Works

Crystal structure of oxygen-evolving photosystem II at a resolution of 1.9 Å

Yasufumi Umena,Keisuke Kawakami,et al.

20113,838 citations

Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms

Enzyme Structure and Function

Light-induced structural changes and the site of O=O bond formation in PSII caught by XFEL

Michihiro Suga,Fusamichi Akita,et al.

2017616 citations

An oxyl/oxo mechanism for oxygen-oxygen coupling in PSII revealed by an x-ray free-electron laser

Michihiro Suga,Fusamichi Akita,et al.

2019360 citations

Structural basis for blue-green light harvesting and energy dissipation in diatoms

Wenda Wang,Long‐Jiang Yu,et al.

2019255 citations

Location of chloride and its possible functions in oxygen-evolving photosystem II revealed by X-ray crystallography

Keisuke Kawakami,Yasufumi Umena,et al.

2009234 citations

S<sub>1</sub>-State Model of the O<sub>2</sub>-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II

Sandra Luber,Ivan Rivalta,et al.

2011219 citations

Theoretical illumination of water-inserted structures of the CaMn4O5 cluster in the S2 and S3 states of oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II: full geometry optimizations by B3LYP hybrid density functional

Hiroshi Isobe,Mitsuo Shoji,et al.

2012191 citations

Structure of the catalytic, inorganic core of oxygen-evolving photosystem II at 1.9 Å resolution

Keisuke Kawakami,Yasufumi Umena,et al.

2011178 citations

Structure of Sr-substituted photosystem II at 2.1 Å resolution and its implications in the mechanism of water oxidation

F. Koua,Yasufumi Umena,et al.

2013151 citations