Team Director , National Institute of Crop Science, NARO

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Setsuko KOMATSU, Ph.D.

Team Director , National Institute of Crop Science, NARO

Professor, University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba, 305-8518 JAPAN

Tel: 81-29-838-8693

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1980: Meiji Pharmaceutical University (Assistant)

1985: Keio University School of Medicine (Assistant)

1993: National Institute of Agrobiological Resources (Senior researcher)

2000: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (Head of Team)

2006: National Institute of Crop Science, NARO (Team Director)

University of Tsukuba (Professor)

Identification and analysis of proteins for gene discovery and elucidation of functions of useful genome (Rice Genome Project, MAFF) - Leader of project:

Controlling plant morphogenesis by altering the function based on the elucidation of molecular mechanism for phytohormone signal transduction - Leader of project:

Journal of Proteome Research: Associate Editor

Proteomics: the membership of Editorial Board

Journal of Biological Sciences: the membership of Editorial Board

Current Proteomics: the membership of Editorial Board

The Open Proteomics Journal: the membership of Editorial Board

Journal of Proteomics: the membership of Editorial Board

Phytochemistry: the membership of Editorial Board

Publications 322, Conferences 656, and Patents 15

Main reviews:

1. Ahsan N, Renaut J, Komatsu S, Recent developments in the application of proteomics to the analysis of plant responses to heavy metals. Proteomics, 9:2601-2621, 2009.

2. S.Komatsu (2008) Review – Plasma membrane proteome in Arabidopsis and rice. Proteomics, 8:4137-4145.

3. G.H.Salekdeh, S.Komats (2007) Review – Crop proteomics: Aim at sustainable agriculture of tomorrow. Proteomics, 7: 2976-2996.

4.S. Komatsu (2007) Rice proteomics: A step towards functional analysis of the rice genome.Book on Rice Functional Genomics, Ed. N.M.Upadhyaya and E.S.Dennis, ASAP, pp65-94.

5. S. Komatsu, H, Konishi, M. Hashimoto (2007) Review – The proteome of plant cell membranes. Journal of Experimental Botany, 58: 103-112.

6. S. Komatsu, H. Yano (2006)Review – Update and challenges on proteomics in rice.Proteomics, 6: 4057-4068.

7. S. Komatsu (2006) Cereal proteomics. Annual Plant Reviews : Plant Proteomics, Ed. Christine Finnie, Blackwell Science,28: 129-149.

8. S.Komatsu (2006) Review – Plant proteome database: Their status in 2005. Current Bioinformatics, 1: 33-36.

9. S.Komatsu (2005) Review – Rice proteomics: A step toward functional analysis of stress responses. Current Proteomics, 2: 325-333.

10. S.Komatsu (2005) Review - Rice Proteome Database: A step toward functional analysis of the rice genome. Plant Molecular Biology, 59: 179-190.

11. S.Komatsu, N.Tanaka (2005) Review - Rice Proteome analysis: A step toward functional analysis of the rice genome. Proteomics, 5: 938-949.

12. M.Khan, S.Komatsu (2004) Review – Rice proteomics: Resent developments and analysis of nuclear proteins. Phytochemistry, 65(12): 1671-1681.

13. S.Komatsu, H.Konishi, S.Shen, G.Yang (2003) Review - Rice Proteomics : A step towards functional analysis of the rice genome. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 2: 2-10.

Main manuscripts:

1.Komatsu S, et al., Identification of flooding stress responsible cascades in root and hypocotyls of soybean using proteome analysis. Amino Acids 38:729–738, 2010.

2.Komatsu S, et al., A comprehensive analysis of the soybean genes and proteins expressed under flooding stress using transcriptome and proteome techniques. J Proteome Res, 8:4766-4778, 2009.

3.Komatsu S, et al., Analysis of plasma membrane proteome in soybean and application to flooding stress response. J Proteome Res, 8:4487-4499, 2009.

4. Hashiguchi A, Sakata K, Komatsu S, Proteome analysis of early-stage seedling under flooding stress. J Proteome Res, 8:2058-2069, 2009.

5. M.Toorchi, M.Nouri, M.Tsumura, S.Komatsu (2008) Acoustic Technology for high-performance disruption and extraction of plant proteins. Journal of Proteome Research, 7: 3035-3041.

6. The Rice Annotation Project (2007) Curated genome annotation of Oryza sativa ssp. japonica and comparative genome analysis with Arabidopsis thaliana. Genome Research, 17: 175-183.

7. M.Ali, S.Komatsu (2006) Proteomic analysis of rice leaf sheath during drought stress. Journal of Proteome Research, 5: 396-403.

8. S.Komatsu, X.Zang, N.Tanaka (2006) Comparison of two proteomic techniques used to identify proteins regulated by gibberellin in rice. Journal of Proteome Research, 5: 270-276.

9. Z. Xie, Z.-L. Zhang, X. Zou, G. Yang, S. Komatsu, Q. J.Shen (2006)Interaction of two abscisic-acid induced WRKY genes in repressing gibberellin signaling in aleurone cells. The Plant Journal, 46: 231-242.

10. N.Tanaka, S.Mitsui, H.Nobori, K.Yanagi, S.Komatsu (2005) Expression profile of proteins during development of basal region in rice seedlings. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 4: 796-808.

11. M.Khan, H.Takasaki, S.Komatsu (2005) Comprehensive phosphoproteome analysis in rice and identification of phosphoproteins responsive to different hormones/stresses. Journal of Proteome Research, 4: 1592-1599.

12. G.Yang, A.Inoue, T.Takasaki, H.Kaku, S.Akao, S.Komatsu (2005) A proteomics approach to analyze auxin-and zinc-responsive protein in rice. Journal of Proteome Research, 4: 456-463.

13. H.Konishi, M.Mashima, S.Komatsu (2005) A comprehenshive phosphoproteomics analysis in rice and identification of the proteins phosphorylate by different stimuli. Journal of Proteome Research, 4: 1592-1599.

14. N.Tanaka, H.Takahashi, H.Kitano, M.Matsuoka, S.Akao, H.Uchimiya, S.Komatsu (2005)

Characterization of methylmalonate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase that is regulated by gibberellin.Journal of Proteome Research, 4: 1575-1582.

15. S.Komatsu, K.Kojima, K.Suzuki, K.Ozaki, K.Higo (2004) Rice Proteome Database based on two-dimensional polycrylamide gel electrophoresis: its status in 2003. Nucleic Acids Researches, 32: 388-392.

16. Y.Yanagawa, J.A.Sullivan, S.Komatsu, G.Gusmarioli, G.Suzuki, T.Ishibashi, Y.Saijo, V.Rubio, S.Kimura, X.W.Deng (2004) COP10 forms a complex with DDB1a DET1 and enhances ubiquitin E2 conjugating activity. Genes and Development, 18: 2172-2181.

17. A.Jan, G.Yang, H.Nakamura, H.Ichikawa, H.Kitano, M.Matsuoka, H.Matsumoto, S.Komatsu (2004) Characterization of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase gene that is up regulated by gibberellin in rice leaf sheath. Plant Physiology, 136: 3640-3681.