Magnetic properties of single crystalline TbSb

Kitaori, Aki*; Kanazawa, Naoya*; Kida, Takanori*; Narumi, Yasuo*; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Kindo, Koichi*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Nakamura, Ai*; Aoki, Dai*; Haga, Yoshinori; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 92(2), p.024702_1 - 024702_6, 2023/02

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.92.024702

Effects of magnetic field and pressure on the valence-fluctuating antiferromagnetic compound EuPtSi

Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Yara, Tomoyuki*; Ashitomi, Yosuke*; Iha, Wataru*; Kakihana, Masashi*; Nakashima, Miho*; Amako, Yasushi*; Honda, Fuminori*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Aoki, Dai*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 87(7), p.074709_1 - 074709_14, 2018/07

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.87.074709

Two protonation states and structural features of a bilin reductase PcyA revealed by neutron crystallography

Unno, Masayoshi*; Sugishima, Masakazu*; Wada, Kei*; Hagiwara, Yoshinori*; Kusaka, Katsuhiro*; Tamada, Taro; Fukuyama, Keiichi*

Nihon Kessho Gakkai-Shi, 57(5), p.297 - 303, 2015/10

https://doi.org/10.5940/jcrsj.57.297

Bilin compounds are fundamentally important for oxygenic photosynthetic organisms, because they are utilized as pigments for photosynthesis (phycobilins) and photoreceptors (phytochromobilin). Phycocyanobilin (PCB), a phycobilin, comprises the chromophore of algal phytochromes and the core phycobiliprotein antennae of cyanobacteria and red algae. PCB is biosynthesized by a member of the ferredoxin-dependent bilin reductase family, phycocyanobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PcyA). In the present study, we determined the neutron crystal structure of PcyA in complex with its substrate biliverdin (BV). This neutron structure revealed the protonation state of BV and the surrounding residues. We found that two forms of BV, neutral BV and protonated BVH, were coupled with the two conformation/protonation states of the essential residue Asp105. Further, His88 and His74 near BV were singly protonated and were connected with an intervening hydronium ion. Neutron analysis also revealed how X-ray irradiation of the PcyA-BV crystal altered the structure of the PcyA-BV complex.

Insights into the proton transfer mechanism of a bilin reductase PcyA following neutron crystallography

Unno, Masayoshi*; Ishikawa, Kumiko*; Kusaka, Katsuhiro*; Tamada, Taro; Hagiwara, Yoshinori*; Sugishima, Masakazu*; Wada, Kei*; Yamada, Taro*; Tomoyori, Katsuaki; Hosoya, Takaaki*; et al.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(16), p.5452 - 5460, 2015/04

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b00645

Phycocyanobilin, a light-harvesting and photoreceptor pigment in higher plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, is synthesized from biliverdin IX (BV) by phycocyanobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PcyA) via two steps of two-proton-coupled two-electron reduction. We determined the neutron structure of PcyA from cyanobacteria complexed with BV, revealing the exact location of the hydrogen atoms involved in catalysis. Notably, approximately half of the BV bound to PcyA was BVH, a state in which all four pyrrole nitrogen atoms were protonated. The protonation states of BV complemented the protonation of adjacent Asp105. The "axial "water molecule that interacts with the neutral pyrrole nitrogen of the A-ring was identified. His88 N was protonated to form a hydrogen bond with the lactam O atom of the BV A-ring. His88 and His74 were linked by hydrogen bonds via HO. These results imply that Asp105, His88, and the axial water molecule contribute to proton transfer during PcyA catalysis.

Magnetic and Fermi surface properties of EuGa

Nakamura, Ai*; Hiranaka, Yuichi*; Hedo, Masato*; Nakama, Takao*; Miura, Yasunao*; Tsutsumi, Hiroki*; Mori, Akinobu*; Ishida, Kazuhiro*; Mitamura, Katsuya*; Hirose, Yusuke*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 82(10), p.104703_1 - 104703_10, 2013/10

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.82.104703

Magnetic-field-induced metallic state in -US

Sugiyama, Kiyohiro*; Hirose, Yusuke*; Enoki, Kentaro*; Ikeda, Shugo*; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Haga, Yoshinori; Kida, Takanori*; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Kindo, Koichi*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 80(Suppl.A), p.SA104_1 - SA104_3, 2011/07

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJS.80SA.SA104

Magnetic field and pressure phase diagrams of uranium heavy-fermion compound UZn

Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Ikeda, Shugo*; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Sugiyama, Kiyohiro*; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Kindo, Koichi*; Onuki, Yoshichika*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 80(1), p.014706_1 - 014706_8, 2011/01

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.80.014706

We have performed the magnetization measurements in high magnetic fields up to 53 T on single crystals of an uranium heavy fermion compound UZn. In the antiferromagnetic state below the Nel temperature = 9.7 K, a metamagnetic transition is found at 32 T for the field along the [110] direction (-axis). The magnetic phase diagram for the field along the [110] direction is given. We have also carried out high pressure resistivity measurement on UZn using a diamond anvil cell up to 8.7 GPa. The Nel temperature is almost pressure-independent up to 4.7 GPa and starts to increase at the higher pressure region. The pressure dependences of the coefficient of term in the electrical resistivity , an antiferromagnetic gap and a characteristic temperature are discussed.

Magnetic and Fermi surface properties of CePdAl and PrPdAl

Nakano, Yasunori*; Honda, Fuminori*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Sugiyama, Kiyohiro*; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Kindo, Koichi*; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Haga, Yoshinori; Settai, Rikio*; Yamagami, Hiroshi*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 79(2), p.024702_1 - 024702_9, 2010/02

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.79.024702

Possible existence of magnetic polaron in nearly ferromagnetic semiconductor -US

Ikeda, Shugo*; Sakai, Hironori; Tateiwa, Naoyuki; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Aoki, Dai*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Nakamura, Akio; Shiokawa, Yoshinobu*; Ota, Yuki*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 78(11), p.114704_1 - 114704_10, 2009/11

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.78.114704

Magnetic and superconducting properties of LaIrSi and CeIrSi with the non-centrosymmetric crystal structure

Okuda, Yusuke*; Miyauchi, Yuichiro*; Ida, Yuki*; Takeda, Yuji*; Tonohiro, Chie*; Ozuchi, Yasuhiro*; Yamada, Tsutomu*; Nguyen, D.; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Haga, Yoshinori; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 76(4), p.044708_1 - 044708_11, 2007/04

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.76.044708

Single crystals of LaIrSi and CeIrSi were grown by the Czochralski pulling method in a tetra-arc furnace and the magnetic and superconducting properties, together with super- conductivity in CeIrCoSi, were clarified by measuring the electrical resistivity, specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, magnetization and de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) effect. From the results of the dHvA experiment for LaIrSi, the Fermi surface is found to split into two Fermi surfaces due to the spin-orbit interaction arising from the non-centrosymmetric crystal structure. The electronic state of CeIrSi is tuned from the antiferro- magnetic state to the superconducting state by applying pressure. The upper critical field H(0) at a pressure of 2.65 GPa is found to be highly anisotropic. Large magnitude and anisotropy of H(0) in CeIrSi are consistent with the theoretical prediction for superconductivity in the non-centrosymmetric crystal structure.