Dr Natsumi Maruta
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Book Chapters
Trusov, Yuri, Dietzgen, Ralf G., Maruta, Natsumi and Botella, Jose R. (2016). Simplified assays for evaluation of resistance to Alternaria brassicicola and Turnip Mosaic Virus. In Botella, JR and Botella, MA (Ed.), Plant Signal Transduction (pp. 219-228) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-3115-6_18
Maruta, Natsumi, Trusov, Yuri and Botella, Jose R. (2016). Yeast three-hybrid system for the detection of protein-protein interactions. In Jose R. Botella and Miguel A. Botella (Ed.), Plant signal transduction Second edition ed. (pp. 145-154) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-3115-6_12
Journal Articles
Maruta, Natsumi, Outram, Megan A. and Kobe, Bostjan (2023). Mildew RALPHs up in arms with cereals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (36) e2311817120, 1-3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2311817120
Maruta, Natsumi, Sorbello, Mitchell, Lim, Bryan Y. J., McGuinness, Helen Y., Shi, Yun, Ve, Thomas and Kobe, Bostjan (2023). TIR domain-associated nucleotides with functions in plant immunity and beyond. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 73 102364, 102364. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102364
Manik, Mohammad K., Shi, Yun, Li, Sulin, Zaydman, Mark A., Damaraju, Neha, Eastman, Samuel, Smith, Thomas G., Gu, Weixi, Masic, Veronika, Mosaiab, Tamim, Weagley, James S., Hancock, Steven J., Vasquez, Eduardo, Hartley-Tassell, Lauren, Kargios, Nestoras, Maruta, Natsumi, Lim, Bryan Y. J., Burdett, Hayden, Landsberg, Michael J., Schembri, Mark A., Prokes, Ivan, Song, Lijiang, Grant, Murray, DiAntonio, Aaron, Nanson, Jeffrey D., Guo, Ming, Milbrandt, Jeffrey, Ve, Thomas and Kobe, Bostjan (2022). Cyclic ADP ribose isomers: Production, chemical structures, and immune signaling. Science, 377 (6614) eadc8969, 1-11. doi: 10.1126/science.adc8969
Maruta, Natsumi, Burdett, Hayden, Lim, Bryan Y. J., Hu, Xiahao, Desa, Sneha, Manik, Mohammad Kawsar and Kobe, Bostjan (2022). Structural basis of NLR activation and innate immune signalling in plants. Immunogenetics, 74 (1), 5-26. doi: 10.1007/s00251-021-01242-5
Nimma, Surekha, Gu, Weixi, Maruta, Natsumi, Li, Yan, Pan, Mengqi, Saikot, Forhad Karim, Lim, Bryan Y. J., McGuinness, Helen Ying, Zaoti, Zannati Ferdous, Li, Sulin, Desa, Sneha, Manik, Mohammad Kawsar, Nanson, Jeffrey D. and Kobe, Bostjan (2021). Structural evolution of TIR-domain signalosomes. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 784484, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.784484
Maruta, Natsumi, Trusov, Yuri, Jones, Alan M. and Botella, Jose R. (2021). Heterotrimeric G proteins in plants: canonical and atypical Gα subunits. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (21) 11841. doi: 10.3390/ijms222111841
Maruta, Natsumi, Trusov, Yuri, Urano, Daisuke, Chakravorty, David, Assmann, Sarah M., Jones, Alan M. and Botella, Jose R. (2021). GTP binding by Arabidopsis extra-large G protein 2 is not essential for its functions. Plant Physiology, 186 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiab119
Maruta, Natsumi, Trusov, Yuri, Chakravorty, David, Urano, Daisuke, Assmann, Sarah M. and Botella, Jose R. (2019). Nucleotide exchange–dependent and nucleotide exchange–independent functions of plant heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins. Science Signaling, 12 (606) eaav9526, eaav9526. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aav9526
Urano, Daisuke, Maruta, Natsumi, Trusov, Yuri, Stoian, Richard, Wu, Qingyu, Liang, Ying, Jaiswal, Dinesh Kumar, Thung, Leena, Jackson, David, Botella, José Ramón and Jones, Alan M. (2016). Saltational evolution of the heterotrimeric G protein signaling mechanisms in the plant kingdom. Science Signaling, 9 (446) ra93, ra93-ra93. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aaf9558
Aranda-Sicilia, Maria Nieves, Trusov, Yuri, Maruta, Natsumi, Chakravorty, David, Zhang, Yuelin and Botella, Jose Ramon (2015). Heterotrimeric G proteins interact with defense-related receptor-like kinases in Arabidopsis. Journal of Plant Physiology, 188, 44-48. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2015.09.005
Maruta, Natsumi, Trusov, Yuri, Brenya, Eric, Parekh, Urvi and Botella, Jose Ramon (2015). Membrane-localized extra-large G proteins and Gβγ of the heterotrimeric G proteins form functional complexes engaged in plant immunity in arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 167 (3), 1004-1016. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.255703
Hu, Zongli, Parekh, Urvi, Maruta, Natsumi, Trusov, Yuri and Botella, Joser R. (2015). Down-regulation of Fusarium oxysporum endogenous genes by Host-Delivered RNA interference enhances disease resistance. Frontiers in Chemistry, 3 (JAN) 1, 1. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2015.00001
Thesis
Maruta, Natsumi (2019). Identification of a novel activation mechanism of plant heterotrimeric G proteins. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.443