About the Authors

Miyako Kusano

Contributed equally to this work with: Miyako Kusano, Henning Redestig

Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Japan

Henning Redestig

Contributed equally to this work with: Miyako Kusano, Henning Redestig

Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Japan

Tadayoshi Hirai

Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Gene Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Akira Oikawa

Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Japan

Fumio Matsuda

Current address: Organization of Advanced Sciences and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Japan

Atsushi Fukushima

Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Japan

Masanori Arita

Affiliations RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Japan, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Shin Watanabe

Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Gene Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Megumu Yano

Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Gene Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Kyoko Hiwasa-Tanase

Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Gene Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Hiroshi Ezura

Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Gene Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Kazuki Saito

ksaito@psc.riken.jp

Affiliations RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Japan, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK HE KS SW KHT. Performed the experiments: MK TH AO FM SW KHT. Analyzed the data: HR MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY. Wrote the manuscript: HR MK KS. Assisted data analysis: AF MA.