Structural Biology

Division: Environmental and Sociomedical Sciences

Great Departments: Environmental and Analytical Sciences

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Staff

Associate Professor	IKEMIZU Shinji ikemizu(at mark)gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Assistant Professor	NAKAMURA Teruya tnaka(at mark)gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Research theme

Our research purpose is to understand the biological process based on the three-dimensional structures of biomacromolecules. We determine their structures by X-ray crystallography, which is the most powerful method to solve the structures. Our targets are the proteins related DNA, RNA and nucleotides, immunological system and signal transduction. Up to date, we have determined many protein structures as shown in figures and understood the structural basis of protein function.

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