Outline



 The laboratory is located at 3rd and 4th floors of building nine in Fukuoka university and consists of 7 stuffs and many students. For undergraduate and doctoral course students, several studies on biochemistry and physicochemistry are undertaken as summerized below. See details by clicking "Current reserches".
Thema Keywords
(1) Proteinases and inhibitors:
  • Properties and structures of metalloproteases from snake venom.
  • Structures and mechanism of antihemorrhagic proteins in sera of Japanese snakes.
  • Protein and gene structure of proteases and their  inhibitors from several Liliceae plants.
  • Expression of CRISP family protein in E. Coli
Venom and serum of snakes
Plant proteinase inhibitors
Functional alanysis
Self-defence system in venomous snakes
(2) Structure and function of cell membranes:
  • Behavior of cytoskeletal proteins of erythrocytes under high pressure.
  • Effect of high pressure on cell cycle of MEL and HeLa cells
Behavior of cells under high-pressure
Cytoskeletal protein
Cell cycle
Cell culture
Oxidative stress
Enzyme system removing active oxygens
Animal experiment
(4) Colloidal properties of bio-surfactants:
  • Competitive solubilization between cholesterol and plant sterols
  • Transport behavior of cholesterol sokubilized by micelles
Solubilization
Membrane transport
Adsorption
 
(5) RNA editing and transfection:
  • Analysis of mouse ankyrin-3 gene
  • Cloning and expression of plant genes in E. Colior yeast
Gene technology
DNA cloning
Expression of plant genes
E. Coli