Sep 21-23, 2015 Nara Women's University

Symposium

Toward an Integrated Biometal Chemistry: Emerging Approaches to Rigorous Comprehension of Biological Systems

Organizer

Nobutaka Fujieda, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Osami Shoji, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

Program (N202:Symposium S2)

16:40-16:45

Opening Remarks: Nobutaka FUJIEDA (Osaka Univ.)

 

Chair: Yoshiaki FURUKAWA (Keio Univ.)

(S2-01) 16:45-17:10
How are zinc-requiring ectoenzymes activated by zinc transporters in the secretory pathway?
(Kyoto Univ.) Taiho KAMBE

 

Chair: Takehiko TOSHA (RIKEN)

(S2-02) 17:10-17:35
Function and regulation of multiple terminal oxidases for aerobic respiration in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(Univ. of Tokyo) Hiroyuki ARAI

 

Chair: Akira ONODA (Osaka Univ.)

(S2-03) 17:35-18:00
Structural chemistry of hydrogenases by diffraction methods

(Univ. of Hyogo) Yoshiki HIGUCHI

 

Chair: Masayasu TAKI (Nagoya Univ.)

(S2-04) 18:00-18:25
Artificial assembly of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase and auxiliary proteins for efficient electron supply

(Univ. of Tokyo) Hidehiko HIRAKAWA

 

Chair: Tsubasa HATANAKA (Osaka Univ.)

(S2-05) 18:25-18:50
New insights into energetics for CO2 fixation in deep ocean: How does nature efficiently reduce CO2 without the use of solar energy?

(RIKEN) Ryuhei NAKAMURA

 

Chair: Yusuke TAKEZAWA (Univ.of Tokyo)

(S2-06) 18:50-19:15
Artificial metalloenzymes for olefin metathesis

(RWTH Aachen Univ.) Jun OKUDA

 

19:15-

Closing Remarks: Osami SHOJI (Nagoya Univ.)

Abstract

Advanced analytical methods, for examples, mass spectroscopy and high-resolution X-ray crystallography of biological materials allowed us to scrutinize the interaction between biomolecule and transition metals. Although such research area has widely extended, there are still numerous difficulties and problems to be elucidated. For further investigation of each biological system, the cooperation among the respective are of biometal science should be required. This symposium will invite the researchers who are frontiers of structural biology, molecular biology, biotechnology, model chemistry, agricultural chemistry, and biological engineering. They have tackled to biometal systems in a variety of manner and achieved the rigorous comprehension of metaloenzymes and metal homeostasis, and the development of the novel technology by using these systems in order to solve the medical problem and environmental issues. In this symposium, they will lecture on their recent research, hot topics of their respective research fields, and future perspectives. The symposium will shed the light on the interdisciplinary studies based on bioinorganic chemistry and provide us strong synergy to integrate biometal chemistry as well as an opportunity to inspire the numerous researcher of various field.

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Organaizing Committee
Symposium Chair: Tomoaki Tanase
General Secretary: Takashi Kajiwara, Takayuki Nakajima
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