著者
岩崎 憲治
出版者
日本結晶学会
雑誌
日本結晶学会誌 (ISSN:03694585)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.57, no.1, pp.66-71, 2015-02-28 (Released:2015-03-05)
参考文献数
24

Recent advances that improve direct electron detectors have revolutionized structural determination of biological molecules by cryo-electron microscopy. It has brought about the advent of near atomic resolution in single-particle reconstruction even with membrane proteins of 200~400 kDa. In fact, such high-resolution structures have allowed de novo building of atomic models. This rapid progress will change the quality and quantity of the conventional hybrid approach combining cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography or light microscopy, and computational methods such as molecular dynamics will also take on added significance to create integrated models of huge and complex macromolecules.
著者
岩崎 憲治 宮崎 直幸
出版者
一般社団法人 日本生物物理学会
雑誌
生物物理 (ISSN:05824052)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.60, no.3, pp.153-156, 2020 (Released:2020-05-27)
参考文献数
7

An ultra-stable artificial protein cage was created by using TRAP (trp RNA-binding attenuation protein). Adding a gold (I) triphenylphosphine compound to a cysteine-substituted TRAP generated a cage 22 nm in diameter. The TRAP cage resisted severe conditions, such as high temperature, denaturing agents, and acidic and basic solvents. However, it was instantly disassembled when reducing agents were added to the solution. We can therefore fully control both assembly and disassembly of the TRAP cage. Cryo-EM single-particle analysis revealed a chiral pair of TRAP cages and their atomic structures, in which gold atoms acted as staples to connect the TRAP rings.
著者
高木 淳一 岩崎 憲治 禾 晃和 禾 晃和 安井 典久
出版者
大阪大学
雑誌
特定領域研究
巻号頁・発行日
2005

細胞が細胞外環境を認識する際の反応について、X線結晶構造解析による原子分解能構造と、電子顕微鏡イメージングによる分子分解能解析を組み合わせて研究を行った。我々の脳を形作るのに必要なリーリンシグナルや、骨の形成やがんに関わるWntシグナル授受のしくみの理解がすすみ、ニューロン同士が連絡するシナプス結合の本当の姿や細胞同士が接着するメカニズムの詳細が明らかになり、ウイルスがイネに感染する様子をそのまま可視化することなどにも成功した。