Structural Biology

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Prof. KAMITORI

Current Research Projects

  • Structural studies of proteins interacting with biologically interesting carbohydrates, rare sugars, N-linked oligosaccharides, and peptidoglycan of pathogenic bacterial cell wall, based on X-ray crystallography.

Representative Publications

  • X-ray structure of Arthrobacter globiformis M30 ketose 3-epimerase for the production of D-allulose from D-fructose.
    Yoshida H, et al. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 74, 669-676 (2018).
  • Three-Dimensional Structures of Galectins
    Kamitori S. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology 30, SE41-SE50 (2018).
  • Structural and biochemical characterization of the Clostridium perfringens autolysin catalytic domain.
    Tamai E, et al. FEBS Lett. 591, 231-239 (2017).
  • X-ray structure of a protease-resistant mutant form of human galectin-9 having two carbohydrate recognition domains with a metal-binding site.
    Yoshida H, et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 490, 1287-1293 (2017).

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