Supramolecular Structure Analysis Lab

AboutAbout the lab

Revealing the structures of biological supramolecules at the atomic level.

The Supramolecular Structure Analysis Lab investigates the three-dimensional structures of biological supramolecular complexes, which are formed when biomolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids assemble.
With the aim of understanding life phenomena at the atomic level, the lab determines three-dimensional structures by X-ray crystallography and also develops methods for doing so.
On the institute's official page, the lab is introduced as one that analyzes the structures of proteins and biological supramolecular complexes using synchrotron radiation and cryo-electron microscopy.

ResearchResearch themes

Life phenomena arise from biomolecules reacting with one another while recognizing each other, and many molecules function only when they are assembled. The lab determines the three-dimensional structures of protein complexes and other assemblies down to the atomic level by X-ray crystallography, and also develops methods for doing so.

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Dedicated beamline at SPring-8↗

To measure diffraction intensity data accurately and efficiently in X-ray crystallography of biological supramolecular complexes, the lab has a dedicated synchrotron radiation beamline at SPring-8. It was built with the Institute for Protein Research playing the central role.

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