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Plant Nutrition Lab
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A lab that explores how proteins and sugars are made and transported in plant cells.
AboutAbout the lab
Investigating how substances move inside plant cells.
The Plant Nutrition Lab studies how glycoproteins, glycoconjugates, and other substances are synthesized in plant cells and transported within the cell.
Using model plant cells, crops, and medicinal plants as experimental materials, the lab investigates these processes with methods from biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, and plant physiology.
The lab also studies the production of useful substances in genetically modified plants, from both basic and applied perspectives.
Faculty of the Faculty of Agriculture belong to the lab, and they teach in the field of applied biochemistry in the School of Agriculture.
Key terms
- Glycoconjugate
- A general term for substances in which sugars are bound to other molecules such as proteins
- Glycosylation
- A chemical modification in which a sugar chain is attached to a protein
- Organelle
- A small structure inside a cell that has a specific function
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates how proteins, polysaccharides, and glycoconjugates are synthesized, transported, and degraded inside plant cells. It also works on producing useful plants using genetic modification and environmental control.
*Illustrative imageMovement of proteins and polysaccharides inside cells
The lab investigates the mechanisms of biosynthesis, transport, localization, modification, and degradation of proteins and polysaccharides. It focuses on changes in organelle function in response to nutritional status, protein glycosylation, and the intracellular structures involved in the synthesis of useful polysaccharides.
*Illustrative imageProduction of useful plants
The lab is conducting research to create useful or modified plants using genetic modification and environmental control.
MembersFaculty
The Plant Nutrition Lab's members include faculty and staff of the Faculty of Agriculture, as well as doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.
- ProfessorKen Matsuoka
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Plant Cells 03” Debojit37 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Movement of proteins and polysaccharides inside cells: “Plant cell - ben” Benjaminphanijchanont / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Production of useful plants: “In vitro Potato micro-tubers - VIR Department of Biotechnology - Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia” Luigi Guarino from Rome, Italy / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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