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Asakura Lab
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A lab that drives enzymes with light energy to produce useful substances.
AboutAbout the lab
Driving enzymes with the energy of light.
The Asakura Lab aims to drive enzymes with light energy to produce useful substances and energy.
Its focus is electron transfer reactions, in which electrons are passed from one molecule to another.
The lab studies the mechanisms of electron transfer in photosensitizers, electron carriers, and oxidoreductases.
Building on this, it is working to assemble reaction systems with high energy conversion efficiency on solid surfaces.
Key terms
- Photosensitizer
- A molecule that absorbs light and uses that energy to pass electrons to another molecule
- Oxidoreductase
- An enzyme that carries out reactions in which electrons are transferred from one substance to another
- Electron transfer reaction
- A reaction in which an electron moves from one molecule to another. It is fundamental to how energy is exchanged
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to drive enzymes with light energy to produce useful substances and energy. To achieve highly efficient, high-density reactions, it investigates the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions in photosensitizers, electron carriers, and oxidoreductases.
*Illustrative imageFrom Light Energy to Electrons
In aqueous solution, electron transfer from the photosensitizer to the electron carrier is unfavorable, which creates a dilemma. The lab designs and synthesizes molecules that speed up the formation of the solvent cage required for electron transfer, and analyzes them by nanosecond laser flash photolysis.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping a Diode-Type Electron Transport System
The lab is developing the electron transport system, the second of three steps for assembling a light-driven enzyme reaction system on a solid surface.
*Illustrative imageFrom Electrons to Products
In this step, the transferred electrons drive an oxidoreductase to produce a substance. It is the last of the three steps for assembling a light-driven enzyme reaction system on a solid surface.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Asakura Lab consist of faculty members and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- Associate ProfessorNoriyuki AsakuraPublications ↗
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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: “3Electrodes” Perepichka Group / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- From Light Energy to Electrons: “Organic photosensitizers” Dani1998ele / CC0 (cropped)
- Developing a Diode-Type Electron Transport System: “Cytochrome C” Vossman / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- From Electrons to Products: “Heme C Fe Complex 3D BS” Mplanine / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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