Workshop

11th Workshop

11th Workshop
“Functions of biomolecules controlled by flexibility”

【 Date 】	September 14, 2015
【 Venue 】	Natural Science and Technology Main Hall, Kanazawa University Kakuma Campus Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192 JAPAN
【 Access 】	http://www.aeplan.co.jp/jbp2015/pdf/access_en.pdf
【 Registration 】	Needs registration to BSJ53 (On-site registration available) http://www.aeplan.co.jp/jbp2015/en/registration.html
【 Organizers 】	Hideki Kandori (Nagoya Institute of Tecnology) Shigehiko Hayashi (Kyoto University)
【 Cosponsor 】	Biophysical Society of Japan
【 Overview 】	Biomolecules are typical soft molecular systems, which possess many degrees of freedom and show enhanced functional performance, due to their ability to flexibly change their structures. The ultimate goal in the study is to understand how biomolecules are controlled by softness to create function. In this symposium, speakers present recent findings on their own soft molecular systems using theory, advanced spectroscopy, and biomolecular engineering. Role of softness in creation of function will be discussed.

08:45-09:10	Structural Flexibility and Chaperone Activity of ClpB observed by High-Speed AFM ○Takayuki Uchihashi (Kanazawa Univ.)
09:10-09:35	Theoretical study of ion transport pathway of channelrhodopsin ○Norio Yoshida (Kyushu Univ.)
09:35-10:00	Solid-state NMR study of hydrogen-bonding alterations of Tyr174 and Tyr199 in pharaonis phoborhodopsin ○Izuru Kawamura ( Yokohama Natl. Univ.)
10:00-10:25	Development of intelligent ribozyme/aptamer that sense K+ and switch on their activities ○Masato Katahira (Kyoto Univ.)
10:25-10:50	Nanoscale wetting and drying processes dominate protein functional motions ○Tomotaka Oroguchi (Keio Univ.)
10:50-11:15	Design and engineering of myoglobin containing a manganese porphycene toward enantioselective hydroxylase ○Koji Ohora (Osaka Univ.)