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| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Sensor Enzymes and Proteins (supported
by IUBMB) |
| Inst. Multi. Res. Adv. Mat., Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
| June 15 (Thu) - June 16 (Fri), 2006 |
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| Morning of June 15 (Thu) |
| 8:55 |
Opening Address |
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| 9:00 |
Li Zhang (Columbia Univ.)
Molecular mechanism governing heme regulation of the Hap1-multichaperone complex |
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| 9:40 |
Takeshi Uchida (Hokkaido Univ.)
Characterization of the Heme Environment of NPAS2 Using Resonance Raman Spectroscopy |
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| 10:10 |
Shigetoshi Aono, Sayaka Inagaki, Shiro Yoshioka, Hirofumi Komori, and Yoshiki Higuch (Okazaki Inst. Integrative Biosci.)
Activation Mechanism of CO-Sensing Transcriptional Activator CooA |
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| 10:40-11:00 (Coffee Break) |
| 11:00 |
Teizo Kitagawa (Okazaki Inst. Integrative Biosci.)
Information Transduction Mechanisms from Heme to Protein in Myoglobin and Gas Sensor Proteins |
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| 11:30 |
Koichiro Ishimori (Hokkaido Univ.)
Heme Binding to Heme Regulatory Motif (HRM) in Heme-regulated Sensor Proteins |
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| 12:00 |
Kazuhiro Iwai (Osaka City University)
Involvement of Heme Regulatory Motif in Iron-sensing, Ubiquitination and Degradation of IRP2 |
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| Afternoon of June 15 (Thu) |
| 13:30 |
Marketa Miksanova, Hirofumi Kurokawa, Jotaro Igarashi and Toru Shimizu (Tohoku Univ.)
Role of the N-terminal Domain in the Structure and Catalysis of Heme-regulated Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 Kinase, a Heme-sensor enzyme |
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| 14:00 |
Yukari Zenke, Yoshihiro Dohi, and Kazuhiko Igarashi (Tohoku Univ.)
Heme-regulated degradation of the transcription factor Bach1 |
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| 14:30 |
Toshitaka Matsui, Masaki Unno, and Masao Ikeda-Saito (Tohoku Univ.)
Reaction Mechanism of Heme Oxygenase |
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| 15:00 |
Seiji Yamada, Hiro Nakamura and Yoshitsugu Shiro (RIKEN Spring-8 Center)
Inter-domain and Inter-molecular Signaling Pathway in Two Component System: Histidine Kinase and Response Regulator |
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| 15:30-15:50 (Coffee Break) |
| 15:50 |
Seong Eon Ryu (Korean Res. Inst. Biosci. Biotech.)
Redox-mediated structural switch in OxyR transcription factor |
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| 16:30 |
Anne Chapman-Smith, Fiona Whelan, Jodi K. Lutwyche, and Murray L. Whitelaw (Univ. Adelaide)
Mechanisms of DNA binding by the signal-regulated bHLH.PAS (Per/Arnt/Sim homology) transcription factors: The role of the PAS domain |
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| 17:10 |
Irina Lonskaya, Vladimir Potaman, Luda Shlyakhtenko, Yuri Lyubchenko, and Viatcheslav Soldatenkov (Georgetown Univ.)
Regulation of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 by DNA Structure-Specific Binding |
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| 17:50 |
Takaaki Ono (RIKEN)
Light-induced structural changes of FAD and apo-protein for light signaling in blue-light sensor using FAD (BLUF) proteins |
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| 18:30 |
Dinner |
Morning of June 16 (Fri) |
| 9:00 |
Mikio Kataoka (Nara Inst. Sci. Tech.)
Structure and Photo-induced Structural Change of Photoactive Yellow Protein |
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| 9:30 |
Daisuke Matsuoka, Kazunori Zikihara, and Satoru Tokutomi (Osaka Pref. Univ.)
Phototropin, a Blue Light Regulated Ser/Thr Kinase in Plants |
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| 10:00 |
Hideki Kandori (Nagoya Inst. Tech.)
FTIR Studies of Light Sensor Proteins in Action |
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| 10:30-10:50 (Coffee Break) |
| 10:50 |
Masahide Terazima (Kyoto Univ.)
Time-resolved detection of conformational changes of sensor proteins |
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| 11:20 |
Masashi Unno and Seigo Yamauchi (Tohoku Univ.)
Blue Light Photoreceptor Proteins Studied by Raman Spectroscopy |
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| 11:50 |
Robert Bittl (Free Univ. Berlin)
Blue-light photoreceptors studied by EPR spectroscopy |
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| 12:30 |
Closing Remarks |
| - Organizers: Masao Ikeda-Saito, Seigo Yamauchi, and Toru Shimizu - |
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Contact:
Toru Shimizu,
Tel: +81-22-217-5604, 5605
Fax: +81-22-217-5604, 5390
E-mail: shimizu@tagen.tohoku.ac.jp |
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