Yasuhiko YAMAMOTO

Bioinorganic Chemistry

Professor　Ph. D. 1986, University of California(Davis)

　TEL　+81-29-853-6521　FAX　+81-29-853-6503

Structural characterization of biomolecules and biologically relevant molecules. Characterization of molecular and electronic structure of paramagnetic hemoproteins.

◇ Control of the Redox Potential of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cytochrome c₅₅₁ through the Fe-Met Coordination Bond Strength and pKa of a Buried Heme Propionic Acid Side Chain, S. J. Takayama, S. Mikami, N. Terui, H. Mita, J. Hasegawa, Y. Sambongi, and Y. Yamamoto, Biochemistry, 44, 5488-5494 (2005).
◇ ¹⁹F NMR Characterization of the Thermodynamics and Dynamics of the Acid-Alkaline Transition in a Reconstituted Sperm Whale Metmyoglobin, S. Nagao, Y. Hirai, A. Suzuki, and Y. Yamamoto, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 4146-4147 (2005).
◇ Complete Thermal-Unfolding Profiles of Oxidized and Reduced Cytochromes c, S. Uchiyama, A. Oshima, S. Nakamura, J. Hasegawa, N. Terui, S. J. Takayama, Y. Yamamoto, Y. Sambongi, and Y. Kobayashi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 14684-14685 (2004).