| Budget Amount *help |
¥62,790,000 (Direct Cost: ¥48,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥14,490,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥15,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,690,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In response to the question of "how the intracellular molecular crowding environment affects the functional expression of biomolecules", we have developed computational methods to efficiently describe the processes of association and dissociation of protein multimers mainly based on the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. We thus performed actual application calculations, and quantitatively elucidated their molecular mechanisms. Specifically, we targeted amyloid aggregates involved in neurological diseases and Ras protein complexes related to cancer. In addition to describing their association / dissociation dynamics thermodynamically from the viewpoint of free energy and thermal energy, the roles played by substrates such as ATP and GTP were also microscopically elucidated. Furthermore, we also tried to theoretically describe heat conduction, temperature relaxation, and quantum characteristics in biomolecular systems.
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