| Budget Amount *help |
¥19,890,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,590,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥8,580,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,980,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥8,970,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,070,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Hemocyanin functions as the oxygen carrier and storage protein in the hemolymph of many mollusks and arthropods. In this study, we have found that hemocyanin can also act as a monooxygenase enzyme when it is treated with denaturant such as urea. Spectroscopic features of the active oxygen species, (?-?^2:?^2-peroxo)dicopper(II), as well as the oxygenation mechanism of phenols have been explored in detail. Furthermore, catalytic oxygenation reaction of phenols by hemocyanin has been developed as an environmentally benign oxygenation process.
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