| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In this project, we have been studying the structural fluctuations of E. coli chaperonin GroEL/ES system by using DMSO-quenched H/D exchange methods. For GroES H/D exchange experiments, we have successfully determined the exchange rates for 33 amide protons out of 94 amide protons in GroES. For the remaining 61 amide protons, we have determined the lower limit of the exchange rates. We found that only 10 amide protons have a protection factor larger than 10 to the power 6th. This result indicates that the free GroES is highly flexible in significant portions. From crystal structure analysis of N-terminal mutants of alpha-lactalbumin, a substrate protein of GroEL/ES system, we found the hydrogen bonding of the N-terminal residue is important for its stability.
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