| Project/Area Number |
26670105
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
General physiology
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| Research Institution | National Institute for Physiological Sciences |
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Principal Investigator |
MURATA Kazuyoshi 生理学研究所, 脳機能計測・支援センター, 准教授 (20311201)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KUNIYASU Akihiko 祟城大学, 薬学部, 教授 (90241348)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Keywords | 膜タンパク質 / クライオ電子顕微鏡 / イオンチャネル / トモグラフィー / チャネル / 電子顕微鏡 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we attempted to analyze the structure of Ryanodine receptor (RyR), Ca2+ release channel in native sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membrane using Zernike phase contrast cryo-electron tomography (ZPC-cryoET), and to reveal the dynamics and the associations with cooperative molecules. SR purified with a mild condition where RyR kept the enzymatic activity showed the large protrusive density on the membrane surface. The density showed a regular square shape representing the homo-tetoramer structure of RyR. A cryo-electron microscopy map of RyR was well fitted into the density, suggesting that it was the RyR structure in the native membrane. Currently, the resolution is limited. Collecting and averaging more data will improve the resolution in in the future, enabling to reveal the dynamical structure and associations with cooperative molecules.
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