Structural and Functional Proteomics Consortium for Research on the Proteins Working in Brain and Nervous System

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P.I. Atsushi Nakagawa, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University

Description: Japanese national project on structural genomics where university community takes a leading part has been established in fiscal 2002 under the name of “National Project on Protein Structural and Functional Analyses.” The aim of this project is to study both structures and functions of proteins in a selected target of biological systems. In our consortium of this project, we will elucidate the structure and function of the proteins that play key roles in brain and nervous system. The organizations comprising our consortium are: Osaka University, Ehime University, Hiroshima University, JASRI, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nagoya University, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tokushima University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, University of Hyogo, and the University of Tokyo. X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, bioinformatics, mass-spectroscopy, and other techniques are used to perform this project.

Supported by: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

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Laboratory of Supramolecular Crystallography
Research Center for Structural and Fuctional Proteomics
Osaka University

3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871
JAPAN

Phone: +81-6-6879-8635
Fax: +81-6-6879-4313
Contact: prot40@protein.osaka-u.ac.jp

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