We are studying mechanism of photo-receptive proteins driven by light-energy such as microbial and animal rhodopsins. Also, we are trying optogenetic applications on the basis of fundamental insights of the photoreceptive proteins.
If you would like to perform research in our laboratory, please contact to “inoue*issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Exchange "*" to "@")”.
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- April 1, 2024 Member page was updated. Yoshitaka Kato, Zhou Qianfan, and Hiroto Takahashi joined to our lab.
- March 8, 2024 Publication page was updated. "Chromophore–Protein Interactions Affecting the Polyene Twist and π–π* Energy Gap of the Retinal Chromophore in Schizorhodopsins" was published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
- January 11, 2024 Publication page was updated. "Cis–Trans Reisomerization Preceding Reprotonation of the Retinal Chromophore is Common to the Schizorhodopsin Family: A Simple and Rational Mechanism for Inward Proton Pumping" was published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.