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RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Biomolecular Characterization Unit

Unit Leader: Naoshi Dohmae (Ph.D.)

Research Summary

Naoshi  Dohmae(Ph.D.)

Our unit provides high quality structural characterization methods to the field of biological science, aiming to further understand the mechanism and action of biological molecules. We manage specialized and technical instruments including protein chemical analyses, mass spectrometry. Our challenge to research, develop and fine-tune novel characterization methods for biological molecules, is an endless yet rewarding process.

Main Research Fields

  • Biology

Related Research Fields

  • Environmental Science
  • Chemistry
  • Biological Sciences
  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Medicine, Dentistry & Pharmacy

Keywords

  • Post-translational modofocations
  • Proteomics
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Epigenomics
  • Structural characterization

Selected Publications

  • 1.Ngou BPM, Wyler M, Schmid MW, Suzuki T, Albert M, Dohmae N, Kadota Y, Shirasu K.
    "Systematic discovery and engineering of synthetic immune receptors in plants."
    Science. 389(6764):eadx2508 (2025)
  • 2.Kato K, Kumazawa M, Nakajima Y, Suzuki T, Dohmae N, Shen JR, Ifuku K, Nagao R.
    "Structure of a photosystem I supercomplex from Galdieria sulphuraria close to an ancestral red alga."
    Sci. Adv. 11(20):eadv7488 (2025)
  • 3.Yoshida Y, Takahashi T, Ishii N, Matsuo I, Takahashi S, Inoue H, Endo A, Tsuchiya H, Okada M, Ando C, Suzuki T, Dohmae N, Saeki Y, Tanaka K, Suzuki T.
    "Sugar-mediated non-canonical ubiquitination impairs Nrf1/NFE2L1 activation."
    Mol. Cell. 84(16):3115-3127.e11 (2024)
  • 4.Nishiyama K, Aihara Y, Suzuki T, Takahashi K, Kinoshita T, Dohmae N, Sato A, Hagihara S.
    "Discovery of a Plant 14-3-3 Inhibitor Possessing Isoform Selectivity and In Planta Activity."
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 63(27):e202400218 (2024)
  • 5.Yamagata A, Ito K, Suzuki T, Dohmae N, Terada T, Shirouzu M.
    "Structural basis for antiepileptic drugs and botulinum neurotoxin recognition of SV2A"
    Nat. Commun. 15(1):3027 (2024)
  • 6.Kaizuka T, Suzuki T, Kishi N, Tamada K, Kilimann MW, Ueyama T, Watanabe M, Shimogori T, Okano H, Dohmae N, Takumi T.
    "Remodeling of the postsynaptic proteome in male mice and marmosets during synapse development"
    Nat. Commun. 15(1):2496 (2024)
  • 7.Kato K, Hamaguchi T, Kumazawa M, Nakajima Y, Ifuku K, Hirooka S, Hirose Y, Miyagishima SY, Suzuki T, Kawakami K, Dohmae N, Yonekura K, Shen JR, Nagao R.
    "The structure of PSI-LHCI from Cyanidium caldarium provides evolutionary insights into conservation and diversity of red-lineage LHCs."
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 121(11):e2319658121.5 (2024)
  • 8.Chiba Y, Ooka H, Wintzer ME, Tsunematsu N, Nogawa T, Suzuki T, Dohmae N, Nakamura R.
    "Rationalizing the Influence of the Binding Affinity on the Activity of Phosphoserine Phosphatases."
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 63(13):e202318635 (2024)
  • 9.Kuchitsu Y, Mukai K, Uematsu R, Takaada Y, Shinojima A, Shindo R, Shoji T, Hamano S, Ogawa E, Sato R, Miyake K, Kato A, Kawaguchi Y, Nishitani-Isa M, Izawa K, Nishikomori R, Yasumi T, Suzuki T, Dohmae N, Uemura T, Barber GN, Arai H, Waguri S, Taguchi T.
    "STING signalling is terminated through ESCRT-dependent microautophagy of vesicles originating from recycling endosomes"
    Nat. Cell Biol. 25(3):453-466 (2023)
  • 10.Nakagawa R, Hirano H, Omura SN, Nety S, Kannan S, Altae-Tran H, Yao X, Sakaguchi Y, Ohira T, Wu WY, Nakayama H, Shuto Y, Tanaka T, Sano FK, Kusakizako T, Kise Y, Itoh Y, Dohmae N, van der Oost J, Suzuki T, Zhang F, Nureki O.
    "Cryo-EM structure of the transposon-associated TnpB enzyme."
    Nature. 616(7956):390-397 (2023)

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Lab Members

Principal investigator

Naoshi Dohmae
Unit Leader

Core members

Makoto Muroi
Senior Research Scientist
Hiroshi Nakayama
Senior Research Scientist
Takehiro Suzuki
Senior Technical Scientist
Yuta Nomura
Research Scientist
Yuki Shimizu
Technical Staff I

Contact Information

Bioscience Building,
2-1 Hirosawa,
Wako, Saitama
351-0198, Japan

Email: dohmae@riken.jp

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