RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Biomolecular Characterization Unit
Unit Leader: Naoshi Dohmae (Ph.D.)
Research Summary
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
