Concurrent Division

Institute for Higher Education Research and Practice

Research Interests

1. Effect of reaction field on the function of model complexes for the active site of metalloenzyme
2. Function conversion of dinuclear metalloenzymes
3. Preparation of new functional materials with biological metal complexes

Metal ions play important roles to maintain structures and functions in biological systems. Our current works are focused on (1) studies of structures and functions of metal proteins (Cu, Ni, Fe etc.) by various spectroscopy, and (2) syntheses and structural and functional characterization of transition metal complexes as models for the active sites of metalloproteins. Specially, we investigate the effect of reaction filed on the function of metal complexes. Moreover, we challenge the function conversion of metalloenzyme with the metal ion substitution and recombinant DNA methods. We believe that the studies will give the important information for preparation of new functional materials with biological metal complexes.