Dr Nozomi Nagano


Computational Biology Research Center (CBRC) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0064 JAPAN Fax: 03-3599-8081 (International +81-3-3599-8081) e-mail: mail
A major fold among enzyme proteins:
TIM barrel (Triose phosphate isomerase: 1tim chain A)














Links to my research stuff:
  • My Research Interests & Publications
  • EzCatDB: Enzyme Catalytic-Mechanism Database

    Links to my favorite sites:
  • PDB sum
  • Catalytic Site Atlas
  • UniProtKB
  • CATH classification by Dr C. Orengo
  • Matras by Dr T. Kawabata
  • MAFFT alignment server by Dr K. Kato
    Research Experiences:

    April 1997 - September 1998 (supported by Naito Foundation)
    April 1999 - March 2001 (supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
  • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dept., University College London
    (Prof. Janet Thornton's Group)

    September 1998 - March 1999
  • Laboratory for Gene-Product Informatics, Center for Information Biology, National Institute of Genetics (Japan)
    (Prof. Ken Nishikawa's Lab)

    April 2001 -
  • Computational Biology Center (CBRC) (Tokyo, Japan)

    Funded by Naito Foundation in Japan (April 1997 - September 1998)
    Funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (April 1999 - March 2001)
    Funded by PRESTO/Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) (December 2001 - November 2004)
    Funded by Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (April 2005 - March 2006)
    Funded by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (April 2005 - March 2008)
    Funded by BIRD/Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) (Representative Prof M Ota @ Nagoya Univ) (September 2005 - September 2010)
    Funded by BIRD/Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) (October 2007 - September 2010)
    Funded by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (April 2011 - March 2014)
    Funded by Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (April 2011 - March 2012)
    Funded by Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (April 2012 - March 2013)
    Supported by Technology Research Association of Highly Efficient Gene Design (TRAHED) (October 2012 - )