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（Last updated : 2025-06-22 18:38:27）　

INOUE MASAO

Department / Course Ritsumeikan-Global Innovation Research Organization

Title / Position Assistant Professor

Subject of research
1.	Elucidation of Structure and Function of the DNA-Binding Proteins
2.	Exploration of the Unknown Microbial Respiratory Systems

Research summary
Characterization of Proteins of Unknown Function I am conducting research to predict novel functions of proteins using microbial genome information and to clarify the functions of proteins experimentally. I'm interested in the "Omoroi" proteins of "Omoroi" microbes.

Present specialized field
Applied microbiology , Structural biochemistry, Functional biochemistry, Genome biology, System genome science (Keyword：Biochemistry, Protein Science, Genomic Microbiology, Extremophiles)

Papers
1.	2025/06/13	Effects of Nitrate on Hydrogenogenic Carbon Monoxide Oxidation in Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius │ Environmental Microbiology Reports │ ,pp.e70133
2.	2025/01	SECIS element variability and its role in selenocysteine versus cysteine utilization in SelD enzymes │ Metallomics Research │ ,pp.reg26-reg36
3.	2024/10	Structural insights into the mechanism underlying the dual cofactor specificity of glyoxylate reductase from Acetobacter aceti in the β-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase family │ Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics │ ,pp.141051
4.	2024/06/13	Comparative studies on substrate specificity of succinic semialdehyde reductase from Gluconobacter oxydans and glyoxylate reductase from Acetobacter aceti │ Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry │ ,pp.1069-1072
5.	2024/02/15	Draft genome of Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius, a member of hydrogenogenic carbon monoxide utilizers, isolated from a freshwater lake sediment │ Microbiology Resource Announcements │ ,pp.e00795-23
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2022/06/30 ～ 2024/03/31	Development of a platform for selenoprotein production │ Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
2.	2021/08/30 ～ 2023/03/31	Is a Hydrogenase-Like Enzyme Complex Lacking a Catalytic Center the Missing Link in the Respiratory Complexes? │ Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Message
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