Commemorative Book: Retirement of Professor Keiichi Fukuyama
Professor Keiichi Fukuyama retired from the Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, at the end of March 2013. This commemorative book is a "magnum opus" written by Professor Fukuyama over the course of a year. It features a unique style, reflecting on his long research career and the many individuals he encountered along the way. We have established this webpage at Professor Fukuyama's request to share our research approach and history with a wider audience.
Note: The online publication of the full text is currently suspended due to various circumstances (as of January 27, 2014).
To quote from the "Afterword" of the book: "I hope that the content written here will be read widely from various perspectives. While I welcome positive corrections or additions, I wish to avoid distortions or defamatory remarks. If you wish to make additions/corrections or reprint portions of this work, please contact me (Keiichi Fukuyama) in advance."
Requesting a Physical Copy: Physical copies of the book are still in stock. Due to high printing costs, we kindly ask for a contribution of 3,000 yen per copy plus shipping. If you are interested, please contact the Professor Fukuyama Retirement Commemoration Committee at (fukuyama_lab@bio.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) for details.
Retirement Commemorative Monograph
Exploring Function through the Structures of Proteins: Alongside the Evolution of X-ray Crystallography
Table of Contents
Professor Keiichi Fukuyama retired from the Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, at the end of March 2013. This commemorative book is a "magnum opus" written by Professor Fukuyama over the course of a year. It features a unique style, reflecting on his long research career and the many individuals he encountered along the way. We have established this webpage at Professor Fukuyama's request to share our research approach and history with a wider audience.
Note: The online publication of the full text is currently suspended due to various circumstances (as of January 27, 2014).
To quote from the "Afterword" of the book: "I hope that the content written here will be read widely from various perspectives. While I welcome positive corrections or additions, I wish to avoid distortions or defamatory remarks. If you wish to make additions/corrections or reprint portions of this work, please contact me (Keiichi Fukuyama) in advance."
Requesting a Physical Copy: Physical copies of the book are still in stock. Due to high printing costs, we kindly ask for a contribution of 3,000 yen per copy plus shipping. If you are interested, please contact the Professor Fukuyama Retirement Commemoration Committee at (fukuyama_lab@bio.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) for details.
Retirement Commemorative Monograph
Exploring Function through the Structures of Proteins: Alongside the Evolution of X-ray Crystallography
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Transition of Research Projects
- Chapter I: Fungal Metabolites and Photoreaction Products
- Chapter II: Plant-type Ferredoxins – [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxins
- Chapter III: Bacterial-type Ferredoxins – [4Fe-4S] Ferredoxins
- Chapter IV: Flavodoxin – Flavin Proteins Interchangeable with Ferredoxins
- Chapter V: Proteins Involved in Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biosynthesis
- Chapter VI: Peroxidase Produced by Arthromyces ramosus
- Chapter VII: Heme Oxygenase – The Enzyme that Cleaves Heme Using Oxygen Molecules
- Chapter VIIIa: Bilin Reductase PcyA – The Enzyme for Two-step Reduction of Biliverdin
- Chapter VIIIb: Structure and Function of Red Chlorophyll Catabolite Reductase (RCCR)
- Chapter IX: Alfalfa Mosaic Virus – Two Years as a Postdoctoral Researcher
- Chapter X: Structural Studies of Viruses in Japan – Focused on Tobacco Necrosis Virus
- Chapter XI: Cytochrome bc1 Complex – A Membrane Protein Complex
- Chapter XII: DNA Repair Enzymes
- Chapter XIII: γ-Glutamyl Transpeptidase
- Closing Remarks
- Original Papers / Reviews / Commentaries / Books
- Citation Counts by Year
- Biography of Keiichi Fukuyama
- Afterword
