Unit Leader
Labs & Technologies
Translation Factors Structural Biology Unit
Reveals the mechanisms of translation
* Due to the reorganization starting as new centers in April 2018, this laboratory is now belong to the Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research. As for the latest information, please see the following URL below.
> The webpage of Laboratory for Translation Structural Biology, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Unit Leader
Takuhiro Ito
Room N217, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
Tel: +81-45-503-9204
Research Area
We plan to conduct studies on three dimensional structures of the translation factors and/or the ribosome, mainly by X-ray crystallography, focusing on the structural analysis of the large complexes that function in the eukaryotic translational system, in order to reveal the complicated mechanisms of eukaryotic translation.