Mikio Tanabe, Ph.D.

Mikio Tanabe, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, KEK Synchrotron

Background

BSc, Osaka University

MSc, Osaka University

PhD, Imperial College, London

Postdoc, Vanderbilt University

Other positions

Junior research group leader, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Publications from the Lab

Crystal structures of acetate kinases from the eukaryotic pathogens Entamoeba histolytica and Cryptococcus neoformans. Thaker TM, Tanabe M, Fowler ML, Preininger AM, Ingram-Smith C, Smith KS, Iverson TM.J Struct Biol. 2013 Feb;181(2):185-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.11.001. Epub 2012 Nov 16.PMID: 23159802 Free PMC article.

Structural basis for solute transport, nucleotide regulation, and immunological recognition of Neisseria meningitidis PorB. Tanabe M, Nimigean CM, Iverson TM.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Apr 13;107(15):6811-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0912115107. Epub 2010 Mar 29.PMID: 20351243 Free PMC article.

Expression, purification and preliminary X-ray analysis of the Neisseria meningitidis outer membrane protein PorB. Tanabe M, Iverson TM.Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2009 Oct 1;65(Pt 10):996-1000. doi: 10.1107/S1744309109032333. Epub 2009 Sep 23.

Past publications

Crystal structures of the human adiponectin receptors. Tanabe H, Fujii Y, Okada-Iwabu M, Iwabu M, Nakamura Y, Hosaka T, Motoyama K, Ikeda M, Wakiyama M, Terada T, Ohsawa N, Hato M, Ogasawara S, Hino T, Murata T, Iwata S, Hirata K, Kawano Y, Yamamoto M, Kimura-Someya T, Shirouzu M, Yamauchi T, Kadowaki T, Yokoyama S.Nature. 2015 Apr 16;520(7547):312-316. doi: 10.1038/nature14301. Epub 2015 Apr 8.PMID: 25855295 Free PMC article.

Structures of OppA and PstS from Yersinia pestis indicate variability of interactions with transmembrane domains. Tanabe M, Mirza O, Bertrand T, Atkins HS, Titball RW, Iwata S, Brown KA, Byrne B.Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2007 Nov;63(Pt 11):1185-93. doi: 10.1107/S0907444907048299. Epub 2007 Oct 17.