My research

Field of interest: enzymology, structural biology, glycoscience

Nature is full of unique organisms. Behind the questions "Why do these organisms have these characteristics?" or "Why do these life phenomena occur?", the genes of the organisms and the activity of their gene products, proteins, and especially enzymes, are often implicated (for more details about enzymes, see "Research" in the Enzymology Laboratory). However, in many cases, a single biological phenomenon is not accomplished by a single enzyme. Kashima focuses on novel enzymes and the proteins that work together with those enzymes, and is engaged in the following research projects.

①How an enzyme "works" and what kind of chemical reaction does it catalyze (Enzyme functional analysis)

②What "form" a single enzyme takes and how it catalyzes chemical reactions (Enzyme structural and molecular functional analysis)

③How multiple enzymes and proteins “cooperate” to accomplish a biological phenomenon (Enzyme group analysis)