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Faculty of Science
Assistant Lecturer/Assistant professor

Profile2013年北海道大学理学部化学科卒業。2019年、北海道大学物質科学フロンティアを開拓するAmbitiousリーダー育成プログラム修了。同年北海道大学大学院総合化学院　博士（理学）。2019年4月より兵庫県立大学大学院生命理学研究科博士研究員。2022年４月より福岡大学理学部物理科学科ポストドクター。2023年4月より同学科　助教。

Researcher information

■ Degree
  • 北海道大学, 総合化学院
■ Research Keyword
  • Atomic Force microscope
  • Photosynthesis
  • Heme sensor
  • Structural biochemistry
  • Membrane protein
  • ubiquitin
  • Post-translational modification
  • Iron metabolism
  • Heme
  • Structural Chemistry
■ Field Of Study
  • Life sciences, Structural biochemistry
  • Life sciences, Biophysics
  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Biochemistry
  • Life sciences, Functional biochemistry

Career

■ Career
  • Apr. 2023 - Present
    Fukuoka University, Faculty of Science Department of Applied Physics, Assistant professor
  • Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
    Fukuoka University, Faculty of Science Department of Applied Physics, Post-doc
  • Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2022
    University of Hyogo, School of Science Department of Life Science, Post-doc
■ Educational Background
  • Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2019
    Ambitious Leader's Program Fostering Future Leaders to Open New Frontiers in Materials Science
  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2019
    Hokkaido University, graduate school of engineering and chemical sciences
  • Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2014
    Hokkaido University, School of Science

Research activity information

■ Award
  • Jun. 2024
    Biophysical Society of Japan, IUPAB2024 Student and Early Career Researcher Poster Award
    Mobility of protein complexes in plant thylakoid membranes analyzed by high-speed atomic force microscopy
    Yudai Nishitani
  • Sep. 2020
    The 93th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society, Young Scientist Award
    Structural and kinetic analysis of CO binding to bacterial heme-responsive sensor protein
    Yudai Nishitani
  • Nov. 2015
    The 3rd International Symposium on AMBITIOUS LEADER’S PROGRAM Fostering Future Leaders to Open New Frontiers in Materials Science, Poster Prize
    Mechanism of Heme-dependent ROS generation and Oxidative Modification in Iron Regulatory Protein 2 (IRP2)
    Yudai Nishitani
  • Jun. 2014
    The 24th Symposium on Role of Metals in Biological Reactions, Biology and Medicine, Poster prize
    ヘム依存性酸化修飾による鉄代謝制御タンパク質IRP2の機能制御機構
    Yudai Nishitani
■ Paper
  • Cardiolipin binding enhances KcsA channel gating via both its specific and dianion-monoanion interchangeable sites.
    Masayuki Iwamoto; Masayuki Morito; Shigetoshi Oiki; Yudai Nishitani; Daisuke Yamamoto; Nobuaki Matsumori
    iScience, 15 Dec. 2023, 26(12):108471 - 108471
  • Heme controls the structural rearrangement of its sensor protein mediating the hemolytic bacterial survival
    Megumi Nishinaga; Hiroshi Sugimoto; Yudai Nishitani; Seina Nagai; Satoru Nagatoishi; Norifumi Muraki; Takehiko Tosha; Kouhei Tsumoto; Shigetoshi Aono; Yoshitsugu Shiro; Hitomi Sawai
    Communications Biology, May 2021, 4(1), Refereed
  • Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus arlettae Strain P2, Isolated from a Laboratory Environment
    Hiroki Yu; Makoto Taniguchi; Kazuma Uesaka; Apirak Wiseschart; Kusol Pootanakit; Yudai Nishitani; Yota Murakami; Koichiro Ishimori; Kentaro Miyazaki; Kei Kitahara
    Microbiology Resource Announcements, 07 Nov. 2019, 8(45), Refereed
  • Specific heme binding to heme regulatory motifs in iron regulatory proteins and its functional significance
    Yudai Nishitani; Hirotaka Okutani; Yukiko Takeda; Takeshi Uchida; Kazuhiro Iwai; Koichiro Ishimori
    Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, Sep. 2019, 198:110726 - 110726, Refereed
■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • Mobility of protein complexes in plant thylakoid membranes analyzed by high-speed atomic force microscopy
    Yudai Nishitani; Daisuke Yamamoto; Fac. Sci; Fukuoka Un
    21st IUPAB Congress 2024 (IUPAB2024), 26 Jun. 2024
  • 高速原子間力顕微鏡を用いた植物光合成膜におけるタンパク質複合体の動態観察
    Yudai Nishitani; Daisuke Yamamoto
    The 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, 16 Nov. 2023
  • 高速原子間力顕微鏡を用いたホウレンソウチラコイド膜内タンパク質複合体の動態観察
    西谷雄大; 山本大輔
    第13回日本光合成学会年会, 03 Jun. 2023
  • ヒト由来二価金属輸送体DMT1の構造解析にむけた精製法の確立
    柴田 晃利; 藤宇将吾; 簗取 いずみ; 西谷雄大; 高原教代; 城宜嗣; 澤井 仁美
    第48回生体分子科学討論会, Jun. 2022
  • Structural and kinetic analysis of CO binding to bacterial heme-responsive sensor protein
    Yudai Nishitani; Megumi Nishinaga; Seina Nagai; Hiroshi Sugimoto; Takehiko Tosha; Yoshitugu Shiro; Hitomi Sawai
    The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Dual Function of the Heme Ligation in a Heme-responsive Sensor Protein, PefR
    Yudai Nishitani; Megumi Nishinaga; Seina Nagai; Hiroshi Sugimoto; Takehiko Tosha; Yoshitsugu Shiro; Hitomi Sawai
    The 20th Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan, 28 Jul. 2020
  • Functional Significance of Heme Binding to Iron Regulatory Proteins in Mammalian Iron Metabolism
    Yudai Nishitani
    Biometal Science 2019 (Sapporo, Japan), 07 Jun. 2019
  • Mechanisms of Heme-mediated Regulation of IRP2 Activity through Direct Heme Binding and Subsequent Oxidation in IRP2
    Yudai Nishitani; Yukiko Takeda; Takeshi Uchida; Kazuhiro Iwai; Koichiro Ishimori
    Gordon Research Conference, Chemistry and Biology of Tetrapyrroles, The Movement and Trafficking of Tetrapyrroles (Hemes, B12/Corrins, Bilins, and Chlorophyll), 15 Jul. 2018
  • Mechanisms of heme-mediated reactive oxygen species generation and oxidative modification of Iron Regulatory Protein 2
    Yudai Nishitani; Yukiko Takeda; Takeshi Uchida; Kazuhiro Iwai; Koichiro Ishimori
    The 90th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society, (Kobe, Japan), 06 Dec. 2017
  • Mechanism of Oxidative Modification in Iron Regulatory Proteins 2 (IRP2) Mediated by Heme Binding as a Cellular Iron Signal
    Yudai Nishitani; Yukiko Takeda; Takeshi Uchida; Kazuhiro Iwai; Koichiro Ishimori
    HU-JKU Joint Symposium on Chemical Sciences and Engineering (Linz, Austria), 22 Feb. 2017
  • Mechanism of Oxidative Modification in Iron Regulatory Proteins 2 (IRP2) Mediated by Heme Binding as a Cellular Iron Signal
    Yudai Nishitani; Yukiko Takeda; Takeshi Uchida; Kazuhiro Iwai; Koichiro Ishimori
    1st Student Winter Workshop (Strasbourg, France), 14 Mar. 2016
  • Mechanism of Heme-dependent ROS generation and Oxidative Modification in Iron Regulatory Protein 2 (IRP2)
    Yudai Nishitani
    The 3rd International Symposium on AMBITIOUS LEADER’S PROGRAM Fostering Future Leaders to Open New Frontiers in Materials Science, 18 Nov. 2015
  • Mechanism of Heme-dependent Oxidative Modification in Iron Regulatory Protein 2 (IRP2)
    Yudai Nishitani; Yukiko Takeda; Takeshi Uchida; Kazuhiro Iwai; Koichiro Ishimori
    ‘Metals in Biology’ in Wako (Saitama, Japan), 16 Jun. 2015
  • Mechanism of Heme-dependent Oxidative Modification in Iron Regulatory Proteins 2 (IRP2)
    Nishitani,Yudai; Takeda,Yukiko; Uchida,Takeshi; Iwai,Kazuhiro; Ishimori,Koichiro
    Hokkaido University - University of Strasbourg Joint Workshop by Graduate Students, 10 Feb. 2015
  • Mechanism of Heme-dependent Oxidative Modification in Iron Regulatory Protein 2 (IRP2)
    Yudai Nishitani; Yukiko Takeda; Takeshi Uchida; Kazuhiro Iwai; Koichiro Ishimori
    2nd International Symposium on AMBITIOUS LEADER’ S PROGRAM (Sapporo, Japan), 11 Dec. 2014
  • Mechanism of Heme-dependent Oxidative Modification in Iron Regulatory Proteins 2 (IRP2)
    Nishitani,Yudai; Takeda,Yukiko; Uchida,Takeshi; Iwai,Kazuhiro; Ishimori,Koichiro
    17th SNU-HU Joint Satellite Session, Nov. 2014
  • 鉄代謝制御タンパク質IRP2におけるヘム依存性酸化修飾機構
    Yudai Nishitani
    The 87th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society, Oct. 2014
  • 鉄代謝制御タンパク質IRP2の機能発現におけるヘム依存性酸化修飾機構
    西谷 雄大
    北海道支部2014年夏季研究発表会, 12 Jul. 2014
  • ヘム依存性酸化修飾による鉄代謝制御タンパク質IRP2の機能制御機構
    Yudai Nishitani
    The 24th Symposium on Role of Metals in Biological Reactions, Biology and Medicine (SRM2014), Jun. 2014
  • 鉄代謝制御タンパク質IRP2の酸化修飾に伴う構造変化部位の特定
    西谷 雄大
    日本化学会北海道支部2014年冬季研究発表会, 28 Jan. 2014
■ Affiliated academic society
  • May 2020 - Present
    Protein Science Society of Japan
  • THE JAPANESE BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY
  • THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN