Chikashi Toyoshima
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Chikashi Toyoshima (豊島 近, Toyoshima Chikashi, born July 17, 1954) is a Japanese biophysicist.[1] His research focuses on two proteins: the Ca2+-ATPase of muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum, and the Na+, K+-ATPase expressed in all animal cells.[2] He is a professor at the University of Tokyo and the Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.[3] Toyoshima's research about the Ca2+-ATPase started in 1989. In the next few years, he and his colleagues obtained the world's first series of images of Ca2+-ATPase at the atomic level.[4] Via x-ray crystallography, cryo-EM and other methods, he has determined the crystal structures of ten intermediates of Ca2+-ATPase. On September 10, 2015, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded him and Poul Nissen the Gregori Aminoff Prize of 2016 for their fundamental contributions to understanding the structural basis for ATP-driven translocation of ions across membranes.[5]
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Chikashi Toyoshima | |
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Born | (1954-07-17) July 17, 1954 (age 69) |
Citizenship | Japan |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Known for | Calcium ATPase |
Awards | Gregori Aminoff Prize (2016) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biophysics |
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Website | www |