Prof. Nobuo Shimamoto

National Institute of Genetics, Japan

Emeritus Professor

Email: nshima@nig.ac.jp

Qualifications

1966-1971 Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Japan

1971-1977 Physics, Graduate School of Kyoto University, Japan

Publications (Selected)

1. Shimamoto, N., Toda, M., Nara, S., Komatsuzaki, T., Kamagata, K., Kinebuchi, T. & Tomizawa, J-I. Dependence of DNA length on binding affinity between TrpR and trpO of DNA. Sci. Rep. 10, 15624 (2020).
2. Kinebuchi, T. & Shimamoto, N. One-dimensional diffusion of TrpR along DNA enhances its affinity for the operator by chemical ratchet mechanism. Sci. Rep. 11, 4255 (2020).
3. Shimamoto, N. & Imashimizu, M. RNA polymerase and transcription mechanisms: The forefront of physicochemical studies of chemical reactions. Biomolecules 11, 32 (2021).
4. Shimamoto, N. (2013). Nanobiology of RNA Polymerase: Biological Consequence of Inhomogeneity in Reactant. Chem. Rev. 113, 8400–8422.
5. Susa, M., Kubori, T. and Shimamoto, N. (2006). A pathway branching in transcription initiation in escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 59, 1807-17
6. Sakata-Sogawa, K. & Shimamoto, N.(2004).  RNA polymerase can track a DNA groove during promoter search. Proc. Nat. Sci. U. S. A. 101, 14731-14735, 2004.
7. Kubori, T. & Shimamoto, N. (1996). A branched pathway in the early stage of transcription by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. J. Mol. Biol. 256, 449-457.
8. Kabata, H., Kurosawa, O., Arai, I., Washizu, M., Margarson, S. A., Glass, R. E. & Shimamoto, N. (1993). Visualization of single molecules of RNA polymerase sliding along DNA. Science 262, 1561-1563.