My name is Tatsunari Hirano. I belong to department of engineering in Fukui University. I am a first year master's student who belongs to Professor Satomura's laboratory.
I work on enzyme used as catalyst in Biofuel cell. That enzyme's name is McoP. McoP stands for MultiCopper Oxidase from Pyrobaculum aerophilum. MCO is useful enzyme in Biofuel cell. But, there is a problem that MCO have low stability. So, Pyrobaculum aerophilum has been focused. Pyrobaculum aerophilum is hyperthermophiles. Enzyme from hyperthermophiles is known for high stability. McoP have high stability, but have low activity. So I work on mutant McoP that has nine-fold activity compared with wild-type McoP.
My hoby is cycling. When I get long vacation, I'm going on a little trip by road bike. Latest travel destination is Hokkaido. Hokkaido is the northernmost island of Japan. I traveled up through Hokkaido over 5 days. That distance is approximately 750 kilometer. I advanced on the Sea of Japan coast. There are many hot springs with a fine view of the Sea of Japan in the route of my trip. I love visiting hot springs as well as cycling. So that trip is exactly two birds with one stone for me. My dream is traveling up through Japanese archipelago. I'm always looking for holiday :D :D
I work on enzyme used as catalyst in Biofuel cell. That enzyme's name is McoP. McoP stands for MultiCopper Oxidase from Pyrobaculum aerophilum. MCO is useful enzyme in Biofuel cell. But, there is a problem that MCO have low stability. So, Pyrobaculum aerophilum has been focused. Pyrobaculum aerophilum is hyperthermophiles. Enzyme from hyperthermophiles is known for high stability. McoP have high stability, but have low activity. So I work on mutant McoP that has nine-fold activity compared with wild-type McoP.
My hoby is cycling. When I get long vacation, I'm going on a little trip by road bike. Latest travel destination is Hokkaido. Hokkaido is the northernmost island of Japan. I traveled up through Hokkaido over 5 days. That distance is approximately 750 kilometer. I advanced on the Sea of Japan coast. There are many hot springs with a fine view of the Sea of Japan in the route of my trip. I love visiting hot springs as well as cycling. So that trip is exactly two birds with one stone for me. My dream is traveling up through Japanese archipelago. I'm always looking for holiday :D :D