Masanobu Iwanaga Miharu Eguchi Shinichi Enami Yasuko Osakada Hiroyuki Katsuki
Tetsuo Kishimoto Daisuke Kojima Akitoshi Koreeda Takuya Satoh Atsushi Syouji
Hiroki Takahashi Fumio Takahashi Hidehiko Nakagawa Biju V. Pillai  

 

Molecular and physiological analyses of photosensory proteins responsible for mammalian ultraviolet photoreception

Daisuke Kojima

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science
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Research Theme

A variety of animal species utilize the ultraviolet (UV) component of sun light as their environmental cues, whereas human beings have been thought to lack the UV sensor. I have recently discovered a novel UV photosensory protein in mice, suggesting the presence of UV photoreception also in human beings. This study is aimed to investigate the putative UV photosensory protein of human beings as well as the physiological role(s) of mammalian UV photoreception.