kamata kenichi
| College of Science and Technology Department of Materials and Applied Chemistry | Assistant Professor |
Researcher Information
Research Keyword
Career
- Apr. 2025 - Present
Nihon University, College of Science and Technology Department of Materials and Applied Chemistry, Assistant Professor - Apr. 2025 - Present
Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Visiting researcher - Jun. 2024 - Mar. 2025
Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Project assistant professor - Apr. 2020 - May 2024
Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Visiting researcher - May 2021 - Apr. 2024
KU Leuven, Department of Chemistry, Postdoctoral Fellow
Educational Background
Research activity information
Paper
- Crystal and Cryo-EM structure of PPL, a novel hexameric R-type lectin from the poisonous mushroom Pleurocybella porrigens
Daisuke Adachi; Naito Ishimoto; Kenji Mizutani; Katsuya Takahashi; Reiji Kubota; Haruka Kawabata; Sam-Yong Park; Laurens Vandebroek; Arnout R D Voet; Masao Yamada; Yasuhiro Ozeki; Yuki Fujii; Hideaki Fujita; Jeremy R H Tame; Kenichi Kamata
Glycobiology, Dec. 2025
Last - Clioquinol as a new therapy in epilepsy: From preclinical evidence to a proof‐of‐concept clinical study
Karin Thevissen; Annelii Ny; Daniëlle Copmans; Jana Tits; Kenichi Kamata; Eva Gielis; Kevin Longin; Jo Sourbron; Peravina Thergarajan; Tracie Huey‐Lin Tan; Idrish Ali; Nigel C. Jones; Terence J. O'Brien; Mastura Monif; Bridgette D. Semple; Christine Germeys; Benedetta Frizzi; Virginia Minniti; Sebastian Perrone; Carole L. Linster; Ilaria Elia; Ludo Van Den Bosch; Bruno P. A. Cammue; Arnout Voet; Lieven Lagae; Peter de Witte
Epilepsia, Jul. 2025, Refereed - The Structural Characterization of a C1q/TNF-α Domain Containing Lectin OXYL in the Feather Star Anneissia Japonica
Sultana Rajia; Kenichi Kamata; Marco Gerdol; Imtiaj Hasan; Namiho Matsuzaki; Keita Yamamoto; Suzuna Yoshimoto; Mayuka Ohkawa; Bishnu Pada Chatterjee; Yukiko Ogawa; Sarkar Mohammad Abe Kawsar; Tatsuya Kawasaki; Hisanori Kohtsuka; Masao Yamada; Yuki Fujii; Yasuhiro Ozeki
Varendra International Journal for Interdisciplinary Research, May 2025, Refereed - Characterization of HOL-30: a novel tandem-repeat galectin from the marine sponge Halichondria okadai
Mayuka Ohkawa; Kenichi Kamata; Sarkar M.A. Kawsar; Marco Gerdol; Yuki Fujii; Yasuhiro Ozeki
BBA Advances, Mar. 2025, Refereed - A guanidine-based coronavirus replication inhibitor which targets the nsp15 endoribonuclease and selects for interferon-susceptible mutant viruses
Benjamin Van Loy; Eugènia Pujol; Kenichi Kamata; Xiao Yin Lee; Nikolai Bakirtzoglou; Ria Van Berwaer; Julie Vandeput; Cato Mestdagh; Leentje Persoons; Brent De Wijngaert; Quinten Goovaerts; Sam Noppen; Maarten Jacquemyn; Kourosh Ahmadzadeh; Eline Bernaerts; Juan Martín-López; Celia Escriche; Bert Vanmechelen; Besir Krasniqi; Abhimanyu K. Singh; Dirk Daelemans; Piet Maes; Patrick Matthys; Wim Dehaen; Jef Rozenski; Kalyan Das; Arnout Voet; Santiago Vázquez; Lieve Naesens; Annelies Stevaert
PLOS Pathogens, Feb. 2025, Refereed - Structural insights into Influenza A virus RNA polymerase PB1 binding to nuclear import host factor RanBP5
Tomomi Uchikubo-Kamo; Naito Ishimoto; Haruka Umezawa; Mikako Hirohama; Maasa Ono; Haruka Kawabata; Kenichi Kamata; Mio Ohki; Hisashi Yoshida; Jae-Hyun Park; Jeremy R.H. Tame; Atsushi Kawaguchi; Sam-Yong Park
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Nov. 2024, Refereed - Novel Galectins Purified from the Sponge Chondrilla australiensis: Unique Structural Features and Cytotoxic Effects on Colorectal Cancer Cells Mediated by TF-Antigen Binding
Ryuhei Hayashi; Kenichi Kamata; Marco Gerdol; Yuki Fujii; Takashi Hayashi; Yuto Onoda; Nanae Kobayashi; Satoshi Furushima; Ryuya Ishiwata; Mayuka Ohkawa; Naoko Masuda; Yuka Niimi; Masao Yamada; Daisuke Adachi; Sarkar M. A. Kawsar; Sultana Rajia; Imtiaj Hasan; Somrita Padma; Bishnu Pada Chatterjee; Yuji Ise; Riku Chida; Kayo Hasehira; Nobumitsu Miyanishi; Tatsuya Kawasaki; Yukiko Ogawa; Hideaki Fujita; Alberto Pallavicini; Yasuhiro Ozeki
Marine Drugs, Aug. 2024, Refereed
Lead - Multifunctional Cell Regulation Activities of the Mussel Lectin SeviL: Induction of Macrophage Polarization toward the M1 Functional Phenotype
Yuki Fujii; Kenichi Kamata; Marco Gerdol; Imtiaj Hasan; Sultana Rajia; Sarkar M. A. Kawsar; Somrita Padma; Bishnu Pada Chatterjee; Mayuka Ohkawa; Ryuya Ishiwata; Suzuna Yoshimoto; Masao Yamada; Namiho Matsuzaki; Keita Yamamoto; Yuka Niimi; Nobumitsu Miyanishi; Masamitsu Konno; Alberto Pallavicini; Tatsuya Kawasaki; Yukiko Ogawa; Yasuhiro Ozeki; Hideaki Fujita
Marine Drugs, Jun. 2024, Refereed
Lead - Crystal structure of Nanoarchaeum equitans tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase and its aminoacylation activity toward tRNATyr with an extra guanosine residue at the 5ʹ-terminus
Tatsuya Horikoshi; Hiroki Noguchi; Takuya Umehara; Hiromi Mutsuro-Aoki; Ryodai Kurihara; Ryohei Noguchi; Takahiro Hashimoto; Yuki Watanabe; Tadashi Ando; Kenichi Kamata; Sam-Yong Park; Koji Tamura
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Oct. 2021, Refereed - Shape and Size Complementarity-Induced Formation of Supramolecular Protein Assemblies with Metal-Oxo Clusters
Laurens Vandebroek; Hiroki Noguchi; Kenichi Kamata; Jeremy R. H. Tame; Luc Van Meervelt; Tatjana N. Parac-Vogt; Arnout R. D. Voet
Crystal Growth & Design, Feb. 2021, Refereed - The structure of SeviL, a GM1b/asialo-GM1 binding R-type lectin from the mussel Mytilisepta virgata
Kenichi Kamata; Kenji Mizutani; Katsuya Takahashi; Roberta Marchetti; Alba Silipo; Christine Addy; Sam-Yong Park; Yuki Fujii; Hideaki Fujita; Tsuyoshi Konuma; Takahisa Ikegami; Yasuhiro Ozeki; Jeremy R. H. Tame
Scientific Reports, Dec. 2020, Refereed
Lead - Hybrid assemblies of a symmetric designer protein and polyoxometalates with matching symmetry
Laurens Vandebroek; Hiroki Noguchi; Kenichi Kamata; Jeremy R. H. Tame; Luc Van Meervelt; Tatjana N. Parac-Vogt; Arnout R. D. Voet
Chemical Communications, Aug. 2020, Refereed - Structural plasticity of a designer protein sheds light on β-propeller protein evolution.
Mylemans B; Laier I; Kamata K; Akashi S; Noguchi H; Tame JR; Voet AR
The FEBS journal, Apr. 2020, Refereed - A GM1b/asialo-GM1 oligosaccharide-binding R-type lectin from purplish bifurcate mussels Mytilisepta virgata and its effect on MAP kinases.
Fujii Y; Gerdol M; Kawsar SMA; Hasan I; Spazzali F; Yoshida T; Ogawa Y; Rajia S; Kamata K; Koide Y; Sugawara S; Hosono M; Tame JRH; Fujita H; Ozeki Y
The FEBS journal, Nov. 2019, Refereed - Computational design of a symmetrical β-trefoil lectin with cancer cell binding activity.
Terada D; Voet ARD; Noguchi H; Kamata K; Ohki M; Addy C; Fujii Y; Yamamoto D; Ozeki Y; Tame JRH; Zhang KYJ
Scientific reports, Jul. 2017, Refereed
MISC
- Molecular mass diversity in primitive galectins and their role in cancer cell growth control
Kenichi Kamata; Yuki Fujii; Yukiko Ogawa; Marco Gerdol; Hiyori Hatazawa; Izuru Sasaki; Kenshin Sasaki; Hinata Kiyohara; Suzuna Yoshimoto; Namiho Matsuzaki; Keita Yamamoto; Mayuka Ohkawa; Satoshi Odo; Masao Yamada; Yasuhiro Ozeki
Jasco Report, Dec. 2025
Lead - β-Trefoil Lectins of the Family Mytilidae from a Comparative Perspective
Kenichi Kamata; Mayuka Ohkawa; Yuki Fujii; Yukiko Ogawa; Sultana Rajia; Suzuna Yoshimoto; Imtiaj Hasan; S.M Abe Kawsar; Ryuya Ishiwata; Shun Takakusaki; Ryuhei Hayashi; Daisuke Adachi; Takashi Hayashi; Masao Yamada; Bishnu Pada Chatterjee; Yasuhiro Ozeki
Trends In Carbohydrate Research, May 2023
Lead - 任意の構造や機能を有する人工タンパク質の設計
鎌田健一; 野口大貴; Arnout Voet
バイオサイエンスとインダストリー, Mar. 2022
Lead
Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
- Structural and Functional Analysis of a Novel H-type Lectin from Mytilisepta virgata
Kenichi Kamata; Yuki Fujii; Hideaki Fujita; Ryoya Ishida; Daisuke Adachi; Erik Kikuchi; Jeremy Tame; Kenshin Sasaki; Namiho Matsuzaki; Yasuhiro Ozeki
Glyco-Core Symposium 2025, Sep. 2025, Not invited - Structural analysis and engineering of β-trefoil lectins
Kenichi Kamata; Yuki Fujii; Yasuhiro Ozeki; Jeremy Tame; Arnout Voe
EBSA congress, Aug. 2023, Not invited - Structural analysis and engineering of mussel lectins
Kenichi Kamata
SFMBBM annual meeting, Nov. 2022, Not invited - Structural and functional analysis of mussel lectin SeviL
Kenichi Kamata; Yuki Fujii; Yasuhiro Ozeki; Jeremy Tame; Arnout Voet
British Biophysical Society Biennial Meeting, Jun. 2022, Not invited - Computational design of lectin
鎌田健一
Collegium for Comparative Glycomics, Aug. 2021, Not invited - Structure and comparison of two anti-cancer lectins from marine mussels
Kenichi Kamata; Kenji Mizutani; Katsuya Takahashi; Tsuyoshi Konuma; Takahisa Ikegami; Yuki Fujii; Yasuhiro Ozeki; Jeremy Tame
第20回日本蛋白質科学会年会, Not invited - Structural analysis of asialo-GM1 binding lectin SeviL
Kenichi Kamata; Katsuya Takahashi; Kenji Mizutani; Yuki Fujii; Hideaki Fujita; Tsuyoshi Konuma; Takahisa Ikegami; Yasuhiro Ozeki; Jeremy Tame
第38回日本糖質学会年会, Not invited - 新規人工タンパク質の作製と構造解析
鎌田健一; Arnout Voet; 野口 大貴; Jeremy Tame
平成29年度日本結晶学会年会, Not invited - 金属イオン結合人工タンパク質の構造解析
鎌田 健一; Arnout Voet; Jeremy Tame
第68回日本生物工学会大会, Not invited
Affiliated academic society
Research Themes
- Structural and functional analysis of a novel H-type lectin from Mytilisepta virgata
The Japan Science Society, The Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant, Apr. 2026 - Mar. 2027 - Establishment of recovery procedures on glycans for autoimmune neurological diseases by creation of artificail lectins
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2027
大関 泰裕; 山田 雅雄; 小川 由起子; 鎌田 健一; 宮西 伸光; 藤井 佑樹; J・R・H Tame - Development of artificial lectin recognizing the optional target ganglioside by combining experimental and computational science
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2027
藤井 佑樹; 小関 準; 大関 泰裕; 鎌田 健一; J・R・H Tame; 川嵜 達也 - Structural Study on the multimerization of multi-functional mucinbinding lectins
J-GlycoNet, Joint Research Program (Theme proposal Type), Apr. 2025 - Mar. 2026 - Structural and functional analysis of the toxic protein from Pleurocybella porrigens
Institute for Fermentation, Grant for young researchers, Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2025
Kenichi Kamata - Considering the Symbiotic Relationship between Soybean and Rhizobia from Lectins
Fuji Foundation for Protein Research, 研究助成若手研究者枠, Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2022
