生物體內有上千萬個獨特的蛋白質分子在做工,促成了自然界多彩多姿的生命。蛋白質分子就好像螺絲起子、掃把、漏斗等日常生活用品一樣,不同的蛋白質分子以其特殊外型來發揮功用。因此,探索一個蛋白質分子的三度空間構造可以讓我們更加了解它在生物體內具有的功用,此蛋白質分子的結構資訊更可以被應用於設計與開發新型藥物。
我們實驗室專長於生產、純化、設計重組蛋白質,並致力於研究蛋白質結構與功能。實驗室主要研究技術包括蛋白質結晶、生化暨生物物理分析、電子顯微鏡單分子重建。運用上述現代結構生物學最新技術,我們研究負責清除細胞內蛋白質之機轉(包括自噬及巨噬作用等)的大型蛋白質降解機器以及設計能抑制這些生物巨分子功能的小分子藥物。
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