Professional Information

Researcher

Professional degree:

Academic degree:
Lic. en Agronomía.  1995, Nihon University, Japón
Magíster en Ciencias.  1997, Yokohama City University, Japón
Doctor en Agronomía.  2000, Nihon University, Japón

Research Interest

Yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus) is characterized by its high protein content in the grain, surpassing to soybean. Thus, the grain contributes to supply one of the good sources of protein for animal and human. To improve functional properties of the protein, I have begun to study the clarification of the compositions and digestibility of proteins in the grain of yellow lupin by proteomic techniques. In addition I dedicate part of my investigation in the development of methods to create a new type of food for human using the flour, protein concentrates, and protein isolates of yellow lupin.

Publications

Onuma, H., Osawa, H., Ogura, T., Tanabe, F., Nishida W., and Makino, H. (2005) A newly identified 50 kDa protein, which is associated with phosphodiesterase 3B, is phosphorylated by insulin in rat adipocytes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 337, 976-982.

Ogura, T., Osawa, H., Tang, Y., Onuma, H., Ochi, M., Nishimiya, T., Kubota, N., Terauchi, Y., Kadowaki, T., and Makino, H. (2003) Reduction of phosphodiesterase 3B gene expression in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g (+/-) mice indipendent of adipocyte size. FEBS Lett. 542, 65-68.