Hideo Mōri is a Japanese biologist. He is best known for the discovery of tubulin.[1]
Hideo Mōri | |
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毛利秀雄 | |
| Born | June 6, 1930 |
| Citizenship | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Employer(s) | University of Tokyo National Institute for Basic Biology |
| Relatives | Baron Gorō Mōri (grandfather) Duke Motonori Mōri (great grand father) |
| Family | Mōri clan |
| Website | https://www.nibb.ac.jp/sections/nibb_emeritus_prof/emeritus_prof/detail/mohri.html |
Life
editHe was born on 6 June 1930. He is the great-grandson of Duke Sadahiro Mōri, the 28th head of the Mōri clan. He is also related to the Tokugawa clan through his grandmother Masako, who was a sister of Marquess Yoshichika Tokugawa, the botanist. His maternal grandmother, Ariko, was the daughter of the founder of Shiseido, Arinobu Fukuhara, and through him, he is related to the Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Ryoji Noyori.[2]
He graduated from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology in 1953. His specialisation was in reproductive biology and animal physiological chemistry. He continued research on sperm at the graduate school of his alma mater and the university's Misaki Marine Biological Centre from 1968 to 1990. He elucidated the constituent proteins of the sperm flagellum's structural body (cytoskeleton).[3] In 1968, he determined the amino acid composition of the microtubule's constituent proteins and named it tubulin.[4] From 1987 to 1989, he served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1991, he retired from the University of Tokyo and was conferred the title of professor emeritus.
References
edit- ^ 日本人名大辞典+Plus,世界大百科事典内言及, デジタル版. "毛利秀雄(もうり ひでお)とは？ 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ Hideo, Mohri (2010). The Pursuit of Biology. Minerva house. ISBN 9784623057535.
- ^ 株式会社ローソンエンタテインメント. "毛利秀雄｜プロフィール｜HMV&BOOKS online". HMV&BOOKS online (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ Mohri, H. (1968-03-16). "Amino-acid composition of "Tubulin" constituting microtubules of sperm flagella". Nature. 217 (5133): 1053–1054. doi:10.1038/2171053a0. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 4296139.