Overview of the Laboratory
The laboratory for Protein Biochemistry & Protein Engineering
has introduced in Belgium the cutting edge technologies for protein and peptide
primary structure analysis. Sequence analysis on submicrogram amounts of material
was applied ever since 1982.
High precision mass spectrometric analysis of large biomolecules using electrospray
ionization and laser desorption mass spectrometry have recently widened
the scope of application in the field allowing detection of presumed
but so far unproven interactions between proteins and small sized ligands.
The laboratory is equiped with the most recent state-of-the-art equipment
for sequence analysis of proteins and peptides, for high precision mass
analysis of biomolecules and for X-ray crystallographic analysis. The
laboratory has also the necessary modern equipment for purification
of proteins and peptides, both at preparative and analytical scale.
The main field of research concerns redoxproteins involved in energy-generating
prokaryotic metabolic systems such as aerobic respiration, photosynthesis,
nitrate/nitrite and sulphate reduction.
The laboratory is a part of the
Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology.
| major facilities |
» X-Ray crystallography
» mass spectrometry
» N-terminal protein sequencing
» C-terminal protein sequencing
» molecular biology
» protein purification
| contact details | |
| Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry & Protein Engineering - Ghent University | |
|
K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35
B-9000 Gent Belgium |
tel.: 09 / 264 5273
fax: 09 / 264 5338 email: bart.devreese@ugent.be |
| how to reach us? |
By car
» follow highway E17 (coming from the direction Antwerpen or Kortrijk)
or highway E40 (coming from the direction Brussels or Oostende) until you reach Gent
» take exit GENT-UZ (University Hospital)
» when exiting the highway, go to the right and continue until the third traffic lights
» drive straight on for approximately 100 m and then turn right (Krijgslaan)
» drive straight on and follow the road to the right (Emile Clauslaan)
» you will find the K.L. Ledeganckstraat on the right
By train
» take the train to railwaystation Gent-Sint-Pieters
» leave the main building via the front exit
» go to the right
» take the third street on your left side (Parklaan, runs uphill)
» follow the Emile Clauslaan
» after a few 100 meters you will see the K.L. Ledeganckstraat on your right
» 100 m further, you will find the main entrance on your right (photo)
| further information |
For further information about Ghent and its university you
can visit the university website at
www.UGent.be.
At Ghent Online you can find
out more about the history of the city and its monuments.
