The Ninth International Conference on Methods in Protein Sequence
Analysis was held for the first time in Asia from September 20 to
September 24, 1992 in Otsu (a city near Kyoto), Japan. Approximately 400
delegates attended the meeting. Forty papers were presented orally and
147 poster presentations were discussed. Academic sessions were held
from early in the morning until late in the evening. We are confident
that the Conference was successful in providing up-to-date information
about methods in protein sequence analysis to all participants.
Moreover, with the knowledge and understanding of the present standard
of various methods of analysis that are being used and will be used, we
were able to clarify areas that need to be evaluated, to be improved and
be explored further. Major topics in the Conference mostly covered areas
in the methodology of protein sequence analysis, such as:
micropreparation and microsequencing of proteins, mass spectrometry,
post-translational modification, prediction and database analysis, and
analysis of protein structures of special interests. The evolution of
genetic engineering in molecular biology has greatly accelerated the
accumulation of knowledge on the amino acid sequence of novel proteins
regardless of whether they are expressed or not expressed in living
organisms. In the early stage of accumulation of structural information,
the amino acid sequence itself is worthy of notice.
