Chemist no. 157 of 350 · Biochemistry

Johann Deisenhofer

1943-GermanyNobel Chemistry 1988

Structure of photosynthetic reaction centre

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Johann Deisenhofer and the Photosynthetic Reaction Centre: The First Membrane Protein Structure

How Johann Deisenhofer solved the first membrane protein structure, the photosynthetic reaction centre, sharing the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Biography

Johann Deisenhofer: Complete Life and Legacy of a Structural Biologist

Life of Johann Deisenhofer, the Bavarian-born crystallographer who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the photosynthetic reaction centre.

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