Chemist no. 135 of 350 · Biochemistry

John Kendrew

1917-1997United KingdomNobel Chemistry 1962

Structure of myoglobin

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The discovery, explained

John Kendrew and Myoglobin: The First Three-Dimensional Picture of a Protein

How John Kendrew solved the first three-dimensional protein structure, sperm whale myoglobin, using X-ray crystallography and won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Biography

Sir John Cowdery Kendrew (1917-1997): The Scientist Who First Saw a Protein

Life of Sir John Kendrew (1917-1997): British structural biologist who solved myoglobin, shared the 1962 Chemistry Nobel and founded EMBL and EMBO.

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Academic lineage

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