02 January 2011

Myoglobin

"This plasticine model, made by Sir John Kendrew, was the first ever model to be made of a protein molecule. Myoglobin is a protein containing iron that carries and stores oxygen in muscle cells. In 1957 John Kendrew (1917-1977) and Max Perutz (1914-2002) were able to produce a model of its 3-dimensional structure, for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1962."
Found at Science Museum, via A London Salamagundi.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Stan,

    Many more higher resolution protein structures can be found here:

    http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/home/home.do

    ---Dave

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  2. Are any cool pix from your lab online?

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