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John Cowdery Kendrew
1917–1997 · United Kingdom · 20th century
Nobel Chemistry 1962
British biochemist who solved the first atomic-resolution protein structure, myoglobin, founding structural biology.
Nobel Prize work
Shared the prize with Max Perutz for studies of globular protein structures. Using X-ray crystallography, Kendrew resolved the three-dimensional structure of myoglobin in 1957 — the first protein structure ever determined at atomic resolution.
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Protein structure and function
A protein is a sequence that folds into a shape; its surface and flexibility help determine what it can bind or catalyse.
Cryo-EM, protein crystallography
Structural biologists infer molecular architecture from scattered electrons or X-ray diffraction, with distinct sample preparation and data-processing limits.