John Kendrew

John Cowdery Kendrew
Premio Nobel per la chimica 1962

Sir John Cowdery Kendrew (Oxford, 24 marzo 1917 – Cambridge, 23 agosto 1997) è stato un biochimico e cristallografo inglese, vincitore, insieme a Max Perutz, del premio Nobel per la chimica nel 1962, per gli studi effettuati sulle strutture delle proteine globulari quali emoglobina e mioglobina tramite l'utilizzo di tecniche di diffrazione dei raggi X.^[1]

Onorificenze

Commendatore dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico

Pubblicazioni principali

JC Kendrew, The structure of globular proteins, in Comparative biochemistry and physiology, vol. 4, 2–4, ottobre 1962, pp. 249–52, DOI:10.1016/0010-406X(62)95009-9, ISSN 0010-406X (WC · ACNP), PMID 14031911.
JC Kendrew, The three-dimensional structure of a protein molecule, in Scientific American, vol. 205, n. 6, dicembre 1961, pp. 96–110, DOI:10.1038/scientificamerican1261-96, ISSN 0036-8733 (WC · ACNP), PMID 14455128.
HC Watson e JC Kendrew, The amino-acid sequence of sperm whale myoglobin. Comparison between the amino-acid sequences of sperm whale myoglobin and of human hemoglobin, in Nature, vol. 190, n. 4777, maggio 1961, pp. 670–2, Bibcode:1961Natur.190..670W, DOI:10.1038/190670a0, ISSN 0028-0836 (WC · ACNP), PMID 13783432.
JC Kendrew, HC Watson, BE Strandberg, RE Dickerson, DC Phillips e VC Shore, The amino-acid sequence x-ray methods, and its correlation with chemical data, in Nature, vol. 190, n. 4777, maggio 1961, pp. 666–70, Bibcode:1961Natur.190..666K, DOI:10.1038/190666a0, ISSN 0028-0836 (WC · ACNP), PMID 13752474.
JC Kendrew, Structure and function in myoglobin and other proteins, in Federation proceedings, vol. 18, 2, Part 1, luglio 1959, pp. 740–51, ISSN 0014-9446 (WC · ACNP), PMID 13672267.
JC Kendrew, G Bodo, HM Dintzis, RG Parrish, H Wyckoff e DC Phillips, A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by x-ray analysis, in Nature, vol. 181, n. 4610, marzo 1958, pp. 662–6, Bibcode:1958Natur.181..662K, DOI:10.1038/181662a0, ISSN 0028-0836 (WC · ACNP), PMID 13517261.
DJ Ingram e JC Kendrew, Orientation of the haem group in myoglobin and its relation to the polypeptide chain direction, in Nature, vol. 178, n. 4539, ottobre 1956, pp. 905–6, Bibcode:1956Natur.178..905I, DOI:10.1038/178905a0, ISSN 0028-0836 (WC · ACNP), PMID 13369569.
JC Kendrew e RG Parris, Imidazole complexes of myoglobin and the position of the haem group, in Nature, vol. 175, n. 4448, gennaio 1955, pp. 206–7, Bibcode:1955Natur.175..206K, DOI:10.1038/175206b0, ISSN 0028-0836 (WC · ACNP), PMID 13235845.
JC Kendrew, RG Parrish, JR Marrack e ES Orlans, The species specificity of myoglobin, in Nature, vol. 174, n. 4438, novembre 1954, pp. 946–9, Bibcode:1954Natur.174..946K, DOI:10.1038/174946a0, ISSN 0028-0836 (WC · ACNP), PMID 13214049.
JC Kendrew, Foetal haemoglobin, in Endeavour, vol. 8, n. 30, aprile 1949, pp. 80–5, ISSN 0160-9327 (WC · ACNP), PMID 18144277.
John C. Kendrew, The thread of life: an introduction to molecular biology, Londra, Bell & Hyman, 1966, ISBN 978-0-7135-0618-1.

Note

^ (EN) Il premio Nobel per la chimica del 1962, su nobelprize.org. URL consultato il 5 dicembre 2007.

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Collegamenti esterni

Kendrew, John Cowdery, su Treccani.it – Enciclopedie on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
(EN) Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, su Enciclopedia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
(EN) John Kendrew, su nobelprize.org.
(EN) John Kendrew, su Mathematics Genealogy Project, North Dakota State University.

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[1] (EN) Il premio Nobel per la chimica del 1962, su nobelprize.org. URL consultato il 5 dicembre 2007.

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