Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 Ubiquitin This is what the actual label looks like. It consists of a short polypeptide chain, a small protein that is so common in the cells of different organisms that it was early named ubiquitin, from the Latin ubique, ‘everywhere’. This protein…
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 The most common reason for miscarriage is an error when the mother’s and the father’s chromosomes are to be separated in the formation of sex cells. Ubiquitin-marking plays an important role here. The picture shows a calf embryo. How are sex cells…
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No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
moreThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1940
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
more“The Binding Change Mechanism”
Paul D. Boyer and John E. Walker have shown how the enzyme ATP synthase makes ATP. ATP synthase is found in chloroplast and mitochondrial membranes and in the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria. A difference in hydrogen ion concentration across the membrane drives the enzyme to synthesise ATP. Using chemical methods Paul Boyer proposed…
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