Johann Deisenhofer

Johann Deisenhofer, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1943-09-30 in Zusamaltheim, Germany

Gender: male

Field: German biochemist

Biography

Johann Deisenhofer is a German biochemist who, along with Hartmut Michel and Robert Huber, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1988 for their determination of the first crystal structure of an integral membrane protein, a membrane-bound complex of proteins and co-factors that is essential to photosynthesis.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988

Awarded on: 1988-10-19

"for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre"

Affiliations:

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas – Dallas, TX, USA
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute – USA
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