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Chemist
John E. Walker
Famoose for
Revealing the structure of ATP-producing molecular machinery.
ATP synthase structure
- Born
- 7 January 1941
- Birthplace
- Halifax
More people
John E. Walker
British chemist who shared the 1997 chemistry Nobel Prize for work on ATP synthase.
Early life
Yorkshire and Oxford
Grew up near Halifax and studied chemistry at Oxford, completing a doctorate in 1969.
Career
- 1969–1974
International research
Worked in Wisconsin and France.
- 1974
Cambridge
Joined the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
- 1978
Membrane proteins
Began applying protein chemistry to mitochondrial machinery.
- 1997
Nobel Prize
Received international recognition.
Contributions
ATP synthase structure
With colleagues including Andrew Leslie, revealed the catalytic region’s structure, supporting a rotary mechanism.
Beyond work
Family
Married Christina Westcott in 1963; they have two daughters.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Mogens Engelund. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.