John E. Walker
British chemist (born 1941)
University of Cambridge
Halifax
Sir John Ernest Walker is a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997. As of 2015 Walker is Emeritus Director and Professor at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit in Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
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Sir John Ernest Walker is a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997. As of 2015 Walker is Emeritus Director and Professor at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit in Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Affiliation
University of Cambridge
Top Publications
- Distantly related sequences in the alpha‐ and beta‐subunits of ATP synthase, myosin, kinases and other ATP‐requiring enzymes and a common nucleotide binding fold. (1982) - 5,375 citations
- Structure at 2.8 Â resolution of F1-ATPase from bovine heart mitochondria (1994) - 3,048 citations
- Over-production of Proteins inEscherichia coli: Mutant Hosts that Allow Synthesis of some Membrane Proteins and Globular Proteins at High Levels (1996) - 1,991 citations
- Molecular Architecture of the Rotary Motor in ATP Synthase (1999) - 1,289 citations
- Cloning and sequencing of the cDNA encoding a core protein of the paired helical filament of Alzheimer disease: identification as the microtubule-associated protein tau. (1988) - 1,169 citations
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- Full name
- John E. Walker
- Born
- 1941-01-07
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-7929-2162
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5007387177
Research interests
- ATP Synthase and ATPases Research, Enzyme Structure and Function, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
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- 5,375OpenAlex citations
- 3,048OpenAlex citations
- 1,991OpenAlex citations
- 1,289OpenAlex citations
- Cloning and sequencing of the cDNA encoding a core protein of the paired helical filament of Alzheimer disease: identification as the microtubule-associated protein tau. ↗1988 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1,169OpenAlex citations
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- Cloning and sequencing of the cDNA encoding a core protein of the paired helical filament of Alzheimer disease: identification as the microtubule-associated protein tau. ↗1988 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Awards & honors
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1997) — for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
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