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'Sir Alan Rushton Battersby' FRS (b. 1925) is a retired organic chemist known for his work on the genetic blueprint, structure, and synthetic pathway of Cyanocobalamin. This came in collaboration with a partner and also in relation to work on plant alkaloids. He won the Copley Medal in 2000 and has also won other awards.
Alan R. Battersby was born in 1925 in the United Kingdom. He is a Professor at Cambridge University.
Alan R. Battersby is know for his research on the biosynthesis of the 'pigments of life' haem, chlorophyll and vitamin B12, that are built on closely related tetrapyrrolic structural frameworks. Alan Battersby has demonstrated and elucidated the essential role played by two enzymes, deaminase and cosynthetase, in the construction of the tetrapyrrolic ring with its specific structural features.
He was awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry along with Duilio Arigoni of ETH Zurich in 1989 for "their fundamental contributions to the elucidation of the mechanism of enzymic reactions and of the biosynthesis of natural products, in particular the pigments of life".[1]
1. The Wolf Prize in Chemistry
★ More than a Memoir, Leonard, Nelson J., , , Xlibris Corporation, 2006,
★ The Colours of Life: an Introduction to the Chemistry of Porphyrins and Related Compounds, Milgrom, Lionel R., , , Oxford University Press, 1997,
★ Lifetime Achievement Award for Cambridge Chemist University of Cambridge Office of Communications
★ The 1989 Wolf Foundation Prize in Chemistry Wolf Foundation Prize Committee for Chemistry
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★ Copley Medal site
★ The Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1989 (detail)
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| Birth and academic career |
| Research |
| Notes |
| References |
| External links |
Birth and academic career
Alan R. Battersby was born in 1925 in the United Kingdom. He is a Professor at Cambridge University.
Research
Alan R. Battersby is know for his research on the biosynthesis of the 'pigments of life' haem, chlorophyll and vitamin B12, that are built on closely related tetrapyrrolic structural frameworks. Alan Battersby has demonstrated and elucidated the essential role played by two enzymes, deaminase and cosynthetase, in the construction of the tetrapyrrolic ring with its specific structural features.
He was awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry along with Duilio Arigoni of ETH Zurich in 1989 for "their fundamental contributions to the elucidation of the mechanism of enzymic reactions and of the biosynthesis of natural products, in particular the pigments of life".[1]
Notes
1. The Wolf Prize in Chemistry
References
★ More than a Memoir, Leonard, Nelson J., , , Xlibris Corporation, 2006,
★ The Colours of Life: an Introduction to the Chemistry of Porphyrins and Related Compounds, Milgrom, Lionel R., , , Oxford University Press, 1997,
★ Lifetime Achievement Award for Cambridge Chemist University of Cambridge Office of Communications
★ The 1989 Wolf Foundation Prize in Chemistry Wolf Foundation Prize Committee for Chemistry
External links
★
★ Copley Medal site
★ The Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1989 (detail)
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