1914–2002 Austrian-born British biochemist who determined the structure of the oxygen-binding protein haemoglobin by X-ray diffraction analysis.
Keywords: haemoglobin; X-ray diffraction; Kendrew; allosteric; porphyrin; sickle cell anaemia
Perutz, Max Ferdinand
Noel G Coley, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Published online: February 2002
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002895
| Further Reading | |
| Perutz MF (1963) X-ray analysis of haemoglobin (Nobel Address). Science 140: 863–869. | |
| Perutz MF (1978) Haemoglobin structure and respiratory transport. Scientific American 239: 92–125. | |
| Perutz MF (1980) Origins of molecular biology. New Scientist 85: 326–329. | |
| Perutz MF (1981) A sagacious scientist. New Scientist 90: 39. | |
| book Perutz MF (1989) Is Science Necessary? Essays on Science and Scientists. New York: Dutton. | |
| book Perutz MF (1998) I Wish I'd Made You Angry Earlier: Essays on Science, Scientists and Humanity. Plainview, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. | |
| book Hagan WJ (1993) In: James LK (ed.) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992, (History of Modern Chemistry Series), pp. 425–441. Washington DC: American Chemical Society and the Chemical Heritage Foundation. | |
