Johann Deisenhofer
Johann Deisenhofer | |
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| Born | September 30, 1943 |
| Citizenship | Germany and United States |
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| Awards | Max Delbruck Prize (1986) Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1989) Nobel Prize for Chemistry) (1988) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biophysics and biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Huber |
| Website | www |
Johann Deisenhofer (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈdaɪzn̩ˌhoːfɐ] ⓘ; born September 30, 1943) 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.