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Encyclopedia > Alan R. Battersby

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. The Fellowship of the Royal Society was founded in 1660. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds. ... Cyanocobalamin is a compound that is metabolized to a vitamin in the B complex commonly known as vitamin B12 (or B12 for short). ... An alkaloid is a nitrogenous organic molecule that has a pharmacological effect on humans and other animals. ... The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. ...

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Birth and academic career

Alan R. Battersby was born in 1925 in the United Kingdom. He is a Professor at Cambridge University. Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...


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] Past winners of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry: 1978 Carl Djerassi 1979 Herman F. Mark 1980 Henry Eyring 1981 Joseph Chatt 1982 John C. Polanyi, George C. Pimentel 1983/4 Herbert S. Gutowsky, Harden M. McConnell, John A. Waugh 1984/5 Rudolph A. Marcus 1986 Elias James Corey, Albert Eschenmoser... The ETH Zurich, often called Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, is a science and technology university in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. ...


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  1. ^ The Wolf Prize in Chemistry

References

  • Leonard, Nelson J. (2006). More than a Memoir. Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 1-599-26791-8. OCLC 70668216. 
  • Milgrom, Lionel R. (1997). The Colours of Life: an Introduction to the Chemistry of Porphyrins and Related Compounds. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-198-55380-3. OCLC 35172533. 
  • University of Cambridge Office of Communications (2000-06-07). Lifetime Achievement Award for Cambridge Chemist. News and Events. University of Cambridge. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.

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