What protein structure did Kendrew investigate?
Haem-containing proteins
Enzyme proteins
Hormone proteins
Collagen
Answer
Kendrew investigated haemo-containing proteins. In the 1950s, he and his colleagues were the first to determine the three-dimensional structure of myoglobin, a protein that stores oxygen in muscle cells. This discovery was a major breakthrough in the field of molecular biology and paved the way for the development of many other protein structures.
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