1907 ⟶ Fischer Synthesizes Peptide Amino Acid Chains
Hermann Emil Fischer artificially synthesized peptide amino ...
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🧬 Hermann Emil Fischer Proposes Purine Structure and Studies Sugars
Hermann Emil Fischer proposes structure of purine, a key structure in many biomolecules, which he later synthesized in 1898. Also begins work on the chemistry of glucose and related sugars.⟶
ChemistryOrganic ChemistryBiochemistryPurinesSugarsHermann Emil FischerMolecular Structure19th Century
Germany🔬 Fischer Synthesizes Peptide Amino Acid Chains
Hermann Emil Fischer artificially synthesized peptide amino acid chains and thereby shows that amino acids in proteins are connected by amino group-acid group bonds.⟶
BiochemistryOrganic ChemistryHermann Emil FischerProteinsAmino AcidsPeptidesSynthesisEarly 20th Century
Germany💊 Reichstein Synthesizes Vitamin C
Tadeus Reichstein artificially synthesized vitamin C; first vitamin synthesis.⟶
Organic ChemistryVitamin CReichsteinVitamin SynthesisBiochemistryNutritional SciencePharmaceuticals20th Century Chemistry
Switzerland🧬 Chromatographic Analysis of Insulin's Amino Acid Sequence
Fred Sanger, Hans Tuppy completed their chromatographic analysis of the insulin amino acid sequence.⟶
BiologyBiochemistryProtein SequencingInsulinFred SangerChromatographyAmino AcidsMolecular Biology
United Kingdom🧪 Frederick Sanger: Protein Sequence Determination
Frederick Sanger: demonstrated that proteins are sequences of amino acids⟶
BiochemistryProtein StructureAmino AcidsMolecular BiologyCambridgeSanger1950sAnalytical ChemistryOrganic ChemistryScientific Method
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