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Thomas A. Steitz

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Thomas A. Steitz

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Also known as Thomas Arthur Steitz, Thomas A Steitz, Thomas Steitz

American biochemist (1940–2018)

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Thomas A. Steitz was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his studies on the structure and function of the ribosome, the molecular machine in cells that makes proteins. His work helped scientists understand at the atomic level how cells build the proteins necessary for life, which has implications for medicine and biology.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2009

    “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”

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Instance of
human
Given name
Arthur
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Milwaukee
Place of death
Branford
Spouse
Joan A. Steitz
Occupation
biologist
Employer
Yale School of Medicine
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
William Lipscomb
Field of work
crystallography
Image
Thomas A. Steitz.jpg
Residence
United States
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Thomas A. Steitz
date of birth
1940-08-23
member of
American Association for the Advancement of Science
date of death
2018-10-09
name in native language
Thomas Arthur Steitz
medical condition
pancreatic cancer
cause of death
pancreatic cancer
manner of death
natural causes
ancestral home
Germany
interested in
biochemistry
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Thomas Arthur Steitz (August 23, 1940 – October 9, 2018) was an American biochemist, a Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, best known for his pioneering work on the ribosome.

Steitz was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome". Steitz also won the Gairdner International Award in 2007 "for his studies on the structure and function of the ribosome which showed that the peptidyl transferase (EC 2.3.2.12) was an RNA catalyzed reaction, and for revealing the mechanism of inhibition of this function by antibiotics".

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