John E. Walker(1941)
ChemistryJohn E. Walker is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1997) from United Kingdom. They have received 2 major awards in total. Their primary field is Chemistry. They were educated at St Catherine's College and Rastrick High School. They have been affiliated with University of Cambridge.
United Kingdom
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Major Awards
318
Publications
29,124
Citations
91
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Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
Interface mobility between monomers in dimeric bovine ATP synthase participates in the ultrastructure of inner mitochondrial membranes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2021)
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Recent Publications
View all worksInterface mobility between monomers in dimeric bovine ATP synthase participates in the ultrastructure of inner mitochondrial membranes
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Career History
Emeritus Director
Medical Research Council
Cambridge, GB
Research Funding
Proteomics of the Mitochondrion
Medical Research Council
ATP Synthase including Proteomics
Medical Research Council
Structure, mechanisms, regulation and assembly of ATP synthase
Medical Research Council
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
St Catherine's College
Rastrick High School
Doctoral Advisors
Joel R. MeyersonEdward Abraham
Career Timeline
University of Cambridge?–present
University of Wisconsin–Madison?–present
University of Oxford?–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)
Top Publications
Persistence of the mitochondrial permeability transition in the absence of subunit c of human ATP synthase
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences2017226 citations
Structure of the dimeric ATP synthase from bovine mitochondria
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences2020214 citations
Assembly of the membrane domain of ATP synthase in human mitochondria
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences2018184 citations
Permeability transition in human mitochondria persists in the absence of peripheral stalk subunits of ATP synthase
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences2017169 citations
Cardiolipin binds selectively but transiently to conserved lysine residues in the rotor of metazoan ATP synthases
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences2016131 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
FS
Frederick Sanger
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1980)
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Greg Winter
Copley Medal (2025)

Demis Hassabis
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024)

Martin Rees
Wolf Prize in Physics (2024)

K. Barry Sharpless
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2022)

John B. Goodenough
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2019)
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John Ellis
Copley Medal (2019)

Richard Henderson
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2017)
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