- The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for structural studies of the ribosome. - Thermus thermophilus is a thermophilic bacterium commonly used in structural biology due to the stability of its macromolecules. - Ramakrishnan, Steitz, and Yonath utilized ribosomal components from various organisms, including Thermus thermophilus and Haloarcula marismortui, for their prize-winning work.
Venkataram Ramakrishnan and his co- worker got the Nobel Prize in 2009. There investigation was on the structural characterization of Ribosomes and they used the experimental organism viz.
Asked in KPSC KAS Prelims 2014 · Topic: Cell (Ribosomes: Structure and Role in Protein Synthesis)
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