Model, one of two

Made:
1967 in unknown
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Model, one of two, made by Dorothy M. Crowfoot Hodgkin c.1967, to show the structure of 2 zinc pig insulin crystals at a resolution of 2.8A

In 1935, Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-94), a British chemist and crystallographer, published the first X-ray photograph of insulin. Insulin is produced by the pancreas to break down sugars in the body. But Hodgkin and her team were unable to determine the 3-D structure of insulin until 1969, when this model was made. The larger metal balls in the model represent zinc, which was introduced chemically into the protein to decode the rest.

Details

Category:
Biotechnology
Object Number:
1991-286/2
Materials:
steel (metal), copper (alloy), plastic (unidentified) and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 16 kg
type:
model - representation
credit:
Prof. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Parts

Section of molecular model

Section of molecular model

Section of molecular model and three bolts from 2 zinc pig insulin crystals at a resolution of 2.8A model made by Dorothy M. Crowfoot Hodgkin c.1967.

Measurements:
overall (model component): 30 mm x 90 mm x 55 mm,
overall (bolt, each): 3 mm 5 mm,
Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1991-286/2/1
type:
section of insulin model and three bolts
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Allen Key for Model, one of two, made by Dorothy M. Crowfoot Hodgkin c.1967, to show the structure of 2 zinc pig insulin crystals at a resolution of 2.8A

Allen Key for Dorothy Crowfoot Hodkin model of pig insulin

Allen Key for Model, one of two, made by Dorothy M. Crowfoot Hodgkin c.1967, to show the structure of 2 zinc pig insulin crystals at a resolution of 2.8A

Object Number:
1991-286/2/3
type:
allen key
Component connector parts of model, one of two, made by Dorothy M. Crowfoot Hodgkin c.1967, to show the structure of 2 zinc pig insulin crystals at a resolution of 2.8A

Component connector part

Component connector parts of model, one of two, made by Dorothy M. Crowfoot Hodgkin c.1967, to show the structure of 2 zinc pig insulin crystals at a resolution of 2.8A

Object Number:
1991-286/2/4
type:
component

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