Haemoglobin model
- maker:
- Max Ferdinand Perutz
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
License
M.R.C. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. Enquiries to Science Museum, London
M.R.C. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge| Science Museum, London
M.R.C. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. Enquiries to Science Museum, London
M.R.C. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge| Science Museum, London
M.R.C. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. Enquiries to Science Museum, London
M.R.C. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge| Science Museum, London
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Haemoglobin model, with four movable sections, built in 1967, by Max Perutz
This model of haemoglobin was built in 1967 by Max Perutz (1914-2002) at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.
In 1937 Perutz began to use X-ray diffraction to uncover the biological function of haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells responsible for transporting oxygen. It took nearly twenty years for him to painstakingly solve this complex structure. This model was used in research to understand and compare the basic structure of the molecule to understand how it transported oxygen around the body.
Look closer
Haemoglobin modelDetails
- Category:
- Biochemistry
- Object Number:
- 2016-555
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), acrylic, paint and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 295 mm x 371 mm x 355 mm, 4.12 kg
- type:
- model and model - representation
- credit:
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
