Name this molecule, being as specific as you can. There's a direct connection between today's molecule and a Nobel Prize. The prize was awarded for discovering the basic structure of the molecule, although not at the level of detail depicted here. That came later.
The first person to correctly identify the molecule and name the Nobel Laureate(s), wins a free lunch at the Faculty Club. Previous winners are ineligible for one month from the time they first collected the prize. There are four ineligible candidates for this week's reward. You know who you are.
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Nobel Laureates
Send your guess to Sandwalk (sandwalk (at) bioinfo.med.utoronto.ca) and I'll pick the first email message that correctly identifies the molecule and names the Nobel Laureate(s). Note that I'm not going to repeat Nobel Laureate(s) so you might want to check the list of previous Sandwalk postings by clicking on the link in the theme box.
Correct responses will be posted tomorrow. I may select multiple winners if several people get it right.
UPDATE: The molecule is immunoglobulin G (IgG) and the Nobel Laureates are Gerald Edelman and Rodney Porter (1972). The first correct answer was from Jon Turnbull who beat everyone else by more than one hour! Honorable mention (and a free lunch) goes to Haruhiko Ishii of UCSD. Not only did he identify the molecule as IgG, he also showed that it was very likely to be Mab231, a mouse monoclonal anti-canine lymphoma antibody composed of IGg2a heavy chains and κ light chains [PDB 1IGT].
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