Andrew_David_McLachlan

Andrew David McLachlan

Andrew David McLachlan

British scientist (1935–2022)

Andrew David McLachlan FRS[1] (25 January 1935 – 8 July 2022) was a British scientist who worked in the areas of theoretical chemistry and molecular biology.

McLachlan studied mathematics at Cambridge[2] before moving in to theoretical chemistry where his research was concerned with electron spin.[3] Following time at Cambridge and Caltech, he made the move in to molecular biology at the MRC LMB in 1967.[4] There he initially worked with Max Perutz on haemoglobin, before moving on to studying the sequence[5] and structure[6] of other protein types (such as muscle protein tropomyosin[7][8]). He retired in 2006.

McLachlan was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989.[2]

References

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    Stone, A. J.; Stewart, M.; Eisenberg, D. S.; Crowther, R. A. (2023). "Andrew David McLachlan. 25 January 1935—8 July 2022". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 75. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2023.0014. S2CID 260900565.
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    Trinity College Cambridge (19 July 2022). "Tributes paid to Dr Andrew McLachlan".
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    McLachlan, A.D. (1958). "Hyperconjugation in the electron resonance spectra of free radicals". Molecular Physics. 1 (3): 233–240. Bibcode:1958MolPh...1..233M. doi:10.1080/00268975800100291.
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    "LMB News: Andrew McLachlan (1935 – 2022)". 15 July 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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    McLachlan, A.D. (1971). "Tests for comparing related amino-acid sequences. Cytochrome c and cytochrome c551". Journal of Molecular Biology. 61 (2): 409–424. doi:10.1016/0022-2836(71)90390-1. PMID 5167087.
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    McLachlan, A.D. (1972). "Repeating sequences and gene duplication in proteins". Journal of Molecular Biology. 64 (2): 417–437. doi:10.1016/0022-2836(72)90508-6. PMID 5023183.
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    STEWART, MURRAY; MCLACHLAN, A. D. (1975). "Fourteen actin-binding sites on tropomyosin?". Nature. 257 (5524): 331–333. Bibcode:1975Natur.257..331S. doi:10.1038/257331a0. PMID 1161036. S2CID 4222459.
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    McLachlan, A.D.; Stewart, Murray; Smillie, L.B. (1975). "Sequence repeats in α-tropomyosin". Journal of Molecular Biology. 98 (2): 281–291. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(75)80118-5. PMID 1195388.
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