John E. Walker Professions : Chemist Born : January 7, 1941 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by John E. Walker I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket. John E. Walker captains soccer school In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1964. John E. Walker degrees college oxford In 1995, I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. John E. Walker royal fellows My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist. John E. Walker masons stones father Biological energy comes from the sun. Light energy harvested by photosynthesis in chloroplasts and phototropic bacteria becomes stored in carbohydrates and fats. This stored energy can be released by oxidative metabolism in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and used as fuel for other biological processes. John E. Walker used light energy sun These studies resulted eventually in a complete sequence analysis of the complex from several species, and in the atomic resolution structure of the F catalytic domain of the enzyme from bovine mitochondria, giving new insights into how ATP is made in the biological world. John E. Walker new how giving world Similar Authors Auguste Laurent chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann chemist August Kekule chemist Ascanio Sobrero chemist Antoine Lavoisier chemist Antoine Bechamp chemist All Authors