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Which of the following contributions of G.N. Ramachandran,is the most renowned in the field of structural biology?

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a

discovering the double helix structure of DNA 

b

Developing the Ramachandran plot for analyzing allowed conformations of proteins 

c

Identifying the primary structure of proteins as sequences of amino acids

d

Introducing the use of X-ray crystallography for studying protein structures

answer is B.

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G.N. RAMACHANDRAN, an outstanding figure in the field of protein structure. His discovery of the triple helical structure of collagen published in Nature in 1954 and his analysis of the allowed conformations of proteins through the use of the ‘Ramachandran plot’ rank among the most outstanding contributions in structural biology.

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