Joel Sussman
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Joel L. Sussman is an Israeli crystallographer best known for his studies on acetylcholinesterase, a key protein involved in transmission of nerve signals. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he is the Morton and Gladys Pickman Professor of Structural Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, ISRAEL and the Director of the Israel Structural Proteomics Center.[1]
He was the Director of the Brookhaven Protein Data Bank from 1994-1999. In 2006, Sussman (together with H. Soreq and I. Silman) he was the recipient of the TEVA Founders Award for Breakthroughs in Molecular Medicine and in 2005 (together with I. Silman), he was the recipient of the Samuel and Paula Elkeles Prize for Outstanding Scientist in Medicine in Israel.
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- Sussman, J.L., Harel, M., Frolow, F., Oefner, C., Goldman, A., Toker, L. & Silman, I. (1991) "Atomic structure of acetylcholinesterase from Torpedo californica: a prototypic acetylcholine-binding protein". Science 253, pp. 872-879. PMID 1678899
- Weik, M., Ravelli, R.B.G., Kryger, G., McSweeney, S., Raves, M., Harel, M., Gros, P., Silman, I., Kroon, J. & Sussman, J.L. (2000) "Specific chemical and structural damage to proteins produced by synchrotron radiation" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, pp. 623-628. PMID 10639129
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