Charles Gabriel Kurland (born 14 January 1936) is an American-born Swedish biochemist.

Kurland earned a doctorate in 1961 at Harvard University, advised by James D. Watson.[1][2] Kurland accepted a postdoctoral research position at the Microbiology Institute of the University of Copenhagen, then joined the Uppsala University faculty in 1971.[2] He retired from Uppsala in 2001, and was granted emeritus status.[3] He was later affiliated with Lund University.[2][4][5]

Research

Kurland's doctoral work dealt the structure of RNA,[6] and continued with the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA), work that also involved François Gros, Walter Gilbert and James Watson.[7] This was published simultaneously with the report by Sydney Brenner, François Jacob and Matthew Meselson of the same discovery.[8] It was followed by numerous papers concerned with ribosomal proteins[9][10]

In the later part of his career Kurland has been interested in the origins of mitochondria[11] and the tree of life.[12]

Academy memberships

Kurland was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1988 as a foreign member, and reclassified as a Swedish member in 2002.[13] The Estonian Academy of Sciences recognized his achievements in biochemistry, and awarded Kurland an equivalent honor in 1991.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Kurland, Charles, 1967 September 15-1974 May 22, 1967 September 15-1974 May 22". Harvard University. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Charles G. Kurland" (PDF). Annual International Gene Forum. 15 September 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Charles Gabriel Kurland". Estonian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Våra förfäder var glupska eukaryoter". Forskning (in Swedish). 29 May 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Charles Kurland". Lund University. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. ^ Kurland, C.G. (1960). "Molecular characterization of ribonucleic acid from Escherichia coli ribosomes: I. Isolation and molecular weights". J. Mol. Biol. 1 (2): 83–91. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(60)80029-0.
  7. ^ Gros, François; Hiatt, H.; Gilbert, Walter; Kurland, C.; Risebrough, R. W.; Watson, J. D. (1961). "Unstable ribonucleic acid revealed by pulse labelling of Escherichia coli". Nature. 190 (4776): 581–585. Bibcode:1961Natur.190..581G. doi:10.1038/190581a0.
  8. ^ Brenner, S.; Jacob, F.; Meselson, M. (1961). "An unstable intermediate carrying information from genes to ribosomes for protein synthesis". Nature. 190 (4776): 576–581. Bibcode:1961Natur.190..576B. doi:10.1038/190576a0.
  9. ^ Hardy, S. J. S.; Kurland, C. G.; Voynow, P.; Mora, G. (1969). "Ribosomal proteins of Escherichia coli. I. Purification of the 30 S ribosomal proteins". Biochemistry. 8 (7): 2897–2905. doi:10.1021/bi00835a031. PMID 4897206.
  10. ^ Gary, R.; Craven, P.; Hardy, S. J. S.; Kurland, C. G. (1969). "Ribosomal proteins of Escherichia coli. II. Chemical and physical characterization of the 30 S ribosomal proteins". Biochemistry. 8 (7): 2906–2915. doi:10.1021/bi00835a032. PMID 4897207.
  11. ^ Harish, Ajith; Kurland, C. G. (2017). "Mitochondria are not captive bacteria". J. Theor. Biol. 434: 88–98. Bibcode:2017JThBi.434...88H. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.07.011. PMID 28754286.
  12. ^ Harish, Ajith; Kurland, C. G. (2017). "Akaryotes and Eukaryotes are independent descendants of a universal common ancestor". Biochimie. 138: 168–183. doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2017.04.013. PMID 28461155.
  13. ^ "Charles Kurland". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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