Who among the following was awarded the Nobel Prize for the major breakthrough in interpreting the genetic code and analyzing its function in protein synthesis?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Hargobind Khorana
Har Gobind Khorana, an Indian-born American biochemist, shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Robert W. Holley and Marshall W. Nirenberg for interpreting the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis. Khorana made chemically defined pieces of RNA and showed which three-letter codons stand for which amino acids; he later also made the first artificial gene.