# Christian B. Anfinsen Back to [[Ribosome Pausing and Cotranslational Folding]] · [[Research and Evidence]] **Role:** Biochemist (NIH); Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1972 - [Anfinsen 1973](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.181.4096.223), "Principles that govern the folding of protein chains": the sequence encodes the native fold. The cotranslational timing work refines, rather than overturns, this principle; the post's "same sequence, completely different result" applies to specific proteins, not as a rule. ⚠️ Affiliations are from general knowledge and were not rechecked for this note; the papers linked were verified via CrossRef or the publisher.