Edwin G. Krebs
American biochemist (1918–2009) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edwin Gerhard Krebs (June 6, 1918 – December 21, 2009) was an American biochemist. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize of Columbia University in 1989 together with Alfred Gilman and, together with his collaborator Edmond H. Fischer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes.
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Edwin Gerhard Krebs | |
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Born | (1918-06-06)June 6, 1918 |
Died | December 21, 2009(2009-12-21) (aged 91) |
Alma mater | University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (B.S.), Washington University in St. Louis (M.D.) |
Awards | Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1989) Welch Award in Chemistry (1991) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1992) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | biochemistry |
Institutions | University of Washington, Seattle University of California, Davis Washington University School of Medicine |
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Not to be confused with Hans Krebs (biochemist), who was also a Nobel Prize–winning biochemist and who discovered the citric acid cycle.