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Edmond Henri Fischer (April 6, 1920 – August 27, 2021) was a Swiss-American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were 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. [3]
Edmond H. Fischer was an American biochemist who was the corecipient with Edwin G. Krebs of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning reversible phosphorylation, a biochemical mechanism that governs the activities of cell proteins.
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1992 was awarded jointly to Edmond H. Fischer and Edwin G. Krebs "for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism"
Aug 27, 2021 · Edmond H. Fischer. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1992. Born: 6 April 1920, Shanghai, China. Died: 27 August 2021, Seattle, WA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism”
Sep 2, 2021 · Edmond H. Fischer, a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist whose help in discovering a fundamental regulatory mechanism in cells paved the way for the development of drugs for cancer, diabetes and...
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Sep 13, 2021 · Edmond Fischer discovered the first example of reversible protein phosphorylation, a process that regulates most aspects of cell life. Two classes of enzymes, protein kinases and...
Edmond H. Fischer was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his joint research with Edwin G. Krebs on reversible protein phosphorylation. The two Classics reprinted here relate some of Fischer and Krebs' early discoveries in their phosphorylase research.
