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James Batcheller Sumner (November 19, 1887 – August 12, 1955) was an American biochemist. He discovered that enzymes can be crystallized, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley . [3]
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 was divided, one half awarded to James Batcheller Sumner "for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized", the other half jointly to John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form"
James Batcheller Sumner was an American biochemist and corecipient, with John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley, of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Sumner was the first to crystallize an enzyme, an achievement that revealed the protein nature of enzymes.
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Facts. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. James Batcheller Sumner. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946. Born: 19 November 1887, Canton, MA, USA. Died: 12 August 1955, Buffalo, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Prize motivation: “for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized”
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 was divided, one half awarded to James Batcheller Sumner "for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized", the other half jointly to John Howard Northrop and Wendell Meredith Stanley "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form"
James B. Sumner. for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized. James Batcheller Sumner. US citizen. Born 19 November 1887, Canton, MA, USA. Died 12 August 1955 Buffalo, NY, USA. In 1906 Sumner entered Harvard College; he graduated in 1910, having specialized in chemistry.
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James Batcheller Sumner. 1887-1955. American Biochemist. On his way to winning the 1946 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, James B. Sumner overcame not only a physical handicap, but prevailing scientific opinion. At that time the received wisdom held that, first of all, it was impossible to isolate an enzyme, and furthermore, that enzymes were not ...
