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| Theorell found that the sugar-converting (yellow) enzyme isolated from yeast by Warburg consisted of two parts: a nonprotein enzyme (of vitamin B2 plus a phosphate group) and the protein apoenzyme. He went further to show that the coenzyme oxidizes glucose by removing a hydrogen atom, which attaches at a specific point on the vitamin molecule. This was the first detailed account of enzyme action. Theorell studied cytochrome (important in the electron-transport chain) and was the first to isolate crystalline myoglobin. His research on alcohol dehydrogenase resulted in the development of blood tests that may be used to determine alcohol levels. Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/hugo-theorell#ixzz2YEUZoVtp |
Axel Hugo Theorell born 7/6/1903 (dead1982)
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam
born 7/6 1859 (dead 1940)
A Swedish poet and novelist, a laureate of the
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1916.
He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912.
His poems and prose work are filled with a great
joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of
Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects.
Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verner_von_Heidenstam
