Chemist no. 121 of 350 · Biochemistry

James B. Sumner

1887-1955United StatesNobel Chemistry 1946

Crystallization of urease

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The discovery, explained

James B. Sumner and the Crystals That Proved Enzymes Are Proteins

How James B. Sumner crystallised the enzyme urease in 1926 and proved enzymes are proteins, winning the 1946 Chemistry Nobel. Clear notes for JAM, NET and GATE.

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Biography

James B. Sumner: The Determined Chemist Who Made Enzymes Crystallise

Life of James B. Sumner, the one-armed American biochemist who crystallised urease, proved enzymes are proteins and won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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