Chemist no. 169 of 350 · Biochemistry

Jens Christian Skou

1918-2018DenmarkNobel Chemistry 1997

Discovery of Na+,K+-ATPase

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Jens Christian Skou and the Discovery of the Sodium-Potassium Pump

How Jens C. Skou discovered Na+,K+-ATPase in 1957, the first ion pump enzyme. Mechanism, stoichiometry and exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Jens Christian Skou: The Physician Who Found the Sodium Pump

Biography of Jens Christian Skou, Danish physician who discovered the sodium-potassium pump and won half of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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