Franz Knoop
Franz Knoop | |
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Born | Shanghai, China | September 20, 1875
Died | August 2, 1946 Tübingen, Germany | (aged 70)
Scientific career | |
Fields | biochemistry |
Georg Franz Knoop (20 September 1875, Shanghai – 2 August 1946, Tübingen) was a German biochemist, most well known for his discovery of the β-oxidation of the fatty acids in 1905.[1][2]
Alongside Hans Adolf Krebs and Carl Martius, he clarified the reaction sequence of the citric acid cycle in 1937.[citation needed] He determined the structure of histidine and demonstrated that amino acids can be synthesized not only in plants, but also in animals.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Knoop, Franz (1904). "Der Abbau aromatischer Fettsäuren im Tierkörper". Beitr Chem Physiol Pathol. 6: 150–162.
- ^ Houten, Sander Michel; Wanders, Ronald J. A. (2 March 2010). "A general introduction to the biochemistry of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation". Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 33 (5): 469–477. doi:10.1007/s10545-010-9061-2. PMC 2950079. PMID 20195903.
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- German biochemists
- Citric acid cycle