历年诺贝尔化学奖获奖者介绍【1970】 LuisLeloir
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历年诺贝尔化学奖获奖者介绍【1970】LuisLeloir
Facts
name: LuisLeloir
Paris, France
Affiliation at the time of the award: Institute for Biochemical Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina Prize motivation: "for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates."
Prize share: 1/1
Life
Work
Carbohydrates, including sugars and starches, are of paramount importance to the life processes of organisms. Luis Leloir demonstrated that
nucleotides - molecules that also constitute the building blocks of DNA molecules - are crucial
when carbohydrates are generated and converted. In 1949 Luis Leloir discovered that one type of sugar's conversion to another depends on a molecule that consists of a nucleotide and a type of sugar. He later showed that the generation of carbohydrates is not an inversion of metabolism, as
had been assumed previously, but processes with other steps.
Carbohydrates, including sugars and starches, are of paramount importance to the life processes of organisms. Luis Leloir demonstrated that
nucleotides - molecules that also constitute the building blocks of DNA molecules - are crucial
when carbohydrates are generated and converted. In 1949 Luis Leloir discovered that one type of sugar's conversion to another depends on a molecule that consists of a nucleotide and a type of sugar. He later showed that the generation of carbohydrates is not an inversion of metabolism, as
had been assumed previously, but processes with other steps.