Bernard Horecker
Bernard Horecker · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who helped elucidate the pentose phosphate pathway
1914, Chicago, Illinois, USA — 2010
United States · Italy
Bernard Horecker is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist who helped elucidate the pentose phosphate pathway
Horecker was an American biochemist who did much of the enzymatic work that elucidated the pentose phosphate pathway, a central route of glucose metabolism, characterizing enzymes such as transaldolase and transketolase. His research illuminated how cells generate reducing power and pentose sugars for biosynthesis. He is documented as being of Jewish heritage.
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Biochemist who helped elucidate the pentose phosphate pathway
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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