Drs Edmond Fischer and Edwin Krebs submitted for publication a description of reversible protein phosphorylation

On Nov. 10. 1955, Dr. Edmond Fisher and Dr. Edwin Krebs of University of Washington’s School of Medicine submitted for publication a description of reversible protein phosphorylation.

In 1992, Drs. Fisher and Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their discovery of reversible protein phosphorylation, a chemical reaction that controls cellular action.

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Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Credit: Photos: ᄅ Nobel Foundation.