Edmond Fischer shares the medicine prize for discovering reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism. His work showed how enzymes can be switched between active and inactive states by the addition or removal of phosphate groups.
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Edmond Henri Fischer
Nobel Prize history for Edmond Henri Fischer based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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