Krebs, Edwin

Krebs, Edwin, 1918–, American biologist. He and fellow Univ. of Washington professor Edmond Fischer discovered a biological regulatory mechanism, reversable protein phosphorylation, that affects nearly all human cells. For their work, Krebs and Fischer shared the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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