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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1966 - US President's National Medal of Science "For original discoveries of molecular mechanisms for the transfer and transformation of energy in living cells, and for fundamental contributions to the conceptual structure of modern biochemistry.", Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 6, 1967.
  • 1960 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1953 - Nobel Prize for his discovery of co-enzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism
  • 1950 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Fritz Lipmann was a scientist affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research focused on molecular mechanisms related to energy transfer and transformation in living cells, which contributed to the development of modern biochemistry concepts.

Lipmann received multiple distinctions during their career, including the Nobel Prize in 1953 for the discovery of co-enzyme A and its significance in intermediary metabolism. They were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1960 and became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1950.

In 1966, Lipmann was awarded the US President's National Medal of Science. The award citation recognized their original discoveries concerning molecular mechanisms for energy transfer and transformation in living cells, along with fundamental contributions to the conceptual structure of modern biochemistry. The medal was presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 6, 1967.

Best Publications

  • A SPECIFIC MICROMETHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ACYL PHOSPHATES

    Fritz Lipmann;L. Constance Tuttle

  • REVERSIBLE INHIBITION OF THE COUPLING BETWEEN PHOSPHORYLATION AND OXIDATION

    W. F. Loomis;Fritz Lipmann

  • The effect of arsenate on aerobic phosphorylation.

    Robert K. Crane;Fritz Lipmann

  • Coenzyme A function in and acetyl transfer by the phosphotransacetylase system.

    E.R. Stadtman;G. David Novelli;Fritz Lipmann

  • ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE-LINKED CONCENTRATION OF CALCIUM IONS IN A PARTICULATE FRACTION OF RABBIT MUSCLE

    Unknown

  • CARBAMYL PHOSPHATE, THE CARBAMYL DONOR IN ENZYMATIC CITRULLINE SYNTHESIS1

    M. E. Jones;L. Spector;F. Lipmann

  • On the role of soluble ribonucleic acid in coding for amino acids.

    Francois Chapeville;Fritz Lipmann;Günter von Ehrenstein;Bernard Weisblum

  • The assay and distribution of coenzyme A.

    Nathan O. Kaplan;Fritz Lipmann

  • ACETYLATION OF SULFANILAMIDE BY LIVER HOMOGENATES AND EXTRACTS

    Fritz Lipmann

  • Amino Acid Transfer from Aminoacyl-Ribonucleic Acids to Protein on Ribosomes of Escherichia Coli

    Daniel Nathans;Fritz Lipmann

  • The isolation of a tryptophan-activating enzyme from pancreas.

    Earl W. Davie;Victor V. Koningsberger;Fritz Lipmann

  • Experiments on hemoglobin biosynthesis.

    Günter von Ehrenstein;Fritz Lipmann

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF A RIBOSOME-LINKED GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE IN ESCHERICHIA COLI EXTRACTS.

    Thomas W. Conway;Fritz Lipmann

  • Isolation and identification of active sulfate.

    Phillips W. Robbins;Fritz Lipmann

  • Biological sulfate activation and transfer.

    Unknown

  • ACETYL PHOSPHATE: CHEMISTRY, DETERMINATION, AND SYNTHESIS

    Fritz Lipmann;L. Constance Tuttle

  • Attempts to map a process evolution of peptide biosynthesis.

    Unknown

  • Coenzyme for acetylation, a pantothenic acid derivative.

    Lipmann F;Kaplan No

  • Fermentation of Phosphogluconic Acid

    Fritz Lipmann

  • Metabolic Generation and Utilization of Phosphate Bond Energy

    Unknown

  • Separation of acetyl transfer enzymes in pigeon liver extract.

    T.C. Chou;Fritz. Lipmann

  • THE UNCOUPLING OF RESPIRATION AND PHOSPHORYLATION BY THYROID HORMONES.

    Frederic L. Hoch;Fritz Lipmann

  • Comparison of guanosine triphosphate split and polypeptide synthesis with a purified E. coli system.

    Yasutomi Nishizuka;Fritz Lipmann

  • Mechanism of activation by adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate of a protein phosphokinase from rabbit reticulocytes.

    Unknown

  • GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS FROM GLUCOSE, GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE, AND URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE IN MUSCLE PREPARATIONS.

    Phillips W. Robeins;Robert R. Traut;Fritz Lipmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Ellen Jones
Mary Ellen Jones University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nathan O. Kaplan
Nathan O. Kaplan Harvard University
Paul C. Zamecnik
Paul C. Zamecnik Harvard University
Paul A. Srere
Paul A. Srere The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Lowell P. Hager
Lowell P. Hager University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert K. Crane
Robert K. Crane Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
S. Harvey Mudd
S. Harvey Mudd MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Robert S. Bandurski
Robert S. Bandurski Michigan State University
Bernard Weisblum
Bernard Weisblum University of Wisconsin–Madison
James H. Schwartz
James H. Schwartz Columbia University

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