Global InformationSylvy Kornberg information
Sylvy Kornberg | |
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| Born | 1917 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 69) Portola Valley, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Rochester |
| Known for | research on DNA replication and polyphosphate synthesis |
| Spouse | Arthur Kornberg |
| Children | Roger Kornberg, Thomas B. Kornberg, Kenneth Kornberg |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | National Cancer Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, Stanford University |
| Academic advisors | Walter Bloor |
Sylvy Kornberg née Sylvia Ruth Levy (1917–1986) was an American biochemist who carried out research on DNA replication and polyphosphate synthesis.[1] She discovered and characterized polyphosphate kinase (PPK), an enzyme that helps build long chains of phosphate groups called polyphosphate (PolyP) that play a variety of metabolic and regulatory functions.[2] She worked closely with her husband and research partner, Arthur Kornberg, contributing greatly to the characterization of DNA polymerization that earned him the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.[3]
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- ^ Xie, Lihan; Jakob, Ursula (2019-02-08). "Inorganic polyphosphate, a multifunctional polyanionic protein scaffold". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294 (6): 2180–2190. doi:10.1074/jbc.REV118.002808. ISSN 0021-9258. PMC 6369292. PMID 30425096.
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