Franz Knoop

Franz Knoop
Franz Knoop
Born	September 20, 1875; Shanghai, China
Died	August 2, 1946 (aged 70); Tübingen, Germany
	Scientific career
Fields	biochemistry

Georg Franz Knoop (20 September 1875, Shanghai – 2 August 1946, Tübingen) was a German biochemist, most well known for his discovery of the β-oxidation of the fatty acids in 1905.[1][2]

Alongside Hans Adolf Krebs and Carl Martius, he clarified the reaction sequence of the citric acid cycle in 1937. He determined the structure of histidine and demonstrated that amino acids can be synthesized not only in the plants, but also in animals.

References

Knoop, Franz (1904). "Der Abbau aromatischer Fettsäuren im Tierkörper". Beitr Chem Physiol Pathol. 6: 150–162.
Houten, Sander Michel; Wanders, Ronald J. A. (2 March 2010). "A general introduction to the biochemistry of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation". Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 33 (5): 469–477. doi:10.1007/s10545-010-9061-2. PMC 2950079. PMID 20195903.

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[1] Knoop, Franz (1904). "Der Abbau aromatischer Fettsäuren im Tierkörper". Beitr Chem Physiol Pathol. 6: 150–162.

[2] Houten, Sander Michel; Wanders, Ronald J. A. (2 March 2010). "A general introduction to the biochemistry of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation". Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 33 (5): 469–477. doi:10.1007/s10545-010-9061-2. PMC 2950079. PMID 20195903.