Microbiology - Enzymes Regulation - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Enzymes Regulation - Section 1 (Q.No. 7)
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Who coined the word enzyme first?
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Dikshasingla said:
9 years ago
In 1877, German physiologist Wilhelm Kuhne first used the term enzyme.
Eduard Buchner submitted his first paper on the study of yeast extracts in 1897. He found that sugar was fermented by yeast extracts even when there were no living yeast cells in the mixture. He named the enzyme that brought about the fermentation of sucrose "zymase".
Louis Pasteur concluded that this fermentation was caused by a vital force contained within the yeast cells called "ferments", which were thought to function only within living organisms. He wrote that "alcoholic fermentation is an act correlated with the life and organization of the yeast cells, not with the death or putrefaction of the cells.
Eduard Buchner submitted his first paper on the study of yeast extracts in 1897. He found that sugar was fermented by yeast extracts even when there were no living yeast cells in the mixture. He named the enzyme that brought about the fermentation of sucrose "zymase".
Louis Pasteur concluded that this fermentation was caused by a vital force contained within the yeast cells called "ferments", which were thought to function only within living organisms. He wrote that "alcoholic fermentation is an act correlated with the life and organization of the yeast cells, not with the death or putrefaction of the cells.
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