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Lipmann, Fritz Albert (1899–1986)

German-born US biochemist who was awarded a Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1953 for his discovery of coenzyme A, a nonprotein compound that acts in conjunction with enzymes to catalyse metabolic reactions leading up to the Krebs cycle. He investigated the means by which the cell acquires energy and highlighted the crucial role played by the energy-rich phosphate molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP). He shared the prize with Hans Krebs.

Lipmann was born in Königsberg, Germany. He moved to the USA in 1939.
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