William Jencks

William Platt Jencks
Born(1927-08-15)August 15, 1927
Bar Harbor, Maine
DiedJanuary 3, 2007(2007-01-03) (aged 79)
Alma materHarvard College
Known forChemical mechanisms of enzyme catalysis, his book Catalysis in Chemistry and Enzymology
AwardsAmerican Chemical Society Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences, foreign member of the Royal Society
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsNational Academy of Sciences
Brandeis University
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William Platt Jencks (August 15, 1927 – January 3, 2007) was an American biochemist. He was noted particularly for his work on enzymes, using concepts drawn from organic chemistry to understand their mechanisms.[1][2][3]

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