Saul Roseman

Saul Roseman
Born(1921-03-09)March 9, 1921
Brooklyn, New York
DiedJuly 2, 2011(2011-07-02) (aged 90)
Pikesville, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCity College of New York
University of Wisconsin (Ph.D, 1948)
Known forGlycobiology
Published the first correct structure of Sialic acid
SpouseMartha Roseman
Children3
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Organic Chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Johns Hopkins University
Doctoral advisorKarl Paul Link
Other academic advisorsAlbert Dorfman
Notable studentsDonald Comb

Saul Roseman (March 9, 1921 - July 2, 2011) was an American biochemist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Among many discoveries related to carbohydrate biochemistry,[1][2][3] he discovered the phosphotransferase system in bacteria.[4]

  1. ^ "Biography of Professor Dr. Saul Roseman". Glycoconjugate Journal. 20 (1): 7. 2003. doi:10.1023/B:GLYC.0000016750.06379.10. ISSN 0282-0080. S2CID 43075241.
  2. ^ Simoni, Robert D. (2011-11-08). "Saul Roseman: His many contributions to biochemistry over eight decades". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (45): 18219–18220. Bibcode:2011PNAS..10818219S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1116475108. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3215078. PMID 22032927.
  3. ^ Schnaar, R. L.; Jourdian, G. W. (2011-11-01). "Obituary: Saul Roseman, 1921-2011". Glycobiology. 21 (11): 1393–1394. doi:10.1093/glycob/cwr132. ISSN 0959-6658. PMID 21994330.
  4. ^ Kundig W, Roseman S (1971) Sugar transport. I. Isolation of a phosphotransferase system from Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 246:1393–1406.