1887–1955 American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner who first crystallized enzymes.
Keywords: enzymes; urease
Sumner, James Batcheller
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002923
| Further Reading | |
| Sumner JB (1926) The isolation and crystallization of the enzyme urease. Journal of Biological Chemistry 69: 4355–4441. | |
| book Sumner JB (1927) Textbook of Biological Chemistry. New York: Macmillan. | |
| Sumner JB (1937) The story of urease. Journal of Chemical Education 14: 255–259. | |
| book Sumner JB (1943) Chemistry and Methods of Enzymes. Orlando, FL: Academic Press. | |
| book Sumner JB (1944) Laboratory Experiments in Biological Chemistry. Orlando, FL: Academic Press. | |
| book Sumner JB (1964) "The chemical nature of enzymes". Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1942–1962, pp. 109–123. Amsterdam: Elsevier. | |
| Cori CF (1981) J. B. Sumner and the chemical nature of enzymes. Trends in Biochemical Science 6: 194–196. | |
| Costa AB (1989) Sumner and the urease controversy. Chemistry in Britain 25: 788–790. | |
| book Costa AB (1999) "Sumner JB". In: Garraty JA and Cames MC (eds), American National Biography, vol. 21, pp. 145–146. New York: Oxford University Press. | |
| book Fruton JS (1976) "J. B. Sumner". In: Gillispie CC (ed.) Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 13, pp. 152–153. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Magill FN (1990) The Nobel Prize Winners Chemistry, vol. 2, pp. 481–490. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. | |
| Maynard LA (1958) J. B. Sumner. Biographical Memoirs – National Academy of Sciences 31: 376–396. | |
| book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 1024–1026. New York: HW Wilson. | |
