Key Documents
Arthur Kornberg
Academic Appointments
- Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Biochemistry
Professional Snapshot
Administrative Appointments
- Professor Emeritus (Active), Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine (1988 - present)
- Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine (1959 - 1988)
- Chairman, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine (1959 - 1969)
- Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1953 - 1959)
- Chief of Enzyme and Metabolism Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (1947 - 1953) View All 7administrative appointments of Arthur Kornberg
Honors and Awards
- Nobel Prize in Medicine (with Dr. Severo Ochoa), - (1959)
- President, American Society of Biological Chemists (1965)
- Foreign Member, Royal Society (1970)
- National Medal of Science, U.S. (1979)
- Gairdner Foundation Award, - (1995)
Professional Education
| B.S.: | City College of New York, Chemistry/Biology (1937) |
| M.D.: | University of Rochester, NY, Medicine (1941) |
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
We aim to understand the biochemical and genetic basis for the numerous physiologic functions of inorganic polyphosphate, a polymer of hundreds of phosphate residues found in every cell in Nature.
Publications
- Inorganic polyphosphate in Bacillus cereus: motility, biofilm formation, and sporulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004; (49): 17061-5
- Inorganic polyphosphate in the origin and survival of species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004; (46): 16085-7
- Formation of an actin-like filament concurrent with the enzymatic synthesis of inorganic polyphosphate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004; (45): 15876-80
- A polyphosphate kinase 1 (ppk1) mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exhibits multiple ultrastructural and functional defects. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007; (9): 3526-31
- Inorganic polyphosphate essential for lytic growth of phages P1 and fd. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007; (6): 1794-9
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