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Osamu Hayaishi MJA (早石 修, Hayaishi Osamu, January 8, 1920 – December 17, 2015), was a Japanese biochemist, physiologist, and military physician. He discovered Oxygenases at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health in 1955.
Dr. Osamu Hayaishi, a world-renowned biochemist and oxygenase scientist, passed away on December 17, 2015, at the age of 95. He was the teacher of the authors of this tribute.
- Shuh Narumiya, Takao Shimizu, Shozo Yamamoto
- 2016
Dr. Osamu Hayaishi, a world-renowned biochemist and oxygenase scientist, passed away on December 17, 2015, at the age of 95. He was the teacher of the authors of this tribute. In 1932, a short paper reported “the presence of an oxydase of lipid or lipoxydase of soy seed” .
- Shuh Narumiya, Takao Shimizu, Shozo Yamamoto
- 10.1194/jlr.E067579
- 2016
- J Lipid Res. 2016 Apr; 57(4): 517-522.
Oct 15, 2015 · In 1955, the research groups of Osamu Hayaishi, and the late Howard S. Mason, each independently discovered a new family of enzymes now referred to as oxygenases. 1,2 These enzymes catalyze the incorporation of either one or 2 atoms of molecular oxygen into various substrates.
- Michael Lazarus, Zhi-Li Huang, Yoshihiro Urade
- 2015
JBC Centennial 1905–2005. 100 Years of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Pioneering the Field of Oxygenases through the Study of Tryptophan Metabolism: the Work of Osamu Hayaishi. Studies on Oxygenases. Enzymatic Formation of Kynurenine from Tryptophan (Hayaishi, O., Rothberg, S., Mehler, A. H., and Saito, Y. (1957) J. Biol. Chem. 229, 889–896)
Osamu Hayaishi: pioneer first of the oxygenases, then the molecular basis of sleep and throughout a great statesman of science. IUBMB Life. 2006 May-Jun;58 (5-6):253. doi: 10.1080/15216540600757374. Author. Arthur Kornberg 1. Affiliation.
Mar 1, 2016 · Osamu Hayaishi, a world-re nown ed biochemist and ox ygenase scientist, passed away on December 17 , 2015 at the a ge of 95 . He is the teacher of the authors of this ob ituary .
