Johan Stenflo

Johan Stenflo (born 1940) is a Swedish chemist and teacher. He received his M.D. in 1968 and his Ph.D. in 1973 at Lund University, where he later became a professor of clinical chemistry.[1] In 1985, he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[2] He is also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[3] In 1975, he published a classic paper[1] on the biosynthesis of prothrombin.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Kresge N, Simoni RD, Hill RL (May 2009). "The Finding That Prothrombin Contains γ-Carboxyglutamic Acid: the Work of Johan Stenflo". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284 (18): e1.
  2. ↑ "Johan Stenflo: Professor, Swedish Academy member. Elected to the Academy as a member number 1274". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
  3. ↑ "Gruppe 7: Medisinske fag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Fernlund P, Stenflo J, Roepstorff P, Thomsen J (August 1975). "Vitamin K and the biosynthesis of prothrombin. V. Gamma-carboxyglutamic acids, the vitamin K-dependent structures in prothrombin". J. Biol. Chem. 250 (15): 6125–33. PMID 50323.


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