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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

TOMCHICK, R.

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1958

#1931.6

Enzymatic O-methylation of epinephrine and other catechols.

AXELROD, Julius (1912 – 2004)
AXELROD, Julius (1912 – 2004) TOMCHICK, R.

The authors discovered the enzyme "COMT" or cathecol-O-methyltransferase, and determined that it was crucial in the methylation and inactivation of adrenergic and other catecholamine type neurotransmitters. (Thanks to…