Edwin G. Krebs

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Edwin Gerhard Krebs
Edwin Gerhard Krebs
Born	(1918-06-06)June 6, 1918 Lansing, Iowa
Died	December 21, 2009(2009-12-21) (aged 91) Seattle, Washington
Alma mater	University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (B.S.), Washington University in St. Louis (M.D.)
Awards	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1989) Welch Award in Chemistry (1991) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1992)
Scientific career
Fields	biochemistry
Institutions	University of Washington, Seattle University of California, Davis Washington University School of Medicine

Edwin Gerhard Krebs (June 6, 1918 – December 21, 2009) was an American biochemist. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize of Columbia University in 1989 together with Alfred Gilman and, together with his collaborator Edmond H. Fischer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes.