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Jens C. Skou

Chemistry

Jens C. Skou was a Danish biochemist awarded a share of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the sodium potassium ATPase, the enzyme that actively pumps sodium and potassium ions across cell membranes, the first ion transporting enzyme ever identified.

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Chemistry 1
Birth Year
1918 1
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1. Jens Christian Skou (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia 'Jens Christian Skou': stated occupation/field in article intro, checked 2026-09-27
  • Wikipedia 'Jens Christian Skou': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27
  • Works In: Biochemistry, Lead sentence
    Jens Christian Skou (; 8 October 1918-28 May 2018) was a Danish biochemist and Nobel laureate.
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