Juan José Cazzulo Marmissolle, Argentine biochemist (General Alvear, Buenos Aires Province 29 November 1941 –
From Basque and Italian descent
Authored over 200 papers
Purified and characterized pyruvic carboxylase of yeast
Carboxilasa piruvica de levadura de panaderia (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Purificación y propiedades (1967)
With B.M. Franke showed the important role of a protease (cysteine proteinase) for the pathogenesis of Trypanosoma cruzi (1984)
Identified new metabolic pathways in trypanosomatids
With A.J. Parodi elucidated the synthesis of glycoproteins in trypanosomatids (1981-2)
With C. Nowicki elucidated the catabolism of aromatic amino acids in Trypanosoma cruzi (2008)
Showed that halophilic enzymes may be allosterically ruled
Papers in Nature
With T.K.Sundaram & H.L.Kornberg. Regulation of pyruvate carboxylase formation from the apoenzyme and biotin in a thermophilic Bacillus. Nature (London) 223:1137-8, 1969
With T.K.Sundaram & H.L.Kornberg. Mechanism of pyruvate carboxylase formation from the apoenzyme and biotin in a thermophilic Bacillus. Nature (London) 227: 1103-5, 1970
HONOURS
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Uppsala (2002)