Multiple choice

Kuhne is associated with which of the following?

  1. He discovered parathyroid.

  2. He coined the term enzyme.

  3. He coined the term gene.

  4. He discovered enzyme.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The term enzyme was coined by W. Kuhne in 1678. J.B. Summer (1926) purified and cystallised unrease enzyme and suggested that enzymes are proteins J.H. Northrop and M. Kunitz (1930) prepared pure cystalline pepsin and trypsin and showed that these enzymes were also proteins. 

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