Johan Stenflo Explained

Johan Stenflo (born 1940) is a Swedish chemist and teacher. He received his M.D. in 1968 and his Ph.D. in 1973 at Lund University, where he later became a professor of clinical chemistry.^[1] In 1985, he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.^[2] He is also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[3] In 1975, he published a classic paper^[1] on the biosynthesis of prothrombin.^[4]

His doctoral students include Björn Dahlbäck.

Notes and References

1. Kresge N, Simoni RD, Hill RL . The Finding That Prothrombin Contains γ-Carboxyglutamic Acid: the Work of Johan Stenflo. Journal of Biological Chemistry . May 2009 . 284 . 18 . e1 .
2. Web site: Johan Stenflo: Professor, Swedish Academy member. Elected to the Academy as a member number 1274 . Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717194607/http://www.vetenskapsakademin.com/en/Members/Kontakt-sida/?personId=210 . 2011-07-17 . dead .
3. Web site: Gruppe 7: Medisinske fag. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. no. 7 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927171110/http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40128. 27 September 2011. dead.
4. Fernlund P, Stenflo J, Roepstorff P, Thomsen J . Vitamin K and the biosynthesis of prothrombin. V. Gamma-carboxyglutamic acids, the vitamin K-dependent structures in prothrombin . J. Biol. Chem. . 250 . 15 . 6125–33 . August 1975 . 50323 .