Jun-Ichiro Mukai (September 30, 1931–January 5, 1998) is a Japanese biochemist,KAKEN emeritus professor at faculty of agriculture, Kyushu University.
Academic works Mukai won the agricultural chemistry prize (Japan) 家蚕幼虫の核酸消化酵素に関する研究 (A Digestive Endonuclease of Silkworm) for A Digestive Endonuclease of Silkworm A Digestive Endonuclease of Silkworm in 1967. Mukai is a co-author of Fritz Albert Lipmann.Enzymic synthesis and cofactor activity of 3'-pyrophospho coenzyme A
Life Mukai was born as a son of Sannoju Mukai. After graduating Kumamoto Prefectural Seiseikou High School in Kumamoto, he admitted to Kyushu University. He received an Ph.D. from Kyushu University.DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Agricultural Science) After that, he became an assistant professor, then professor of Kyushu University. After retirement of Kyushu University, he was a professor of a junior college in Kumamoto, but died on January 5, 1998.
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External links The Roots of Modern Biochemistry: Fritz Lippmann's Squiggle and its Consequences Semantic Scholar