Carbon Reactions of Photosynthesis Sector, Brandt iHammer, 479 Village Park Drive, Powell, OH, 43065, USA.
Holtz Biopharma Consulting, Bryan, TX, 77807, USA.
Photosynth Res. 2017 Oct;134(1):93-105. doi: 10.1007/s11120-017-0410-y. Epub 2017 Jul 3.
Andrew A. Benson, one of the greatest biochemists of our time, is celebrated on his centennial by the authors with whom he interacted performing experiments or contemplating metabolic pathways in a wide range of biological kingdoms. He charted the chemical flow of energy in cells, tissues, organs, plants, animals, and ecosystems. Benson collaborated with hundreds of colleagues to examine the natural history of autotrophy, mixotrophy, and heterotrophy while elucidating metabolic pathways. We present here a biological perspective of his body of studies. Benson lived from September 24, 1917, to January 16, 2015. Out of over 1000 autoradiograms he produced in his life, he left a legacy of 50 labeled autoradiograms to the authors who tell the story of his life's work that resulted in Benson's Protocol (Nonomura et al., Photosynth Res 127:369-378, 2016) that has been applied, over the years, for the elucidation of major metabolic pathways by many scientists.
安德鲁·A·本森（Andrew A. Benson）是我们这个时代最伟大的生物化学家之一，在他诞辰一百周年之际，与他合作过的作者们通过实验或思考各种生物领域的代谢途径来向他致敬。他描绘了细胞、组织、器官、植物、动物和生态系统中能量的化学流动。本森与数百名同事合作，研究自养、混养和异养的自然历史，同时阐明代谢途径。在这里，我们从生物学的角度介绍他的研究成果。本森于 1917 年 9 月 24 日至 2015 年 1 月 16 日在世。在他一生中制作的超过 1000 张放射性自显影片中，他留给了作者们 50 张标记放射性自显影片，这些作者讲述了他毕生工作的故事，这些工作促成了本森的方案（Nonomura 等人，Photosynth Res 127:369-378, 2016），多年来，许多科学家应用该方案来阐明主要的代谢途径。
