title: Yasutomi Nishizuka: father of protein kinase C.
abstract: It is 6 years since we received the tragic news that our great mentor Dr Yasutomi Nishizuka passed away suddenly at the age of 72 years. Dr Nishizuka made several epoch-making discoveries in his life, e.g. the tryptophan metabolism, protein synthesis, ADP-ribosylation, regulation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and discovery of protein kinase C (PKC). Among them his name will be remembered for a long time as a father of PKC, momentous discoveries in the twentieth century, which are still actively pursued by many laboratories worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: Shun-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Hirohei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history*; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007564:Japan; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000266:history*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D011493:Protein Kinase C