Feodor Lynen (1911–1979) was a German biochemist who made fundamental discoveries in cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism. Spent most of his career at the University of Munich (Ludwig Maximilian University).
Lynen discovered the key role of coenzyme A (CoA) and acetyl-CoA in metabolism and clarified steps involving HMG-CoA.
His work laid the foundation for modern lipid biochemistry
He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Konrad Bloch for elucidating the biochemical pathways of cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis.
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