Dr.
Daniel Willett Foster
(
–
)
1930
2018
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
;
Dallas, TX
Physician; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Medical Sciences
Elected
1992
Research has centered on intermediary metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids. Discovered the malonyl coenzyme A regulatory system of fatty acid oxidation and ketogenesis. Cloned sequenced carnitine palmitoyl transferases from liver and muscle. Proved that malonyl CoA inhibits carnitine palmitoyl transferase I directly.
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