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Nikolai Nikolaevich Semyenov. On the 60th Anniversary 

 since the date of birth. Zhur. Eksptl. i Teoret Fiz., 1956, 

 30, #4. 

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SEVERIN, SERGEI EVGEN'EVICH (Biochemist) 



S. E. Severin was born December 21, 1901. He graduated 

 from Moscow University in 1924 and worked at the Physiology 

 Laboratory of the Institute of Professional Diseases in Moscow. 

 In 1932-48 he was professor at the Third Moscow Medical Insti- 

 tute and in 1933 at Moscow University. He was the Director of 

 the Institute of Nutrition in 1945-47, and in 1948-49, of the 

 Institute of Biological and Medical Chemistry of the U.S.S.R. 

 Academy of Sciences. Severin was Academician-Secretary of 

 the Department of Medico-Biological Sciences of the U.S.S.R. 

 Academy of Medical Sciences in 1949-57. He has been a mem- 

 ber of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Medical Sciences since 1948 

 and since 1953 a Corresponding Member of the U.S.S.R. Acade- 

 my of Sciences. 



Severin' s major investigations deal with muscle tissue bio- 

 chemistry. In his investigation of carnosine and anserine in 

 the metabolism of the skeletal muscles, together with others, 

 he determined the time and the sequence of appearance of these 

 compounds in the development of the organism; he synthesized 

 phosphorous derivatives of a series of amino acids and peptides 

 and studied their properties; he showed the influence of carno- 

 side and anserine on raising the effectiveness of phosphory- 

 lation in the skeletal muscles which lead to the formation of 

 energy rich phosphorous compounds necessary for muscle 

 function. The early investigations deal with the biochemistry 

 of blood, particularly blood preservation. 

 Bibliography: 



Les transformations de la carnosine dans I'organisme ani- 

 mal. Acta medica URSS, Moscow,^, #4, 1939. 

 Biochemical basis in favorable effect of glucose on the 

 conservation of blood. Biokhimiya, 1946, #2, 139-48. 

 and N. P. Meshkova . Practicum on the Biochemistry of 

 Animals, 1950. 



and P. P. Mitrofanov . TextbooK of Physical and Colloidal 

 Chemistry, 1941. 



