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Who suggested "enzymes are proteins"?

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Miller
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Sumner
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Pasteur
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Leeuwenhock
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The correct option is B Sumner
Protein nature of enzymes was first discovered by Sumner. Sumner in 1926, also purified the enzyme urease and obtained it in crystalline form. For this work, Sumner was awarded nobel prize in the year 1946.

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