Kornberg Enzyme. The nobel prize in physiology or medicine 1959 was awarded jointly to severo ochoa and arthur kornberg for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of. After elucidating key steps in the pathways of pyrimidine and purine nucleotide synthesis, including the discovery of prpp as an intermediate, he found the enzyme that assembles the building blocks into dna,.

Enzyme that assembles the building blocks into dna, named dna polymerase. He thought the ancient cells used poly p to shuttle metals in and.