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nouna small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymestype of:
Definition that contains coenzyme
- nad a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes
- thiamine pyrophosphate a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle
- cocarboxylase a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle
- nadp a coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processes
- benzoquinone any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes
- triphosphopyridine nucleotide a coenzyme of several enzymes
- coenzyme a a coenzyme present in all living cells; essential to metabolism of carbohydrates and fats and some amino acids
- nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes
- cofactor a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result
- coenzyme q any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration