Cofactor

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Narrower Terms 4 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

coenzyme

Broader Terms

chemical

Narrower Terms

biotin, coenzyme A, creatine phosphate, flavin adenine dinucleotide, flavin mononucleotide, NAD(H) phosphate, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, pyridoxal phosphate, tetrahydrofolate, thiamine pyrophosphate, ubiquinone, vitamin B12 coenzyme

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• As CoFactor is the active metabolite of leucovorin, CoFactor circumvents the chemical pathway that is required by leucovorin.
• If the cofactor is removed from a complete enzyme (holoenzyme), the protein component (apoenzyme) no longer has catalytic activity.
• A protein cofactor is required for uncoating of clathrin baskets by uncoating ATPase.
• Johnson, Marinus Duran The molybdenum cofactor is a low-molecular-weight prosthetic group in which the metal is complexed to a unique pterin species termed molybdopterin.
• The globin protein isencoded by plant genes but the heme cofactor is made by the symbioticbacteria.

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