| NOUN | substance | coenzyme | a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes |
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| Sounds | koweh'nzaym | |
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| Rhymes | Anaheim ... wintertime: 52 rhymes with aym... | |
| Meaning | A small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes. | |
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| Narrower | cocarboxylase, thiamine pyrophosphate | A coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle |
| coenzyme A | A coenzyme present in all living cells | |
| nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, NAD | A coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid | |
| nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, NADP | A coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processes | |
| triphosphopyridine nucleotide | A coenzyme of several enzymes | |
| ubiquinone, 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 | |
| Broader | molecule | (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound |
| Spanish | coenzima | |
| Catalan | coenzim | |
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