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ˈkoʊˌfæk tərco·fac·tor
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Princeton's WordNet
cofactornoun
a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result
Wiktionary
cofactornoun
a contributing factor
cofactornoun
a substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function
cofactornoun
a molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein
cofactornoun
the result of a number being divided by one of its factors
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cofactor
A cofactor is a non-protein chemical compound or metallic ion that is required for an enzyme's activity as a catalyst, a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction. Cofactors can be considered "helper molecules" that assist in biochemical transformations. They may be either inorganic (e.g., metal ions and iron-sulfur clusters) or organic compounds (e.g., flavin and heme), but they are not composed of amino acids residues, distinguishing them from polypeptide chains.
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Cofactor
A cofactor is a non-protein chemical compound that is bound to a protein and is required for the protein's biological activity. These proteins are commonly enzymes, and cofactors can be considered "helper molecules" that assist in biochemical transformations. Cofactors can be classified depending on how tightly they bind to an enzyme, with loosely bound cofactors termed coenzymes and tightly bound cofactors termed prosthetic groups. Some sources also limit the use of the term "cofactor" to inorganic substances. An inactive enzyme, without the cofactor is called an apoenzyme, while the complete enzyme with cofactor is the holoenzyme. Some enzymes or enzyme complexes require several cofactors. For example, the multienzyme complex pyruvate dehydrogenase at the junction of glycolysis and the citric acid cycle requires five organic cofactors and one metal ion: loosely bound thiamine pyrophosphate, covalently bound lipoamide and flavin adenine dinucleotide, and the cosubstrates nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and coenzyme A, and a metal ion. Organic cofactors are often vitamins or are made from vitamins. Many contain the nucleotide adenosine monophosphate as part of their structures, such as ATP, coenzyme A, FAD, and NAD+. This common structure may reflect a common evolutionary origin as part of ribozymes in an ancient RNA world. It has been suggested that the AMP part of the molecule can be considered a kind of "handle" by which the enzyme can "grasp" the coenzyme to switch it between different catalytic centers.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cofactor in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cofactor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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