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Cofactor (biochemistry)

Index Cofactor (biochemistry)

A cofactor is a non-protein chemical compound or metallic ion that is required for an enzyme's role as a catalyst (a catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction). [1]

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  1. 167 relations: Acetyl group, Acyl group, Adenosine, Adenosine monophosphate, Adenosine triphosphate, Adenylate kinase, Albert L. Lehninger, Alcohol dehydrogenase, Aldehyde, Aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase, Alkyl group, Allosteric regulation, Annual Review of Biochemistry, Archaea, Arginase, Arthur Harden, Azotobacter, Bacteria, Biochemistry, Bioinorganic chemistry, Bioorganometallic chemistry, Biotin, Cadmium, Calcium, Calmodulin, Carbonic anhydrase, Carbonyl group, Catalase, Catalysis, Catalytic cycle, Cell signaling, Chemical compound, Chemical reaction, Chemistry of ascorbic acid, Chromium, Citric acid cycle, Cobalt, Coenzyme A, Coenzyme B, Coenzyme F420, Coenzyme M, Coenzyme Q10, Cofactor engineering, Conserved sequence, Copper, Cytidine triphosphate, Cytochrome, Cytochrome c oxidase, Dehydrogenase, Diatom, ... Expand index (117 more) »

  2. Cofactors

Acetyl group

In organic chemistry, acetyl is a functional group with the chemical formula and the structure.

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Acyl group

In chemistry, an acyl group is a moiety derived by the removal of one or more hydroxyl groups from an oxoacid, including inorganic acids.

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Adenosine

Adenosine (symbol A) is an organic compound that occurs widely in nature in the form of diverse derivatives.

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Adenosine monophosphate

Adenosine monophosphate (AMP), also known as 5'-adenylic acid, is a nucleotide.

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Adenosine triphosphate

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a nucleotide that provides energy to drive and support many processes in living cells, such as muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, and chemical synthesis.

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Adenylate kinase

Adenylate kinase (EC) (also known as ADK or myokinase) is a phosphotransferase enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of the various adenosine phosphates (ATP, ADP, and AMP).

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Albert L. Lehninger

Albert Lester Lehninger (February 17, 1917 – March 4, 1986) was an American chemist in the field of bioenergetics.

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Alcohol dehydrogenase

Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) are a group of dehydrogenase enzymes that occur in many organisms and facilitate the interconversion between alcohols and aldehydes or ketones with the reduction of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) to NADH.

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Aldehyde

In organic chemistry, an aldehyde is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure.

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Aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase

In enzymology, an aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donor with an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor.

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Alkyl group

In organic chemistry, an alkyl group is an alkane missing one hydrogen.

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Allosteric regulation

In the fields of biochemistry and pharmacology an allosteric regulator (or allosteric modulator) is a substance that binds to a site on an enzyme or receptor distinct from the active site, resulting in a conformational change that alters the protein's activity, either enhancing or inhibiting its function.

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Annual Review of Biochemistry

Annual Review of Biochemistry is an annual peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Annual Reviews, a nonprofit scientific publisher.

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Archaea

Archaea (archaeon) is a domain of single-celled organisms.

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Arginase

Arginase (arginine amidinase, canavanase, L-arginase, arginine transamidinase) is a manganese-containing enzyme.

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Arthur Harden

Sir Arthur Harden, FRS (12 October 1865 – 17 June 1940) was a British biochemist.

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Azotobacter

Azotobacter is a genus of usually motile, oval or spherical bacteria that form thick-walled cysts (and also has hard crust) and may produce large quantities of capsular slime.

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Bacteria

Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.

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Biochemistry

Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.

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Bioinorganic chemistry

Bioinorganic chemistry is a field that examines the role of metals in biology.

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Bioorganometallic chemistry

Bioorganometallic chemistry is the study of biologically active molecules that contain carbon directly bonded to metals or metalloids.

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Biotin

Biotin (also known as vitamin B7 or vitamin H) is one of the B vitamins. Cofactor (biochemistry) and Biotin are cofactors.

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Cadmium

Cadmium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cd and atomic number 48.

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Calcium

Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.

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Calmodulin

Calmodulin (CaM) (an abbreviation for calcium-modulated protein) is a multifunctional intermediate calcium-binding messenger protein expressed in all eukaryotic cells.

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Carbonic anhydrase

The carbonic anhydrases (or carbonate dehydratases) form a family of enzymes that catalyze the interconversion between carbon dioxide and water and the dissociated ions of carbonic acid (i.e. bicarbonate and hydrogen ions).

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Carbonyl group

For organic chemistry, a carbonyl group is a functional group with the formula, composed of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom, and it is divalent at the C atom.

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Catalase

Catalase is a common enzyme found in nearly all living organisms exposed to oxygen (such as bacteria, plants, and animals) which catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen. Cofactor (biochemistry) and Catalase are enzymes.

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Catalysis

Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst.

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Catalytic cycle

In chemistry, a catalytic cycle is a multistep reaction mechanism that involves a catalyst.

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Cell signaling

In biology, cell signaling (cell signalling in British English) is the process by which a cell interacts with itself, other cells, and the environment.

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Chemical compound

A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds.

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Chemical reaction

A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.

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Chemistry of ascorbic acid

Ascorbic acid is an organic compound with formula, originally called hexuronic acid.

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Chromium

Chromium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cr and atomic number 24.

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Citric acid cycle

The citric acid cycle—also known as the Krebs cycle, Szent–Györgyi–Krebs cycle or the TCA cycle (tricarboxylic acid cycle)—is a series of biochemical reactions to release the energy stored in nutrients through the oxidation of acetyl-CoA derived from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

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Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.

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Coenzyme A

Coenzyme A (CoA, SHCoA, CoASH) is a coenzyme, notable for its role in the synthesis and oxidation of fatty acids, and the oxidation of pyruvate in the citric acid cycle.

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Coenzyme B

Coenzyme B is a coenzyme required for redox reactions in methanogens.

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Coenzyme F420

Coenzyme F420 is a family of coenzymes involved in redox reactions in a number of bacteria and archaea.

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Coenzyme M

Coenzyme M is a coenzyme required for methyl-transfer reactions in the metabolism of archaeal methanogens, and in the metabolism of other substrates in bacteria.

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Coenzyme Q10

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) also known as ubiquinone, is a naturally occurring biochemical cofactor (coenzyme) and an antioxidant produced by the human body.

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Cofactor engineering

Cofactor engineering, a subset of metabolic engineering, is defined as the manipulation of the use of cofactors in an organism’s metabolic pathways.

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Conserved sequence

In evolutionary biology, conserved sequences are identical or similar sequences in nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) or proteins across species (orthologous sequences), or within a genome (paralogous sequences), or between donor and receptor taxa (xenologous sequences).

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Cytidine triphosphate

Cytidine triphosphate (CTP) is a pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphate.

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Cytochrome

Cytochromes are redox-active proteins containing a heme, with a central iron (Fe) atom at its core, as a cofactor.

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Cytochrome c oxidase

The enzyme cytochrome c oxidase or Complex IV (was, now reclassified as a translocase) is a large transmembrane protein complex found in bacteria, archaea, and the mitochondria of eukaryotes.

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Dehydrogenase

A dehydrogenase is an enzyme belonging to the group of oxidoreductases that oxidizes a substrate by reducing an electron acceptor, usually NAD+/NADP+ or a flavin coenzyme such as FAD or FMN.

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Diatom

A diatom (Neo-Latin diatoma) is any member of a large group comprising several genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world.

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Diglyceride

A diglyceride, or diacylglycerol (DAG), is a glyceride consisting of two fatty acid chains covalently bonded to a glycerol molecule through ester linkages.

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DNA polymerase

A DNA polymerase is a member of a family of enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of DNA molecules from nucleoside triphosphates, the molecular precursors of DNA. Cofactor (biochemistry) and DNA polymerase are enzymes.

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Electron

The electron (or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge.

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Enzyme

Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. Cofactor (biochemistry) and Enzyme are enzymes.

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Enzyme catalysis

Enzyme catalysis is the increase in the rate of a process by a biological molecule, an "enzyme". Cofactor (biochemistry) and Enzyme catalysis are enzymes.

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Enzyme kinetics

Enzyme kinetics is the study of the rates of enzyme-catalysed chemical reactions. Cofactor (biochemistry) and enzyme kinetics are enzymes.

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Ethanol fermentation

Ethanol fermentation, also called alcoholic fermentation, is a biological process which converts sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose into cellular energy, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide as by-products.

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Eukaryote

The eukaryotes constitute the domain of Eukarya or Eukaryota, organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.

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Exaptation

Exaptation or co-option is a shift in the function of a trait during evolution.

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Flavin adenine dinucleotide

In biochemistry, flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) is a redox-active coenzyme associated with various proteins, which is involved with several enzymatic reactions in metabolism. Cofactor (biochemistry) and flavin adenine dinucleotide are cofactors.

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Flavin group

Flavins (from Latin flavus, "yellow") refers generally to the class of organic compounds containing the tricyclic heterocycle isoalloxazine or its isomer alloxazine, and derivatives thereof.

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Flavin mononucleotide

Flavin mononucleotide (FMN), or riboflavin-5′-phosphate, is a biomolecule produced from riboflavin (vitamin B2) by the enzyme riboflavin kinase and functions as the prosthetic group of various oxidoreductases, including NADH dehydrogenase, as well as a cofactor in biological blue-light photo receptors. Cofactor (biochemistry) and Flavin mononucleotide are cofactors.

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Folate

Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins.

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Fritz Albert Lipmann

Fritz Albert Lipmann (June 12, 1899 – July 24, 1986) was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953 (shared with Hans Adolf Krebs).

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Functional group

In organic chemistry, a functional group is a substituent or moiety in a molecule that causes the molecule's characteristic chemical reactions.

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Glucose 6-phosphatase

The enzyme glucose 6-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.9, G6Pase; systematic name D-glucose-6-phosphate phosphohydrolase) catalyzes the hydrolysis of glucose 6-phosphate, resulting in the creation of a phosphate group and free glucose: During fasting, adequate levels of blood glucose are assured by glucose liberated from liver glycogen stores by glycogenolysis as well as glucose generated by gluconeogenesis in the liver as well as - to a lesser extent - the kindeys.

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Glutamic acid

Glutamic acid (symbol Glu or E; the anionic form is known as glutamate) is an α-amino acid that is used by almost all living beings in the biosynthesis of proteins.

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Glutathione

Glutathione (GSH) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.

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Glycolysis

Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate and, in most organisms, occurs in the liquid part of cells (the cytosol).

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Hans von Euler-Chelpin

Hans Karl August Simon Euler-Chelpin, since 28 July 1884 von Euler-Chelpin (15 February 1873 – 6 November 1964), was a German-born Swedish biochemist.

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Heme

Heme (American English), or haem (Commonwealth English, both pronounced /hi:m/), is a ring-shaped iron-containing molecular component of hemoglobin, which is necessary to bind oxygen in the bloodstream. Cofactor (biochemistry) and heme are cofactors.

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Herman Kalckar

Herman Moritz Kalckar (26 March 1908 – 17 May 1991) was a Danish biochemist who pioneered the study of cellular respiration.

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Hexokinase

A hexokinase is an enzyme that irreversibly phosphorylates hexoses (six-carbon sugars), forming hexose phosphate.

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Hormone

A hormone (from the Greek participle ὁρμῶν, "setting in motion") is a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physiology and behavior.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Hydrogenase

A hydrogenase is an enzyme that catalyses the reversible oxidation of molecular hydrogen (H2), as shown below: Hydrogen uptake is coupled to the reduction of electron acceptors such as oxygen, nitrate, sulfate, carbon dioxide, and fumarate.

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Hydrolysis

Hydrolysis is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds.

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Inorganic chemistry

Inorganic chemistry deals with synthesis and behavior of inorganic and organometallic compounds.

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Inorganic ions

Inorganic ions in animals and plants are ions necessary for vital cellular activity.

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Iodine

Iodine is a chemical element; it has symbol I and atomic number 53.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element.

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Iron–sulfur cluster

Iron–sulfur clusters are molecular ensembles of iron and sulfide.

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Last universal common ancestor

The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the hypothesized common ancestral cell from which the three domains of life,--> the Bacteria, the Archaea, and the Eukarya originated.

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Ligand (biochemistry)

In biochemistry and pharmacology, a ligand is a substance that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose.

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Lipoamide

Lipoamide is a trivial name for 6,8-dithiooctanoic amide.

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.

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Mass spectrometry

Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions.

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Metabolism

Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.

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Metal

A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.

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Metal ions in aqueous solution

A metal ion in aqueous solution or aqua ion is a cation, dissolved in water, of chemical formula z+.

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Methanofuran

Methanofurans (MFRs) are a family of chemical compounds found in methanogenic archaea.

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Methanogen

Methanogens are anaerobic archaea that produce methane as a byproduct of their energy metabolism, i.e., catabolism.

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Methyl group

In organic chemistry, a methyl group is an alkyl derived from methane, containing one carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms, having chemical formula (whereas normal methane has the formula). In formulas, the group is often abbreviated as Me.

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Methylcobalamin

Methylcobalamin (mecobalamin, MeCbl, or MeB) is a cobalamin, a form of 12. Cofactor (biochemistry) and Methylcobalamin are cofactors.

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Methylene group

A methylene group is any part of a molecule that consists of two hydrogen atoms bound to a carbon atom, which is connected to the remainder of the molecule by two single bonds.

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Mole (unit)

The mole (symbol mol) is a unit of measurement, the base unit in the International System of Units (SI) for amount of substance, a quantity proportional to the number of elementary entities of a substance.

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Molybdenum

Molybdenum is a chemical element; it has symbol Mo (from Neo-Latin molybdaenum) and atomic number 42.

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Molybdopterin

Molybdopterins are a class of cofactors found in most molybdenum-containing and all tungsten-containing enzymes. Cofactor (biochemistry) and Molybdopterin are cofactors.

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Monosaccharide

Monosaccharides (from Greek monos: single, sacchar: sugar), also called simple sugars, are the simplest forms of sugar and the most basic units (monomers) from which all carbohydrates are built.

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Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a coenzyme central to metabolism.

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, abbreviated NADP or, in older notation, TPN (triphosphopyridine nucleotide), is a cofactor used in anabolic reactions, such as the Calvin cycle and lipid and nucleic acid syntheses, which require NADPH as a reducing agent ('hydrogen source').

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Nitrate reductase

Nitrate reductases are molybdoenzymes that reduce nitrate to nitrite. Cofactor (biochemistry) and nitrate reductase are enzymes.

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Nitric oxide synthase

Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) are a family of enzymes catalyzing the production of nitric oxide (NO) from L-arginine.

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Nitrogen fixation

Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular dinitrogen is converted into ammonia.

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Nitrogenase

Nitrogenases are enzymes that are produced by certain bacteria, such as cyanobacteria (blue-green bacteria) and rhizobacteria.

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Nucleotide

Nucleotides are organic molecules composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a phosphate.

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Nucleotide sugar

Nucleotide sugars are the activated forms of monosaccharides.

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Nutrient

A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow and reproduce.

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Nutrition

Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life.

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Organic compound

Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.

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Organometallic chemistry

Organometallic chemistry is the study of organometallic compounds, chemical compounds containing at least one chemical bond between a carbon atom of an organic molecule and a metal, including alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metals, and sometimes broadened to include metalloids like boron, silicon, and selenium, as well.

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Otto Heinrich Warburg

Otto Heinrich Warburg (8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970), son of physicist Emil Warburg, was a German physiologist, medical doctor, and Nobel laureate.

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Oxidoreductase

In biochemistry, an oxidoreductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of electrons from one molecule, the reductant, also called the electron donor, to another, the oxidant, also called the electron acceptor.

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Oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.

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Pantothenic acid

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) is a B vitamin and an essential nutrient.

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Peptide

Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.

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Phosphatase

In biochemistry, a phosphatase is an enzyme that uses water to cleave a phosphoric acid monoester into a phosphate ion and an alcohol.

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Phosphate

In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.

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Phosphorylation

In biochemistry, phosphorylation is the attachment of a phosphate group to a molecule or an ion.

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Porphyrin

Porphyrins are a group of heterocyclic macrocycle organic compounds, composed of four modified pyrrole subunits interconnected at their α carbon atoms via methine bridges (.

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Prediabetes

Prediabetes is a component of metabolic syndrome and is characterized by elevated blood sugar levels that fall below the threshold to diagnose diabetes mellitus.

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Prosthetic group

A prosthetic group is the non-amino acid component that is part of the structure of the heteroproteins or conjugated proteins, being tightly linked to the apoprotein. Cofactor (biochemistry) and prosthetic group are cofactors.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Protein domain

In molecular biology, a protein domain is a region of a protein's polypeptide chain that is self-stabilizing and that folds independently from the rest.

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Pyridoxal phosphate

Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, P5P), the active form of vitamin B6, is a coenzyme in a variety of enzymatic reactions.

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Pyridoxine

Pyridoxine, is a form of vitamin B6 found commonly in food and used as a dietary supplement. Cofactor (biochemistry) and Pyridoxine are cofactors.

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Pyrococcus furiosus

Pyrococcus furiosus is a heterotrophic, strictly anaerobic, extremophilic, model species of archaea.

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Pyrophosphate

In chemistry, pyrophosphates are phosphorus oxyanions that contain two phosphorus atoms in a linkage.

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Pyrroloquinoline quinone

Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), also called methoxatin, is a redox cofactor and antioxidant. Cofactor (biochemistry) and Pyrroloquinoline quinone are cofactors.

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Pyruvate decarboxylase

Pyruvate decarboxylase is an enzyme that catalyses the decarboxylation of pyruvic acid to acetaldehyde.

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Pyruvate dehydrogenase

Pyruvate dehydrogenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of pyruvate and a lipoamide to give the acetylated dihydrolipoamide and carbon dioxide.

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Receptor (biochemistry)

In biochemistry and pharmacology, receptors are chemical structures, composed of protein, that receive and transduce signals that may be integrated into biological systems.

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Redox

Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.

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Riboflavin

Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is a vitamin found in food and sold as a dietary supplement.

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Ribozyme

Ribozymes (ribonucleic acid enzymes) are RNA molecules that have the ability to catalyze specific biochemical reactions, including RNA splicing in gene expression, similar to the action of protein enzymes.

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RNA world

The RNA world is a hypothetical stage in the evolutionary history of life on Earth, in which self-replicating RNA molecules proliferated before the evolution of DNA and proteins.

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S-Adenosyl methionine

S-Adenosyl methionine (SAM), also known under the commercial names of SAMe, SAM-e, or AdoMet, is a common cosubstrate involved in methyl group transfers, transsulfuration, and aminopropylation.

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Substrate (chemistry)

In chemistry, the term substrate is highly context-dependent.

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Sulfate

The sulfate or sulphate ion is a polyatomic anion with the empirical formula.

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Tetrahydrobiopterin

Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4, THB), also known as sapropterin (INN), is a cofactor of the three aromatic amino acid hydroxylase enzymes, used in the degradation of amino acid phenylalanine and in the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitters serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), melatonin, dopamine, norepinephrine (noradrenaline), epinephrine (adrenaline), and is a cofactor for the production of nitric oxide (NO) by the nitric oxide synthases.

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Tetrahydrofolic acid

Tetrahydrofolic acid (THFA), or tetrahydrofolate, is a folic acid derivative.

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Tetrahydromethanopterin

Tetrahydromethanopterin (THMPT) is a coenzyme in methanogenesis.

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Thalassiosira weissflogii

Thalassiosira weissflogii is a species of centric diatoms, a unicellular microalga.

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Thiamine

Thiamine, also known as thiamin and vitamin B1, is a vitamin, an essential micronutrient for humans and animals.

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Thiamine pyrophosphate

Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP or ThPP), or thiamine diphosphate (ThDP), or cocarboxylase is a thiamine (vitamin B1) derivative which is produced by the enzyme thiamine diphosphokinase. Cofactor (biochemistry) and thiamine pyrophosphate are cofactors.

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Thyroid hormones

Thyroid hormones are any hormones produced and released by the thyroid gland, namely triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4).

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Timeline of the evolutionary history of life

The timeline of the evolutionary history of life represents the current scientific theory outlining the major events during the development of life on planet Earth.

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Trace element

A trace element is a chemical element of a minute quantity, a trace amount, especially used in referring to a micronutrient, but is also used to refer to minor elements in the composition of a rock, or other chemical substance.

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Transketolase

Transketolase (abbreviated as TK) is an enzyme that, in humans, is encoded by the TKT gene.

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Tryptophan tryptophylquinone

Tryptophan tryptophylquinone (TTQ) is an enzyme cofactor, generated by posttranslational modification of amino acids within the protein.

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Tungsten

Tungsten (also called wolfram) is a chemical element; it has symbol W and atomic number 74.

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Urease

Ureases, functionally, belong to the superfamily of amidohydrolases and phosphotriesterases.

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Vanadium

Vanadium is a chemical element; it has symbol V and atomic number 23.

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Vitamin

Vitamins are organic molecules (or a set of closely related molecules called vitamers) that are essential to an organism in small quantities for proper metabolic function.

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Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin involved in metabolism. Cofactor (biochemistry) and vitamin B12 are cofactors.

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Vitamin B3

Vitamin B3, colloquially referred to as niacin, is a vitamin family that includes three forms, or vitamers: niacin (nicotinic acid), nicotinamide (niacinamide), and nicotinamide riboside.

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Vitamin B6

Vitamin B6 is one of the B vitamins, and thus an essential nutrient. Cofactor (biochemistry) and vitamin B6 are cofactors.

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Vitamin C

Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits, berries and vegetables.

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Vitamin K

Vitamin K is a family of structurally similar, fat-soluble vitamers found in foods and marketed as dietary supplements.

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X-ray crystallography

X-ray crystallography is the experimental science of determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline structure causes a beam of incident X-rays to diffract in specific directions.

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Xanthine oxidase

Xanthine oxidase (XO, sometimes XAO) is a form of xanthine oxidoreductase, a type of enzyme that generates reactive oxygen species.

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Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus kingdom.

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Zinc

Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.

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3'-Phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate

3′-Phosphoadenosine-5′-phosphosulfate (PAPS) is a derivative of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) that is phosphorylated at the 3′ position and has a sulfate group attached to the 5′ phosphate.

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See also

Cofactors

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cofactor_(biochemistry)

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