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Any small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: molecule
Narrower terms: cocarboxylase, thiamine pyrophosphate, coenzyme A, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, NAD, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, NADP, triphosphopyridine nucleotide, ubiquinone, coenzyme Q
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English enzyme English coenzyme From co- + enzyme.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
кофермент
(koferment)
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Catalan:
coenzim
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Chinese Mandarin:
輔酶 /辅酶
(fǔméi)
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Czech:
koenzym
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Dutch:
co-enzym
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Finnish:
koentsyymi
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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French:
coenzyme
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Greek:
συνένζυμο
(synénzymo)
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Hungarian:
koenzim
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Icelandic:
kóensím
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Icelandic:
hjálparhvati
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Icelandic:
ensímbót
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Irish:
comheinsím
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Italian:
coenzima
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Japanese:
コエンザイム
(koenzaimu)
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Japanese:
補酵素
(hokōso)
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Kazakh:
кофермент
(koferment)
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Khmer:
កូអង់ស៊ីម
(kouʼɑngsiim)
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Polish:
koenzym
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Romanian:
coenzimă
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Spanish:
coenzima
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Swedish:
koenzym
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Turkish:
koenzim
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
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Ukrainian:
коензи́м
(koenzým)
— small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme
