noun
Meaning 1
A contributing factor.
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Standard Lemma guide
cofactor
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noun
Meaning 2
A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function.
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Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein.
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Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
The result of a number being divided by one of its factors.
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Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
The signed determinant of the submatrix produced by removing the row and column containing a specified element; primarily used in the recursive definition and calculation of the determinant of a matrix.
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Topics: linear-algebra, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result
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Broader terms: compound, chemical compound
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English factor English cofactor From co- + factor.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 輔因子 /辅因子 (fǔyīnzǐ) — substance that must be present for an enzyme to function
- Finnish: kofaktori — substance that must be present for an enzyme to function
- Hungarian: kofaktor — substance that must be present for an enzyme to function
- Japanese: 補因子 (hoinshi) — substance that must be present for an enzyme to function
- Kazakh: кофактор (kofaktor) — substance that must be present for an enzyme to function
- Spanish: cofactor — substance that must be present for an enzyme to function
- Tagalog: kakabuo — substance that must be present for an enzyme to function
- Turkish: kofaktör — substance that must be present for an enzyme to function