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...
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10 /ˌkoʊkjuːˈtɛn/) also known as ubiquinone, is a naturally occurring biochemical cofactor (coenzyme) and an antioxidant produced by...
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Cofactor (biochemistry) (redirect from Coenzyme)
included here.) Coenzymes are further divided into two types. The first is called a "prosthetic group", which consists of a coenzyme that is tightly (or...
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Acetyl-CoA (redirect from Acetyl coenzyme A)
Acetyl-CoA (acetyl coenzyme A) is a molecule that participates in many biochemical reactions in protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Its main function...
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (redirect from Coenzyme I)
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a coenzyme central to metabolism. Found in all living cells, NAD is called a dinucleotide because it consists of two...
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HMG-CoA reductase (redirect from 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase)
HMG-CoA reductase (3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, official symbol HMGCR) is the rate-controlling enzyme (NADH-dependent, EC 1.1.1.88;...
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Biotin (redirect from Coenzyme R)
serves as the carbon dioxide carrier in carboxylation reactions. Biotin is a coenzyme for five carboxylase enzymes, which are involved in the catabolism of...
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Enzyme (redirect from Cofactors and coenzymes)
carried by coenzyme A formyl, methenyl or methyl groups, carried by folic acid and the methyl group, carried by S-adenosylmethionine Since coenzymes are chemically...
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Coenzyme Q5, more commonly known as COQ5, is a coenzyme involved in the electron transport chain. It is a shorter-chain homolog of coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone)...
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coenzyme F420-0 + L-glutamate ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } GDP + phosphate + coenzyme F420-1 In some instances, this enzyme is fused with a coenzyme...
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Methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase (redirect from 5,10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin:coenzyme-F420 oxidoreductase)
10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin + coenzyme F420 ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } 5,10-methenyltetrahydromethanopterin + reduced coenzyme F420 Thus, the two substrates...
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The International Coenzyme Q10 Association is a nonprofit association originally based in Ancona, Italy and currently in Seville, Spain. Since its establishment...
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Acyl-CoA (redirect from Acyl coenzyme a)
Acyl-CoA is a group of coenzymes that metabolize carboxylic acids. Fatty acyl-CoA's are susceptible to beta oxidation, forming, ultimately, acetyl-CoA...
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Thiolase (redirect from Acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase)
Thiolases, also known as acetyl-coenzyme A acetyltransferases (ACAT), are enzymes which convert two units of acetyl-CoA to acetoacetyl CoA in the mevalonate...
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Succinyl-CoA (redirect from Succinyl coenzyme A)
Succinyl-coenzyme A, abbreviated as succinyl-CoA (/ˌsʌksɪnəlˌkoʊˈeɪ/) or SucCoA, is a thioester of succinic acid and coenzyme A. It is an important intermediate...
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3-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency (MCAD) - Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase Short-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase...
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acid (vitamin B5) is a B vitamin and an essential nutrient. All animals need pantothenic acid in order to synthesize coenzyme A (CoA), which is essential...
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Coenzyme A transferases (CoA-transferases) are transferase enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a coenzyme A group from an acyl-CoA donor to a carboxylic...
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Coenzyme M is a coenzyme required for methyl-transfer reactions in the metabolism of archaeal methanogens, and in the metabolism of other substrates in...
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2-Methylbutyryl-CoA (redirect from 2-Methylburtyryl-coenzyme A)
2-Methylbutyryl-CoA Names Other names 2-Methylbutyryl-coenzyme A Identifiers CAS Number 6712-02-3 N 3D model (JSmol) Interactive image ChemSpider 388491 Y...
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Coenzyme F420-1:γ-L-glutamate ligase (EC 6.3.2.34, F420:gamma-glutamyl ligase, CofE-AF, MJ0768, CofE) is an enzyme with systematic name L-glutamate:coenzyme...
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Pyridoxal phosphate (redirect from Coenzyme PLP)
(PLP, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, P5P), the active form of vitamin B6, is a coenzyme in a variety of enzymatic reactions. The International Union of Biochemistry...
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In enzymology, a coenzyme F420 hydrogenase (EC 1.12.98.1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction H2 + coenzyme F420 ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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Statin (redirect from Hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitor)
with 30 steps in the synthesis of cholesterol from acetyl-coenzyme A. In 1971, Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist working for the pharmaceutical company...
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The coenzyme Q : cytochrome c – oxidoreductase, sometimes called the cytochrome bc1 complex, and at other times complex III, is the third complex in the...
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Coenzyme B is a coenzyme required for redox reactions in methanogens. The full chemical name of coenzyme B is 7-mercaptoheptanoylthreoninephosphate. The...
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Malonyl-CoA (redirect from Malonyl coenzyme a)
Malonyl-CoA is a coenzyme A derivative of malonic acid. It plays a key role in chain elongation in fatty acid biosynthesis and polyketide biosynthesis...
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Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (redirect from Methylmalonyl Coenzyme A mutase)
the role of coenzyme B-12 in the catalytic process is that of a reversible generator of a free radical. The C-Co(III) bond is weak, with a dissociation...
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Coenzyme F420 is a family of coenzymes involved in redox reactions in a number of bacteria and archaea. It is derived from coenzyme FO (7...
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Adenosylcobalamin (redirect from Coenzyme b12)
Adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl), also known as coenzyme B12, cobamamide, and dibencozide, is, along with methylcobalamin (MeCbl), one of the biologically active...
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