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Definition: Coenzyme |
CoenzymeNoun1. A small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Substance wihch activates an enzyme or is necessary for normal activity of an enzyme. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | An organic nonprotein molecule, frequently a phosphorylated derivative of a water-soluble vitamin, that binds with the protein molecule (apoenzyme) to form the active enzyme (holoenzyme). (references) |
Medicine | An organic compound which combines with an enzyme and plays an essential part in its catalytic reaction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Coenzyme |
| English words defined with "coenzyme": apoenzyme ♦ cocarboxylase, coenzyme A, cofactor ♦ NAD, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide ♦ thiamine pyrophosphate, triphosphopyridine nucleotide. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "coenzyme": 5-Aminolevulinate Synthetase, 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate-Homocysteine S-Methyltransferase ♦ Acetyltransferases, Acyl Coenzyme A ♦ Coenzyme A-Transferases ♦ Fluorescence Polarization, FMN, Formyltetrahydrofolates ♦ Lactate Dehydrogenase, Lactoylglutathione Lyase ♦ Malonyl Coenzyme A, Meglutol, Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase ♦ Niacinamide ♦ Palmitoyl Coenzyme A, Palmitoyl-CoA Hydrolase, Pantetheine ♦ Squalene Synthetase, Sulfur Group Transferases. (references) |
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Health | Vitamin therapies such as riboflavin, coenzyme Q, vitamins C and K, and carnitine (a specialized amino acid) may improve function in some patients. (references) | |
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| "Coenzyme" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coenzyme" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "coenzyme": Acetyl Coenzyme A ♦ Acyl Coenzyme A ♦ coenzyme A ♦ Coenzyme A Ligases ♦ Coenzyme A-Transferases ♦ coenzyme Q ♦ Coenzyme Q10 ♦ Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) ♦ coenzyme R ♦ Malonyl Coenzyme A ♦ Palmitoyl Coenzyme A. Additional references. | |
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Containing "coenzyme": 5-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "coenzyme"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | è¾…é…µç´ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | coenzym (co-enzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | coferment (co-enzyme), co-enzyme, co-enzym (co-enzyme), coenzym (co-enzyme), coënzym (co-enzyme), coënzym. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | koentsyymi (co-enzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cosymase (co-enzyme), co-ferment, coferment (co-enzyme), cofacteur enzymatique (co-enzyme), co-enzyme (co-enzyme), coenzyme (co-enzyme), groupement prosthétique (co-enzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Coenzym (co-enzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνζυμάση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kofermentum, koenzim. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coenzima (co-enzyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oenzymecay co-enzima (co-enzyme). (various references) coenzima (co-enzyme). (various references) koenzym. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coenzyme": coenzymes. (additional references) | |
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"Coenzyme" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ectoenzyme. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-m-n-o-y-z" | |
-2 letters: cymene, enzyme, yeomen. | |
-3 letters: coney, cozen, cozey, enemy, enzym, money. | |
-4 letters: come, cone, cony, cozy, cyme, eyen, eyne, meno, meze, mony, neem, nome, omen, once, oyez, zone, zyme. | |
-5 letters: cee, con, coy, coz, eme, eon, eye, men, moc, mon, nee, nom, one, yen, yom, yon, zee. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-m-n-o-y-z" | |
+1 letter: coenzymes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 65 6E 7A 79 6D 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- . -. --.. -.--. -- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100101 01101110 01111010 01111001 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o e n z y m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0065 006E 007A 0079 006D 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781718092917971 |
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