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Coenzyme

Definition: Coenzyme

Coenzyme

Noun

1. 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.
 


Specialty Definition: Coenzyme

DomainDefinition

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.

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Crosswords: Coenzyme

English words defined with "coenzyme": apoenzymecocarboxylase, coenzyme A, cofactorNAD, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotidethiamine pyrophosphate, triphosphopyridine nucleotide. (references)
Specialty definitions using "coenzyme": 5-Aminolevulinate Synthetase, 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate-Homocysteine S-MethyltransferaseAcetyltransferases, Acyl Coenzyme ACoenzyme A-TransferasesFluorescence Polarization, FMN, FormyltetrahydrofolatesLactate Dehydrogenase, Lactoylglutathione LyaseMalonyl Coenzyme A, Meglutol, Methylmalonyl-CoA MutaseNiacinamidePalmitoyl Coenzyme A, Palmitoyl-CoA Hydrolase, PantetheineSqualene Synthetase, Sulfur Group Transferases. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Coenzyme

DomainTitle

Books

  • All About Coenzyme Q10 (Frequently Asked Questions) (reference)

  • Coenzyme Q: Molecular Mechanisms in Health and Disease (reference)

  • Coenzyme Q-10 (reference)

  • Coenzyme Q-10 (Woodland Health Ser) (reference)

  • Coenzyme Q10: All-Around Nutrient for All-Around Health! Latest Research As a Heart Strengthener, Energy Promoter, Aging Fighter and Much More (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Coenzyme

SubjectTopicQuote

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Coenzyme

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Coenzyme

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.

Hyphenated Usage

Containing "coenzyme": 5-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Coenzyme

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

coenzyme q10

507

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4

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108

coenzyme compare price q10

4

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98

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4

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15

coenzyme q10 product

3

coenzyme 10

15

lipitor coenzyme q10

3

coenzyme q10 side effects

14

coenzyme q10 skin

3

coenzyme histidine q10

13

coenzyme q1010

3

10 coenzyme q solgar

9

a.com coenzyme

2

coenzyme q10 supplement

6

clearq coenzyme q10

2

adverse coenzyme q10

6

coenzyme cq10

2

coenzyme q10 cream

4

coenzyme a technology

2

coenzyme lotion q10

4

coenzyme luciferase

2

coenzyme q10 stroke

4

coenzyme parkinsons q10

2

coenzyme information q10

4

coenzyme q10 statins

2

coenzyme q10 report study

4

10 co coenzyme q

2
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Modern Translation: Coenzyme

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

   

Portuguese

  

co-enzima (co-enzyme). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

coenzima (co-enzyme). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

koenzym. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Coenzyme

Derivations

Words beginning with "coenzyme": coenzymes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Coenzyme" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ectoenzyme. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Coenzyme

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Coenzyme


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 6F 65 6E 7A 79 6D 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    ---    .    -.    --..    -.--.    --    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101111 01100101 01101110 01111010 01111001 01101101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#111 &#101 &#110 &#122 &#121 &#109 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 006F 0065 006E 007A 0079 006D 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3781718092917971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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