Definition & Meaning | English word COSUBSTRATE
COSUBSTRATE
Definitions of COSUBSTRATE
- (biochemistry) coenzyme
Number of letters
11
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using COSUBSTRATE in a Sentence
- Not to be confused with the cosubstrate that binds to the enzyme apoenzyme (either a holoprotein or heteroprotein) by non-covalent binding a non-protein (non-amino acid).
- S-Adenosyl methionine (SAM), also known under the commercial names of SAMe, SAM-e, or AdoMet, is a common cosubstrate involved in methyl group transfers, transsulfuration, and aminopropylation.
- Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase catalyzes the conversion of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, a cosubstrate for homocysteine remethylation to methionine.
- Statins are also noncompetitive with the cosubstrate NADPH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate).
- It has been proposed that cosubstrate and iron concentrations poise the HIF hydroxylases to respond to an appropriate "hypoxic window" for a particular cell type or tissue.
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