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Definition of Cofactor
1. Noun. A substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result.
Definition of Cofactor
1. Noun. a contributing factor ¹
2. Noun. (biochemistry) a substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function ¹
3. Noun. (biochemistry) a molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein ¹
4. Noun. (mathematics) the result of a number being divided by one of its factors ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cofactor
1. a coenzyme [n -S] - See also: coenzyme
Medical Definition of Cofactor
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cofactor
Literary usage of Cofactor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of Determinants in the Historical Order of Development by Thomas Muir (1906)
"... the differential-quotients of /„ with respect to xn+t, this differential-quotient
being in fact the last element of all and having B for its cofactor. ..."
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