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coenzyme A

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coenzyme A [kō′en‚zīm ′ā]
(biochemistry)
C21H36O16N7P3S A coenzyme in all living cells; required by certain condensing enzymes to act in acetyl or other acyl-group transfer and in fatty-acid metabolism. Abbreviated CoA.


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