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pyridoxal phosphate
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pyridoxal phosphate (pĭr'ĭdŏks`əl): see coenzyme coenzyme , any one of a group of relatively small organic molecules required for the catalytic function of certain enzymes. A coenzyme may either be attached by covalent bonds to a particular enzyme or exist freely in solution, but in either case it participates
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; vitamin vitamin, group of organic substances that are required in the diet of humans and animals for normal growth, maintenance of life, and normal reproduction. Vitamins act as catalysts; very often either the vitamins themselves are coenzymes, or they form integral parts
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pyridoxal phosphate [‚pir·ə′däk·səl ′fä‚sfāt]
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Vitamin B6, also known as pyridoxine, pyridoxal and pyriodoxamine, is a water-soluble vitamin involved in a wide variety of functions throughout the body.
submitted a citizen petition to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), asserting that dietary supplements containing pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (P5P) "are adulterated and are being unlawfully marketed.
Purified serine racemase has a molecular weight of 37 kDa and requires pyridoxal 5-phosphate for its activity.
 
 
 
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