thiamine pyrophosphate: 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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thiamine pyrophosphate [′thī·ə·mən ¦pī·rō′fä‚sfāt]
Thiamine Pyrophosphate
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thiamine pyrophosphate [′thī·ə·mən ¦pī·rō′fä‚sfāt]
(biochemistry)
The coenzyme or prosthetic component of carboxylase; catalyzes decarboxylation of various α-keto acids. Also known as cocarboxylase.
Thiamine Pyrophosphate
(also cocarboxylase), a coenzyme that participates in the enzymic transformations of α-keto acids and keto sugars; it is present in all animal and plant tissues, as well as in microorganisms.
The catalytic activity of thiamine pyrophosphate is associated with ionization of the carbon atom in the second position of the thiazole ring, to which a molecule of a substrate attaches itself. In industry, thiamine pyrophosphate is obtained from thiamine and pyrophosphoric acid. (For the medical use of thiamine pyrophosphate, SeeCOCARBOXYLASE.)
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