cofactor

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cofactor

[′kō‚fak·tər]

(biochemistry)

A specific substance required for the activity of an enzyme, such as a coenzyme or metal ion.

(mathematics)

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Cofactor Genomics uses RNA to help researchers and clinicians understand, diagnose, and predict drug response for the 95% of disease that can't be assessed by DNA alone.

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The structure of FeMo cofactor and the product when it reacted with nitrogen are developed and is shown in Fig.

DFT analysis of metal complexes for selective nitrogen removal from the syngas based on binding energy criteria

Nitrate reductase requires cofactors to function, which leads us to three important interactions.

Considering mineral nutrient interactions: examining the benefits and detriments of minerals on grapevines and vineyard soils

In order for these reactions to occur suitably, the enzymes and cofactors that regulate their flow must be present in the proper balance.

Metabolic correction: a functional biochemical mechanism against disease: Part 2: mechanisms and benefits

Note that a Darboux polynomial with zero cofactor is a polynomial first integral.

Darboux integrability of polynomial differential systems in [R.sup.3]

Effect of Hf2s on thrombin inactivation by heparin cofactor II

Anticoagulant properties of a crude sulfated polysaccharide from the red marine alga Halymenia floresia (Clemente) C. Agardh/Propriedades anticoagulantes de um polissacarideo sulfatado bruto da alga marinha vermelha Halymenia floresia (Clemente) C. Agardh

The possible exceptions, histidinal and histinidol, may have resulted from components of a vestigial cofactor pathway.

Analysis of the intermediary metabolism of a reductive chemoautotroph

Other chapter topics are structure and function of [NiFe]-hydrogenases, carbon monoxide and cyanide ligands in the active site of [FeFe]-hydrogenases, the dual role of heme as cofactor and substrate in the biosynthesis of carbon monoxide, copper-carbon bonds in mechanistic and structural probing of proteins, and computational studies of bioorganometallic enzymes and cofactors.

Metal-carbon bonds in enzymes and cofactors

Collectively, our results establish the diet-dependent influence of Pparg2 Pro12Ala variant on metabolic control via modulated cofactor interaction and changes in gene expression patterns in mice," concluded the researchers.

High-fat diet fights off beneficial gene variant

The biotechnology company's cancer-drug candidate CoFactor failed to meet its goal in a midstage study.

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Other experiments will utilize aldo-keto reductases that utilize NADPH as a cofactor.

An initial study of the influence of magnesium ion on the fluorescence lifetime of NADH bound to ALDH2

today announced the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial using CoFactor in the treatment of refractory metastatic breast cancer.