coenzyme

See also: Coenzyme

English

Etymology

From co- +‎ enzyme.

Noun

coenzyme (plural coenzymes)

1. (biochemistry) Any small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme.
   • 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     A coenzyme that exists in all living cells, NAD+ plays a central role in the body’s biological processes, such as regulating cellular energy, increasing insulin sensitivity and reversing mitochondrial dysfunction.

Derived terms

• coenzyme A
• coenzyme I
• coenzyme II
• coenzyme Q

Translations

small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme

• Bulgarian: кофермент m (koferment)
• Catalan: coenzim m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輔酶 / 辅酶 (zh) (fǔméi)

• Czech: koenzym m
• Dutch: co-enzym (nl)
• Finnish: koentsyymi
• French: coenzyme (fr) m or f
• Greek: συνένζυμο (el) n (synénzymo)
• Hungarian: koenzim (hu)
• Icelandic: kóensím n, hjálparhvati m, ensímbót f
• Irish: comheinsím f
• Italian: coenzima (it) f
• Japanese: コエンザイム (koenzaimu), 補酵素 (ほこうそ, hokōso)
• Kazakh: кофермент (koferment)
• Khmer: កូអង់ស៊ីម (kouʼɑngsiim)
• Polish: koenzym (pl) m
• Romanian: coenzimă (ro) f
• Spanish: coenzima f
• Swedish: koenzym (sv) n
• Turkish: koenzim (tr)
• Ukrainian: коензи́м m (koenzým)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ɑ̃.zim/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

coenzyme m or f (plural coenzymes)

1. coenzyme

Further reading

• “coenzyme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012