English noun: coenzyme | |||
1. | coenzyme (substance) a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes | ||
Broader (hypernym) | molecule | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cocarboxylase, coenzyme A, coenzyme Q, NAD, NADP, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, thiamine pyrophosphate, triphosphopyridine nucleotide, ubiquinone | ||