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Title: What is the difference between a cofactor and a coenzyme?
Post by: illmatic118 on Sep 3, 2012
What is the difference between a cofactor and a coenzyme?


Title: What is the difference between a cofactor and a coenzyme?
Post by: irina on Sep 3, 2012
Coenzymes are biochemical products of a cell that are required for some process - they are a protein product of DNA transcription.

Cofactors are external products brought into a cell that bind to an enzyme and help it do its job.  Cofactors are often metal ions.


Title: What is the difference between a cofactor and a coenzyme?
Post by: smmiller223 on Sep 3, 2012
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