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What is the difference between a coenzyme and a cofactor?

mikeee

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What is the difference between a coenzyme and a cofactor?

what is the difference between a coenzyme and a cofactor?

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A coenzyme is an enzyme with a prosthetic group, a permanently bound member, that is organic. With a cofactor, the permanently bound member is inorganic.

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A CO-ENZYME is a small organic non-protein MOLECULE that carries chemical groups between enzymes while a

CO-FACTOR is a non-protein CHEMICAL COMPOUND that is bound tightly to an enzyme and is required for catalysis.

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