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Coenzyme is any organic, low-molecular-mass, freely dissociable factor, which is essential for the activity of an enzyme. For example, some dehydrogenases require NAD+ as electron carrier and some reductases use NADPH.
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Peretó, J. (2015). Coenzyme. In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44185-5_315
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