cofactor
- Noun. a contributing factor.
- Noun. (biochemistry) a substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function.
- Noun. (biochemistry) a molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein.
- Noun. (mathematics) the result of a number being divided by one of its factors .
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