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Cofactors
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Biochemistry
Undergraduate 2
05/21/2011

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ATP Reactive Part
Definition
Term
ATP Details
Definition
Energy Currency
Phosphory donor
Pyrophosphoryl donor
AMP donor
Nucleotide in RNA synthesis
Allosteric effector
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ADP Reactive part
Definition
Term
ADP Details
Definition
Phosphoryl donor
Phosphoryl acceptor
Allosteric effector
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AMP Reactive Part
Definition
Term
AMP Details
Definition
Phosphoryl acceptor
Allosteric effector
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CoA/ CoASH/ Coenzyme A Reactive Part
Definition
Term
CoA/ CoASH/ Coenzyme A details
Definition
Thioester energy currency
Acyl carrier via thioester formation
Synthesized from pantothenic acid, essential vitamin B5
Term
Flavin Mononucleotide Reactive part
Definition
Term
Flavin adenine dinucleotide reactive part
Definition
Term
Redox structures of FMN-FAD/ FMNH-FADH/ FMNH2-FADH2
Definition
Term
FMN Details
Definition
Redox cofactor: accepts/ gives 2 electrons and 2 protons; accepts/ gives 1 electron and 1 proton
Tightly bound in enzyme active site
Varies in redox potential based on protein surroundings
Synthesized from Riboflavin, essential Vitamin B
Term
FAD details
Definition
Redox cofactor: Accepts/gives 1-2 electrons--- 1-2 protons
Tightly bound in enzyme active site
Varies bound in enzyme active site
Varies in redox potential based on protein surroundings
Synthesized from riboflavin, essential Vitamin B2
Term
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide Phosphate (NADP) reactive part
Definition
Term
NAD details
Definition
Redox cofactor: accepts/ gives 2 electrons and 1 proton
Water soluble and freely diffusing
Use mainly in catabolic pathways
[NAD+]> [NADH] in cells
Synthesized from niacin or niacinamide, essential vitamin B3
Term
Redox forms of NAD/NADP <--> NADH/NADPH
Definition
Term
NADP details
Definition
Redox cofactor: accepts/ gives 2 electrons and 1 proton
Water soluble and freely diffusing
Used mainly in anabolic pathways
[NADP+]<[NADPH] in cells
Synthesized from niacin or niacinamide-- nicotinamide
Term
CoQ/ Coenzyme Q/ Ubiquinone reactive part
Definition
Term
Coenzyme Q details
Definition
Redox cofactor: accepts/ gives 1 electron and 1 proton
Hydrophobic; freely diffusing in the membrane
Length of isoprene tail varies by species
Term
Redox reactions with Coenzyme Q
Definition
Term
Biotin reactive part
Definition
Term
Biotin details
Definition
Helps catalyze carboxylation
Covalently linked to enzyme at lysine side chain
essential vitamin B7
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Lipoic acid reactive part
Definition
Term
dihydrolipoic acid reactive part
Definition
Term
Lipoic acid details
Definition
Redox cofactor; accepts 2 electrons at disulfide, yielding sulfhydryls
Covalently linked (via amide linkage) to enzyme at lysine side chain; becomes lipoamide
Catalyzes acyl transfer via thioester formation
Term
TPP- Thiamine pyrophosphate reactive part
Definition
Term
TPP details
Definition
Catalyzes alpha-keto decarboxylation
Ylid proton is acidic, with pKa ~ 18
Bound tightly in enzyme active site
Synthesized from thiamine, essential vitamin B1
Term
Heme reactive part
Definition
Term
Heme details
Definition
O2- binding cofactor
Redox cofactor; accepts/ gives 1 electron (Fe3+ + e- <--> Fe2+)
Bound tightly in protein, either non-covalently via hydrophobic interactions, or covalently
Varies in redox potential based on R-groups and protein surroundings
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