COENZYME Q

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coenzyme Q mean? 

• COENZYME Q (noun)
  The noun COENZYME Q has 1 sense:

1. any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration

  Familiarity information: COENZYME Q used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COENZYME Q (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

coenzyme Q; ubiquinone

Hypernyms ("coenzyme Q" is a kind of...):

coenzyme (a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes)

benzoquinone; quinone (any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes)

Domain category:

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)