Cofactor vs Prefactor - What's the difference?
cofactor | prefactor | Related terms |
a contributing factor
(biochemistry) a substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function
(biochemistry) a molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein
(mathematics) the result of a number being divided by one of its factors
A coefficient which precedes a given quantity in a mathematical formula
*{{quote-journal, 1980, William E. Carlos & Milton W. Cole, Band structure and thermodynamic properties of He atoms near a graphite surface, Physical Review B, volume=21
, passage=The prefactor preceding the sum is the constant density of states associated with two-dimensional motion for each state n of perpendicular motion.}}
Prefactor is a related term of cofactor.
As nouns the difference between cofactor and prefactor
is that cofactor is a contributing factor while prefactor is a coefficient which precedes a given quantity in a mathematical formula.cofactor
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