Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coenzyme_q

1 sense of coenzyme q

Sense 1
ubiquinone, coenzyme Q -- (any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration)
       => quinone, benzoquinone -- (any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes)
       => coenzyme -- (a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes)