Coenzyme Diagram Example. Coenzymes hold an atom or group of atoms allowing an enzyme to work. Enzymes are proteins having primary secondary tertiary and in certain cases even quaternary structures.
Acetyl coenzyme a for example. Vitamins are a good example of a coenzyme. Follow the links below to see how alcohol dehydrogenase glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase use nad to accelerate the reactions they catalyze.
Sometimes this protein part or apoenzyme is not sufficient for catalytic action which then requires the presence of a co factor.
As many coenzymes are capable to capture electrons. In organisms that perform cellular respiration glycolysis is the first stage of this process. In this example the enzyme splits one molecule into two smaller ones but other enzymes join small molecules together to make a. And also an illustration of how coenzymes work in tandem.