prosthetic group

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(thing) by BioTech (9.1 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Sun Aug 11 2002 at 5:49:18
An organic compound (other than an amino acid) or a metal ion that is covalently bound to a protein and serves an essential function in its activity.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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