cofactor

Noun

 * 1) A contributing factor.
 * 2)  A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function.
 * 3)  A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein.
 * 4)  The result of a number being divided by one of its factors.
 * 5)  The signed determinant of the submatrix produced by removing the row and column containing a specified element; primarily used in the recursive definition and calculation of the determinant of a matrix.
 * 1)  The signed determinant of the submatrix produced by removing the row and column containing a specified element; primarily used in the recursive definition and calculation of the determinant of a matrix.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 輔因子
 * Finnish: kofaktori
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 補因子
 * Kazakh: кофактор
 * Spanish: cofactor
 * Tagalog: kakabuo
 * Turkish: kofaktör