Sentences with phrase «required cofactor»

More importantly, mercury impairs the ongoing synthesis and repair of collagen, bone and cartilage, both by impairing the necessary enzymes and by depleting vitamin C, which is a required cofactor.

A 1968 estimate suggested that magnesium was a required cofactor for 300 enzymatic reactions.

It is a required cofactor for the body's production of several critical enzymes, including those in pathways involved in intracellular glucose metabolism.

A required cofactor in many enzymatic processes, magnesium has a relaxing effect on the body and works in opposition to contractive calcium to enable muscles to relax.

T4 is converted to the T3 within cells by deiodinases (5» - iodinase), enzymes for which selenium is the required cofactor.

They also require cofactors, or «builders», to make neurotransmitters, which include zinc, b - vitamins, magnesium and iron.

Each individual enzyme requires cofactors to work, and cofactors are frequently found in the form of vitamins and minerals.

Before you go thinking this is a healthy thing, consider the fact that most vitamins and minerals require cofactors and other trace minerals that are only found when you eat the whole food source to be absorbed and used properly in the body.

Not exact matches

Whole foods work synergistically by providing the cofactors and enzymes that many nutrients require to be activated and absorbed.

«This fact,» says Panowski, «suggests that pha - 4 [protein] and daf - 16 may be competing in some way, perhaps for target genes that increase longevity or other coregulators or cofactors that may be required for this.»

Because exogenous substrates and cofactors are not required for this fluorescence, GFP expression can be used to monitor gene expression and protein localization in living organisms.

What's next: Studies revealing that the cofactor binding sites of Paps are functional and that they are able to transfer cofactors — non-protein compounds required by enzymes to function — could provide insight into how they are assembled into the complex.

• Increased turnover, metabolism, and loss of this vitamin in urine or sweat • Increased mitochondrial enzymes that require more biotin for cofactors • Increased need for tissue repair and maintenance • Increased food intake requiring biotin for metabolism

Vitamin B12 is required for proper neurological and cognitive function, prevention of certain anemias and as a cofactor in the synthesis of DNA & RNA.

This is because the conversion requires a lot of different pieces to be in place, including having enough nutrients (that act as cofactors in the chemical process), having proper gut and liver function, and the body needs to be on a low - stress setting, as chemical messengers related to stress may block or alter the conversion, resulting in the person not having enough of the T3 on board.

Methylation cofactors include SAMe (whose production requires magnesium as well as methionine), B6, B12, folate, zinc, and betaine (aka trimethylglycine).

Beyond that, there are numerous nutritional supplements that could be effective based on their biochemical functions: • Chromium picolinate: Chromium is required for proper function of the insulin receptor, and has been proven to aid in glucoregulation and insulin sensitivity.58, 59 • Zinc: Insulin degrading enzyme requires zinc as a cofactor.57 • High - quality cod liver oil: To balance the n - 6 / n - 3 ratio and decrease inflammation.

Dopamine - beta - hydroxylase requires ascorbic acid and copper as cofactors.

Normal digestion requires vitamins and minerals as cofactors as the metabolic machinery processes sugars and other foods.

Some enzymes require an additional ions or molecules called cofactors to function.

These manufactured vitamin forms often lack the cofactors and nutrients required for proper absorption in the body.

Firstly there's the holy trinity of acne nutrients which are all cofactors required to manufacture glutathione:

They require free fatty acid cofactors, which may flip - flop across the membrane carrying protons.

Magnesium is required for many metabolic functions, it is an activator for more than 300 enzyme systems as well as being an important cofactor in maintaining an electrical balance across membranes.