Question

Difference between activator and coenzyme​

Answer 1

106, table 5.2 for a short list of organic cofactors (coenzymes)). These enzymes have an extra binding site, the allosteric site, into which a cofactor can bind. This allows the cofactor to act like a switch turning the enzyme either on or off. If the cofactor turns the enzyme on it can be called an activator.

Answer 2

Enzymes are biologically active substances that have various effects while an activator is a substance that potentiates the activity of an enzyme

• An enzyme is a protein having certain biological functions. They catalyze many important metabolic pathways in almost all living organisms
• An activator is a substance that may be released in minute quantities that induce a structural or functional change in an enzyme. This conformational change leads to increased enzymatic activity
• These may either be small molecules such as ions or cofactors or large proteinaceous molecules themselves
• Based on the type of reaction they catalyze, enzymes can be classified as hydrolases, transferases, lyases, ligases, isomerases, and oxidoreductases

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