Obsolete Term Information

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Accession
GO:0051186
Name
obsolete cofactor metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
cofactor metabolism
Alternate IDs
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Definition
OBSOLETE. The chemical reactions and pathways involving a cofactor, a substance that is required for the activity of an enzyme or other protein. Cofactors may be inorganic, such as the metal atoms zinc, iron, and copper in certain forms, or organic, in which case they are referred to as coenzymes. Cofactors may either be bound tightly to active sites or bind loosely with the substrate. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
1. Making inferences in GO about compounds based on the cofactor role curated by ChEBI creates relationships that are not always true which violates ontological principles for GO; therefore we will cease making these inferences. 2. It is not meaningful to group metabolic processes that are not all chemically related by the fact that they may be used as a cofactor.
History
See term history for GO:0051186 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
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Subset
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