Assertion: coenzyme | /r/CapableOf | help to remove a carboxyl group
Facets:
value: from pyruvic acid
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: This coenzyme, for example, helps to remove a carboxyl group from pyruvic acid, leaving behind an acetyl group, which it donates to lipoic acid; the lipoic acid then transfers the acetyl group to coenzyme A, which finally inserts it into the beginning of the Krebs cycle.