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VITAMINS MINERALS COENZYMES AND DEFICIENCY DISEASES
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fats
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protein
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all of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Biotin (vitamin H or vitamin B7) is a B-complex vitamin that acts as an essential coenzyme for five carboxylases: pyruvate carboxylase, 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase, propionyl-CoA carboxylase, and coenzyme for acetyl-CoA carboxylases 1 and 2.
Detailed explanation-2: -Biotin is an enzyme co-factor present in minute amounts in every living cell. Biotin is also known as vitamin H or B7 or coenzyme R. It occurs mainly bound to proteins or polypeptides and is abundant in liver, kidney, pancreas, yeast, and milk.
Detailed explanation-3: -In humans, biotin is involved in important metabolic pathways such as gluconeogenesis, fatty acid synthesis, and amino acid catabolism by acting a as prosthetic group for pyruvate carboxylase, propionyl-CoA carboxylase, beta-methylcrotinyl-CoA carboxylase, and acetyl-CoA carboxylase.