The phrase "a novel component of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing or discussing a new or unique element within a larger context, such as a study, project, or system.
Example: "The research introduced a novel component of machine learning that significantly improved accuracy."
Alternatives: "an innovative element of" or "a new aspect of".
A novel component of our qPCR method is the quantification of the dreissenid infestation level.
Shaw, L. N. et al. Identification and characterization of sigma, a novel component of the Staphylococcus aureus stress and virulence responses.
Hardwick, K. G., Johnston, R. C., Smith, D. L. & Murray, A. W. MAD3 encodes a novel component of the spindle checkpoint which interacts with Bub3p, Cdc20p, and Mad2p.
Bischoff, D. S. & Ordal, G. W. Identification and characterization of FliY, a novel component of the Bacillus subtilis flagellar switch complex.
Qiao, Y., Shi, J., Zhai, Y., Hou, Y. & Ma, W. Phytophthora effector targets a novel component of small RNA pathway in plants to promote infection.
Lee, S.Y. & Choi, Y. TRAF-interacting protein (TRIP): a novel component of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR)- and CD30-TRAF signaling complexes that inhibits TRAF2-mediated NF-κB activation.
In summary, we herein identified GPR120 as a novel component of the acquisition of the differentiated phenotype of brown adipocytes and showed that it is induced in vivo and in vitro in BAT by noradrenergic regulators of thermogenic activation.
Our results provide the first in vivo loss of function analysis of GIPC in embryonic development and also indicate that kermit 2/XGIPC is a novel component of the IGF pathway, potentially functioning through modulation of the IGF1 receptor.
A recent paper in Cell (Fujita et al., 2003) demonstrates that MTA3, a novel component of the Mi-2/NuRD transcriptional repression complex, is an estrogen receptor-regulated inhibitor of the Snail zinc finger transcription factor in breast cancer.
NoBody, a novel component of the mRNA decapping complex, is derived from a sORF in an lncRNA (D'Lima et al. 2017).
Alternatively, RH2 could represent a novel component of root-hair development that is missing in A. thaliana as very few truly root-hairless mutants (i.e., without any root hairs) have been identified in A. thaliana.
