nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

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nic·o·tin·a·mide adenine dinucleotide

 (nĭk′ə-tĭn′ə-mīd′, -tē′nə-)
n.
NAD.
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NAD

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide: a coenzyme, C21H27N7O14P2, involved in many cellular oxidation-reduction reactions.
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Noun1.nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide - a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes
NAD
coenzyme - a small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes
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A Histochemical study of the red and white muscle fibers.Part III: Activity of the diphosphopyridine nucleotide diaphorase and triphosphopyridine nucleotide diaphorase in muscle fibers.
Histochemical study of enzyme in frontal muscle of Norfolk rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) / Estudio histoquimico de la enzima NADH-TR en musculo frontal de conejos Norfolk (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
The structure was related to that of the nucleotides that formed the building blocks of nucleic acid molecules, and it received the name of diphosphopyridine nucleotide.
Coenzyme structure
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