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nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

8.9
A chemical in cells that helps make other molecules, for example during photosynthesis
  • noun
  • /nɪˌkoʊtɪnəˌmaɪd ˌædəˈniːn daɪˈnʌkliəˌtaɪd ˈfɔsfeɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fosfato de dinucleótido de nicotinamida y adenina
  • The reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate plays a vital role in photosynthesis.

Examples

  • Many enzymes require nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate as a cofactor.

  • Scientists measured changes in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate levels during the experiment.

  • nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate is essential for biosynthetic reactions in plants and animals.

  • The role of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate in cellular metabolism is crucial.

  • The reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate plays a vital role in photosynthesis.

  • nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate is essential for biosynthetic reactions in plants and animals.

  • Many enzymes require nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate as a cofactor.

Synonyms

NADP
vsnicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
  • Specialized
8.0

A molecule in cells that helps carry electrons in reactions like photosynthesis

has an extra phosphate group distinguishing it from the similar coenzyme form
triphosphopyridine nucleotide
vsnicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
  • Specialized
9.3

A chemical that helps enzymes transfer energy during cell processes

is the shorter commonly used name for the same cellular coenzyme

Surface Forms

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate singular
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphates plural

Morphology

nicotinamide + adenine + dinucleotide + phosphate

The phrase is a systematic chemical name whose parts (nicotinamide + adenine + dinucleotide + phosphate) directly describe a dinucleotide composed of those components with an added phosphate group. This compositional naming makes the basic referent (a phosphorylated dinucleotide coenzyme) derivable from the constituents, even though full biochemical function is specialist knowledge.

Etymology

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate is a small molecule in cells that works like a little battery, carrying tiny energy packets used to 'help make' and repair other molecules. The extra phosphate part is like a small tag that makes it a different battery from NAD, so it does different jobs in the cell, for example in photosynthesis and making new molecules.