nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

English

Alternative forms

• NAD (initialism)

Noun

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) An organic coenzyme involved in biological oxidation and reduction reactions.
   • 2017 March 24th, Tom Bawden, “Not getting any older may be possibility after key discovery” in the i, № 1,975, page 15/5:

     The treatment in mice involved boosting their levels of Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) – a natural protein that already controls DNA repair in our body.

Synonyms

• (organic coenzyme): codehydrogenase I, coenzyme I, diphosphopyridine nucleotide (DPN), nadide (NAD⁺)

Related terms

• nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
• nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide

Translations

organic coenzyme

Icelandic: nikótínamíðadeníndínúkleótíð n

Further reading

• Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia