NAD/NADH

[Andreas Rech]

Shayne Woodward schrieb:

> Does anyone know of analogs or other molecules that serve the same
> function as electron acceptors/donors such as NAD/NADH, whether natural
> or synthetic?

NAD +  phosphoric acid-group at the 2'-Hydroxy - group = Coenzyme  nicotine
amide - Adenine - dinucleotide - phosphate (NADP, reduced form: NADPH ;
oxidized form: NADP+)
NADPH (free acid): C21H30N7O17P3, MG. 745,46

Lit.: 1 Biochem. J. 254, 1–10 (1988). 2 Trends Biochem. Sci. 11, 171–175
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allg.: Beilstein EIII/IV 26, 3639–3641, 3644–3647, 3671–3673 ï Biochemica
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Quelle: CD Römpp Chemie Lexikon – Version 1.0, Stuttgart/New York: Georg
Thieme Verlag 1995

Flavin-Adenin-Dinucleotide

(FAD; reduced form: FADH2).
C27H33N9O15P2, MG. 785,76

Lit.: 1 FASEB J. 2, 2252–2261 (1988).
allg.: Bray et al., Flavines and Flavoproteins, Berlin: de Gruyter-Verlag
1984 ï Eur. J. Biochem. 181, 1–17 (1989).