Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
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| Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate | |
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| Molecular formula | C21H29N7O17P3+ |
| Molar mass | 744.413 |
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) is used in anabolic reactions, such as fatty acid and nucleic acid synthesis, which require NADPH as a reducing agent.
In chloroplasts, NADP is an oxidizing agent (electron donor) important in the preliminary reactions of photosynthesis. The NADPH produced by photosynthesis is then used as reducing power for the biosynthetic reactions in the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis.
NADPH is the reduced form of NADP+, and NADP+ is the oxidized form of NADPH.
