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[[Image:Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.jpg|right|thumb|200px|{{#ifexist:Template:Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.jpg/credit|{{Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Structure of NADPH. NADH differs only by the absence of the lowest phosphate group.]] | [[Image:Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.jpg|right|thumb|200px|{{#ifexist:Template:Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.jpg/credit|{{Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Structure of NADPH. NADH differs only by the absence of the lowest phosphate group.]] | ||
'''NADPH''', | '''NADPH''', the reduced from of '''nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate''', serves as a major reducing agent in biological systems. The oxided form is abbreviated as '''NADP<sup>+</sup>'''. NADPH is a hydride ion donor. Although NADPH and [[NADH]] differ by only the presence of the 2'-phosphate group in NADPH (bottome of structure), their chemistries are drastically different. It is generated by the malate enzyme, photosystems, and in the [[pentose phosphate pathway]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:48, 18 January 2008
NADPH, the reduced from of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, serves as a major reducing agent in biological systems. The oxided form is abbreviated as NADP+. NADPH is a hydride ion donor. Although NADPH and NADH differ by only the presence of the 2'-phosphate group in NADPH (bottome of structure), their chemistries are drastically different. It is generated by the malate enzyme, photosystems, and in the pentose phosphate pathway.