nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

Synonyms:
  • NADP+
German: Nicotinsäureamid-adenin-dinucleotid-phosphat
Japanese: ニコチンアミド・アデニン・ジヌクレオチド・リン酸

Biochemistry. A coenzyme of numerous dehydrogenases that has one phosphate group more than NAD+. It serves as an electron carrier in a number of biosynthetic reactions, being alternately oxidized (NADP+) and reduced (NADPH).

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