NADH

American

Biochemistry.

an abbreviation for the reduced form of NAD in electron transport reactions.

NADH British

noun

biochem the chemically reduced form of NAD

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NADH Scientific

/ ĕn′ā-dē-āch′ /

The reduced form of NAD. NADH has one more electron than NAD.

Etymology

Origin of NADH

NAD + H, for hydrogen

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NADH

Unlike NADH, this carrier remains attached to the enzyme and transfers the electrons to the electron transport chain directly.

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Lastly, a hydroxyethyl group is oxidized to an acetyl group, producing NADH.

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In the above equation, RH is a reducing agent, and NAD+ is reduced to NADH.

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It then oxidizes a hydroxyethyl group to an acetyl group, producing NADH.

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High-energy electrons and hydrogen atoms pass to NAD+, reducing it to NADH.

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