nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

1. 1.

   a coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processes

   SynonymsNADP

   Broadercoenzyme

Questions about nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

What does nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate mean?

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate means "a coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processes".

What is another word for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate?

Close synonyms include NADP. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate a common word?

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.