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In cellular metabolism, NAD is involved in redox reactions, carrying electrons from one reaction to another, so it is found in two forms: NAD + is an oxidizing agent, accepting electrons from other molecules and becoming reduced; with H +, this reaction forms NADH, which can be used as a reducing agent to donate electrons.
The NAD+/NADH coenzyme couple act as an electron reservoir for metabolic redox reactions, carrying electrons from one reaction to another. [5] Most of these metabolism reactions occur in the mitochondria. To regenerate NAD+ for further use, NADH pools in the cytosol must be reoxidized.
Ferredoxin: NADP + reductase is the last enzyme in the transfer of electrons during photosynthesis from photosystem I to NADPH. [2] The NADPH is then used as a reducing equivalent in the reactions of the Calvin cycle. [2] Electron cycling from ferredoxin to NADPH only occurs in the light in part because FNR activity is inhibited in the dark. [11]
"P" here means pigment, and the number following it is the wavelength of light absorbed. Electrons in pigment molecules can exist at specific energy levels. Under normal circumstances, they are at the lowest possible energy level, the ground state. However, absorption of light of the right photon energy can lift them to a higher energy level.
In enzymology, a hydrogen dehydrogenase (NADP+) (EC 1.12.1.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction. H 2 + NADP + H + + NADPH. Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are H 2 and NADP +, whereas its two products are H + and NADPH.
NAD + kinase (EC 2.7.1.23, NADK) is an enzyme that converts nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD +) into NADP + through phosphorylating the NAD + coenzyme. [6] NADP + is an essential coenzyme that is reduced to NADPH primarily by the pentose phosphate pathway to provide reducing power in biosynthetic processes such as fatty acid biosynthesis and nucleotide synthesis. [7]
SARM1 is a Toll-like receptor protein and also functions as a intracellular NADase. [3] Under normal circumstances NADase activity are inhibited in the presence of NAD+, where NAD+ binds to armadillo/heat motifs (ARMs), which inhibits the dimerization of the toll-like receptor domain that activates the NADase activity. [3]
Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting. [1] [2] In a descriptive sense, the term light pollution refers to the effects of any poorly implemented lighting sources, during the day or night. Light pollution can be understood not only as a phenomenon resulting from a specific source or kind ...