diˌphosphoˈpyridine ˈnucleotide Biochem.
[f. di-2 + phospho- + pyridine + nucleotide.]
One of the names of the co-enzyme nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide (NAD).
| 1938 Biochem. Jrnl. XXXII. 2235 Reduced coenyzme I (diphosphopyridinenucleotide) is oxidized extremely slowly by methylene blue and other exidation-reduction indicators. 1955 Sci. Amer. Jan. 76/3 It turned out that the rickettsiae very definitely used the coenzymes known as DPN (diphosphopyridine nucleotide) and coenzyme A, both of which are essential for many oxidation reactions in animal cells. 1962 T. O. Sippel in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism Rel. Cataract 368 The oxidized and reduced forms of diphospho-and triphosphopyridine nucleotide were measured flourometrically. |