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Is NADP an electron carrier?


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Electron carrier

  1. Electron shuttles, also known as electron carriers, are tiny organic molecules that play an important role in cellular respiration.
  2. Their work description is summed up in their name: they take up electrons from one molecule and deposit them in another.

NADH

  1. When NAD oxidizes a molecule by receiving electrons and adding hydrogen ions to the chemical, it produces NADH.
  2. The coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is essential for metabolism.
  3. NADH (electron carrier) is a reduced version of NAD+ (an electron acceptor) that can be produced through glycolysis and other metabolic processes.
  4. NADH is employed in the electron transport chain (ETC) and oxidative phosphorylation to produce a large amount of ATP. In the mitochondria, NADH also provides electrons to the ETC.
  5. NADH is the electron carrier's reduced form, which is transformed into NAD+.
  6. The electron carrier is oxidized as a result of this phase of the process.

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