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NAD and FAD are called hydrogen carriers because they are nbsp;organic nbsp;macromolecule nbsp;that transport nbsp;hydrogen nbsp;from one place to ano ...

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Standard XII

Biology

Structure of Chloroplasts

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why fad and nad are called hydrogen carriers ?

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NAD and FAD are called hydrogen carriers because they are organic macromolecule that transport hydrogen from one place to another inside a cell or from cell to cell for use in various metabolical processes. The main role of these is to transport hydrogen atom to electron transport chain which change ADP to ATP by adding one phosphate.

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