BIOC 2580 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Flavin Mononucleotide, Field Museum Of Natural History, Nicotinamide

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Biochemistry
• Course: BIOC 2580
• Professor: John Dawson

Document Summary

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (nad+) nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (nadp+), Fad and fmn: the flavin nucleotides: derived from the vitamin riboflavin (b2, flavin nucleotides usually act as prosthetic groups; they are found tightly bound to the enzyme, *recognize structures. Nad+ and nadp+: the pyridine nucleotides: derived from the vitamin niacin (b3) The resulting nadh is reoxidized via the etc to generate energy: nadph - used as the reducing agent in biosynthesis (e. g. fatty acid synthesis, steroid synthesis) Catabolism of fats: fat is the most concentrated store of metabolic energy (per gram, 1. It is chemically very reduced - most of the carbon atoms are ch2. The oxidation state of carbon in biomolecules: each molecule is formed by oxidation of the molecule immediately preceding it. Co2 is the most oxidized form of carbon found in living systems. Fatty acids are found (mainly) in tag fat.