NUTR 3210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Glutathione Reductase, Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase, Glutathione Disulfide
21 Mar 2018
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Niacin: plant provitamins nicotinic acid and tryptophan converted to active nad(p) form of vitamin, nicotinamide form of vitamin in animals, nad(p) is a dinucleotide (2 sugars + 2 bases + 2 phosphates) Riboflavin: plant provitamin is riboflavin, active forms in animals are fmn and fad, fmn is a mononucleotide (sugar + base + phosphate, fad is a dinucleotide (2 sugars + 2 bases + 2 phosphates) Nadph, which are transferred to fad that is tightly bound to the glutathione reductase enzyme.
