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because NR provides extra energy to cells?
by JPLeRouzic 4y ago
because NR provides extra energy to cells?
- gus_massa 4y agoIt's slightly outside my knowledge are, so I'll try my best, but it may have some errors. Oversimplifying_ If you join two molecules of nicotinamide riboside with a phosphate you can make one molecule of NAD+. When your cells burn sugar, they actually transform NAD+ into NADH, and later the NADH is "burned" with the oxygen to produce back NAD+ and make a few ATP molecules. The ATP stores the energy for a short time, until that energy can be used for something useful, like moving your legs or making proteins. The easy version in school is sugar + oxygen -> CO2 + energy but there are like 50 intermediate steps to capture as much of that energy in a useful form. One of the intermediate steps uses NAD+, that is formed by two copies of nicotinamide riboside and a phosphate.
- JPLeRouzic 4y agoThanks!