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When NAD+ reacts with hydrogen and gains two electrons, NAD+ is _____.

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I think it becomes NADH as it reacts with the hydrogen.
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The right answer is NAD+ is reduced (to NADH).

In a very large number of oxidation-reduction reactions that take place in the cell, the electrons are transferred by coenzymes: for example, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide or NAD +.

they contain nicotinamide which is the amide of nicotinic acid

they contain a phosphoanhydride bond that links two nucleotides: adenosine monophosphate, which comes from ATP, and the nicotinamide ribonucleotide called nicotinamide mononucleotide

The NADH that is produced by the catabolic oxidation reactions is retransformed into NAD + under aerobic conditions with concomitant production of ATP: this is oxidative phosphorylation. NADH is therefore linked to reactions of catabolism (degradation reactions). It represents an energy source prior to ATP.

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