In article <1998071716314700.MAA00730 at ladder01.news.aol.com>, crooow99 at aol.com (Crooow99) wrote:
>>>>Does anyone know of analogs or other molecules that serve the same
>>function as electron acceptors/donors such as NAD/NADH, whether natural
>>or synthetic?
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>>'electron acceptors/donors' is vague---doesn't that include inorganic
>batteries, as well as the electron transfer systems involved with
>photosynthesis and oxidative phosphorylation?
>>In metabolic pathways assosciated with NAD/NADH there are also FAD/FADH2 and
>NADP/NADPH.
dichlorophenolindophenol (DCIP), methylene blue, and resazurin can act in
electron transfer reactions (these are all redox indicators) as well as
NO3- <---> NO2-.
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