List with commonly used abbreviations



In biochemistry, many abbreviations are used. Here you find a list with commonly used abbreviations.

ADP = adinoside diphosphate

AMP = adenoside monophosphate

cAMP = cyclic AMP

ATP = adinoside triphosphate

CoA = coenzyme A

FAD + = Flavin adenine dinucleotide, oxidised form.

FADH = Flavin adenine dinucleotide, reduced form.

GDP = guanosine diphosphate

GMP = guanosine monophosphate

GTP = guanosine triphosphate

NAD + = nicotineamide adenine dinucleotide, geoxidised form.

NADH = nicotineamide adenine dinucleotide, reduced form.

NADP + = nicotineamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, geoxidised form.

NADPH = nicotineamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, reduced form.

PKF = phosphofructokinase

PLP = pyridoxal phosphate

Q = ubiquinone

TPP = thiamine pyrophosphate

UDP = uridine diphosphate

UTP = uridine triphosphate



[1]. Stryer, Lubert;- Biochemistry - fourth edition; New York: W. H. Freeman and Company
(1995). ISBN 0-7167-2009-4




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