The Pathway Ontology (PW), is currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about this vocabulary, please see Petri et al. The rat genome database pathway portal. Database (Oxford). 2011 Apr 8;2011:bar010. Print 2011 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).
Term:
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide biosynthesis, the salvage pathway
Those metabolic reactions involved in the synthesis of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) from precursors such as nicotinamide, nicotinic acid or nicotinamide riboside, collectively known as vitamin B3 or niacin.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
NAD biosynthesis, the salvage pathway
related_synonym:
NAD biosynthesis via nicotinamide riboside salvage pathway; Nicotinamide salvaging