The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; catabolism may be of either the oxidized form, NAD, or the reduced form, NADH.
NADP catabolic process
nicotinamide nucleotide biosynthetic process +
Synonyms
Exact Synonyms:
NAD breakdown
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NAD catabolism
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NAD degradation
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NADH catabolic process
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NADH catabolism
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nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide catabolic process
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nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide catabolism
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oxidized NAD catabolic process
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oxidized NAD catabolism
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oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide catabolic process
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oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide catabolism
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reduced NAD catabolic process
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reduced NAD catabolism
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reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide catabolic process
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reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide catabolism