NADP

[NADP] n [nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate] (ca. 1962): a coenzyme of numerous dehydrogenases (as that acting on glucose-6-phosphate) that occurs esp. in red blood cells and plays a role in intermediary metabolism similar to NAD but acting often on different metabolites--called also nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, TPN, triphosphopyridine nucleotide