transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌen-(ˌ)ā-ˈdē ]
noun
Etymology: n icotinamide a denine d inucleotide
Date: circa 1962
: a coenzyme C 21 H 27 N 7 O 14 P 2 of numerous dehydrogenases that occurs in most cells and plays an important role in all phases of intermediary metabolism as an oxidizing agent or when in the reduced form as a reducing agent for various metabolites — called also nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, diphosphopyridine nucleotide, DPN