Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
In biochemistry flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) is a redox cofactor involved in several important reactions in metabolism. FAD can exist in two different redox states which it converts between by accepting or donating electrons. The molecule consists of a riboflavin moiety (vitamin B2) bound to the phosphate group of an ADP molecule. The flavin group is bound to ribitol a sugar alcohol by a carbon-nitrogen bond not a glycosidic bond.
