Keywords: NAD+-from-xtal-2003-3D-sticks.png Stick model of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide molecule NAD<sup>+</sup> as found in the crystal structure of the zwitterionic form C<sub>21</sub>H<sub>27</sub>N<sub>7</sub>O<sub>14</sub>P<sub>2</sub>·4H<sub>2</sub>O The crystal structure was reported in http //dx doi org/10 1021/jp034478b B Guillot et al J Phys Chem B 2003 107 9109-9121 Note that the zwitterionic form is different to the physiological form the zwitterion is protonated at nitrogen N1 of the adenine group so the molecule as a whole has a charge of zero whereas the physiological form is not protonated here and thus the molecule has an overall charge of 1 Colour code black Carbon C black white Hydrogen H white blue Nitrogen N blue red Oxygen O red FF8000 Phosphorus P orange Model manipulated and image generated in http //accelrys com/products/discovery-studio/visualization/discovery-studio-visualizer html Accelrys DS Visualizer Own 2016-04-27 Ben Mills Benjah-bmm27 Images by Ben Mills Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |