Coenzymes

• What do both photosynthesis and respiration involve?

  coenzymes
• what is a coenzyme?

  a molecule that aids the function of an enzyme
• how do coenzymes work?

  By transferring a chemical group from one molecule to another
• Name a coenzyme used in photosynthesis?

  NADP.
• What does NADP do?

  transfers hydrogen from one molecule to another - this means it can reduce or oxidise a molecule
• reduce =?


  give hydrogen to
• oxidise=?


  take hydrogen from
• Examples of coenzymes used in respiration are?


  NAD, coenzyme A, FAD
• What do NAD and FAD do?

  Transfer hydrogen from one molecule to another- this means they can reduce or oxidise a molecule
• what does coenzyme A do?

  Transfers acetate between molecules
• What happens when hydrogen is transferred between molecules?

  electrons are transferred too