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SUBMITTER: Ratajczak J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5476803 | biostudies-other | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nature communications 20161011
NAD<sup>+</sup> is a vital redox cofactor and a substrate required for activity of various enzyme families, including sirtuins and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases. Supplementation with NAD<sup>+</sup> precursors, such as nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) or nicotinamide riboside (NR), protects against metabolic disease, neurodegenerative disorders and age-related physiological decline in mammals. Here we show that nicotinamide riboside kinase 1 (NRK1) is necessary and rate-limiting for the use of e ...[more]