AD, the first cofactor described, was discovered in 1906 (ref. 1 ), when it was observed that yeast juice separated into low-and high-molecular-weight fractions lost the capacity to perform alcoholic fermentation. However, addition of the lowmolecular-weight fraction to yeast accelerated the fermentation reaction, even if it was boiled beforehand. This observation suggested that a yet-unknown heat-stable factor present in the lowmolecular-weight fraction was required for fermentation. At that time, this factor was named 'cozymase' . Almost three decades later, the chemical composition of cozymase, comprising an adenine, a phosphate and a reducing-sugar group, was reported 2 . The actual function of NAD + , however, remained unclear until 1936, when cozymase was shown to be capable of transferring hydride between molecules with the nicotinamide base as its redox site 3 . This research on NAD + was rewarded by three Nobel prizes. In the early 2000s, interest in NAD + experienced a resurrection, after a novel role of NAD + as a cosubstrate for the sirtuin enzyme family, important regulators of longevity and metabolism, was discovered 4-6 .Brain 98
NMNaT3Testis 307 Intestine, spleen, brain, SM, lung, pancreas, blood, WaT 98,307