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... > Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Pterins > Folic Acid > Tetrahydrofolates > Formyltetrahydrofolates
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > Pteridines > Pterins > Folic Acid > Tetrahydrofolates > Formyltetrahydrofolates
Enzymes and Coenzymes > Coenzymes > Tetrahydrofolates > Formyltetrahydrofolates

Preferred term

Formyltetrahydrofolates  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Formyltetrahydrofolic Acids
  • N(10)-Formyltetrahydrofolate

Note

  • deficiency: coordinate FORMYLTETRAHYDROFOLATES /defic (IM) with FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY (IM)

Scope note

  • Tetrahydrofolates which are substituted by a formyl group at either the nitrogen atom in the 5 position or the nitrogen atom in the 10 position. N(5)-Formyltetrahydrofolate is leucovorin (citrovorum factor) while N(10)-formyltetrahydrofolate is an active coenzyme which functions as a carrier of the formyl group in a number of enzymatic reactions.

History note

  • 1991 (1976)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005575

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