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Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Pterins > Folic Acid > Pteroylpolyglutamic Acids
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > Pteridines > Pterins > Folic Acid > Pteroylpolyglutamic Acids

Preferred term

Pteroylpolyglutamic Acids  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Folate Polyglutamates
  • Polyglutamates, Folate

Note

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

Scope note

  • Derivatives of folic acid (pteroylglutamic acid). In gamma-glutamyl linkage they are found in many tissues. They are converted to folic acid by the action of pteroylpolyglutamate hydrolase or synthesized from folic acid by the action of folate polyglutamate synthetase. Synthetic pteroylpolyglutamic acids, which are in alpha-glutamyl linkage, are active in bacterial growth assays.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under FOLIC ACID 1979-90

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