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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Ligases > Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases > Formate-Tetrahydrofolate Ligase

Preferred term

Formate-Tetrahydrofolate Ligase  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A carbon-nitrogen ligase that catalyzes the formation of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate from formate and tetrahydrofolate in the presence of ATP. In higher eukaryotes the enzyme also contains METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+) and METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE activity.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • 9023-66-9 (CAS RN)
  • Formate:tetrahydrofolate ligase (ADP-forming)
  • Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetase
  • Tetrahydrofolate Formylase

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J665PVVD-5

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