folic acid

Term ID

CHEBI:27470

Synonyms

• (2S)-2-(4-{[(2-amino-4-oxo-3,4-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}benzamido)pentanedioic acid
• Acfol
• acide folique
• acido folico
• acidum folicum
• Folate
• folic acid
• Folicet
• Folsaeure
• N-(4-{[(2-amino-4-oxo-3,4-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}benzoyl)-L-glutamic acid
• N-[(4-{[(2-amino-4-oxo-1,4-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}phenyl)carbonyl]-L-glutamic acid
• N-pteroyl-L-glutamic acid
• PGA
• PteGlu
• pteroyl-L-glutamic acid
• pteroyl-L-monoglutamic acid
• pteroylglutamic acid
• pteroylmonoglutamic acid
• vitamin B11
• vitamin B9
• vitamin Bc
• vitamin Be
• vitamin M

Definition

An N-acyl-amino acid that is a form of the water-soluble vitamin B9. Its biologically active forms (tetrahydrofolate and others) are essential for nucleotide biosynthesis and homocysteine remethylation.

References

• AGR:IND606960789
• Beilstein:100781
• CAS:59-30-3
• Chemspider:5815
• DrugBank:DB00158
• Drug_Central:1231
• FooDB:FDB014504
• HMDB:HMDB0000121
• KEGG:C00504
• KEGG:D00070
• KNApSAcK:C00001539
• LINCS:LSM-5355
• MetaCyc:CPD-12826
• PDBeChem:FOL
• PMID:10138938
• PMID:10897644
• PMID:10958818
• PMID:11261364
• PMID:11451208
• PMID:11959400
• PMID:14387833
• PMID:15321809
• PMID:15523939
• PMID:15754725
• PMID:15797531
• PMID:15797685
• PMID:15831910
• PMID:15990733
• PMID:16093404
• PMID:16277678
• PMID:16380297
• PMID:16871332
• PMID:17784727
• PMID:18788725
• PMID:19121630
• PMID:19335717
• PMID:19355913
• PMID:24650098
• PMID:33624660
• PMID:33965562
• PMID:33968971
• PMID:34207319
• PMID:34219855
• PMID:7738698
• PMID:8235383
• PMID:9040515
• PMID:9420019
• PMID:9565830
• PMID:9683174
• PMID:9781393
• PMID:9808640
• PMID:9808641
• Reaxys:100781
• Wikipedia:Folic_Acid

Ontology

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Resources

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