Folic acid

Folic acid

    • The coenzymes form of folic acid is tetrahydrofolic acid .
    • Tetrahydrofolic acid is associated with one carbon metabolism.
    • The tetrahydrofolic acid serves as a carrier of single carbon moieties such as formyl, methenyl, formyl or methyl group.involved in the biosynthesis of purine, pyrimidines, serine, methionine and glycine. Formation and functions of one carbon derivatives of THF
    Structure of the tetrahydrofolic acid


     

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