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.
Synonyms: N-(4-{[(2-amino-4-oxo-3,4-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}benzoyl)-L-glutamic acid
Term information
- LINCS:LSM-5355
- HMDB:HMDB0000121
- FooDB:FDB014504
- DrugBank:DB00158
- KEGG:C00504
- KEGG:D00070
- KNApSAcK:C00001539
- Wikipedia:Folic_Acid
- PDBeChem:FOL
- Chemspider:5815
- MetaCyc:CPD-12826
3_STAR
pteroylmonoglutamic acid
pteroyl-L-monoglutamic acid
acido folico
acidum folicum
Acfol
vitamin Bc
(2S)-2-(4-{[(2-amino-4-oxo-3,4-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}benzamido)pentanedioic acid
acide folique
N-[(4-{[(2-amino-4-oxo-1,4-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}phenyl)carbonyl]-L-glutamic acid
Folsaeure
PGA
Folicet
Folate
vitamin M
vitamin B9
pteroylglutamic acid
PteGlu
vitamin Be
vitamin B11
folic acid
pteroyl-L-glutamic acid
N-pteroyl-L-glutamic acid
Term relations
- N-acyl-amino acid
- folic acids
- has role some mouse metabolite
- has role some nutrient
- has role some human metabolite
- is_conjugate_acid_of some folate(2-)
- has_functional_parent some pteroic acid