obsolete formaldehyde assimilation via xylulose monophosphate cycle (obsolete GO:0019648)
OBSOLETE. The pathway in which formaldehyde is used as a carbon source in the xylulose monophosphate cycle. Methylotrophic yeasts, but not bacteria, utilize the xylulose monophosphate cycle to fix formaldehyde and convert it into metabolically useful organic compounds.
formaldehyde assimilation via xylulose-5-phosphate cycle
exact
formaldehyde fixation cycle
exact