GO biological process ontology term - GO:0035999 - folate cycle
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0035999
- Name
- folate cycle
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- A cyclic series of interconversions of the one-carbon unit carried by tetrahydrofolate - as 10-formyltetrahydrofolate, 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate, 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate. Couples the acquisition of a one-carbon unit from donors such as serine, glycine or formate with its transfer, in the appropriate oxidation state, to biosynthetic acceptors, and with regeneration of tetrahydrofolate.
