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Distribution of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase in eubacteria
T R Whitehead1, M Park, J C Rabinowitz
1Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
Journal of Bacteriology
|February 1, 1988
Abstract:
The distribution of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase, which activates formate for use as a one-carbon donor in a variety of biosynthetic reactions, was determined for a variety of eubacteria. Organisms from several genera were found to lack detectable synthetase activity; however, all organisms tested were found to contain 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase activity.