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folic acid

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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.

Term info

Label

folic acid

Synonyms
  • FOLIC ACID
  • Folic acid
  • N-(4-{[(2-amino-4-oxo-3,4-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}benzoyl)-L-glutamic acid
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

IUPAC NAME
N-(4-{[(2-amino-4-oxo-3,4-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}benzoyl)-L-glutamic acid [ IUPAC ]

charge

0

formula

C19H19N7O6

has alternative id

CHEBI:24075, CHEBI:42610, CHEBI:569217, CHEBI:5140

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

Pteroylglutamic acid, pteroyl-L-monoglutamic acid, vitamin Bc, N-[(4-{[(2-amino-4-oxo-1,4-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl]amino}phenyl)carbonyl]-L-glutamic acid, Folsaeure, PteGlu, PGA, pteroyl-L-glutamic acid, Folate, vitamin M, N-pteroyl-L-glutamic acid

id

CHEBI:27470

inchi

InChI=1S/C19H19N7O6/c20-19-25-15-14(17(30)26-19)23-11(8-22-15)7-21-10-3-1-9(2-4-10)16(29)24-12(18(31)32)5-6-13(27)28/h1-4,8,12,21H,5-7H2,(H,24,29)(H,27,28)(H,31,32)(H3,20,22,25,26,30)/t12-/m0/s1

inchikey

OVBPIULPVIDEAO-LBPRGKRZSA-N

mass

441.39750

monoisotopicmass

441.13968

smiles

Nc1nc2ncc(CNc3ccc(cc3)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCC(O)=O)C(O)=O)nc2c(=O)[nH]1