Chapter 14, Problem 19RQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The two most important carriers in one-carbon metabolism. Also, the examples of processes in which each of these participates.

Introduction:

One-carbon metabolism is a set of reactions that transfer one carbon atom from one molecule to another molecule. The equivalent one-carbon groups that are involved in biosynthetic reactions are methanol, formaldehyde, andformate. Methanol is mostly reduced and formate is mostly oxidized.