FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026

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General Information

Term

tetrahydrofolate metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0046653 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving tetrahydrofolate, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolic acid, a folate derivative bearing additional hydrogens on the pterin group.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

"tetrahydrofolate metabolism"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
tetrahydrofolate metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| tetrahydrofolate metabolic process

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

modified amino acid metabolic process____________
pteridine-containing compound metabolic process__|
                                                 folic acid-containing compound metabolic process
                                                  |__tetrahydrofolate metabolic process  8 rec.
                                                      |__10-formyltetrahydrofolate metabolic process 1 rec.
                                                      |   |__10-formyltetrahydrofolate biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__10-formyltetrahydrofolate catabolic process 1 rec.
                                                      |__tetrahydrofolate biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                                      |   |__10-formyltetrahydrofolate biosynthetic process
                                                      |__tetrahydrofolate interconversion 5 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	folic acid-containing compound metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"tetrahydrofolate metabolism" EXACT
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