active one-carbon
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active one-carbon
any of the one-carbon units carried on tetrahydrofolate and concerned in a wide variety of biosynthetic reactions. They include the methyl-, methylene-, formimino-, formyl-, and methenyl-substituents.
| active methyl, active methionine, active immunization | |
| active site, active site-directed irreversible inhibitor, active sulfate |
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