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Mammals divert endogenous genotoxic formaldehyde into one-carbon metabolism

Mammals divert endogenous genotoxic formaldehyde into one-carbon metabolism

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Mammals divert endogenous genotoxic formaldehyde into one-carbon metabolism

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Mammals divert endogenous genotoxic formaldehyde into one-carbon metabolism

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2017-08, Vol.548 (7669), p.549-554

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

The folate-driven one-carbon (1C) cycle is a fundamental metabolic hub in cells that enables the synthesis of nucleotides and amino acids and epigenetic modifications. This cycle might also release formaldehyde, a potent protein and DNA crosslinking agent that organisms produce in substantial quantities. Here we show that supplementation with tetra...

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Mammals divert endogenous genotoxic formaldehyde into one-carbon metabolism

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5714256

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5714256

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature23481

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