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Possible Interaction: Folate and Tetrahydrofolate

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Folate

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

Folate plays a critical role in regulating the amount of tetrahydrofolate in the cell that is utilized for DNA replication, and proliferation of the erythropoietic system.
Nigerian journal of physiological sciences : official publication of the Physiological Society of Nigeria  •  2014  |  View Paper
It is indeed probable that the increased availability of the preferred substrate of pteroylpolyglutamate synthetase, i.e. tetrahydrofolate , enhances conversion of folate into coenzyme forms.
The Biochemical journal  •  1980  |  View Paper
Dihydrofolate, tetrahydrofolate , 5-formyl tetrahydrofolate, 5-methyl tetrahydrofolate, aminopterin, and amethopterin are inhibitors of folate influx.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics  •  1974  |  View Paper
When the concentrations of folate present in the growth medium exceed 1.4 x 10-9 m, the specific activity of 10-formyl tetrahydrofolate synthetase and dihydrofolate reductase is decreased, possibly through repression of the enzyme.
The Journal of biological chemistry  •  1969  |  View Paper