RefMet Compound Details

MW structure37099 (View MW Metabolite Database details)
RefMet nameFormic acid
Systematic nameformic acid
SMILESC(=O)O   Run Tanimoto similarity search (with similarity coefficient >=0.6)
Exact mass46.005480 (neutral)
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FormulaCH2O2View other entries in RefMet with this formula
InChIInChI=1S/CH2O2/c2-1-3/h1H,(H,2,3)
InChIKeyBDAGIHXWWSANSR-UHFFFAOYSA-NView other enantiomers/diastereomers of this metabolite in RefMet
Super ClassOrganic acids
Main ClassCarboxylic acids
Sub ClassCarboxylic acids
Pubchem CID284
Annotation level1   (1:Known structure; 2:Known regiochemistry; 3:Partial structure; 4:Sum-composition)

Table of KEGG reactions in human pathways involving Formic acid

Rxn IDKEGG ReactionEnzyme
R06982 Glutathione + Formaldehyde <=> S-(Hydroxymethyl)glutathioneS-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione formaldehyde-lyase (glutathione-forming)
R00527 S-Formylglutathione + H2O <=> Formate + GlutathioneS-Formylglutathione hydrolase
R00943 Tetrahydrofolate + Formate + ATP <=> ADP + Orthophosphate + 10-FormyltetrahydrofolateFormate:tetrahydrofolate ligase (ADP-forming)
R00614 2 Formaldehyde + H2O <=> Formate + Methanolformaldehyde:formaldehyde oxidoreductase
R01959 L-Formylkynurenine + H2O <=> Formate + L-KynurenineN-Formyl-L-kynurenine amidohydrolase
R06983 S-(Hydroxymethyl)glutathione + NAD+ <=> S-Formylglutathione + NADH + H+S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione dehydrogenase
R00604 Formaldehyde + NAD+ + H2O <=> Formate + NADH + H+Formaldehyde:NAD+ oxidoreductase

Table of KEGG human pathways containing Formic acid

Pathway IDHuman Pathway# of reactions
hsa01200 Carbon metabolism 4
hsa00670 One carbon pool by folate 1
hsa01100 Metabolic pathways 1
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