formate (BioCAD00000230916)

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Metabolite Card

Formula: CHO2 (44.9977)
SMILES: [O-]C=O

Synonyms [en]

Formic acid, ion(1-); formic acid, copper (+2) salt; HCO2 anion; formic acid; formic acid, cromium (+3), sodium (4:1:1) salt; magnesium formate

Reviewed

Last reviewed on 2024-06-28.

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formate. 数据之源，洞见之始. SMRUCC genomics institute, a synthetic life researcher from China. https://biocad_registry.innovation.ac.cn/s/(-)-arctiin (retrieved 2026-01-03) (CAD Registry RN: BioCAD00000230916). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Note

Formate, also known as formic acid or methanoic acid, is a member of the class of compounds known as carboxylic acids. Carboxylic acids are compounds containing a carboxylic acid group with the formula -C(=O)OH. Formate is soluble (in water) and a weakly acidic compound (based on its pKa). Formate can be found in a number of food items such as mammee apple, chicory roots, malabar spinach, and grapefruit, which makes formate a potential biomarker for the consumption of these food products. Formate (IUPAC name: methanoate) is the anion derived from formic acid. Its formula is represented in various equivalent ways: CHOO‚àí or HCOO‚àí or HCO2‚àí. It is the product of deprotonation of formic acid. It is the simplest carboxylate anion. A formate (compound) is a salt or ester of formic acid .

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DBLinks

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  • CAS Registry Number: 71-47-6
  • PubChem: 283
  • ChEBI: ChEBI:15740
  • HMDB: HMDB0304356
  • BioCyc: CARBOXYL-GROUP
  • NCBI MeSH: formic acid
  • Wikipedia: Formate

Class / Ontology

Metabolic Network
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Pathway Synthetic

pathway id name
BioCyc:HUMAN_PWY-4361 S-methyl-5-thio-α-D-ribose 1-phosphate degradation
BioCyc:HUMAN_PWY-2161 folate polyglutamylation
BioCyc:HUMAN_TRYPTOPHAN-DEGRADATION-1 tryptophan degradation
BioCyc:HUMAN_PWY66-401 superpathway of tryptophan utilization
BioCyc:HUMAN_PWY-7306 estradiol biosynthesis II
BioCyc:HUMAN_PWY66-388 fatty acid α-oxidation III
BioCyc:HUMAN_PWY-6402 superpathway of melatonin degradation
BioCyc:META_PWY-5316 nicotine biosynthesis
BioCyc:META_PWY-6277 superpathway of 5-aminoimidazole ribonucleotide biosynthesis
BioCyc:META_PWY-5485 pyruvate fermentation to acetate IV
BioCyc:META_PWY-6899 base-degraded thiamine salvage
BioCyc:META_CODH-PWY reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway I (homoacetogenic bacteria)
BioCyc:META_PWY-1722 formate assimilation into 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate
BioCyc:META_PWY-7493 paxilline and diprenylpaxilline biosynthesis
BioCyc:META_PWY-6703 preQ0 biosynthesis
BioCyc:META_PWY-7306 estradiol biosynthesis II
BioCyc:META_PWY66-380 estradiol biosynthesis I (via estrone)
BioCyc:META_CYANCAT-PWY cyanate degradation
BioCyc:META_PWY-5062 superpathway of nicotinate degradation
BioCyc:META_PWY-6954 superpathway of aromatic compound degradation via 2-hydroxypentadienoate
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