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Simplified scheme illustrating formaldehyde reactions involved in canonical one-carbon metabolism. Distinct cytoplasmic and mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism reactions enable eukaryotic cells to support biochemical processes, such as nucleotide, amino acid and methyl group biosynthesis, essential for survival and DNA metabolism. The figure was adapted from reference 28.
