Formate-Tetrahydrofolate Ligase

Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetase; Formate Tetrahydrofolate Ligase; Formylase, Tetrahydrofolate; Ligase, Formate-Tetrahydrofolate; Synthetase, Formyltetrahydrofolate
A carbon-nitrogen ligase that catalyzes the formation of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate from formate and TETRAHYDROFOLATE in the presence of ATP. In higher eukaryotes the enzyme also contains METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+) and METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE activity.