RefMet Compound Details

MW structure50670 (View MW Metabolite Database details)
RefMet nameFormaldehyde
Systematic nameformaldehyde
SMILESC=O   Run Tanimoto similarity search (with similarity coefficient >=0.6)
Exact mass30.010565 (neutral)
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FormulaCH2OView other entries in RefMet with this formula
InChIInChI=1S/CH2O/c1-2/h1H2
InChIKeyWSFSSNUMVMOOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-NView other enantiomers/diastereomers of this metabolite in RefMet
Super ClassOrganic oxygen compounds
Main ClassOrganic oxides
Sub ClassOrganic oxides
Pubchem CID712
Annotation level1   (1:Known structure; 2:Known regiochemistry; 3:Partial structure; 4:Sum-composition)

Table of KEGG reactions in human pathways involving Formaldehyde

Rxn IDKEGG ReactionEnzyme
R06982 Glutathione + Formaldehyde <=> S-(Hydroxymethyl)glutathioneS-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione formaldehyde-lyase (glutathione-forming)
R00527 S-Formylglutathione + H2O <=> Formate + GlutathioneS-Formylglutathione hydrolase
R06983 S-(Hydroxymethyl)glutathione + NAD+ <=> S-Formylglutathione + NADH + H+S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione dehydrogenase
R00604 Formaldehyde + NAD+ + H2O <=> Formate + NADH + H+Formaldehyde:NAD+ oxidoreductase
R00614 2 Formaldehyde + H2O <=> Formate + Methanolformaldehyde:formaldehyde oxidoreductase

Table of KEGG human pathways containing Formaldehyde

Pathway IDHuman Pathway# of reactions
hsa01200 Carbon metabolism 3
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