formaldehyde assimilation via xylulose monophosphate cycle

id: GO:0019648
name: formaldehyde assimilation via xylulose monophosphate cycle
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The pathway in which formaldehyde is used as a carbon source in the xylulose monophosphate cycle. Methylotrophic yeasts, but not bacteria, utilize the xylulose monophosphate cycle to fix formaldehyde and convert it into metabolically useful organic compounds.

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