aldolasen.
/ˈaldəleɪz/, U.S. /ˈældəleɪz/ Biochemistry.
An enzyme that catalyses an aldol condensation reaction or its reversal, esp. one between dihydroxyacetone phosphate and an aldehyde, as in glycolysis.
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1936 Chem. Abstr. 30 8262 The Octopus muscle contains zymohexase (aldolase).
1964 G. H. Haggis et al. Introd. Molecular Biol. ii. 34 Samples of aldolase and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (enzymes involved in glycolysis) were obtained and crystallized.
1992 C. A. Smith & E. J. Wood Biosynthesis ii. 35 In addition to transketolase and aldolase the action of four other enzymes is needed to make the whole cycle, often called the Calvin cycle, operate.
2006 A. Tamime Fermented Milks 65 Acetaldehyde..is the major component of the flavour profile [in yoghurt], and the major pathway for its production..is the conversion of threonine to glycine by threonine aldolase.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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