aldolase
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aldolase
Example Sentences
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The study found that an enzyme known as aldolase plays a key role in converting glucose into usable energy.
From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026
The fourth step in glycolysis employs an enzyme, aldolase, to cleave fructose-1,6-bisphosphate into two three-carbon isomers: dihydroxyacetone- phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
By contrast, in leaves, carbon-fixation-specific genes such as plastidic aldolase, fructose-1,6-biphosphatase and distinct leaf isoforms of starch synthase, starch branching enzyme, starch phosphorylase and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase were upregulated.
From Nature • Jul. 13, 2011
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