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aldolase

American  
[al-duh-leys, -leyz] / ˈæl dəˌleɪs, -ˌleɪz /

noun

Biochemistry.

  1. any of a group of enzymes catalyzing reversible aldol condensations.

Etymology

Origin of aldolase

1935–40; < German Aldolase; aldol, -ase

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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate and aldolase mediate glucose sensing by AMPK.

From Nature

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

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