aldolase

American

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

noun

Biochemistry.

any of a group of enzymes catalyzing reversible aldol condensations.

Etymology

Origin of aldolase

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

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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