Transferase interconverting sedoheptulose 7-phosphate and d-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to d-erythrose 4-phosphate and d-fructose 6-phosphate; part of the pentose phosphate pathway. SEE ALSO: transketolase.
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trans·al·do·lase (trans-alґdo-lās) [EC 2.2.1.2] an enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the transfer of a dihydroxyacetone group from a ketose phosphate to an aldose phosphate in a reaction of the pentose phosphate pathway.Medical dictionary. 2011.