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| Name       = ketotetrose-phosphate aldolase
| EC_number  = 4.1.2.2
| CAS_number = 9024-45-7
| GO_code    = 0050014
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The [[enzyme]] '''ketotetrose-phosphate aldolase''' ({{EnzExplorer|4.1.2.2}}) [[catalysis|catalyzes]] the [[chemical reaction]]

:erythrulose 1-phosphate <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> glycerone phosphate + formaldehyde

Hence, this enzyme has one [[substrate (biochemistry)|substrate]], [[erythrulose 1-phosphate]], and two [[product (chemistry)|products]], [[dihydroxyacetone phosphate]] and [[formaldehyde]].

This enzyme belongs to the family of [[lyase]]s, specifically the aldehyde-lyases, which cleave carbon-carbon bonds.  The [[List of enzymes|systematic name]] of this enzyme class is '''erythrulose-1-phosphate formaldehyde-lyase (glycerone-phosphate-forming)'''. Other names in common use include '''phosphoketotetrose aldolase''', '''erythrulose-1-phosphate synthetase''', '''erythrose-1-phosphate synthase''', and '''erythrulose-1-phosphate formaldehyde-lyase'''.

==References==
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* {{cite journal |vauthors=CHARALAMPOUS FC, MUELLER GC | date = 1953 | title = Synthesis of erythrulose phosphate by a soluble enzyme from rat liver | journal = J. Biol. Chem.  | volume = 201 | pages = 161&ndash;73  | pmid = 13044785 | issue = 1 }}

{{Carbon-carbon lyases}}
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[[Category:EC 4.1.2]]
[[Category:Enzymes of unknown structure]]


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