- An
aldose is a
monosaccharide (a
simple sugar) with a
carbon backbone chain with a
carbonyl group on the
endmost carbon atom,
making it an aldehyde, and...
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Aldose reductase inhibitors are a
class of
drugs being studied as a way to
prevent eye and
nerve damage in
people with diabetes.
Their target,
aldose...
- In enzymology,
aldose reductase (or
aldehyde reductase) (EC 1.1.1.21) is an
enzyme in
humans encoded by the gene AKR1B1. It is an
cytosolic NADPH-dependent...
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Ekenstein transformation is the base or acid
catalyzed transformation of an
aldose into the
ketose isomer or vice versa, with a
tautomeric enediol as reaction...
- and is
technically an aldehyde. In that case, the
compound is
termed an
aldose. Otherwise, the
molecule has a
ketone group, a
carbonyl −(C=O)− between...
- oxidoreductase. The
overall reaction involves the
opening of the ring to form an
aldose via acid/base
catalysis and the
subsequent formation of a cis-endiol intermediate...
- In enzymology, an
aldose-6-phosphate
reductase (NADPH) (EC 1.1.1.200) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction D-sorbitol 6-phosphate + NADP+...
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which is
subsequently oxidized to fructose. It is also
called the sorbitol-
aldose reductase pathway. The
pathway is
implicated in
diabetic complications,...
- enzymology, an
aldose-1-phosphate
adenylyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.36) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction ADP + alpha-D-
aldose 1-phosphate ⇌...
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between aldose and
ketose sugars. If the
sugar contains a
ketone group, it is a ketose. If a
sugar contains an
aldehyde group, it is an
aldose. This test...
