- 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...
- 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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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...
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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...
- cycle. The
systematic name of this
enzyme class is D-ribose-5-phosphate
aldose-ketose-isomerase. RpiA in
human beings is
encoded on the
second chromosome...
- groups: the
aldoses,
which have an
aldehyde group, and the ketoses,
which have a
ketone group.
Ketoses must
first tautomerize to
aldoses before they can...
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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,...
- 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...
- In enzymology, an
aldose 1-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.121) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction D-
aldose + NAD+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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family 1,
member B1 (AKR1B1) is an gene in
humans that
encodes the
enzyme aldose reductase. It is a
reduced nicotinamide-adenine
dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-dependent...
