EC 4.1.2.13

Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase

Mechanism

H₃N⁺—enz represents the side chain of a lysine residue of the enzyme

Overall reaction:

fructose 1,6-bisphosphate = D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate + glycerone phosphate

The transformation is shown in the direction it occurs in glycolysis; the direction is the reverse in the Calvin cycle and pentose phosphate pathway.

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EC 4.1.2.13 fructose-bisphosphate aldolase