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aldolase

  (ăl'də-lās')

An enzyme present in certain living tissues, including skeletal and heart muscle tissues, that catalyzes the breakdown of a fructose ester into triose sugars.

An enzyme present in certain living tissues, including skeletal and heart muscle tissues, that catalyzes the breakdown of a fructose ester into triose sugars.

An enzyme involved in the Embden–Meyerhof or glycolytic pathway which reversibly catalyzes the reaction fructose-1,6-bisphosphate to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate. Present in all cells and may be measured in the serum as an indicator of muscle, heart or liver disease. Called also ALS and ALD.