Aldolase

An aldolase is an enzyme that performs an aldol reaction (creating an aldol) or its reverse (cleaving an aldol). The word often refers to any type of fructose-bisphosphate aldolase, but can also refer to other enzymes, such as the one that forms sialic acid.

Carbon-carbon lyases (EC 4.1)
4.1.1: Carboxy-lyases
  • Pyruvate decarboxylase
  • Oxaloacetate decarboxylase
  • Acetoacetate decarboxylase
  • Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase
  • Glutamate decarboxylase
  • Ornithine decarboxylase
  • Lysine decarboxylase
  • Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase
  • Histidine decarboxylase
  • Uridine monophosphate synthetase/Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase
  • Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase
  • Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase
  • Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase
  • RuBisCO
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
  • Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase
4.1.2: Aldehyde-lyases
  • Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase
    • Aldolase A
    • Aldolase B
    • Aldolase C
  • 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase
  • Threonine aldolase
4.1.3: Oxo-acid-lyases
  • 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase
4.1.99: Other
  • Tryptophanase
  • B
  • enzm
  • 1.1
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  • 2.1
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  • 2.7.10
  • 2.7.11-12
  • 3.1
      • 3.1.3.48
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      • 3.4.21
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  • 6.1-3
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