ketose

IPA: kˈitoʊs

Examples of "ketose" in Sentences

The reason it is a 4 membered ring is because it is a ketose, as opposed to an aldose.
I had been looking for evidence of proton transfer in enzymes that catalyzed aldose-ketose interconversions.
As shown in Table 1, isomerases that are specific for 2R-aldoses were found to activate the 1-R proton of the ketose produced.
If now the aldose groups tend to pass over into the starch form, representing a temporary overflow product of the assimilating energy, it would appear that the ketose or levulose groups are preferentially used up in the elaboration of the permanent tissue.