ketose
IPA: kˈitoʊs
noun
- (biochemistry) A saccharide containing a ketone functional group.
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Examples of "ketose" in Sentences
- It has one ketone group and so is part of the ketose family.
- A ketose is a sugar containing one ketone group per molecule.
- A 'ketose' is a sugar containing one ketone group per molecule.
- In the pentose phosphate pathway, it converts the aldose to the ketose.
- The systematic name of this enzyme class is D lyxose aldose ketose isomerase.
- The systematic name of this enzyme class is D ribose aldose ketose isomerase.
- The systematic name of this enzyme class is D xylose aldose ketose isomerase.
- Sorbose is a ketose belonging to the group of sugars known as monosaccharides.
- The systematic name of this enzyme class is D mannose aldose ketose isomerase.
- The systematic name of this enzyme class is D arabinose aldose ketose isomerase.
- 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.