ketole group
ke·tole group
(kē'tōl grūp),Carbons 1 and 2 of a 2-ketose (HOCH2CO-); trans-ketolation from d-xylose 5-phosphate to C-1 of aldoses is important in various metabolic pathways involving carbohydrates (for example, photosynthesis, Dickens shunt); the two-carbon unit is transferred as α,β-dihydroxyethylthiamin pyrophosphate.
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ke·tole group
(kē'tōl grūp)Carbons 1 and 2 of a 2-ketose (HOCH2CO-).
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