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n. - Any monosaccharide sugar that contains a group for which it is named or its hemiacetal.

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  • 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...
  • The reason it is a 4 membered ring is because it is a ketose, as opposed to an aldose.
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