Lactate aldolase

(S)-lactate $rightleftharpoons$ formate + acetaldehyde

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, (S)-lactate, and two products, formate and acetaldehyde.

This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the aldehyde-lyases, which cleave carbon-carbon bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is (S)-lactate acetaldehyde-lyase (formate-forming). Other names in common use include lactate synthase, and (S)-lactate acetaldehyde-lyase. This enzyme participates in pyruvate metabolism.

References

• Gulyi MF, Silonova NV "[Various metabolic reactions of formate in animal tissues]". Ukr. Biokhim. Zh. 59 29–35.

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is .

Gene Ontology (GO) codes