Lactate aldolase
In enzymology, a lactate aldolase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, -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 -lactate acetaldehyde-lyase . Other names in common use include lactate synthase, and -lactate acetaldehyde-lyase. This enzyme participates in pyruvate metabolism.
