In glycolysis, aldolase is responsible for cleaving fructose 1,6-bisphosphate into two 3-carbon molecules, dihydroxyacetone and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. This is done via the formation of a protonated Schiff base at a specific lysine residue.


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