This gene encodes a member of the class I fructose-biphosphate aldolase gene family. Expressed specifically in the hippocampus and Purkinje cells of the brain, the encoded protein is a glycolytic enzyme that catalyzes the reversible aldol cleavage of fructose-1,6-biphosphate and fructose 1-phosphate to dihydroxyacetone phosphate and either glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate or glyceraldehyde, respectively. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Forensic Context
A study in humans demonstrated that the ALDOC mRNA was up-regulated by 34% in pericontusional brain tissue from a patient with cerebral infarction (I5) following traumatic brain injury, as identified through cDNA microarray analysis [Michael et al. DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2004.11.003].