1. a simple sugar (monosaccharide) that contains a ketone group
Usage: biochemistry

Examples

• Fructose is the most common ketose found in nature.
• Unlike aldoses, ketoses have their carbonyl group in the middle of the carbon chain.
• The laboratory test distinguished between aldose and ketose sugars.
• Ribulose is a five-carbon ketose important in photosynthesis.
• Students learned to identify ketose structures in organic chemistry class.
• The enzyme specifically acts on ketose substrates.