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{{STRUCTURE_1tka| PDB=1tka  | SIZE=400| SCENE= |right|CAPTION=Human transketolase complex with co-factor thiamine diphosphate, ethanediol, ethylene glycol and Ca+2, Na+ ions [[1tka]] }}
{{STRUCTURE_1tka| PDB=1tka  | SIZE=400| SCENE= |right|CAPTION=Transketolase dimer complex with deazo-thiamine diphosphate and Ca+2 ion (green) [[1tka]] }}


'''Transketolase''' (TKT) catalyzes two opposite reactions.  The synthesis of sedoheptulose-7-P in the pentose phosphate pathway using thiamine diphosphate (TPP) as co-factor; and the conversion of sedoheptulose-7-P and glyceraldehyde-3-P to aldose and ketose in the Calvin cycle.
'''Transketolase''' (TKT) catalyzes two opposite reactions.  The synthesis of sedoheptulose-7-P in the pentose phosphate pathway using thiamine diphosphate (TPP) as co-factor; and the conversion of sedoheptulose-7-P and glyceraldehyde-3-P to aldose and ketose in the Calvin cycle.