Updated annotation (from data): 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabinonate dehydratase, 2,4-dioxopentanoate forming Rationale: Specifically important in carbon source D-Arabinose. SMa0247 is related to 2-keto-3-deoxyxylonate dehydratase (xylX), which acts on the same substrate. Furthermore, a close homolog (HSERO_RS19360, 59% identical) is important for D-xylose utilization. However, the product of XylX is 2,5-dioxopentanoate, but in S. meliloti the pathway probably proceeds via 2,4-dioxopentanoate (see SM_b21112). Original annotation: hypothetical protein Type 1: Protein-coding gene Located on scaffold NC_003037, + strand, nucleotides 137,290 to 138,486 See nucleotide sequence around SMa0247 or for all of scaffold NC_003037