MetaCyc Pathway: glycerol and glycerophosphodiester degradation in Escherichia coli BW25113

Reactions and Genes	succinate (C)
Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase: an sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + H2O→sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + an alcohol + H+ (EC 3.1.4.46)
b2239 (glpQ)	+0.2
b3449 (ugpQ)	-0.2
glycerol[out]→glycerol[in]
b3927 (glpF)	+0.9
Glycerol kinase: glycerol + ATP→sn-glycerol 3-phosphate + ADP + H+ (EC 2.7.1.30)
b3926 (glpK)	+1.4
Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase: sn-glycerol 3-phosphate[in] + an electron-transfer quinone→glycerone phosphate[in] + an electron-transfer quinol (EC 1.1.5.3)
b2241 (glpA)	+0.4
b2242 (glpB)	+0.2
b2243 (glpC)	+0.3
b3426 (glpD)	-1.5

Candidate genes for each reaction are identified from best hits to MetaCyc; by matching EC numbers (which are assigned by TIGRFam, SEED, or best hits to KEGG); or by matching SEED roles to KEGG reactions to MetaCyc reactions. See the "Protein" tab of each gene for more information