MetaCyc Pathway: D-xylose degradation to ethylene glycol (engineered) in Escherichia coli BW25113

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aldehydo-D-xylose + NAD+ + H2O→D-xylonate + NADH + 2 H+
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Xylonate dehydratase:
D-xylonate→2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-pentonate + H2O (EC 4.2.1.82)
b0269 (yagF)
b4297 (yjhG)
2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-pentonate aldolase:
2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-pentonate→glycolaldehyde + pyruvate (EC 4.1.2.28)
b0268 (yagE)
b4298 (yjhH)
Alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP(+)) (in reverse):
glycolaldehyde + NADH + H+→ethylene glycol + NAD+ (EC 1.1.1.2)
b3011 (yqhD)

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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