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Biochemical characterization of the 2-ketoacid reductases encoded by ycdW and yiaE genes in Escherichia coli.
The Biochemical journal - 15 Mar 2001
Nuñez M F, Pellicer M T, Badia J, Aguilar J, Baldoma L
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Glyoxylate is an important intermediate of the central microbial metabolism formed from acetate, allantoin or glycolate. Depending on the physiological conditions, glyoxylate is incorporated into the central metabolism by the combined actions of the activity of malate synthase and the D-glycerate pathway, or alternatively it can be reduced to glycolate by constitutive glyoxylate reductase activity. At present no...
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