FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as YAGE_ECOLI, yagE. Catalyzes the formation of 2-keto-3-deoxy-gluconate (KDG) from pyruvate and glyceraldehyde (PubMed:21294156). May also function as a 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-pentonate aldolase (PubMed:23233208). Overexpression leads to increased growth (over 2 hours) in the presence of the antibiotics norfloxacin, ampicillin and streptomycin (PubMed:21294156). A dimer of dimers.

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enzyme classification

yagE

Putative 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate aldolase YagE

yagE

Molecular Synopsis