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Table 1 Gibbs free energy for reactions

From: Redirection of the central metabolism of Klebsiella pneumoniae towards dihydroxyacetone production

No.

Reactions and pathways

Enzyme

ΔrG (kJ/mol)

Keq

1

Glycerol + NAD+  = DHA + NADH + H+

DhaD

24.6 ± 3.6

4.9 × 10–5

2

DHA + ATP = DHA-P + ADP

Dhak

− 13.7 ± 4.3

255

3

DHA + PEP = DHA-P + pyruvate

Dhak123

− 41.4 ± 4.4

1.8 × 107

4

DHA-P + H2O = DHA + phosphate

HdpA

− 12.7 ± 4.3

166

1 + 2

ATP + NAD+  + Glycerol = NADH + ADP + DHA-P

DhaD, Dhak

10.9

 

1 + 3

PEP + NAD+  + Glycerol = NADH + pyruvate + DHA-P

DhaD, Dhak123

− 16.8

 

4–1

NADH + DHA-P = NAD+  + Glycerol + phosphate

DhaD, HdpA

− 37.3