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Enzymatic cascades for the conversion of glycerol to DHAP via glycerol-3-phosphate.

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posted on 2017-11-07, 18:29 authored by Carol J. Hartley, Nigel G. French, Judith A. Scoble, Charlotte C. Williams, Quentin I. Churches, Andrew R. Frazer, Matthew C. Taylor, Greg Coia, Gregory Simpson, Nicholas J. Turner, Colin Scott

Glycerol is converted to glycerol-3-phosphate by a glycerol kinase enzyme with concomitant regeneration of ATP by an acetate or pyruvate kinase enzyme. The glycerol-3-phopshate is then oxidized to DHAP by either an L- glycerol-3-phosphate oxidase enzyme (A) or a glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme (B).

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