ID 1.1.1.274 DE 2,5-didehydrogluconate reductase. AN 2,5-diketo-D-gluconate reductase. CA 2-dehydro-D-gluconate + NADP(+) = 2,5-didehydro-D-gluconate + NADPH. CC -!- Key enzyme in the microbial production of ascorbate. CC -!- Can also reduce ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate stereoselectively to ethyl CC (2R)-methyl-(3S)-hydroxybutanoate and can also accept some other CC beta-keto esters. CC -!- The identification of a bacterial beta-keto ester reductase as a 2,5- CC didehydrogluconate reductase links two previously separate areas of CC biocatalysis, i.e., asymmetric carbonyl reduction and microbial CC vitamin C production. PR PROSITE; PDOC00061; DR P06632, DKGA_CORSC ; Q8XBT6, DKGA_ECO57 ; Q46857, DKGA_ECOLI ; DR P58744, DKGA_SALTI ; Q8ZM06, DKGA_SALTY ; Q8ZI40, DKGA_YERPE ; DR P15339, DKGB_CORSS ; Q8X7Z7, DKGB_ECO57 ; P30863, DKGB_ECOLI ; DR Q8Z988, DKGB_SALTI ; Q8ZRM7, DKGB_SALTY ; Q8ZH36, DKGB_YERPE ; //