4.1.2.20 metabolism Picrophilus torridus degrades glucose via a strictly nonphosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway with a 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate-specific aldolase 704334 4.1.2.20 physiological function overexpression of YagE increases cell viability in the presence of certain bactericidal antibiotics, indicating a putative biological role of YagE as a prophage encoded virulence factor enabling the survival of bacteria in the presence of certain antibiotics 716878