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2,5 Diketo-D-Gluconic acid reductase is found in corynbacterium and is part of the Aldo Keto Reductase family of enzymes. It exists in two variants: DKGR A and DKGR B; however, due to the higher thermal stability level of DKGR A, it has been chosen for mutation of cofactor specificity. 2,5 DKGR is an important enzyme in the production of vitamin C, one of the most important chemicals manufactured in the world. 2,5 DKGR does this by catalyzing the reduction of 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid (2,5 DKG) to 2-Keto-L-gluconic acid (2-KLG); a precursor to vitamin C. It is commercially less expensive to use NADH as a cofactor (as opposed to NADPH) and the catalyzation of 2,5 DKG into 2-KLG as well as being more abundant.