This model describes 2-deoxy-D-gluconate 3-dehydrogenase (also called 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate oxidoreductase), a member of the family of short-chain-alcohol dehydrogenases (pfam00106). This protein has been characterized in Erwinia chrysanthemi as an enzyme of pectin degradation. [Energy metabolism, Biosynthesis and degradation of polysaccharides]