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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L- threonine (the L-enantiomer of 2-amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid) to form the compound methylglyoxal, which is subsequently converted to D-lactate. [GOC:bf, GOC:jl, MetaCyc:PWY-901, MetaCyc:THRDLCTCAT-PWY]
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