UniProt functional annotation for P21310

UniProt code: P21310.

Organism: Pseudomonas putida (Arthrobacter siderocapsulatus).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Pseudomonadales; Pseudomonadaceae; Pseudomonas.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=L-histidine = NH4(+) + trans-urocanate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:21232, ChEBI:CHEBI:17771, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:57595; EC=4.3.1.3; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:7947813, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8024588, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8204579, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8239649};
Pathway: Amino-acid degradation; L-histidine degradation into L- glutamate; N-formimidoyl-L-glutamate from L-histidine: step 1/3.
Subunit: Homotetramer.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000305}.
Induction: By histidine and urocanate.
Ptm: Contains an active site 4-methylidene-imidazol-5-one (MIO), which is formed autocatalytically by cyclization and dehydration of residues Ala-Ser-Gly.
Similarity: Belongs to the PAL/histidase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.