| UniProt functional annotation for P0A7D4 | |||
| UniProt code: P0A7D4. |
| Organism: | Escherichia coli (strain K12). | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia. | |
| Function: | Plays an important role in the de novo pathway of purine nucleotide biosynthesis. Catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of AMP from IMP. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00011}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=GTP + IMP + L-aspartate = GDP + 2 H(+) + N(6)-(1,2- dicarboxyethyl)-AMP + phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:15753, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:29991, ChEBI:CHEBI:37565, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474, ChEBI:CHEBI:57567, ChEBI:CHEBI:58053, ChEBI:CHEBI:58189; EC=6.3.4.4; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00011}; | |
| Cofactor: | Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Note=Binds 1 Mg(2+) ion per subunit.; | |
| Pathway: | Purine metabolism; AMP biosynthesis via de novo pathway; AMP from IMP: step 1/2. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00011}. | |
| Subunit: | Homodimer. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00011, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10346917, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8961938, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9000627}. | |
| Subcellular location: | Cytoplasm. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the adenylosuccinate synthetase family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00011}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.