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.