UniProt functional annotation for P23256

UniProt code: P23256.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Acts as a beta-cystathionase and as a repressor of the maltose regulon.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=H2O + L,L-cystathionine = L-homocysteine + NH4(+) + pyruvate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:13965, ChEBI:CHEBI:15361, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:58161, ChEBI:CHEBI:58199; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:7665481};
Catalytic activity: Reaction=an S-substituted L-cysteine + H2O = a thiol + NH4(+) + pyruvate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:18121, ChEBI:CHEBI:15361, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:29256, ChEBI:CHEBI:58717; EC=4.4.1.13; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:7665481};
Cofactor: Name=pyridoxal 5'-phosphate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:597326; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:10698925, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7665481};
Subunit: Homodimer. Interacts with MalT. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10698925}.
Similarity: Belongs to the class-II pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family. MalY/PatB cystathionine beta-lyase subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.