UniProt functional annotation for Q8GC87

UniProt code: Q8GC87.

Organism: Desulfovibrio gigas (strain ATCC 19364 / DSM 1382 / NCIMB 9332 / VKM B-1759).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Deltaproteobacteria; Desulfovibrionales; Desulfovibrionaceae; Desulfovibrio.
 
Function: Beta chain of the formate dehydrogenase (FDH) catalyzes the reversible two-electron oxidation of formate to carbon dioxide. FDH loses activity in the presence of air, but this activity can be restored. This chain is an electron transfer unit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10587462, ECO:0000269|Ref.3}.
 
Cofactor: Name=[4Fe-4S] cluster; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:49883; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:11372198}; Note=Binds 3 [4Fe-4S] clusters. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11372198};
Subunit: Heterodimer of alpha (FdhA) and beta (FdhB) subunits. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10587462, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11372198, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12220497, ECO:0000269|Ref.2}.
Subcellular location: Periplasm {ECO:0000269|Ref.2}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.