UniProt functional annotation for O66145

UniProt code: O66145.

Organism: Citrobacter amalonaticus.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Citrobacter.
 
Function: Involved in the methylaspartate cycle. Catalyzes the formation of the alpha,beta-unsaturated bond by the reversible anti elimination of ammonia from L-threo-beta-methylaspartate (L-threo- (2S,3S)-3-methylaspartate) to give mesaconate (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=(2S,3S)-3-methyl-L-aspartate = mesaconate + NH4(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:12829, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:36986, ChEBI:CHEBI:58724; EC=4.3.1.2;
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:11796115};
Pathway: Amino-acid degradation; L-glutamate degradation via mesaconate pathway; acetate and pyruvate from L-glutamate: step 2/4.
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11796115}.
Similarity: Belongs to the methylaspartate ammonia-lyase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.