UniProt functional annotation for P08373

UniProt code: P08373.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Cell wall formation.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=NADP(+) + UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-muramate = H(+) + NADPH + UDP- N-acetyl-3-O-(1-carboxyvinyl)-alpha-D-glucosamine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:12248, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:57783, ChEBI:CHEBI:58349, ChEBI:CHEBI:68483, ChEBI:CHEBI:70757; EC=1.3.1.98;
Cofactor: Name=FAD; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57692;
Pathway: Cell wall biogenesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
Subunit: Monomer.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000305}.
Similarity: Belongs to the MurB family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.