UniProt functional annotation for P0A6W9

UniProt code: P0A6W9.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + L-cysteine + L-glutamate = ADP + H(+) + L-gamma- glutamyl-L-cysteine + phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:13285, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:29985, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:35235, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474, ChEBI:CHEBI:58173, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=6.3.2.2;
Pathway: Sulfur metabolism; glutathione biosynthesis; glutathione from L-cysteine and L-glutamate: step 1/2.
Similarity: Belongs to the glutamate--cysteine ligase type 1 family. Type 1 subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.