UniProt functional annotation for P44490

UniProt code: P44490.

Organism: Haemophilus influenzae (strain ATCC 51907 / DSM 11121 / KW20 / Rd).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Pasteurellales; Pasteurellaceae; Haemophilus.
 
Function: Activates KDO (a required 8-carbon sugar) for incorporation into bacterial lipopolysaccharide in Gram-negative bacteria. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00057}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=3-deoxy-alpha-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonate + CTP = CMP-3-deoxy- beta-D-manno-octulosonate + diphosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:23448, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:37563, ChEBI:CHEBI:85986, ChEBI:CHEBI:85987; EC=2.7.7.38; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00057};
Pathway: Nucleotide-sugar biosynthesis; CMP-3-deoxy-D-manno- octulosonate biosynthesis; CMP-3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate from 3- deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate and CTP: step 1/1. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00057}.
Pathway: Bacterial outer membrane biogenesis; lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00057}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00057}.
Similarity: Belongs to the KdsB family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00057}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.