UniProt functional annotation for P32761

UniProt code: P32761.

Organism: Chlamydomonas moewusii (Chlamydomonas eugametos).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; core chlorophytes; Chlorophyceae; CS clade; Chlamydomonadales; Chlamydomonadaceae; Chlamydomonas.
 
Function: Endonuclease involved in intron homing. Recognizes a degenerate sequence of 17-19 bp to produce a staggered cut 5 bp downstream from the CeLSU.5 intron insertion site.
 
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; Note=Binds 2 magnesium ions per subunit. A third magnesium ion may be bound between subunits. {ECO:0000250};
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16698548}.
Subcellular location: Plastid, chloroplast.
Similarity: Belongs to the LAGLIDADG endonuclease family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.