UniProt functional annotation for P0A6U8

UniProt code: P0A6U8.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Synthesizes alpha-1,4-glucan chains using ADP-glucose.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=[(1->4)-alpha-D-glucosyl](n) + ADP-alpha-D-glucose = [(1->4)- alpha-D-glucosyl](n+1) + ADP + H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:18189, Rhea:RHEA- COMP:9584, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9587, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:15444, ChEBI:CHEBI:57498, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=2.4.1.21;
Pathway: Glycan biosynthesis; glycogen biosynthesis.
Similarity: Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 1 family. Bacterial/plant glycogen synthase subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.