UniProt functional annotation for P36203

UniProt code: P36203.

Organism: Thermotoga maritima (strain ATCC 43589 / DSM 3109 / JCM 10099 / NBRC 100826 / MSB8).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Thermotogae; Thermotogales; Thermotogaceae; Thermotoga.
 
Function: Can catalyze the hydrolysis of ATP in the presence of single- stranded DNA, the ATP-dependent uptake of single-stranded DNA by duplex DNA, and the ATP-dependent hybridization of homologous single-stranded DNAs. It interacts with LexA causing its activation and leading to its autocatalytic cleavage. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00268}.
 
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00268}.
Similarity: Belongs to the RecA family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00268}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.