UniProt functional annotation for Q9VAM9

UniProt code: Q9VAM9.

Organism: Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Ephydroidea; Drosophilidae; Drosophila; Sophophora.
 
Function: ppGpp hydrolyzing enzyme involved in starvation response. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20818390}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=guanosine 3',5'-bis(diphosphate) + H2O = diphosphate + GDP + H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:14253, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:58189, ChEBI:CHEBI:77828; EC=3.1.7.2; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:20818390};
Cofactor: Name=Mn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29035; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:20818390};
Disruption phenotype: Induces retarded body growth and impaired starvation resistance. Mutants have highly down-regulated DNA and protein synthesis-related genes and up-regulated stress-responsible genes. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20818390}.
Similarity: Belongs to the MESH1 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.