UniProt functional annotation for O05581

UniProt code: O05581.

Organism: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Corynebacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
 
Function: Catalyzes specifically the acetylation of the epsilon-amino group of a highly conserved lysine residue in acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS). This acetylation results in the inactivation of ACS activity and could be important for mycobacteria to adjust to environmental changes. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20507997, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21627103, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22773105}.
 
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:22773105};
Activity regulation: Autoinhibited and allosterically activated by 3,5- cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). An extensive conformational rearrangement relieves this autoinhibition by means of a substrate- mimicking lid that covers the protein-substrate binding surface. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21627103, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22773105}.
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22773105}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.