UniProt functional annotation for A5K1A2

UniProt code: A5K1A2.

Organism: Plasmodium vivax (strain Salvador I).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Sar; Alveolata; Apicomplexa; Aconoidasida; Haemosporida; Plasmodiidae; Plasmodium; Plasmodium (Plasmodium).
 
Function: Adds a myristoyl group to the N-terminal glycine residue of certain cellular proteins. {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU000586}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=N-terminal glycyl-[protein] + tetradecanoyl-CoA = CoA + H(+) + N-tetradecanoylglycyl-[protein]; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:15521, Rhea:RHEA- COMP:12666, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:12667, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:57287, ChEBI:CHEBI:57385, ChEBI:CHEBI:64723, ChEBI:CHEBI:133050; EC=2.3.1.97; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00000445, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU000586};
Similarity: Belongs to the NMT family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00009469, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU004178}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.