UniProt functional annotation for P46595

UniProt code: P46595.

Organism: Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843) (Fission yeast).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Taphrinomycotina; Schizosaccharomycetes; Schizosaccharomycetales; Schizosaccharomycetaceae; Schizosaccharomyces.
 
Function: Catalyzes the covalent attachment of ubiquitin to other proteins. Mediates the selective degradation of short-lived and abnormal proteins. Mediates ubiquitination of PEX5. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00388}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=S-ubiquitinyl-[E1 ubiquitin-activating enzyme]-L-cysteine + [E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme]-L-cysteine = [E1 ubiquitin- activating enzyme]-L-cysteine + S-ubiquitinyl-[E2 ubiquitin- conjugating enzyme]-L-cysteine.; EC=2.3.2.23; Evidence={ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00388, ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU10133};
Pathway: Protein modification; protein ubiquitination. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00388}.
Similarity: Belongs to the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme family. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00388}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.