| UniProt functional annotation for Q4D3W2 | |||
| UniProt code: Q4D3W2. |
| Organism: | Trypanosoma cruzi (strain CL Brener). | |
| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota; Discoba; Euglenozoa; Kinetoplastea; Metakinetoplastina; Trypanosomatida; Trypanosomatidae; Trypanosoma; Schizotrypanum. | |
| Function: | Catalyzes the conversion of dihydroorotate to orotate with fumarate as the electron acceptor. Molecular oxygen can replace fumarate in vitro. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=(S)-dihydroorotate + fumarate = orotate + succinate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:30059, ChEBI:CHEBI:29806, ChEBI:CHEBI:30031, ChEBI:CHEBI:30839, ChEBI:CHEBI:30864; EC=1.3.98.1; | |
| Cofactor: | Name=FMN; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:58210; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:18808149}; Note=Binds 1 FMN per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18808149}; | |
| Biophysicochemical properties: | Kinetic parameters: KM=57.3 uM for dihydroorotate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16172019}; KM=62.2 uM for fumarate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16172019}; pH dependence: Optimum pH is 7. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16172019}; Temperature dependence: Optimum temperature is 37 degrees Celsius. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16172019}; | |
| Pathway: | Pyrimidine metabolism; UMP biosynthesis via de novo pathway. | |
| Subunit: | Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18302934}. | |
| Subcellular location: | Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the dihydroorotate dehydrogenase family. Type 1 subfamily. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.