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.