UniProt functional annotation for Q887Q3

UniProt code: Q887Q3.

Organism: Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (strain ATCC BAA-871 / DC3000).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Pseudomonadales; Pseudomonadaceae; Pseudomonas.
 
Function: Catalyzes the epimerization of beta-D-mannuronate to alpha-L- guluronate during the synthesis of the linear polysaccharide alginate (PubMed:24398681). In addition, is part of a periplasmic protein complex that protects alginate from degradation by AlgL by channeling the newly formed alginate polymer through a scaffold that transfers the alginate polymer through the periplasmic space to the outer membrane secretin AlgE (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q51371, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24398681}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=[(1->4)-beta-D-mannuronosyl](n) = [alginate](n); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:45572, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:11264, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:11270, ChEBI:CHEBI:58187, ChEBI:CHEBI:85311; EC=5.1.3.37; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:24398681};
Pathway: Glycan biosynthesis; alginate biosynthesis. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q51371}.
Subcellular location: Periplasm {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q51371}.
Domain: The C-terminal region contains a right-handed beta-helix (RHbetaH) fold, which is common among proteins that bind and cleave long-chain linear polysaccharides. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:24398681}.
Similarity: Belongs to the D-mannuronate C5-epimerase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.