UniProt functional annotation for P76272

UniProt code: P76272.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Component of a transport pathway that contributes to membrane integrity (PubMed:27795327). May directly span the intermembrane space, facilitating the transport of substrates across the periplasm (Probable). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27795327, ECO:0000305|PubMed:28388411}.
 
Subunit: Homohexamer (PubMed:28388411). May form a complex with YebS (Probable). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:28388411, ECO:0000305|PubMed:27795327}.
Subcellular location: Cell inner membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27795327}; Single-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}; Periplasmic side {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27795327}.
Induction: Induced by a defect in lipopolysaccharide molecules. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27795327}.
Similarity: Belongs to the PqiB family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.