UniProt functional annotation for Q59288

UniProt code: Q59288.

Organism: Pedobacter heparinus (strain ATCC 13125 / DSM 2366 / CIP 104194 / JCM 7457 / NBRC 12017 / NCIMB 9290 / NRRL B-14731 / HIM 762-3).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Bacteroidetes; Sphingobacteriia; Sphingobacteriales; Sphingobacteriaceae; Pedobacter.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Eliminative degradation of polysaccharides containing 1,4- beta-D-hexosaminyl and 1,3-beta-D-glucuronosyl linkages to disaccharides containing 4-deoxy-beta-D-gluc-4-enuronosyl groups.; EC=4.2.2.5;
Cofactor: Name=Ca(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29108; Note=Binds 1 Ca(2+) ion per subunit.;
Subunit: Monomer.
Similarity: Belongs to the polysaccharide lyase 8 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.