UniProt functional annotation for P08178

UniProt code: P08178.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=2-formamido-N(1)-(5-O-phospho-beta-D-ribosyl)acetamidine + ATP = 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-beta-D-ribosyl)imidazole + ADP + H(+) + phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:23032, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474, ChEBI:CHEBI:137981, ChEBI:CHEBI:147287, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=6.3.3.1;
Pathway: Purine metabolism; IMP biosynthesis via de novo pathway; 5- amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole from N(2)-formyl-N(1)-(5- phospho-D-ribosyl)glycinamide: step 2/2.
Subunit: Homodimer.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Similarity: Belongs to the AIR synthase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.