UniProt functional annotation for P81238

UniProt code: P81238.

Organism: Rhodobacter sphaeroides (strain ATCC 17023 / DSM 158 / JCM 6121 / NBRC 12203 / NCIMB 8253 / ATH 2.4.1.) (Cereibacter sphaeroides).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhodobacterales; Rhodobacteraceae; Luteovulum.
 
Function: High-spin cytochrome. Transiently bind oxygen during autoxidation, which occurs with a half-life of 3 min with a 4-fold excess of O(2). Also binds carbon monoxide, azide and cyanide.
 
Biophysicochemical properties: Redox potential: E(0) is -22 mV.;
Ptm: Binds 1 heme group per subunit.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.