UniProt functional annotation for P20372

UniProt code: P20372.

Organism: Acinetobacter baylyi (strain ATCC 33305 / BD413 / ADP1).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Pseudomonadales; Moraxellaceae; Acinetobacter.
 
Function: Plays an essential role in the utilization of numerous aromatic and hydroaromatic compounds via the beta-ketoadipate pathway.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=3,4-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 = 3-carboxy-cis,cis-muconate + 2 H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:10084, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:15379, ChEBI:CHEBI:36241, ChEBI:CHEBI:57496; EC=1.13.11.3;
Cofactor: Name=Fe(3+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29034; Note=Binds Fe(3+) ion per subunit.;
Pathway: Aromatic compound metabolism; beta-ketoadipate pathway; 3- carboxy-cis,cis-muconate from 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate: step 1/1.
Subunit: The enzyme is an oligomer of 12 copies of the alpha and beta chains.
Similarity: Belongs to the intradiol ring-cleavage dioxygenase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.