| UniProt functional annotation for P12295 | |||
| UniProt code: P12295. |
| Organism: | Escherichia coli (strain K12). | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia. | |
| Function: | Excises uracil residues from the DNA which can arise as a result of misincorporation of dUMP residues by DNA polymerase or due to deamination of cytosine. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=Hydrolyzes single-stranded DNA or mismatched double-stranded DNA and polynucleotides, releasing free uracil.; EC=3.2.2.27; | |
| Subunit: | Monomer. | |
| Subcellular location: | Cytoplasm. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) superfamily. UNG family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.