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.