UniProt functional annotation for P0AEE5

UniProt code: P0AEE5.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: This protein is involved in the active transport of galactose and glucose. It plays a role in the chemotaxis towards the two sugars by interacting with the trg chemoreceptor.
 
Subcellular location: Periplasm.
Domain: The calcium-binding site is structurally similar to that of EF- hand proteins, but is in two parts, with the last calcium ligand provided by Glu-228.
Similarity: Belongs to the bacterial solute-binding protein 2 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.