| UniProt functional annotation for P06983 | |||
| UniProt code: P06983. |
| Organism: | Escherichia coli (strain K12). | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia. | |
| Function: | Tetrapolymerization of the monopyrrole PBG into the hydroxymethylbilane pre-uroporphyrinogen in several discrete steps. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:3529035}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=H2O + 4 porphobilinogen = hydroxymethylbilane + 4 NH4(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:13185, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:57845, ChEBI:CHEBI:58126; EC=2.5.1.61; | |
| Cofactor: | Name=dipyrromethane; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:60342; Note=Binds 1 dipyrromethane group covalently.; | |
| Pathway: | Porphyrin-containing compound metabolism; protoporphyrin-IX biosynthesis; coproporphyrinogen-III from 5-aminolevulinate: step 2/4. | |
| Subunit: | Monomer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:3529035}. | |
| Miscellaneous: | Arginine residues that are closely associated with one another might be involved in substrate binding. | |
| Miscellaneous: | The porphobilinogen subunits are added to the dipyrromethane group. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the HMBS family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
| Sequence caution: | Sequence=AAA67601.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Evidence={ECO:0000305}; | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.