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.