UniProt functional annotation for P33247

UniProt code: P33247.

Organism: Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius subsp. acidocaldarius (strain ATCC 27009 / DSM 446 / BCRC 14685 / JCM 5260 / KCTC 1825 / NBRC 15652 / NCIMB 11725 / NRRL B-14509 / 104-IA) (Bacillus acidocaldarius).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Alicyclobacillaceae; Alicyclobacillus.
 
Function: Catalyzes the cyclization of squalene into hopene.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=squalene = hop-22(29)-ene; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:17637, ChEBI:CHEBI:4648, ChEBI:CHEBI:15440; EC=5.4.99.17;
Catalytic activity: Reaction=H2O + squalene = hopan-22-ol; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:16561, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15440, ChEBI:CHEBI:36484; EC=4.2.1.129;
Pathway: Secondary metabolite biosynthesis; hopanoid biosynthesis.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein.
Similarity: Belongs to the terpene cyclase/mutase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.