UniProt functional annotation for Q28943

UniProt code: Q28943.

Organism: Sus scrofa (Pig).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Artiodactyla; Suina; Suidae; Sus.
 
Function: Involved in pyrimidine base degradation. Catalyzes the reduction of uracil and thymine. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11179210, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20831907, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9860876}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=5,6-dihydrouracil + NADP(+) = H(+) + NADPH + uracil; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:18093, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:15901, ChEBI:CHEBI:17568, ChEBI:CHEBI:57783, ChEBI:CHEBI:58349; EC=1.3.1.2; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:20831907, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9860876};
Cofactor: Name=[4Fe-4S] cluster; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:49883; Note=Binds 4 [4Fe-4S] clusters. Contains approximately 16 iron atoms per subunit.;
Cofactor: Name=FAD; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57692;
Cofactor: Name=FMN; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:58210;
Pathway: Amino-acid biosynthesis; beta-alanine biosynthesis.
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11179210, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11796730, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9860876}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Similarity: Belongs to the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.