UniProt functional annotation for P16048

UniProt code: P16048.

Organism: Pisum sativum (Garden pea).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Fabales; Fabaceae; Papilionoideae; 50 kb inversion clade; NPAAA clade; Hologalegina; IRL clade; Fabeae; Pisum.
 
Function: The glycine cleavage system catalyzes the degradation of glycine. The H protein shuttles the methylamine group of glycine from the P protein to the T protein.
 
Cofactor: Name=(R)-lipoate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:83088; Note=Binds 1 lipoyl cofactor covalently.;
Subunit: The glycine cleavage system is composed of four proteins: P, T, L and H.
Subcellular location: Mitochondrion.
Similarity: Belongs to the GcvH family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.