UniProt functional annotation for P25984

UniProt code: P25984.

Organism: Clostridium beijerinckii (Clostridium MP).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Clostridia; Eubacteriales; Clostridiaceae; Clostridium.
 
Function: Alcohol dehydrogenase with a preference for medium chain secondary alcohols, such as 2-butanol and isopropanol. Has very low activity with primary alcohols, such as ethanol. Under physiological conditions, the enzyme reduces aldehydes and 2-ketones to produce secondary alcohols. Is active with acetaldehyde and propionaldehyde. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20102159, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=NADP(+) + propan-2-ol = acetone + H(+) + NADPH; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:21792, ChEBI:CHEBI:15347, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:17824, ChEBI:CHEBI:57783, ChEBI:CHEBI:58349; EC=1.1.1.80; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:20102159, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550};
Cofactor: Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:20102159, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9836873}; Note=Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20102159, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9836873};
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=5.7 mM for 2-butanol {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550}; KM=10 mM for isopropanol {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550}; KM=5.2 mM for 2-pentanol {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550}; KM=1 mM for acetone {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550}; KM=1.5 mM for 2-butanone {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550}; KM=0.03 mM for NADPH {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550}; pH dependence: Optimum pH is 8. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550};
Subunit: Homotetramer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12381840, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20102159, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8349550, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9836873}.
Similarity: Belongs to the zinc-containing alcohol dehydrogenase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.