UniProt functional annotation for P47244

UniProt code: P47244.

Organism: Paramecium tetraurelia.
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Sar; Alveolata; Ciliophora; Intramacronucleata; Oligohymenophorea; Peniculida; Parameciidae; Paramecium.
 
Function: May be involved in membrane fusion in exocytosis.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate = alpha-D-glucose 6-phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:23536, ChEBI:CHEBI:58225, ChEBI:CHEBI:58601; EC=5.4.2.2; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:9173895};
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Note=Binds 1 Mg(2+) ion per subunit.;
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Ptm: Phosphorylated via a calcium-dependent protein kinase. Very rapidly (within 80 ms) dephosphorylated during triggered trichocyst exocytosis.
Ptm: O-glycosylated with a short chain of mannose residues.
Similarity: Belongs to the phosphohexose mutase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.