UniProt functional annotation for P04789

UniProt code: P04789.

Organism: Trypanosoma brucei brucei.
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Discoba; Euglenozoa; Kinetoplastea; Metakinetoplastina; Trypanosomatida; Trypanosomatidae; Trypanosoma.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate = dihydroxyacetone phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:18585, ChEBI:CHEBI:57642, ChEBI:CHEBI:59776; EC=5.3.1.1;
Pathway: Carbohydrate biosynthesis; gluconeogenesis.
Pathway: Carbohydrate degradation; glycolysis; D-glyceraldehyde 3- phosphate from glycerone phosphate: step 1/1.
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11997014, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2062828, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8591044}.
Subcellular location: Glycosome.
Miscellaneous: The enzyme contains a high proportion of positively- charged residues in beta-barrels V and VII (compared to the homologous regions in other triose isomerase sequences). Since 2 clusters of positive charges located at precise distances on the molecular surface are common to 4 glycosomal enzymes, it has been speculated that this might represent a signal for entry into glycosomes (PubMed:3015595). {ECO:0000305|PubMed:3015595}.
Similarity: Belongs to the triosephosphate isomerase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.