UniProt functional annotation for P62577

UniProt code: P62577.

Organism: Escherichia coli.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: This enzyme is an effector of chloramphenicol resistance in bacteria.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=acetyl-CoA + chloramphenicol = chloramphenicol 3-acetate + CoA; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:18421, ChEBI:CHEBI:16730, ChEBI:CHEBI:17698, ChEBI:CHEBI:57287, ChEBI:CHEBI:57288; EC=2.3.1.28; Evidence={ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU10021};
Subunit: Homotrimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9334294}.
Biotechnology: This protein is used as a marker in many commonly used cloning vectors, such as pACYC184.
Miscellaneous: Transposon Tncam204 is derived from the R plasmid NR1. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:7353655}.
Similarity: Belongs to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.