| UniProt functional annotation for P81701 | |||
| UniProt code: P81701. |
| Organism: | Ascophyllum nodosum (Knotted wrack) (Brown seaweed). | |
| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota; Sar; Stramenopiles; Ochrophyta; PX clade; Phaeophyceae; Fucales; Fucaceae; Ascophyllum. | |
| Function: | Catalyzes the halogenation of organic substrates in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10543953, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8564812}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=RH + Br(-) + H(2)O(2) = RBr + 2 H(2)O.; EC=1.11.1.18; Evidence={ECO:0000305}; | |
| Cofactor: | Name=vanadate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:35169; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:10543953}; Note=Binds 1 vanadate ion per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10543953}; | |
| Subunit: | Homodimer; disulfide-linked. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10543953}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the bacterial non-heme bromo- and chloro- peroxidases family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.