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.