UniProt functional annotation for P9WIQ1

UniProt code: P9WIQ1.

Organism: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Corynebacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
 
Function: Catalyzes the interconversion through a 2-keto intermediate of uridine diphosphogalactopyranose (UDP-GalP) into uridine diphosphogalactofuranose (UDP-GalF) which is a key building block for cell wall construction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9692181}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=UDP-alpha-D-galactose = UDP-alpha-D-galactofuranose; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:24132, ChEBI:CHEBI:66914, ChEBI:CHEBI:66915; EC=5.4.99.9;
Cofactor: Name=FAD; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57692; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:15843027};
Pathway: Cell wall biogenesis; cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis.
Subunit: Homotetramer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15843027}.
Similarity: Belongs to the UDP-galactopyranose/dTDP-fucopyranose mutase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.