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UniProt functional annotation for Q9RRU8 | ||
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| UniProt code: Q9RRU8. |
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| Organism: | |
Deinococcus radiodurans (strain ATCC 13939 / DSM 20539 / JCM 16871 / LMG 4051 / NBRC 15346 / NCIMB 9279 / R1 / VKM B-1422). |
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Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Deinococcales; Deinococcaceae; Deinococcus. |
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| Function: | |
Involved in the synthesis of autoinducer 2 (AI-2) which is secreted by bacteria and is used to communicate both the cell density and the metabolic potential of the environment. The regulation of gene expression in response to changes in cell density is called quorum sensing. Catalyzes the transformation of S-ribosylhomocysteine (RHC) to homocysteine (HC) and 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentadione (DPD). |
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| Catalytic activity: | |
Reaction=S-(5-deoxy-D-ribos-5-yl)-L-homocysteine = (S)-4,5- dihydroxypentane-2,3-dione + L-homocysteine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:17753, ChEBI:CHEBI:29484, ChEBI:CHEBI:58195, ChEBI:CHEBI:58199; EC=4.4.1.21; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00091}; |
| Cofactor: | |
Name=Fe cation; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:24875; Note=Binds 1 Fe cation per subunit.; |
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Homodimer. |
| Similarity: | |
Belongs to the LuxS family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00091}. |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.