| UniProt functional annotation for P27248 | |||
| UniProt code: P27248. |
| Organism: | Escherichia coli (strain K12). | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia. | |
| Function: | The glycine cleavage system catalyzes the degradation of glycine. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00259, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8375392}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=(6S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + (R)-N(6)-(S(8)- aminomethyldihydrolipoyl)-L-lysyl-[protein] = (6R)-5,10-methylene- 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + (R)-N(6)-dihydrolipoyl-L-lysyl-[protein] + NH4(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:16945, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:10475, Rhea:RHEA- COMP:10492, ChEBI:CHEBI:15636, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:57453, ChEBI:CHEBI:83100, ChEBI:CHEBI:83143; EC=2.1.2.10; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00259}; | |
| Subunit: | The glycine cleavage system is composed of four proteins: P, T, L and H. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00259, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8375392}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the GcvT family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_00259, ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.