UniProt functional annotation for P0A715

UniProt code: P0A715.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Synthesis of KDO 8-P which is required for lipid A maturation and cellular growth.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=D-arabinose 5-phosphate + H2O + phosphoenolpyruvate = 3-deoxy- alpha-D-manno-2-octulosonate-8-phosphate + phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:14053, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474, ChEBI:CHEBI:57693, ChEBI:CHEBI:58702, ChEBI:CHEBI:85985; EC=2.5.1.55;
Pathway: Carbohydrate biosynthesis; 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate biosynthesis; 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate from D-ribulose 5-phosphate: step 2/3.
Pathway: Bacterial outer membrane biogenesis; lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis.
Subunit: Homotrimer.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Mass spectrometry: Mass=30842; Mass_error=17; Method=Electrospray; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:11371194};
Similarity: Belongs to the KdsA family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.