UniProt functional annotation for Q8U2D5

UniProt code: Q8U2D5.

Organism: Pyrococcus furiosus (strain ATCC 43587 / DSM 3638 / JCM 8422 / Vc1).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus.
 
Function: DNA repair enzyme that is part of the base excision repair (BER) pathway; protects from oxidative damage by removing the major product of DNA oxidation, 8-oxoguanine (GO), from single- and double- stranded DNA substrates. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01168}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=(DNA)-(deoxyribonucleoside 5'-phosphate)-(deoxyribose 5'- phosphate)-(deoxyribonucleoside 5'-phosphate) = (DNA)-3'- (deoxyribonucleoside 5'-phosphate)-(2,3-dehydro-2,3-deoxyribose 5'- phosphate) + H(+) + phospho-5'-(DNA); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:66592, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:13180, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:16897, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:17067, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:136412, ChEBI:CHEBI:157695, ChEBI:CHEBI:167181; EC=4.2.99.18; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01168};
Domain: Contains two alpha-helical subdomains, with the 8-oxoguanine binding site located in a cleft at their interface. Contains a helix- hairpin-helix (HhH) structural motif and a Gly/Pro-rich sequence followed by a conserved Asp (HhH-GPD motif).
Similarity: Belongs to the archaeal N-glycosylase/DNA lyase (AGOG) family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01168}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.