UniProt functional annotation for P10724

UniProt code: P10724.

Organism: Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Bacillus stearothermophilus).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Geobacillus.
 
Function: Catalyzes the interconversion of L-alanine and D-alanine. Also weakly active on serine. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10502689, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12203980}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=L-alanine = D-alanine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:20249, ChEBI:CHEBI:57416, ChEBI:CHEBI:57972; EC=5.1.1.1; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01201, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10079072, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12203980, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12741835};
Cofactor: Name=pyridoxal 5'-phosphate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:597326; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01201, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10079072, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11886871, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12741835, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15807525, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9063881, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9671513};
Activity regulation: Inhibited by acetate and propionate. Irreversibly inhibited by cycloserine. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10079072, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12741835, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15807525}.
Pathway: Amino-acid biosynthesis; D-alanine biosynthesis; D-alanine from L-alanine: step 1/1. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01201}.
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10079072, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15807525, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9063881, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9671513, ECO:0000269|Ref.10}.
Similarity: Belongs to the alanine racemase family. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP- Rule:MF_01201}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.