UniProt functional annotation for P00590

UniProt code: P00590.

Organism: Fusarium vanettenii (Neocosmospora pisi).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Pezizomycotina; Sordariomycetes; Hypocreomycetidae; Hypocreales; Nectriaceae; Fusarium; Fusarium solani species complex.
 
Function: Catalyzes the hydrolysis of cutin, a polyester that forms the structure of plant cuticle. Allows pathogenic fungi to penetrate through the cuticular barrier into the host plant during the initial stage of the fungal infection.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Cutin + H(2)O = cutin monomers.; EC=3.1.1.74; Evidence={ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU10108, ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU10109};
Subcellular location: Secreted.
Induction: By contact with cutin.
Ptm: The 2 disulfide bonds play a critical role in holding the catalytic residues in juxta-position; reduction of the disulfide bridges results in the complete inactivation of the enzyme.
Ptm: O-glycosylated; contains one mole each of mannose, arabinose, N- acetylglucosamine, and glucuronic acid. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7398618}.
Similarity: Belongs to the cutinase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.