UniProt functional annotation for P11544

UniProt code: P11544.

Organism: Rhodosporidium toruloides (Yeast) (Rhodotorula gracilis).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Basidiomycota; Pucciniomycotina; Microbotryomycetes; Sporidiobolales; Sporidiobolaceae; Rhodotorula.
 
Function: Catalyzes the non-oxidative deamination of L-phenylalanine and L-tyrosine to form trans-cinnamic acid and p-coumaric acid respectively with similar efficiencies. Facilitates the commitment step in phenylpropanoid pathways that produce lignins, coumarins and flavonoids. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:5102931}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=L-phenylalanine = (E)-cinnamate + NH4(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:21384, ChEBI:CHEBI:15669, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:58095; EC=4.3.1.25; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:5102931};
Catalytic activity: Reaction=L-tyrosine = (E)-4-coumarate + NH4(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:24906, ChEBI:CHEBI:12876, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:58315; EC=4.3.1.25; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:5102931};
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=0.29 mM for L-phenylalanine {ECO:0000269|PubMed:5102931, ECO:0000269|Ref.5}; KM=0.18 mM for L-tyrosine {ECO:0000269|PubMed:5102931, ECO:0000269|Ref.5}; pH dependence: Optimum pH is 8.5. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:5102931, ECO:0000269|Ref.5};
Pathway: Phenylpropanoid metabolism; trans-cinnamate biosynthesis; trans-cinnamate from L-phenylalanine: step 1/1.
Subunit: Homotetramer. Dimer of dimers. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15350127, ECO:0000269|Ref.5}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000305}.
Ptm: Contains an active site 4-methylidene-imidazol-5-one (MIO), which is formed autocatalytically by cyclization and dehydration of residues Ala-Ser-Gly.
Similarity: Belongs to the PAL/histidase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.