UniProt functional annotation for P76216

UniProt code: P76216.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Catalyzes the hydrolysis of N(2)-succinylarginine into N(2)- succinylornithine, ammonia and CO(2). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15703173, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9696779}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=2 H(+) + 2 H2O + N(2)-succinyl-L-arginine = CO2 + N(2)- succinyl-L-ornithine + 2 NH4(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:19533, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16526, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:58241, ChEBI:CHEBI:58514; EC=3.5.3.23;
Pathway: Amino-acid degradation; L-arginine degradation via AST pathway; L-glutamate and succinate from L-arginine: step 2/5.
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15703173}.
Induction: By nitrogen starvation, and arginine. Induced at stationary phase via sigma S. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12003934}.
Similarity: Belongs to the succinylarginine dihydrolase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.