UniProt functional annotation for A5K2B2

UniProt code: A5K2B2.

Organism: Plasmodium vivax (strain Salvador I).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Sar; Alveolata; Apicomplexa; Aconoidasida; Haemosporida; Plasmodiidae; Plasmodium; Plasmodium (Plasmodium).
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=7,8-dihydroneopterin 3'-triphosphate = 6-pyruvoyl-5,6,7,8- tetrahydropterin + H(+) + triphosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:22048, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:18036, ChEBI:CHEBI:58462, ChEBI:CHEBI:136564; EC=4.2.3.12; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00000819};
Cofactor: Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00001947};
Pathway: Cofactor biosynthesis; tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis; tetrahydrobiopterin from 7,8-dihydroneopterin triphosphate: step 1/3. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00005126}.
Subunit: Homohexamer formed of two homotrimers in a head to head fashion. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00011295}.
Similarity: Belongs to the PTPS family. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00009164}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.