UniProt functional annotation for P00490

UniProt code: P00490.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Phosphorylase is an important allosteric enzyme in carbohydrate metabolism. Enzymes from different sources differ in their regulatory mechanisms and in their natural substrates. However, all known phosphorylases share catalytic and structural properties.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=[(1->4)-alpha-D-glucosyl](n) + phosphate = [(1->4)-alpha-D- glucosyl](n-1) + alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:41732, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9584, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9586, ChEBI:CHEBI:15444, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474, ChEBI:CHEBI:58601; EC=2.4.1.1;
Cofactor: Name=pyridoxal 5'-phosphate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:597326;
Subunit: Homodimer.
Similarity: Belongs to the glycogen phosphorylase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.