UniProt functional annotation for Q8U122

UniProt code: Q8U122.

Organism: Pyrococcus furiosus (strain ATCC 43587 / DSM 3638 / JCM 8422 / Vc1).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus.
 
Function: Catalyzes the reversible phosphorylation of UMP to UDP, with ATP as the most efficient phosphate donor. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15698963}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + UMP = ADP + UDP; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:24400, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:57865, ChEBI:CHEBI:58223, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=2.7.4.22;
Activity regulation: Inhibited by UTP. {ECO:0000250}.
Pathway: Pyrimidine metabolism; CTP biosynthesis via de novo pathway; UDP from UMP (UMPK route): step 1/1.
Subunit: Homohexamer; trimer of dimers. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16095620, ECO:0000269|Ref.4}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the UMP kinase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.