UniProt functional annotation for P94692

UniProt code: P94692.

Organism: Desulfocurvibacter africanus (Desulfovibrio africanus).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Deltaproteobacteria; Desulfovibrionales; Desulfovibrionaceae; Desulfocurvibacter.
 
Function: Catalyzes the ferredoxin-dependent oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate. Required for the transfer of electrons from pyruvate to ferredoxin (PubMed:9294422, PubMed:7612653). Ferredoxin I and ferredoxin II, which are single 4Fe-4S cluster ferredoxins are the most effective electron carriers of POR (PubMed:7612653). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7612653}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=CoA + 2 oxidized [2Fe-2S]-[ferredoxin] + pyruvate = acetyl-CoA + CO2 + H(+) + 2 reduced [2Fe-2S]-[ferredoxin]; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:12765, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:10000, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:10001, ChEBI:CHEBI:15361, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16526, ChEBI:CHEBI:33737, ChEBI:CHEBI:33738, ChEBI:CHEBI:57287, ChEBI:CHEBI:57288; EC=1.2.7.1; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:7612653};
Cofactor: Name=[4Fe-4S] cluster; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:49883; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:10048931, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11752578, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16472741, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7612653}; Note=Binds 3 [4Fe-4S] clusters per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10048931, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11752578, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16472741, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7612653};
Cofactor: Name=thiamine diphosphate; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:58937; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:10048931, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11752578, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16472741}; Note=Binds 1 thiamine pyrophosphate per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10048931, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11752578, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16472741};
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:10048931, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11752578, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16472741}; Note=Binds 1 Mg(2+) ion per subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10048931, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11752578, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16472741};
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10048931, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11752578, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16472741, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7612653}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7612653}.
Similarity: Belongs to the pyruvate:ferredoxin/flavodoxin oxidoreductase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.