UniProt functional annotation for O73944

UniProt code: O73944.

Organism: Pyrococcus furiosus (strain ATCC 43587 / DSM 3638 / JCM 8422 / Vc1).
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus.
 
Function: Removes 5-oxoproline from various penultimate amino acid residues except L-proline.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Release of an N-terminal pyroglutamyl group from a polypeptide, the second amino acid generally not being Pro.; EC=3.4.19.3;
Subunit: Homotetramer made of two disulfide-linked dimers.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Similarity: Belongs to the peptidase C15 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.