UniProt functional annotation for Q5SLP1

UniProt code: Q5SLP1.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus (strain ATCC 27634 / DSM 579 / HB8).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Has endoribonuclease activity towards 23S and 16S rRNA (in vitro). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16945939}.
 
Cofactor: Name=Zn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29105; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:16945939}; Note=Binds 2 Zn(2+) ions. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16945939};
Activity regulation: Inhibited by cadmium, cobalt, manganese, magnesium, calcium and nickel ions. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16945939}.
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16945939}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the metallo-beta-lactamase superfamily. RNA- metabolizing metallo-beta-lactamase-like family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.