UniProt functional annotation for Q6SSJ6

UniProt code: Q6SSJ6.

Organism: Comamonas testosteroni (Pseudomonas testosteroni).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Betaproteobacteria; Burkholderiales; Comamonadaceae; Comamonas.
 
Function: Converts 3-hydroxybenzoate (m-hydroxybenzoate), and to a lesser extent p-hydroxybenzoate, to 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (protocatechuate). Also acts on a number of analogs of 3- hydroxybenzoate substituted in the 2, 4, 5 and 6 positions. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18417078}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=3-hydroxybenzoate + H(+) + NADPH + O2 = 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate + H2O + NADP(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:11480, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:15379, ChEBI:CHEBI:16193, ChEBI:CHEBI:36241, ChEBI:CHEBI:57783, ChEBI:CHEBI:58349; EC=1.14.13.23; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:18417078};
Cofactor: Name=FAD; Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57692; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:17045293};
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17045293}.
Similarity: Belongs to the PheA/TfdB FAD monooxygenase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.