| UniProt functional annotation for P0AFL8 | |||
| UniProt code: P0AFL8. |
| Organism: | Escherichia coli O157:H7. | |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia. | |
| Function: | Degradation of inorganic polyphosphates (polyP). Releases orthophosphate processively from the ends of the polyP chain. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0AFL6}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=[phosphate](n) + H2O = [phosphate](n-1) + H(+) + phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:21528, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9859, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:14279, ChEBI:CHEBI:15377, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:16838, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474; EC=3.6.1.11; Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0AFL6}; | |
| Cofactor: | Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0AFL6}; | |
| Subunit: | Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16678853}. | |
| Subcellular location: | Cell membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0AFL6}; Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0AFL6}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the GppA/Ppx family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.